Indian Olympic Association

Timeline

1. 6 Oct2026
   Awards

   IOA names Kumkum Mohod and Sujeet Kalkal first winners of new awards¹

   The IOA's new Jaspal Rana Award went to archer Kumkum Mohod and the Raja Randhir Singh Award to wrestler Sujeet Kalkal for the Asian Games.

   • IOA instituted two awards for the top woman and man at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, honouring two sports figures who died earlier in 2026
   • Kumkum Mohod (17), archery, received the Jaspal Rana Award: three medals including two golds (women's recurve team, individual recurve)
   • Sujeet Kalkal received the Raja Randhir Singh Award: 65 kg freestyle gold, winning the final 10-9 after trailing 2-9
2. 4 Oct2026
   Sports

   India finishes fourth at Asian Games 2026 with 85 medals²³

   India finished fourth at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals, 85 in all. India ranked ahead of Uzbekistan, which also had 21 golds, on silver medals.

   • 21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze = 85 medals
   • India fourth in the medal table
   • Games hosted in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan
   • Games concluded on 4 October 2026
3. 6 Jan2026
   Obituaries

   Suresh Kalmadi, former IOA president and MP, dies⁴⁵⁶

   Suresh Kalmadi, former Lok Sabha MP and president of the Indian Olympic Association, died on 6 January aged 81. He chaired the 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee.

   • Died 6 January 2026 in Pune, aged 81
   • IOA president from 1996 for over a decade
   • Chaired the organising committee of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games; arrested by the CBI in April 2011 over CWG contracts and later cleared in most cases per Congress

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Sources

1. Mykhel
2. Khel Now
3. Free Press Journal
4. Scroll.in
5. Deccan Herald
6. The Quint