Two new medals and two finals in MMA: the results of the second day of the Asian Games-2026

Following the results of the second day of the Asian Games-2026 in Aichi and Nagoya (Japan), the Kazakhstan national team added two medals to the piggy bank. In total, she now has eight awards: four gold, one silver and three bronze. The team takes fourth place in the medal standings. China leads with 23 gold medals, followed by Japan (eight) and South Korea (five).

The main success of the day was the silver karate girl Asel Kanai in the category up to 61 kg. In the final, she lost to the representative of China Li Gong with a score of 2: 8. Kazakhstan can receive two more potential awards on September 22 in MMA: Kadyrbek Shynbayev (up to 71 kg, modern) and Yerkingali Burkutalin (up to 77 kg, traditional) reached the final.

In gymnastics, Milad Karimi qualified for two personal finals at once, in freestyle exercises and on the crossbar. The men's team scored 237,829 points, finished fourth in qualifying and reached the team final on September 23.

Swimmers performed in three finals. Ksenia Ignatova became the eighth by 50 m on the back and 200 m complex swimming, and in qualifying the second of these distances set a record of Kazakhstan - 2:14.94. Gleb Kovalenya took seventh place in the 50m freestyle (22.17 seconds).

The men's table tennis team without defeats passed the group stage and reached the playoffs of the team tournament. Kazakhstan beat Bangladesh (3: 0), Singapore (3: 1) and Laos (3: 1). The women’s team defeated the Maldives (3: 1), entrenched in second place in Group C and continues to fight.

In 3x3 basketball, the men's team defeated Sri Lanka (17:15), but lost to Mongolia (8:13). The next match against the Philippines will be on September 23.

The mixed triathlon relay consisting of Ayan Beisenbayev, Aida Kim, Diana Yerzhanova and Egor Krupyakova finished seventh with a score of 1:31:45. The Chinese won. In bullet shooting Islam Satpayev, Nikita Shakhtorin and Konstantin Malinowski took seventh place in the team standings with a 10-meter air rifle (1871.4 points). In the personal standings, Kazakhstanis did not reach the final.

In Wushu-sand performances of some athletes ended. Alina Shosova and Karim Iminzhanov lost the first fights with the score 0: 2, and Bexultan Koskenov lost in the 1/8 finals to the Indonesian Samuel Marbun.