Indian men's cricket team were declared winners of the final against Afghanistan at the Asian Games following a rain washout. India won the gold due to higher seeding.Deepak Punia grabbed a silver after losing against Iran's Hassan Yazdani in the men's freestyle 86kg final.Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured the gold medal in the men's doubles badminton event by defeating Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho of the Republic of Korea with a score of 21-18, 21-16 . The Indian women's kabaddi team has beaten Chinese Taipei in the final to add another gold to its kitty, taking the country's overall tally to a historic 100 at the Hangzhou Asian Games. India is only the fourth country in the history of the Asian Games to win a total of 100 or more medals in a single Asiad. The other three countries to achieve this distinction are China, Japan, and South Korea. There is a high probability that India will end up 4th in the medals tally in the Hangzhou Asian Games. If it does, it would be the country’s highest position in the continental Games since the 1962 Asian Games at Jakarta, when it was 3rd. India’s best performance was when it hosted the first Asian Games in New Delhi in 1951, when it came 2nd. Earlier, ace Indian compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam grabbed a hat-trick of gold, while Aditi Swami bagged a bronze. Archer Ojas Deotale pipped Abhishek Verma in an all-India final to win Gold in the men's individual compound event Reigning world champion Aditi Swami began the penultimate day at the continental showpiece by assuring the country of a record ninth medal in archery at these Games when she prevailed over Indonesia's Ratih Zilizati Fadhly in a one-sided bronze play-off. The 17-year-old Indian who bagged the World Championship title in Berlin two months ago was not at her best and dropped four points, but that did not matter much as she won 146-140. Later Jyothi, who had already secured a gold in mixed pair and women's team events, made it three in a row when she rallied to defeat her formidable South Korean opponent So Chaewon 149-145.
Indian men's cricket team were declared winners of the final against Afghanistan at the Asian Games following a rain washout. India won the gold due to higher seeding.Deepak Punia grabbed a silver after losing against Iran's Hassan Yazdani in the men's freestyle 86kg final.Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured the gold medal in the men's doubles badminton event by defeating Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho of the Republic of Korea with a score of 21-18, 21-16 . The Indian women's kabaddi team has beaten Chinese Taipei in the final to add another gold to its kitty, taking the country's overall tally to a historic 100 at the Hangzhou Asian Games. India is only the fourth country in the history of the Asian Games to win a total of 100 or more medals in a single Asiad. The other three countries to achieve this distinction are China, Japan, and South Korea. There is a high probability that India will end up 4th in the medals tally in the Hangzhou Asian Games. If it does, it would be the country’s highest position in the continental Games since the 1962 Asian Games at Jakarta, when it was 3rd. India’s best performance was when it hosted the first Asian Games in New Delhi in 1951, when it came 2nd. Earlier, ace Indian compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam grabbed a hat-trick of gold, while Aditi Swami bagged a bronze. Archer Ojas Deotale pipped Abhishek Verma in an all-India final to win Gold in the men's individual compound event Reigning world champion Aditi Swami began the penultimate day at the continental showpiece by assuring the country of a record ninth medal in archery at these Games when she prevailed over Indonesia's Ratih Zilizati Fadhly in a one-sided bronze play-off. The 17-year-old Indian who bagged the World Championship title in Berlin two months ago was not at her best and dropped four points, but that did not matter much as she won 146-140. Later Jyothi, who had already secured a gold in mixed pair and women's team events, made it three in a row when she rallied to defeat her formidable South Korean opponent So Chaewon 149-145.