{"id":30970,"date":"2026-10-01T06:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30970"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:31:19","slug":"asian-games-ganesh-mani-ratnam-wins-bronze-as-india-finish-with-four-compound-archery-medals-asian-games-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30970","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games: Ganesh Mani Ratnam wins bronze as India finish with four compound archery medals | Asian Games 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134610306,imgsize-165694,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg\" alt=\"Asian Games: Ganesh Mani Ratnam wins bronze as India finish with four compound archery medals\" title=\"India's Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru celebrates winning his Men's Compound Individual bronze medal match. (Reuters Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"India's Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru celebrates winning his Men's Compound Individual bronze medal match. (Reuters Photo)\">India&#8217;s Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru celebrates winning his Men&#8217;s Compound Individual bronze medal match. (Reuters Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India added another medal to their Asian Games 2026 tally on Thursday as Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru secured bronze in the men\u2019s individual compound archery event at Aichi-Nagoya.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Ganesh produced a dominant performance in the bronze-medal match, defeating Vietnam\u2019s Cong Duc Dang 149-144. The Indian archer was almost flawless, hitting 10s with 14 of his 15 arrows to comfortably seal the podium finish.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The bronze took India\u2019s overall medal tally to 63, comprising 10 gold, 22 silver and 31 bronze.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/asian-games\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian Games Full Coverage<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/asian-games\/medal-tally\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medal Tally<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/asian-games\/schedule\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Ganesh dominates bronze-medal contest<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Ganesh made an ideal start to the bronze-medal match, opening with a perfect 10 while Cong managed an 8. <!-- -->The Vietnamese archer responded with two 10s, but Ganesh matched him with two more perfect shots to maintain his advantage.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The Indian completed the opening end with a perfect 30\/30, while Cong finished on 29, giving Ganesh a one-point lead.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>He continued to maintain his accuracy through the remaining ends, with his consistent shooting eventually giving him a five-point winning margin.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Ganesh&#8217;s 149 was enough to comfortably see off Cong, who finished on 144, and secure India&#8217;s fourth medal in compound archery at the Games.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Four compound archery medals for India<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Ganesh&#8217;s bronze came a day after India enjoyed a hugely successful outing in the compound events, winning three gold medals on Wednesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>His medal also ensured India added another bronze to their growing tally, taking the country&#8217;s haul to 63 medals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>Ganesh had earlier narrowly missed out on a place in the gold-medal contest after losing his semifinal 144-148 to Kim Jongho of South Korea. The Indian began the final end with consecutive 9s, but the deficit proved too difficult to overturn as Kim held on to advance to the final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>Ganesh bounced back strongly in the bronze-medal match, delivering a near-perfect performance to finish on the podium.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>The focus in archery now shifts to the recurve events, which begin on Friday, giving India&#8217;s archers another opportunity to add to the country&#8217;s medal tally at Aichi-Nagoya.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/asian-games-2026\/asian-games-ganesh-mani-ratnam-wins-bronze-as-india-finish-with-four-compound-archery-medals\/articleshow\/134610161.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru celebrates winning his Men&#8217;s Compound Individual bronze medal match. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: India added another medal to their Asian Games 2026 tally on Thursday as Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru secured bronze in the men\u2019s individual compound archery event at Aichi-Nagoya.Ganesh produced a dominant performance in the bronze-medal match, defeating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ganesh-mani-ratnam.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"India&#8217;s Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru celebrates winning his Men&#8217;s Compound Individual bronze medal match. 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