Asian Games 2023 Highlights: Sensational India signs off Asiad campaign with record 107 medals

Indian athletes have achieved an impressive milestone of 107 medals at the Asian Games through their unwavering dedication and hard work over the past two weeks. This achievement not only serves as an early Diwali gift to the nation but also holds the promise of a historic harvest at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

India ends campaign with a historic 107 medals!

Hassan Yazdani as expected displayed his prowess by defeating Deepak Punia in the men's 86kg category at the Asian Games. Deepak had to settle for a silver medal after losing by technical superiority to the Iranian wrestling legend. India's wrestling campaign at the Asian Games concluded on Saturday with an impressive total of six medals, although none of them were gold.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam is a Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh. Ojas Deotale won a national gymnastics silver medal before the bow and arrow became his best friends. Now, both are owners of a rare feat -- they are India's triple gold medallists in the same edition of the Asian Games.

The Indian men's kabaddi team final at the Asian Games will be remembered for a bizarre incident more than the team's reclaiming the gold with a 33-29 win over defending champions Iran. The match probably witnessed the ugliest scenes in the history of the sport and the continental event which even led to the suspension of the game for more than an hour.

Age is just a number in sports. It may sound cliched, but played out factually at the 19th Asian Games, where India's youngest and the oldest medallists are separated by a whopping 50 year age gap between them.

Entering the tournament as favourites, the Indian women's hockey team faced an unexpected setback in the semis but bounced back strongly on Saturday to earn a 2-1 win over defending champions Japan to clinch the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Kudos!

Proud Moment!

The Indian men's kabaddi team secured a dramatic victory to reclaim their Asian Games title after an intense hour of disputes. In a contentious final match temporarily suspended in Hangzhou, they triumphed over defending champions Iran with a score of 33-29.

Winning three gold is really special for me: Archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam

CHESS: SILVER!!! Indian women’s team also wins silver

Indian women team of Harika Dronavalli, Koneru Humpy, Vantika Agrawal, R Vaishali and Savitha Sri finish 2nd in round robin with 15/18 points. Indian women win 7 matches, lose 1 against China and draw one.

CHESS: SILVER!!! Indian men’s team takes silver after Vidit Gujarathi, Arjun Erigasi and Harikrishna P win their respective Round 9 matches against Philippines.

Indian men's chess team finishes second in round robin with 15/18 points. India win 6 matches and draw three.

Reward for women's hockey players!

India can still get two more medals which can be of any colour as Indian men's and women's chess teams are currently playing the final Round 9.

Deepak settles for silver!!

Bronze in women's hockey!

Here is the final scoresheet!

WRESTLING: SILVER!!! India's Deepak Punia loses 0-10 to Hassan Yazdanicharati of Iran in men's freestyle 86kg gold medal bout

India's Deepak Punia takes on Iran's Hassan Yazdanicharati in men's Wrestling 86kg freestyle Gold Medal Match

India women hockey players celebrate after winning the bronze medal. (Reuters Photo)

India's medal winners on Day 14 so far

India beat Japan 2-1 to win bronze in women's Hockey event

India medal tally so far

India beat Iran 33-29 to clinch gold in men's Kabaddi event

Finally, India win 4 points, according to the IKF rules, India lead 31-29

THE CHAMPIONS!

India are level 1-1 against Japan in women's hockey bronze medal match

India coach Bhaskaran is livid with the officials

The competition stands suspended at the moment

The scores are level but no solution is being reached

The arguments are going on and on

Utter chaos in India-Iran men's kabaddi final over a point

The celebrations!

This is India's first ever gold medal for India in Asian Games badminton

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win gold in men's Badminton doubles event

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lead Korea 17-14 in second game in men's Badminton doubles final

India lead Iran 28-25 with 5 minutes to go in men's Kabaddi final

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win first game against Korea

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty trail Korea 9-12 in men's Badminton doubles final

India lead Iran 19-13 in men's Kabaddi final 2nd half

BADMINTON: Saatwik Chirag on the court. Action to begin shortly

KABADDI: India trail 5-7 vs Iran men's GOLD medal match.

MEN'S CRICKET, GOLD MEDAL MATCH: WICKET! Shahbaz Ahmed dismisses Karim Janat for 1. Afghanistan 52/5 in 10.5 overs vs India