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 …
Read More »Following the overwhelming performance at the Asian Games, India record the best-ever performance at Para Asian Games too
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 …
Read More »5 gold medals in a day: India shine on Day 6 of Para Asian Games 2018
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 …
Read More »Sharad Kumar sets two new records to win gold in Men’s High Jump on Day 5 of Para Asian Games 2018
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 …
Read More »Para archer Harvinder Singh wins the only gold for India on Day 4 of Para Asian Games
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. …
Read More »On Day 3 of Para Asian Games, Indians clinch 11 medals; Ekta Bhyan, Narayan Thakur & Manish Narwal win gold
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 …
Read More »Three gold in Para Asian Games Day 2: Sandeep Chaudhury and Raju Rakshita in Athletics, Suhas Yadav in Swimming
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 …
Read More »Para Powerlifting icon Farman Basha wins silver in Para Asian Games 2018; young sensation Paramjeet wins bronze
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 …
Read More »India win bronze in Men’s hockey by defeating Pakistan in the third-place play off
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 …
Read More »Indian Women’s Squash team wins silver; the Men’s team get bronze in the Asian Games
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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