Aiming to cross the 100-medal mark at the 2023 Asian Games, the Indian contingent was firing on all cylinders from day 1. Shooters and rowers helped the country open its medal account at the Hangzhou Games, while the Indian women’s cricket team emerged victorious. a historic gold medal by beating Sri Lanka in the final. However, India’s first gold medal came in shooting in the men’s 10m Air Rifle Team event. The trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Divyansh Singh Panwar gave India its first podium finish with a world record effort. (Tally Asian Games medals)
Shooting: 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze medals
Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh and Ramita Jindal in the women’s 10m air rifle team – Silver
Ramita Jindal in 10 meter air rifle women – Bronze
Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Divyansh Singh Panwar in Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team – Gold
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar in Men’s 10 Meter Air Rifle – Bronze
Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh and Anish Bhanwala in the men’s 25 meters rapid file pistol team – Bronze
Rowing: 2 silver, 3 bronze medals
Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh in lightweight men’s double sculls – Silver
Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ran in men’s pair – Bronze
Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetesh Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish, DU Pande in Men’s eight – Silver
Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish in the men’s four – Bronze
Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh in men’s quadruple – Bronze
Cricket: one gold medal
Indian cricket team in women’s T20 cricket – Gold
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