Asian Games Roundup: India ends Hangzhou campaign with 107 medals
Updated: Oct 7th, 2023
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| Asian Games Medalists (img: IANS, X/@Media_SAI) |
India sweeps 100 medals at this Asian Games at Hangzhou, a historic feat for the country. The overall tally ends at 107.
Currently, China is leading the overall Asian Games 2023 medal tally with 187 gold, ahead of Japan (47) and the Republic of Korea (36).
Overall Medal Tally for India:
| Gold | 28 |
| Silver | 38 |
| Bronze | 41 |
| Total | 107 |
12 medals on Oct 7: 6 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
A double silver in chess for India in the men’s and women’s team event. The men’s team included the likes of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Santosh Gujarathi, Arjun Kumar Erigaisi, Hari Krishna Pentala, and Gukesh Dommanraju, while the women’s team comprised of Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri Baskar, Harika Dronavalli, Koneru Humpy and Vaishali Ramesh Babu.
India’s wrestler Deepak Punia wins a silver for India after a defeat against IR IRan’s Hassan Yazdani in women’s freestyle 86 kg finals.
A bronze in women’s hockey for India as Deepika and Sushila Chanu’s strikes secure a 2-1 victory against Japan .
India clinches a gold in dramatic fashion in men’s Kabaddi finals against IR Iran with a score of 33-29.
Indian men’s cricket team bags gold after winning with higher seed against Afghanistan as play was washed out.
Men’s Badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty strike gold for India as the duo defeats Republic of Korea’s team in the finals.
India’s women bring home a gold in Kabaddi finals against Chinese Taipei after dramatically defeating them by 26-25.
Ojas Deotale bags gold in men’s individual compound archery after defeating fellow Indian competitor Abhishek Verma in the finals, who bagged the silver medal.
A gold for India in women’s individual compound archery as Jyothi Surekha Vennam defeats Republic of Korea’s Chaewon So in the final event.
Aditi Swami wins bronze after defeating Indonesia’s Ratih Zilizati Fadhly in women’s individual compound archery bronze medal tie.
Nine medals on Oct 6: 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 6 Bronze
India’s men strike gold in hockey after defeating Japan 5-1 in finals. Strikes from Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, and Abhishek seal the win for India.
Men’s bridge team of India consisting Jaggy Shivdasani, Sandeep Thakral, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Sumit Mukherjee, Raju Tolani and Ajay Khare bagged a silver for India after suffering a defeat against Hong Kong China in the finals.
Another medal in wrestling was clinched by Aman Sehrawat, who won a bronze by defeating China’s Liu Minghu.
Kiran Bishnoi wins bronze in women’s 76 kg freestyle event after defeating Mongolia’s Ariunjargal Ganbat.
A bronze for India in wrestling was won by 21-year-old Sonam Malik, who defeated China’s Long Jia in women’s 62 kg freestyle event.
Men’s recurve archery team won a silver for India after a defeat in the finals against Republic of Korea.
India’s Women regu team win a Sepaktakraw bronze after suffering a defeat against Thailand in the semis
Badminton ace HS Prannoy wins bronze in men’s badminton after facing a defeat against China’s Li Shifeng.
India secures a bronze in women’s recurve archery team event with a win against Vietnam. Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Simranjeet Kaur were the medalists.
India's medal tally by sport:
| Sr No. | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Shooting | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Athletics | 6 | 14 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Archery | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Cricket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Wushu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Tennis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Rowing | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Sailing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Squash | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Hockey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Golf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Boxing | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | Badminton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Canoe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Bridge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Sepaktakraw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Roller skating | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Kabaddi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Chess | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 28 | 38 | 41 | 107 |
In the Hunt for Glory
India men's cricket team to play gold medal match against Afghanistan on today after defeating Bangladesh by nine wickets.
Indian women to play gold medal match in Kabaddi on today after defeating Nepal in the semis.
Three Indians, Kiran Kumari, Amarjeet Singh, and Uma Maheshwar ousted in Ju-Jitsu medal events.
India's badminton ace PV Sindhu through to quarter finals.
Indian teams of men and women chess players second in their respective tables after the end of round 6.
Fell short of triumph
Weightlifters Mirabai Chanu and Bindyarani Devi miss out on medals in Women's 49kg and 55 kg events respectively.
Kidambi Srikanth eliminated from men's Badminton round of 16 after a defeat against Japan's Kodai Naraoka.
India's men eliminated in Sepaktakraw group stages.
Vishal Kewat and Shikha Chouhan fail to clinch medals in their respective canoe slalom events.
In boxing, Nishant Dev loses 5:0 against Japan's Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okazawa in men's 71kg quarter-final.
Indian divers London Singh Hemam and Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi miss out on medals in Men's synchronised 3m springboard event.
Indian women's handball team misses out on semi-final berth despite sealing a win against Nepal.
(Source: IANS)
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