Indian archer Neeraj Chauhan won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the Asian Games 2026 after defeating compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4 in an all-Indian bronze-medal contest on Saturday.
Chauhan started strongly, winning the opening set 29-26. Bommadevara responded by taking the second and third sets 28-27 and 29-28 respectively, moving 4-2 ahead.
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Neeraj Chauhan won bronze in men's individual recurve archery.
He defeated fellow Indian Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4.
Chauhan recovered from a 2-4 deficit to win the contest.
He became the second Indian male archer to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games.
Chauhan then produced a perfect 30 in the fourth set to level the contest at 4-4. He held his nerve in the deciding fifth set, scoring 29 against Bommadevara's 28 to secure the bronze medal.
The set scores were 29-26, 27-28, 28-29, 30-28 and 29-28 in Chauhan's favour.
The victory made Chauhan only the second Indian male archer after Tarundeep Rai to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games. Rai won silver at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
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Chauhan's bronze ended India's 16-year wait for a men's individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, following Tarundeep Rai's silver in 2010.
Earlier, Bommadevara lost 3-7 to South Korea's Lee Woo-Seok in the semifinal, while Chauhan was defeated 1-7 by Japan's Junya Nakanishi in his last-four match.
