India has made its mark at the Asian Games 2023, excelling in specific sports that brought a total of 71 medals for the country. On October 4, Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo won the bronze medal in the 35km race walk mixed team event. On the same day, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Pravin Ojas Deotale won gold in the Compound Archery Mixed Team event.
Indian boxer Preeti Pawar concluded her campaign at the Asian Games with a bronze medal. In the 54 kg semifinal match, she faced the reigning flyweight champion, China's Chang Yuan, and despite her commendable efforts, Preeti was defeated by a score of 0-5. It's worth noting that Preeti had already secured an Olympic quota, adding to her achievements in the sport.
Earlier, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Auhika Mukherjee's giant-slaying run ended with a historic bronze medal at the Asian Games after the Indian duo lost the closely-fought women's doubles semifinal 3-4 to North Korea. India's medal tally has now gone up to 62 medals consisting of 13 gold, 24 silver and 24 bronze. The athletics events started on September 29 and will conclude on October 8.
Earlier on October 1, India won seven gold medals from shooting and one each from cricket, tennis and equestrian. Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event. This is India's first gold medal in athletics as Avinash Sable broke the previous Asian Games record and completed the race in 8:19.50 seconds.
Canoe: India win bronze in men's canoe double 1000m event at Asian Games
Shooting: Indian shooters Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, and Zoravar Singh Sandhu won a gold medal in men's trap shooting on Sunday.
Shooting: India's trio of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched gold with a record-breaking total of 1893.
Shooting: Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal continued India's shooting success with gold in the Men's 10m Air Pistol Team event.
Tennis: Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale claimed mixed doubles gold with a 2-6 6-3 10-4 win over Chinese Taipei.
Shooting: Sift Kaur Samra set a world record to win gold.
Shooting: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, and Rhythm Sangwan clinched gold in the Women's 25m Pistol Team event.
Shooting: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran secured India's 5th shooting gold at the Asian Games 2023 with a World Record score of 1769.
Shooting: Palak Gulia has won gold in women's 10m air pistol.
Cricket: India secured its maiden Asian Games gold in cricket by defeating Sri Lanka in the final.
Equestrian: After a 41-year wait, Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Sudipti Hajela and Divyakriti Singh earned India gold in equestrian.
Hockey: India beat Pakistan 10-2 in the Men's Hockey Pool A match
Athletics: Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event.
Athletics: Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched a gold medal in the Shot Put
Archery: Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Pravin Ojas Deotale won gold in the Compound Archery Mixed Team event.
Ahyika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee secured the bronze medal in the Table Tennis Women's Doubles. They lost 4-3 against North Korea's Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak and bagged the first-ever table tennis medal for India.
Aryan Pal, Anand Kumar, Siddhant, and Vikram have rolled their way to bronze in the Men's Speed Skating 3000m Relay, clocking an incredible time of 4:10.128
Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aarathy Kastury got bronze in the women's speed skating 3000m.
Aditi Ashok won a silver medal for India in golf on Sunday. Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak and Rajeshwari Kumari claimed the silver medal in the women's trap team event.
Sarabjot Singh and Divya have won a silver in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event.
Kiran Baliyan bagged India's first medal in athletics as she grabbed a bronze medal in the Shot Put with a 17.32m throw.
Esha Singh has won silver for India in women's 10m air pistol.
Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan lost 4-6 4-6 in the men's doubles final, settling for a silver medal. India won silver in the women's 10m air pistol team event. Anush Agarwalla won bronze in the equestrian individual dressage event.
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Roshibina Devi Naorem won a silver medal in the final of the Women's 60 Kg Wushu. Esha Singh bagged a silver medal in the Women's 25 Metre Air Pistol individual event.
In sailing, Neha Thakur won the silver medal in the Girl's Dinghy. The women's 10m air rifle team claimed a silver medal while individual athletes contributed to the three bronze medals.
With two silver and three bronze medals, India's rowing team showed consistency and teamwork. The men's lightweight double sculls and men's eight categories added silver medals to the count.
Bronze medals came from the men's pair, men's four and men's quadruple sculls events.
The Indian women's team has won bronze in squash while Aishwary Tomar has bagged a silver medal for India in Men's 50-metre Rifle 3 Positions.
Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo won the bronze medal in the 35km race walk mixed team event.
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
Shooting | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
Rowing | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Cricket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sailing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Wushu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tennis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Squash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Athletics | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
Golf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Boxing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Badminton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Roller skating | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Canoe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Archery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTAL | 16 | 26 | 29 | 71 |
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1 | China | 150 | 81 | 42 | 273 |
2 | Japan | 33 | 45 | 46 | 124 |
3 | South Korea | 31 | 40 | 63 | 134 |
4 | India | 16 | 26 | 29 | 71 |
5 | Uzbekistan | 13 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
6 | Chinese Taipei | 12 | 10 | 17 | 39 |
7 | Thailand | 10 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 7 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
9 | Hong Kong China | 6 | 15 | 23 | 44 |
10 | Bahrain | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
*India's medal tally table last updated on October 4 at 9:25 AM.
Disclosure: Medal tallies have been sourced from Olympics.com
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