Asian Games 2023 LIVE Updates: India finished its Asian Games campaign with a record haul of 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze) to finish fourth (on gold-medal count), improving on its 2018 tally of 70 medals, which included 16 gold.
Leading the medal tally are India's athletes, who have clinched 29 medals. Their remarkable achievements include six gold, 14 silver, and 9 bronze medals across various events, showcasing the country's prowess in athletic events. India has also bagged 22 medals in shooting.
India on Saturday woke up to a very golden morning with its archers and the kabaddi team helping the nation to secure its long waited dream of achieving 100 medals target for the first time ever.
Later in the day, the badminton duo Chirag and Satwik defeated Korea to clinch a gold. This was followed by the men's cricket and kabaddi teams also secured the Asian Games champions to their names. The 104th medal was a bronze bagged by the Indian women's cricket team.
With a nail-biting 26-25 victory over Chinese Taipei in the women's kabaddi final, the Indian contingent won its 100th medal at the Asian Games, a first.
The women's kabaddi team accomplished the feat by winning the continental championship for the third time, improving one spot from their runner-up finish at the previous Games in Indonesia, and realising the nation's hopes of reaching the historic three-figure mark for the first time.
The Chinese Taipei women tested the Indian team to the very limit in the final, just missing out on the championship by one point.
In the final two raids, the Indian squad displayed steely nerves to win the match.
The spectacular raid by Pooja, one of the stars of the dramatic title match that also resulted in the team's coach receiving a caution and a green card, gave India a five-point advantage at the half.
Earlier on Saturday morning, Indian archers Ojas Deotale and Abhishek Varma added two more medals to India's kitty by securing a gold and silver respectively in the men's compound archery individual event.
India's Jyothi Surekha also clinched a gold medal in women's archery compound individual event.
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