Hangzhou, China: India breaks world records and bags a total of 11 medals on day 2 at Asian Games 2023.
India signed off with its first gold medal in the rifle event. The trio of ace shooters Divyesh Panwar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Rudranksh Patil participated in a 10 meter rifle team event. The hero of the rifle shooting, Aishwary Pratap, made the whole nation proud by securing a bronze medal in the individual Men’s 10 meter Air Rifle event. Double the medals, double the celebrations!!
Indian Women’s Cricket Team won their first-ever Gold medal at The Asia Games, 2023. In this historic win, India defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs.
Now all eyes around the men’s cricket final which is on October 7.
Additionally, India secured 3rd position in Rowing as well.
India jumps to 5th position in the medals ranking, with China on the top, followed by Korea, Uzbekistan, Japan and Hong kong respectively.
Here’s a list of medal tally for India:
Gold : 2
Silver : 3
Bronze : 6
Total : 11 Medals
GOLD MEDAL | Winners |
Team Rifle Event (Men’s) | Divyansh Panwar, Rudranksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap |
Women’s Cricket team | Indian Cricket Team |
SILVER MEDAL | Winners |
Shooting (Women’s) | Ramita, Mehul Ghosh and Chuksey |
Rowing Double Sculls (Men’s Pair) | Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh |
Rowing (Men’s eight) | Neeraj, Naresh, Neetesh Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish and DU Pande |
BRONZE | Winners |
Men’s 10m Air Rifle | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar |
Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Rifle) | Ramita Jindal |
Rowing (Men’s Pair) | Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram |
Rowing (Men’s Coxless 4) | Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Punit Kumar |
Rowing (Men’s Quadruple) | Jaswinder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh |
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Team | Vijayveer Sindhu, Adarsh Singh and Anish Bhanwala |
