Asian Games 2023 has seen the Indian athletes live up to the hype with the country finding itself among the top 5 nations in the medals tally. Shooting, squash, sailing, wushu, women’s cricket and equestrian, athletics have been the disciplines where Indian athletes have left their mark at the Asian Games 2023. As of now, India have 60 medals (13 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze). Among the gold medal winners at the Asian Games 2023, shooting has been the dominant force. However, India charted new territories by winning its first gold medal in cricket at Asian Games 2023. The Equestrian team also won the first gold medal in the sport in 41 years at the Asian Games. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
Full List Of All Indian Gold Medal Winners at the Asian Games 2023:
Shooting, Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team: The side not only won the gold medal but also put up a ‘world record’ performance. The triumvirate of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil, and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar earned India its first gold medal at the Asian Games 2023 on the second day of the medal events. With a cumulative score of 1893.7 points, they broke the existing world record for a team in 10m Air Rifle event.
Indian Women’s Cricket Team: The side was always primed to do well at the Asian Games 2023 considering their dominant performances in recent past. Though regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur missed the first two matches of the Asian Games 2023, it was no hindrance in India enteering the fina. In the title clash India defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs to clinch its first-ever Asian Games gold medal in cricket.
Equestrian, Team Dressage: This was a gold medal that was 41 years in the waiting, after the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. The quartet of Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Sudipti Hajela and Divyakriti Singh earned Inda a gold medal in the spot with a superb show. They claimed top podium spot with a score of 209.205.
Equestrian, Indiviual Dressage: Anush Agarwalla secured another medal in the Equestrian event at the Hangzhou Asian Games on September 28. He bagged a bronze medal in Dressage Individual Intermediate, which is also the first individual medal for India in Equestrian.
Shooting, Women’s 25m Pistol Team: The star trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan brought cheers again at the shooting range by clinching the top spot in Women’s 25m Pistol Team event, with a score of 1759.
Shooting, Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual final: With a World Record score of 469.6, Sift Kaur Samra clinched gold medal in Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual final. The previous record was 467 by Seonaid McIntosh of Great Britain, set in Baku this year.
Shooting, Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team: Continuing the shooters’ tremendous success at the Asian Games 2023, the star team of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal struck gold in Men’s 10m Team event.
Shooting, Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team:Indian trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran clinched gold medal, the country’s 5th in shooting in Asian Games 2023, in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team event with a World Record effort. Their overall score stood at 1769, 8 more than the previous mark set by USA.
Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual: India’s Palak claimed top spot in Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual final, defeating fellow Indian Esha Singh for the numero uno position. With her score of 242.1 while Esha came second with a score of 239.7.
Tennis: India’s Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale defeated En-shuo Liang/Tsung-hao Huang to win tennis mixed doubles gold at Asian Games 2023. The Indian pair came from a set down win the match 2-6, 6-3, 10-4.
Squash, Men’s Team: Abhay Singh, Saurav Ghosal and Mahesh Mangaonkar helped India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the summit clash. Harinderpal Singh Sandhu was also in the team but didn’t play the final.
Shooting, Men’s Trap Team: India’s men’s trap team of Zoravar Singh, Kynan Darius Chenai and Prithviraj Tondaiman won gold medal. They registered the Asian Games record score of 361, where Kuwait finished with silver while hosts China settled for Bronze.
Athletics, Men’s Shot Put:Tajinderpal Singh Toor throws a distance of 20:36m and clinches the gold medal in men’s shot put event. Saudi Arabia’s Mohamed Daouda finishes second with with a throw of 20.18.
Athletics, 3000m Men’s Steeplechase Final:Avinash Sable won the gold medal in men’s 3000m steeplechase. He registered the Asian Games record timing of 8:19:50s.
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