Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 8 (ANI): India completed in fourth place on the Asian Games medal desk with its best-ever medal tally of 107 medals. Out of this report haul, 12 medals have been received by the Reliance Foundation-supported athletes, who made a big contribution to the general success.
Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation congratulated Team India for making the nation proud on the Asian Games.
Reliance Foundation the CSR arm of Reliance Industries led by Nita Ambani is working with companions to create a world-class sporting ecosystem from the bottom up – nurturing a ardour for sports activities on the grassroots.
“Your historic tally of over 100 medals is a shining example of the power of India’s youth,” Nita Ambani mentioned.
“We are also proud of our Reliance Foundation athletes for winning 12 medals at the Games. A special shout out to Kishore Jena, Jyothi Yarraji, Palak Gulia, the 17-year-old teen phenomenon, and many more, for their outstanding performance. At Reliance Foundation, we remain committed to supporting our young athletes and fostering and nurturing talent in sports,” she added.
Lovlina Borgohain, a Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in boxing, clinched a silver medal within the Women’s 75kg class, incomes her a spot on the Paris Olympics in 2024. She turned the second Indian feminine boxer to succeed in the gold medal bout on the Asian Games.
Kishore Jena’s exceptional javelin throw of 87.54 meters earned him a silver medal, solidifying his place as India’s second-best javelin thrower after Neeraj Chopra. Jena has improved his private greatest seven instances in 2023. His private greatest was 78.05m earlier than this 12 months.
Young taking pictures prodigy Palak Gulia achieved a historic double by profitable gold within the girls’s 10m air pistol occasion and securing a silver medal as a part of the 10m air pistol girls’s crew. She turned the youngest Indian shooter to medal on this version and the primary Indian lady ever to win gold within the 10m air pistol particular person occasion.
India utterly dominated the athletics occasions on this Asiad with 29 medals comprising six golds, 14 silvers, and 9 bronzes – which is India’s best-ever tally for the reason that inaugural version in 1951 in athletics.
Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh ended India’s 25-year medal drought within the Men’s 10,000m occasion with a exceptional 2-3 end, each setting new private bests. These have been India’s first medals within the occasion after Gulab Chand’s bronze on the 1998 Bangkok Asiad. Both athletes additionally etched new private bests in a scintillating show.
Jyothi Yarraji displayed distinctive resilience by profitable a silver medal within the Women’s 100m hurdles, overcoming the challenges of a false begin declare to safe India’s first-ever medal on this occasion.
Mohammad Afsal secured a silver medal within the Men’s 800m, whereas Jinson Johnson returned to profitable methods with a bronze within the Men’s 1500m occasion, changing into the primary Indian male athlete to medal in a number of editions of the Asian Games within the 1500m occasion.
Dhruv Kapila in badminton and Simranjeet Kaur in archery contributed considerably to their respective crew occasions, with India profitable its first-ever silver in males’s badminton and securing a bronze in girls’s recurve archery. Tushar Shelke, was additionally part of the boys’s recurve crew that received silver after beating Bangladesh within the semi-finals.
The Indian delegation wrapped their nineteenth Asian Games journey with 107 medals, ending the continental meet with the largest-ever medal haul after 20 days of intense, glory-filled competitors.
The Indian contingent bagged a report 107 medals – 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze – in Hangzhou, surpassing their earlier greatest, set at 2018 Jakarta. (ANI)