Asian Games 2023 Day 14 Live Updates (October 07): Deepak Punia claimed a silver medal in wrestling.
India at Asian Games Day 14 Live Updates (October 07): In the space of a few heady moments in Hangzhou, the Indian contingent claimed three golds medals with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claimed their historic men’s doubles gold with ease, the men’s cricket team clinching theirs amid rain and the men’s kabaddi team winning their medal after an hour-long interruption.
The Indian contingent at Hangzhou 2023 touched the 100-medal mark on Saturday with the women’s kabaddi team claiming a gold medal with a win over Chinese Taipei. Elsewhere, the Indian compound archery contingent completed its clean sweep of gold medals to push India’s medal tally to 100 (25 gold, 35 silver and 40 bronze).
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In wrestling, Deepak Punia lost in the final of the 86kg category to Iran’s Hassan Yazdanicharati.
Vinayakk Mohanarangan along side Amit Kamath will be on the blog today assisted by Rahul Sadhu and Sayak Dutta, with our man on the ground in Hangzhou, Mihir Vasavda, sending us updates as well. Also providing her inputs for badminton is Shivani Naik. You can read all of our top stories by clicking on this link.
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Asian Games: India breaks new ground with century of medals and highest-ever rank on tallyÂ
A Games replete with historic firsts, a strong return to podium in sports it had earlier missed, and memorable comebacks will end with another landmark moment – for the first time, India will breach the 100-medal mark at the Asiad.
The unprecedented medal haul will also ensure India’s best-ever rank at the Asian Games in over 60 years, with fourth place behind China, Japan and South Korea now secured.
On Saturday, the final day of events before Sunday’s closing ceremony, the Indian team has confirmed medals in archery (three), kabaddi (two), badminton and men’s cricket. More are possible in women’s hockey and chess. (READ MORE)Â
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First published on: 07-10-2023 at 06:07 IST
