Asian Games: Ankush Panghal wins men's 80kg boxing gold and Sujeet Kalkal wins freestyle 65kg wrestling gold

On 2 October 2026 at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Ankush Panghal won the men's 80kg boxing final and Sujeet Kalkal won the men's freestyle 65kg wrestling final. Neutral Politics checked the official results pages, marked Official, and the reports in The Indian Express, Moneycontrol, Hindustan Times, Sportstar, Olympics.com, ESPN and Telangana Today, carrying IANS. The official pages were checked at about 5:00 pm IST. This note was posted at 8:50 pm IST the same day. It is a separate result from the women's boxing golds earlier that day. It does not state India's overall gold tally.

In the boxing final Panghal beat Kim Minseong of South Korea 4-0. Four judges scored 30-26. One judge scored 28-28. His quarter-final was a 5-0 win over Nekruz Salimov of Tajikistan. His semi-final was a 4-1 win over Fazliddin Erkinboev of Uzbekistan. The Indian Express story on the boxing gold is timed at 3:47 pm IST. Moneycontrol is timed at 4:19 pm IST. Those two outlets report this as the first Asian Games boxing gold for an Indian man since Amit Panghal in 2018. Moneycontrol also describes a third boxing gold that day, after Lovlina Borgohain and Parveen Hooda. Their finals are not retold here.

In the wrestling final Kalkal beat Abdulmazhid Kudiev of Tajikistan 10-9 after trailing 2-9. The period scores on the official page are 2-9, then 8-0. His quarter-final was 10-0 over Abbas Ebrahimzadehsavadkouhi of Iran. His semi-final was 3-3 against Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan, the Olympic champion, and Kalkal won on criteria. The official pages spell the final opponent Kudiev. Sportstar, Telangana Today and other outlets also use Kudiyev. This note follows the official spelling. Sportstar's story is timed at 3:14 pm IST. Telangana Today, carrying IANS, is timed at 3:55 pm IST. Hindustan Times is timed at 4:24 pm IST.

The accounts used here say this is India's first wrestling gold at these Games, and the first wrestling gold for India at an Asian Games since 2018. The same 65kg freestyle class was won by Yogeshwar Dutt in 2014, as NDTV reported that gold on 28 September 2014, and by Bajrang Punia in 2018. Olympics.com and The Indian Express say India won no wrestling gold at Hangzhou in 2023.

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What is not in these accounts, and is not added here, is India's medal table after the two golds.