Mumbai, Sept. 29 -- Murali Sreeshankar, India's big long jump gold medal hope, was hobbling around on a rain-soaked Monday evening in Nagoya. Elsewhere in the stadium, Rumesh Tharanga was thumping his chest after displacing an Indian not named Neeraj Chopra from the top of the javelin perch. Hours earlier, pistol shooter Esha Singh had fallen short of gold by the barest of shoot-off margins. A day before, long jumper Ancy Sojan and high jumper Sarvesh Kushare fell short by two centimetres and a countback, respectively. Squash pros Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh fell shorter still in their respective finals. The last couple of days has been a microcosm of India's 2026 Asian Games campaign: near-misses, crushing lows, commendable highs, and, ab...