India accumulates overall tally of 24 medals- 6 gold, 8 silver & 10 bronze in Asian Games 2023

India has accumulated an overall tally of 24 medals- 6 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze in the Asian Games 2023, being held at Hangzhou, China.

The latest gold was won by the trio of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal in the men's 10m air pistol team event today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the team on their win and wished them the very best for their future endeavors.

However, in their individual ten meter pistol final rounds, Cheema was eliminated at the beginning and Singh finished fourth, failing to secure a medal, dashing the country’s hopes.

In the men's 4x100 meter freestyle relay heats, Indian swimmers Tanish George Mathew, Vishal Grewal, Anand AS and Srihari Nataraj clocked three minutes and twenty-one seconds, setting a national record time. 

They were promoted to the final, scheduled later for this evening. On the other hand, the women's freestyle relay team comprising of Dhinidi Desinghu, Maana Patel, Janhvi Choudhary and Shivangi Sarma finished seventh in the 4x100 meter final. They will also swim for a medal later today.

In Wushu, Naorem Roshibina Devi made the country proud by receiving the silver medal today.

She lost out in the final of 60 kg category against China’s Wu Xiaowei.

The Prime Minister applauded her extraordinary talent, discipline and determination in a tweet on X.

In boxing, India's Jasmine Lamboria won her women's 60 kg round of 16 bout against Saudi Arabia's Hadeel Ghazwan Ashour.

She passed the first round with flying colors, scoring a perfect ten. Jasmine is just one win away from a medal at the Asian Games and sealing a women's 60kg Olympic quota for India.

In a blow to Indian gymnastics, Pranati Nayak is out of medal contention in women’s vault event. She received an average score of 12.350 for her two vaults, taking the fourth spot on the scoreboard. 

In a devastating defeat for the country, Indian squash players Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh lost their matches in the women's team competition against Malaysia by 3-0 at Hangzhou.

In table tennis women’s singles event, Manika Batra, triumphed in all the four rounds against Nepal's Nabita Shrestha in the round of 32.

Unable to perform similarly in mixed doubles event, Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran registered a loss of 3-2 in the round of 16, ending their stint today.

While in Table Tennis Men’s doubles round of 32, India's Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran beat Ser-od Gankhuyag and Manlaijargal Munkh-Ochir of Mongolia. 

Another doubles pair Manush Utpalbhai Patel and Manav Vikash Thakkar also won by 3-1 in the same round against Maldives' Moosa Munif Ahmed and Mohamed Shaffan Ismail at Hangzhou. Both the Indian pairs will contest in the round of 16 tomorrow.