The Indian women’s kabaddi team defeated Taiwan to give India its 100th medal at the Asian Games.
Indian Women’s Kabaddi Team (File photo)
In the Asian Games India has touched the 100 medal mark for the first time. Indian women’s kabaddi team defeated Taiwan to give India its 100th medal. It also includes 25 gold. Apart from this, India has won 35 silver and 40 bronze medals so far. The women’s team beat Taiwan 26-25 in a thrilling final. The men’s kabaddi team will also compete for the gold medal today. Apart from this, men’s cricket will also face Afghanistan in the gold match. Earlier, the women’s cricket team has already captured the gold.
The Indian women’s kabaddi team had a great start against Taiwan in the final. Indian team was leading 14-9 till half time. He also performed brilliantly in the second half and won the match 26-25 to win the gold. It was an interesting match between the two teams till the last minute. India have at least one in 9 games so far Gold Medal has won Most 7 gold medals have been won in shooting. Apart from this, 6 golds have come in athletics and 5 golds in archery. Won 2 golds in squash. Apart from this, one gold each has been won in tennis, horse riding, cricket, kabaddi and hockey.
Till Friday, India had won 95 medals. The first 4 medals came in Archery on Saturday. Suresh Vennam and Ojas Devtale won gold. Apart from this, Abhishek Verma won silver and Aditi Swamy won bronze. Earlier, India had won the highest number of medals at 70 in the 2018 Asian Games. 29 medals, the most ever in the Asian Games Athleticshave come in Apart from this, Indian shooters won 22 medals. Archery team also managed to win 9 medals.
Jyoti Surekha Vennam and Ojas Devtale scored a hat-trick of gold medals while Aditi Swamy bagged the bronze. Archery team won a total of 9 medals. Earlier, India had won 3 medals in the Games held in Incheon in 2014. After winning gold, Jyoti said, I have no words. So many emotions are running high. I will take time to think. In a match between guru and disciple, 21-year-old world champion Devtale defeated 34-year-old Abhishek Verma 149-147.