Asian Games 2026: Rishabh Das finishes sixth in men’s 100m backstroke final
Rishabh Das finished in 54.77 seconds as China’s Jiayu Xu set an Asian Games record of 51.98 to win gold.
- On Sunday at the Asian Games, India's Quimcy Dsouza suffered a double setback, losing the women's singles bronze-medal match to Japan's Yuina Sakamoto before returning minutes later to lose the mixed doubles bronze clash.
- Dsouza required a 10-minute medical timeout for lower back pain after pushing Sakamoto to narrow 11-12 margins in both singles sets. Physical exhaustion from intense back-to-back matches hindered her mixed doubles performance.
- Playing alongside partner Mohamed Anas Beg, Dsouza lost the mixed doubles match to Vietnam's Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Ngih Trinh. Teqball made its debut at the 20th Asian Games.
- In the pool, India's Rishabh Das finished sixth in the men's 100m backstroke final on Sunday, clocking 54.77 seconds. China's Jiayu Xu secured gold by breaking his own Asian Games record with 51.98 seconds.
- Since the 2014 edition in Incheon, South Korea, India has not secured an Asian Games swimming medal, with Sandeep Sejwal's bronze in the men's 50m breaststroke remaining the last Indian swimming triumph.
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Asian Games 2026: Rishabh Das Finishes 6th in 100m Backstroke Final at Aichi-Nagoya
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Indian swimmer Rishabh Das finished sixth in the men’s 100m backstroke final at the Asian Games 2026 on Sunday, clocking 54.77 seconds. Sports News | Asian Games 2026: Rishabh Das Finishes 6th in 100m Backstroke Final at Aichi-Nagoya.
(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Dae-ho = Lee Ju-ho (Seogwipo City Hall), captain of the South Korean swimming team competing in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, 3rd in the 100m backstroke...
Quimcy Dsouza Narrowly Misses Bronze As India Suffer Double Heartbreak In Teqball
India's Quimcy Dsouza's spirited campaign endured a heartbreaking double setback on Sunday, narrowly missing out on a women's singles bronze before returning minutes later to lose the mixed doubles bronze-medal clash alongside Mohamed Anas Beg at the Asian Games.
Double Heartbreak In Asian Games: Quimcy Dsouza and Mohamed Anas Miss Out On Teqball Bronze After Fierce Fights
India’s Quimcy Dsouza suffered a double setback at the Asian Games here on Sunday, narrowly losing the women’s singles bronze-medal match to Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto before returning minutes later with Mohamed Anas Beg for the mixed doubles bronze clash, where the Indian pair went down to Vietnam’s Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Ngih Trinh.
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