{"id":376825,"date":"2023-10-07T02:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/10\/07\/its-official-india-hit-100-medal-mark-in-hangzhou-asian-games-for-first-time-in-history-asian-games-news\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T02:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T02:31:00","slug":"its-official-india-hit-100-medal-mark-in-hangzhou-asian-games-for-first-time-in-history-asian-games-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/10\/07\/its-official-india-hit-100-medal-mark-in-hangzhou-asian-games-for-first-time-in-history-asian-games-news\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Official! India Hit 100-Medal Mark In Hangzhou Asian Games For First Time In History | Asian Games News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-10\/a854efk8_indian-mens-hockey-team-twitter_625x300_07_October_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><b class=\"place_cont\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Indian contingent truly live up to the &#8216;<em>Is Baar Sau Paar&#8217;<\/em> target as the nation officially touched the 100-medal mark in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday. India were already assured of a century in the medals tally on Friday which concluded with the country pocketing 95 medals. More medals in compound archery (3), kabaddi (2), badminton (1), and men&#8217;s cricket (1) were already assured. On Saturday, which is the final day for Indian athletes&#8217; events in Hangzhou, India added four more medals in archery while the women&#8217;s kabaddi team&#8217;s win over Chinese Taipei in the final officially took India to the 100-medal mark.<\/p>\n<p>India had won 70 medals in the last edition in Indonesia where the country&#8217;s athletes won 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze medals to record their best-ever performance.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of a splendid show by the shooters (22) and track and field athletes (29 medals), who contributed 51 medals, India had already surpassed its best-ever show on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AND THAT IS MEDAL #100 FOR !!!<\/p>\n<p>HISTORY IS MADE AS INDIA GETS ITS 100 MEDAL AT THE ASIAN GAMES 2022!<\/p>\n<p>This is a testament to the power of dreams, dedication, and teamwork of our athletes involved in the achievement of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEAMINDIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEAMINDIA<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Let this achievement inspire generations to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EuBQpvvVQ3\">pic.twitter.com\/EuBQpvvVQ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SAI Media (@Media_SAI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media_SAI\/status\/1710481718476669202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Indian contingent won many surprise medals, the biggest being a women&#8217;s table tennis team bronze by Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee, who humbled the mighty China in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Parul Chaudhary&#8217;s sensational dash in the last 30 metres of the women&#8217;s 5000m event will also be remembered for a long time as the Meerut runner snatched a gold by edging Japan&#8217;s Ririka Hironaka in a close finish.<\/p>\n<p>Javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena&#8217;s astonishing 86.77m throw that gave him lead over superstar Neeraj Chopra for a brief period in the men&#8217;s javelin event was another unforgettable moment.<\/p>\n<p>Later Chopra won the gold, while Jena finished behind him to settle for a silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>Canoers Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam&#8217;s historic bronze in the men&#8217;s double 1000m along with Ram Baboo and Manju Rani&#8217;s third place finish in the mixed 35km race walk were perfect examples that if athletes refuse to bow down to the hardships life throws, excelling in sports is possible.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>With PTI inputs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"tgs\">\n<p>Topics mentioned in this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/asian-games-2023\/its-official-india-hit-100-medal-mark-in-hangzhou-asian-games-for-first-time-in-history-4458239\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Indian contingent truly live up to the &#8216;Is Baar Sau Paar&#8217; target as the nation officially touched the 100-medal mark in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday. India were already assured of a century in the medals tally on Friday which concluded with the country pocketing 95 medals. 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