The Indian contingent is on a roll at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou. India have so far won 55 medals (13 gold, 21 silver and 21 bronze) at the Asian Games 2023. In the 2018 event, the Indian contingent had bagged its biggest-ever medal haul, earning as many as 70 medals from the event from what was a 570-member strong contingent. In the 2023 edition of the continental tournament, the Indian team is hopeful of crossing their previous best, with a 100+ mark being their target. India have won medals in shooting, cricket, tennis, sailing among other sports.
1. Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team:The shooting team, comprising Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita, and Ashi Chouksey bagged the silver medal after finishing second Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team event. They finished with a total score of 1886.
2. Rowing, Men’s Doubles Sculls:The pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh won silver in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls with a timing of 6:28.18s.
3. Rowing, Men’s Pair:The duo of Lekh Ram and Babu Lal Yadav helped India finish third, bagging a bronze medal, with a timing of 6:50.41.
4. Rowing, Men’s Eight:Continuing a medal rush in rowing, India bagged another silver medal, this time in the Men’s Eight event.
5. Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Rifle Individual: Ramita Jindal, having clinched a silver medal in the women’s team event, bagged a bronze medal in the individual event in the 10m Air Rifle category with a cumulative score of 230.1
6. Shooting, Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team: In what turned out to be a ‘world record’ performance, the trio of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil, and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar earned India its first gold medal of the 2023 Asian Games. With a cumulative score of 1893.7 points, they broke the existing world record for a team in 10m Air Rifle event.
7. Rowing, Men’s Coxless Four: The quartet of Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit and Ashish Kumar clinched the third spot in the Men’s Four event with a timing of 6:10.81.
8. Rowing, Men’s Quadruple Sculls: India win Bronze in Rowing as the quartet of Satnam, Parminder, Jakar and Sukhmeet finish 3rd with a timing of 6:08.61 mins in final.
9. Shooting, Men’s 10m Air Rifle Individual:Shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, who combined with two others to earn India its first gold medal of the Asian Games in the team event, bagged a bronze medal in Men’s 10m Air Rifle event.
10. Shooting, Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team: The trio of Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu earned India a Bronze medal in the event with a total score of 1718.
11. Indian Women’s Cricket Team: The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final to help India clinch its first-ever Asian Games gold medal in cricket.
12. Sailing, Girls’s Dinghy: Sailor Neha Thakur, representing India in the Girl’s Dinghy – ILCA 4 category, secured a silver medal. It was the nation’s first medal in Sailing at the 2023 Asian Games.
13. Sailing, Men’s Windsurfer RS:X: Eabad Ali got India its second medal in surfing at the 2023 Asian games, as he finished in the bronze medal spot at men’s windsurfer RS:X event with a net score of 52 points.
14. Equestrian, Team Dressage: The quartet of Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Sudipti Hajela and Divyakriti Singh earned Inda a gold medal in Equestrian team event, first in 41 years. They claimed top podium spot with a timing of 209.205
15. Shooting, Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team: Trio of Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Samra earn India silver medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position Team event. They aggregated an overall score of 1764, nine behind China who took the gold.
16. Shooting, Women’s 25m Pistol Team: The trident of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan clinches gold medal in Women’s 25m Pistol Team event, with a score of 1759.
17. Shooting, Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual final: Ashi Chouksey settled for bronze medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3-position individual event, with a total score of 451.9.
18. Shooting, Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual final: With a World Record score of 469.6, Sift Kaur Samra clinched gold medal in Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual final. The previous record was 467 by Seonaid McIntosh of Great Britain, set in Baku this year.
19. Shooting, Men’s Skeet Team: The trio of Angad, Gurjoat & Anant Jeet earned India a bronze medal in Men’s Skeet Shooting Team event, with a total points tally of 355.
20. Sailing, Men’s ILCA 7 event: Vishnu Saravanan earned India a bronze medal in sailing with a net score of 34, one more than the silver medallist Ha Jeemin of South Korea.
21. Shooting, Women’s 25m Pistol Individual: India’s Esha Singh managed to claim the second spot in the women’s 25m Pistol Individual final, aggregating a score of 34, 4 behind the winner from China. In the same event, Manu Bhaker finished 5th.
22. Shooting, Men’s Skeet Individual: India’s Anantjeet Singh Naruka bagged a silver medal, scoring 58/60 in the Men’s Skeet Individual final. He lost to Kuwait’s shooter who equalled the World Record by shooting perfect 60/60.
23. Wushu, Women’s 60kg: After assuring India of a silver medal in Wushu, 60 kg category, Roshibina Devi couldn’t bag the elusive gold medal, losing to a Chinese opponent in the final.
24. Shooting, Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team:Continuing the shooters prolific journey in the Asian Games, the trio of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal struck gold in Men’s 10m Team event.
25. Equestrian, Equestrian Dressage Individual: India’s Anush Agarwalla created history as he became the first-ever athlete from the country to win a medal in Equestrian Individual event.
26. Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol Team: Trio of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju clinched a silver medal with the final score of 1731.
27. Shooting, Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team: The trident of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale broke world record as they clinched gold medal in Men’s 50m Rifle Team event with a score of 1769.
28. Tennis, Men’s Doubles:Indian duo of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni beaten 4-6, 4-6 by Chinese Taipei duo in men’s doubles final. They bowed out with silver medal.
29. Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual: India’s Palak bagged gold medal with Asian Games record in Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual final. She aggregated a total score of 242.1.
30. Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual: India’s Esha Singh secured silver medal in Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual final. She aggregated a total score of 239.7.
31. Squash, Women’s Team: The Trio of Tanvi Khanna, Joshna Chinappa and Anahat Singh were beaten in the Women’s Team semi-final, hence bowing out with a bronze medal.
32. Shooting, Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual: India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar continued his prolific run, clinching another silver medal in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual final. He aggregated a total score of 459.7, 0.9 behind the gold medal-winner.
33. Athletics, Women’s Category: Shot-putter Kiran Baliyan won a bronze medal with a best throw of 17.36. This is also India’s first athletics medal at Asian Games 2023.
34. Shooting, 10 m air pistol mixed team:Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS faltered towards the end to let gold slip out of their hands in the 10m air pistol mixed team but the silver took India’s medal count from the shooting range to 19 at the Asian Games.
35. Tennis, Mixed doubles final: Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale claimed mixed doubles gold with 2-6, 6-3, 10-4 win over Chinese Taipei.
36. Squash, Men’s Team final:Abhay Singh, Saurav Ghosal and Mahesh Mangaonkar helped India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the summit clash. Harinderpal Singh Sandhu was also in the team but didn’t play the final.
37. Athletics, Men’s 10000m Race: India’s long-distance runner Kartik Kumar won a silver with a personal best timing of 28:15.38s.
38. Athletics, Men’s 10000m Race: India’s long-distance runner Gulveer Singh won a bronze with a personal best timing of 28:17.21s.
39. Golf, Women’s Individual:India’s Aditi Ashok won silver medal. She finished the competition with a score of 17 under.
40. Shooting, Women’s Trap Team: India’s women’s trap team, consisting of Rajeshwari Kumari, Manisha Keer and Preeti Rajak won silver medal, with a score of 337.
41. Shooting, Men’s Trap Team: India’s men’s trap team of Zoravar Singh, Kynan Darius Chenai and Prithviraj Tondaiman won gold medal, with the Asian Games record score of 361.
42. Shooting, Men’s Trap Individual: India’s Kynan Darius Chenai bagged a bronze medal in the Men’s Trap-50 Individual final with a score of 32/40. His compatriot Zoravar Singh Sandhu finished 5th.
43. Athletics, Men’s Shot Put Final: India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor won gold medal in men’s shot put final with a distance of 20.36m.
44. Athletics, 3000m Men’s Steeplechase Final: India’s Avinash Sable won gold medal in 3000m men’s steeplechase final. He recorded a timing of 8:19:50.
45. Boxing, Women’s 50kg Semi-Final: Nikhat Zareen bowed out of women’s 50kg boxing with a bronze medal after losing in the semi-final match.
46. Athletics, Women’s 1500m: Harmilan Bains won a silver medal for India after finishing the race with a timing of 4:12.74.
47. Athletics, Men’s 1500m: Ajay Kumar Saroj won a silver medal with a timing of 3:38.94.
48. Athletics, Men’s 1500m: Jinson Johnson registered a time of 3:39.74 to clinch a bronze medal.
49. Long Jump: Murali Sreesankar won a silver medal in the men’s event with a best jump of 8.19m.
50. Women’s Heptathlon: Nandini Agasara has clinched a bronze medal. She finished with an overall total of 5712 points, which is her new personal best.
51. Women’s Discus Throw: India’s Seema Punia won a bronze medal with a best throw of 58.62m.
52. Women’s 100m Hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji’s bronze medal in the event was upgraded to silver after China’s Wu Yanni, who finished at the second spot, was disqualified.
53. Badminton, Men’s Team Event: The Indian men’s badminton team ended its campaign with a silver medal after losing to China in the final.
54. Roller Skating, Women’s Speed Skating 3000m Relay:Earning India’s first medal of the day, the women’s roller skating team bagged bronze in the women’s speed skating 3000m relay event with a tally of 4:34.861.
55. Roller Skating, Men’s Speed Skating 3000m Relay:The women’s roller skating team bagged bronze in the men’s speed skating 3000m relay event with a tally of 4:10.128.
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