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October 6, 2023 8:54 PM

Asian Games: India's medal tally climbs to all-time high of 95 including 22 gold, 34 silver, and 39 bronze; Indian Men's hockey team wins gold

At the Hangzhou Asian Games in China, India amassed a total of historic 95 medals, including 22 gold, 34 silver, and 39 bronze. India is currently in fourth place in the medals tally. This is country's best-ever performance at the Asian Games. Akashvani correspondent reports that the athletes had a fantastic day today, winning medals in Hockey, Bridge, Sepaktakraw, Archery, and Wrestling. With this, the Indian contingent today added 1 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze to their medals ta...

October 5, 2023 9:18 PM

Asian Games: India's medals tally reaches 86 including 21 Gold, 32 Silver, and 33 Bronze

At the Hangzhou Asian Games in China, India amassed a total of historic 86 medals, including 21 gold, 32 silver, and 33 bronze. India is currently in fourth place in the medal tally. This is India's best-ever performance at the Asian Games surpassing the previous best of 70 medals at the 18th edition Asian Games in Jakarta. In Archery, Indian men’s compound archery team beat South Korea by a score of 235-230 to win gold. Earlier the trio of Jyoti, Parneet, and Aditi s...

October 4, 2023 9:25 PM

Asian Games, Hangzhou: India's medal rush continues with 18 gold, 31 silver and 32 bronze; Country's medal tally climbs to all-time high of 81

In China, Indian athletes had a stellar day at the Hangzhou Asian Games on day 11, winning 12 medals, including 3 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze. India is currently at the fourth place in the medal tally, winning a total of 81 medals. This is India's best-ever performance at the Asian Games. Here is a report: So far India has clinched 18 gold, 31 silver, and 32 bronze. In today's event, Neeraj Chopra bagged gold while Kishore Jena secured silver in men's javelin throw. Ind...

October 2, 2023 8:32 PM

Asian Games: India bag 3 silver, 4 bronze medals on Day 9; Medal tally rises to 60

On the ninth day of the ongoing Asian Games at Hangzhou in China, India bagged three silver and four bronze medals on Monday. With this, Country’s overall medal tally has mounted to 60, comprising, 13 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze. Athletes once again brought laurels to the country today. The Indian team comprising Md Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan initially won bronze medal in the mixed team 4x400m relay event, which was later upgraded to silver. The decision came...

October 2, 2023 1:27 PM

Asian Games: Indian Table Tennis players picks up historic bronze medal in women’s doubles tournament

In Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, Indian Table Tennis players Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee picked up a historic bronze medal in the women’s doubles tournament. The Indian duo lost to Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak of North Korea in the semi-finals 4-3 (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 2-11) today. With this, India's medal tally has now gone up to 56 medals, comprising of 13 gold, 21 silver, and 22 bronze....

September 30, 2023 7:58 PM

India adds 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 1 bronze, taking overall medals tally to 38 in Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou

On Day 7 today of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, India added 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 1 bronze to take its overall medals tally to 38, with 10 Gold, 14 Silver, and 14 Bronze. India currently stands at the 4th position on the scoreboard. In men’s 10000m, India’s Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh won silver and bronze, respectively. In table tennis, India’s Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee defeated China by 3-1 to enter the women’s doubles ...

September 27, 2023 8:37 PM

Asian Games 2023, Hangzhou: India's overall medal tally reaches 22 with addition of 2 gold, 3 silver & 3 bronze on Day 4

On day four today, India made a great start to their campaign, adding two Gold, three Silver and three Bronze to their overall medal tally of 22 at Hangzhou in China. Indian Shooters bagged seven medals today with two gold, three silver and two bronze. Meanwhile, Vishnu Saravanan secured a bronze in the sailing, Men's Dinghy ILCA- 7 event. In the Preliminary stages of the Pool A match of the Asian Games, the Indian Women's Hockey Team trounced Singapore 13-0. Today, India h...