Asian Games 2026: India brings its Third Gold Medal in Women’s Kabaddi of Asian Games 2026

At the Asian Games on Saturday, The Indian women’s kabaddi team won their fourth gold medal Women’s Kabaddi of Asian Games, giving India their third gold so far.

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In order to defend the gold medal at the Asian Games 2026, the Indian women's kabaddi team had to work hard in the second half to defeat the Islamic Republic of Iran 37–34 in the final on Saturday at the Tokai Citizens Gymnasium. Since the women's kabaddi competition made its debut at the continental meet in 2010, India has already won four of the five gold medals in the sport at the Asian Games. Iran defeated the Indians in the final to win the title in Jakarta 2018. Both the finalists showed their dominance since the start of the game.

Interestingly, Iran's star raider and Captain Zahra Karimi were benched at the beginning of the last game. With early points from raiders Pooja, Sanju Devi, and Nikita Hathwala, the reigning champs jumped out to a 5-2 lead. Iran, however, took a 7-5 lead after leveling the score with a spectacular tackle. However, India quickly countered, giving Iran the first all-out of the game to take a 13–10 lead.

After Nikita from India scored multiple points to give the defending champions a 15-10 lead, Sanju Devi scored three points for a bonus plus two. With a 22-16 advantage at the end of the first half, India was within striking distance of the Iranians.

There were also several close fights on defense and raids during the second half. India's lead was reduced to three points by Iran's few-point comeback. With ten minutes remaining, Indian had two players on the ground when they made a strong tackle to take a 25-20 lead. But then the all-out came with Madadi taking two points from a single raid and scored came down to 27-26 with 8 minutes in hand.

India looked to the raiders, and they succeeded. Sanju Devi also helped with a few significant raids, and Pooja continued to chip away touch points like she had been doing throughout the game. India had built up to a 34-28 advantage with just over four minutes remaining. Mistakes continued from Iran's game as the clock ran out, while India tried to speed up the raids. In the end, India won the match by 37-34 and defended their gold medal at Asian Games 2026.

FAQs:

Q: What was the final score of the Asian Games 2026 Women’s Kabaddi Final?

A: India won the match by 37-34 and defended their gold medal at Asian Games 2026.

Q: What was the score of Asian Games 2026 Women’s Kabaddi final?

A: India kept a strong lead around the half time with 22-16 lead.

Q: What was the turning point of the Asian Games 202 Women’s Kabaddi final?
A: With less than a minute left, the pivotal moment occurred. Iran was seeking an equalizer, but the Indian defense secured the decisive victory with a perfect "golden tackle" on Iranian raider Aynaz.

Q: How many gold medals does India have at Asian Games 2026 so far?

A: This victory marked India's third gold medal of the Asian Games2026 so far. The first gold was secured by the Indian Women's Cricket Team and second gold medal won by 10m air pistol mixed team.

Q: Who are at the top of medal tally of Asian Games 2026 so far?

A: China is at the top having 105 gold medals out of 169 of medals and Japan at second securing 30 gold medals out of their 120 medals.