The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has picked Kumkum Anil Mohod (archery) and Sujeet Kalkal (wrestling) to be the inaugural winners of two new honours for their showing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan. The Jaspal Rana Award goes to the best female athlete and the Raja Randhir Singh Award to the best male athlete. Mohod won three medals, two of them gold, while Kalkal clinched the men's 65 kg freestyle title in wrestling. India placed fourth in the medal table with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze.