India's women's kabaddi team won the country's third gold medal of the 2026 Asian Games, beating Iran 37-34 in a tense final at the Tokai Citizen Gymnasium in Aichi-Nagoya. The Indian side went through the entire tournament unbeaten, having already got the better of Iran once before in the group stage.
The gold takes India's overall medal count to 27, made up of three gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze. It comes a day after a strong showing on day 7, where the country added a marathon silver, a shooting silver and a squash bronze.
