Athletes from the Army Sports Institute in Pune won 12 medals at the Asian Games, contributing 60 percent of the 20 medals secured by Indian Army athletes. As many as 25 athletes from the institute were part of the Indian contingent.

In athletics, Gulveer Singh claimed three medals, winning silver in the 1,500 metres and 10,000 metres, along with bronze in the 5,000 metres. Sawan Barwal earned silver in the marathon, while Sarvesh Kushare took silver in the high jump. Dharmveer was also part of the bronze medal winning 4 by 400 metres relay team.

In boxing, Sub Ankush won gold, while Sub Narender and Hav Kapil secured bronze medals. In archery, Sub Dhiraj won two silver medals and recorded an Asian record with a score of 698 out of 720.

In wrestling, Sub Deepak Punia won bronze in the 97 kilogram freestyle event. The results reflect the Army Sports Institute’s continued work in athlete development, specialist coaching, sports science and infrastructure under the Army’s Mission Olympics programme.