Asian Games – Rankireddy, Shetty win historic gold, India concludes Hangzhou campaign with 107 medals

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hangzhou, , Men’s doubles pair of Satshikasairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won a historic first gold medal in badminton and two medals each in archery and kabaddi took India to 12 medals, including six gold. It won its highest ever medal tally of 107 medals at the 19th Asian Games. India finished the Asian Games on a high note and won 12 medals on the final day, taking its medal tally to 107 — 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze. Won medals. When China hosted its first Asian Games in 1990, the country had won only one gold medal in Kabaddi. This is India’s best ever performance in the Asian Games, with the total medal count being 107, which is higher than the previous high of 70 medals. More than that by a huge margin.It was made possible by years of sweat and hard work of a team of 963 people including athletes, coaches, support staff and administrators.While Rankireddy and Shetty put in their racket, armband and in Shetty’s case Celebrated wildly by throwing off their shirts – they danced gayly after defeating an experienced South Korean pair in straight sets to win their first gold. The men’s Kabaddi team staged an unprecedented protest on the court over an official error, halting play for an hour. Officials ruled in favor of the Indians after a review, resulting in the Iranian teams picketing the court. The matter was eventually resolved with the Indians getting points and the Iranians unhappy with the loss of points as India clinched the gold medal after slipping to fourth place in the 2018 edition in Indonesia. The bad presented both sides, leaving a bad taste for true sports lovers. India finished fourth on the medal table on Saturday, with an unprecedented overall medal tally of 107 – 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze – which However, they were far behind China’s huge medal tally of 382. 200 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze. Japan finished second with 186 medals – 51 gold, 66 silver and 69 bronze – while Republic of Korea finished third with 190 medals, of which 42 were gold, 59 silver and 89 bronze. Compound archers won their third Asian The Games represented the good side of the game as Jyoti Surekha Vennam, and Ojas Praveen Deyotable in their first appearance won gold medals in the women’s and men’s individual events respectively in a discipline which is not in the Olympic Games. The women’s Kabaddi team also restored its glory by winning the gold medal after being dethroned in the previous edition in Indonesia in 2018. The men’s cricket team won India’s sixth gold medal – the biggest in a single day – on the basis of a ridiculous rule that declared the winner based on the national team’s world ranking in a match that was canceled due to rain.Wrestler Deepak Punia Won one of the four silver medals and archer Abhishek Verma had to console himself with a second consecutive silver medal after losing to Devtale in the final played in cold and rainy conditions.The magicians from the land of Chaturangam won two silver medals in chess. Won, in which D. Gukesh, R.O. The men’s team of Praggnanand, E. Arjun, Vidit Santosh Gujarati and Pantala Harikrishna finished second behind Iran, while Uzbekistan won the bronze medal. The women’s team won the silver medal, leaving hosts China behind, while Kazakhstan won the bronze medal. On Saturday, the women’s hockey team restored some pride by winning the bronze medal match by defeating defending champions Japan 2-1 in the third-place match. But what will bother him most is that the team failed to secure a place in next year’s Paris Olympics. China defeated Korea Republic in the final and secured the opportunity to qualify for the Paris Olympics. 17-year-old archer Aditi Gopichand Swami won the bronze medal. The question is, how many of them will move on and be successful at the Paris Olympic Games next year?

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