The Indian 4×400 Mixed Relay team’s silver medal in 2018 Jakarta Asian Games has been officially upgraded to gold after the disqualification of original winners Bahrain due to a doping ban handed to one of its runners. The Indian quartet of Mohammad Anas, M R Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv …
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With 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals, India recorded the best-ever performance at the Para Asian Games 2018 held in Jakarta. With 72 medals, India outclassed its performance of 2014 when Indian sportsmen won 33 medals (3 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze). On the last day of the …
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India’s ace para shuttler Parul Parmar notched up a victory of 21-9, 21-5 over Wandee Kamtam of Thailand to win the gold medal in the Women’s Singles SL3 event at the Para Asian Games 2018. Athletes in this class have impairment in one or both lower limbs and poor walking/running …
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Indian para high jumper Sharad Kumar broke two records to win a second successive gold medal at the Asian Para Games. Sharad made a jump of 1.90m in Men’s High Jump T42/63 category to better the Asian as well as the Games record to bag the gold medal. The high …
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Para archer Harvinder Singh won gold in the Men’s Individual Recurve on the fourth day of the Para Asian Games in Jakarta. The other athletes fetched India eight other medals on the day. Harvinder Singh defeated China’s Zhao Lixue 6-0 in the W2/ST category final to claim the top honour. …
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India bagged a total of 11 medals on the third day of the Para Asian Games with 3 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze. With this India maintain its eighth spot in the medal tally in Jakarta. Para shooter Manish Narwal bagged the yellow metal in the P1 – Men’s …
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Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary created a new world record to clinch India’s first gold medal at the Para Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. Chaudhary claimed the top spot with a best throw of 60.01m, which he managed in his third attempt. He shattered the F44 world record of 59.82 made …
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India’s ace para powerlifter Farman Basha won silver in 49 kg category at the Para Asian Games 2018 held in Jakarta. Young sensation Paramjeet Kumar won bronze in the same category. Farman Basha lifted a weight of 128kg in his second attempt. However he failed to lift 133kg in his …
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India won the bronze medal in Men’s Hockey at the Asian Games 2018 after registering a 2-1 win over Pakistan. Akashdeep Singh scored a brilliant field goal in the 3rd minute while Harmanpreet Singh scored from the penalty corner in the 50th minute. A goal from Muhammad Aziz brought Pakistan …
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The Indian Women’s Squash team bagged its second successive silver medal at Asian Games, after losing the final against Hong Kong in this edition of the Games. The Indian Women’s team represented by Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna suffered a 0-2 defeat in the final. In …
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