India finished the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, the People’s Republic of China, with a record haul of three medals – one silver and two bronze.
This was India’s best show at the World Games in terms of medals won. The previous best was two medals, both in powerlifting, at the 1989 edition held in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Rishabh Yadav registered India on the 2025 World Games medal tally by winning the bronze in individual men’s compound archery.
Namrata Batra followed up with a silver medal in the women’s sanda 52kg event to mark what was India’s first-ever medal in wushu at the World Games.
Continuing the trend was Anandkumar Velkumar, who won a bronze medal in the men’s 1000m sprint inline speed skating track event to register the country’s maiden roller sports medal at the multi-sport biennial showpiece.
There were also some close misses. Abhishek Verma missed out on a podium finish after going down to Rishabh in the men’s compound individual bronze medal match.
Indian billiards player Shivam Arora lost to China’s Tang Chunxiao 5-4 in the mixed heyball pool bronze medal match. Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, meanwhile, missed out on a bronze in the men’s 200m time trial inline speed skating track event by 0.083 seconds.
India’s campaign wrapped up on Sunday with Shreyashi Joshi finishing sixth in the women’s slalom classic inline freestyle skating event.