Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 26 (ANI): BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Saturday hailed India’s efficiency on the Asian Games, describing Friday as a ‘historic’ day after the nation gained six medals in a single day and expressing hope that the medal-winning run would proceed in kabaddi and different occasions.
Speaking to reporters at Kangra Airport, Thakur congratulated the Indian contingent for its efficiency on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
“I want to congratulate the Indian players for their magnificent performance. Yesterday was historic as India won six medals in a single day – one gold, two silver and three bronze,” he advised reporters.
Thakur additionally expressed hope that India would proceed its profitable run in kabaddi and different occasions on Saturday, with each the lads’s and ladies’s kabaddi groups having secured locations within the gold medal matches.
He prolonged particular greetings to athletes from Himachal Pradesh and praised their performances throughout totally different occasions. He additionally referred to India’s exhibiting within the males’s 10,000m and mentioned kabaddi occasions have been now attracting shut consideration.
India’s six medals on Friday included capturing golds for Kamaljeet and Inder Singh Suruchi within the combined staff 10m air pistol occasion, whereas Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil and Niraj Kumar gained silver within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions staff occasion.
In athletics, Gulveer Singh gained silver within the males’s 10,000m, whereas Manpreet Kaur and Baranica Elangovan claimed bronze within the girls’s shot put and pole vault respectively. Manush Shah and Diya Chitale added a bronze in desk tennis combined doubles.
India continued its medal-winning marketing campaign on Saturday, with Sawan Barwal securing silver within the males’s marathon in a nationwide document time of two:11:37. His medal ended India’s 44-year watch for an Asian Games marathon podium end.
India additionally gained silver within the girls’s 50m rifle 3 positions staff occasion by Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod. Tilottama completed fourth and Vidarsa fifth within the particular person remaining.
In squash, Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar secured a bronze after dropping their combined doubles semifinal in opposition to Hong Kong’s Tang Ming Hong and Lee Ka Yi.
Archery additionally produced robust qualification performances, with Chikitha Taniparthi topping the ladies’s compound qualification with 705 factors, whereas Dhiraj Bommadevara completed first in males’s recurve qualification with 698 factors, setting Asian and nationwide data.
In badminton, Unnati Hooda superior after defeating Malaysia’s Wong Ling China, whereas Animesh Kujur topped his males’s 200m warmth to progress to the semifinal.
India’s males’s sabre staff and ladies’s foil staff additionally superior to the quarterfinals after wins within the spherical of 16, although each groups subsequently exited after defeats to South Korea and Japan respectively.
India’s medal tally stood at 26, comprising two gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze medals, putting the nation twelfth within the standings on the time of writing. (ANI)