India scripted history in the Asian Games 2023 as the country registered its best-ever medal haul of 71 on Wednesday (October 4) by going past the previous year’s tally of 70. The Indian contingent recorded its its best-ever medal haul at the Asian Games today.
Notably, the country’s previous-best medal haul at the Asian Games had come in 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang, when our athletes returned with 70 medals – 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze.
“It is with great pleasure that I would like to state that India has forged its impression with the best ever medal haul in the Asian Games by crossing the 70 mark in medals tally and there are more to come,” India’s chef de mission Bhupender Singh Bajwa said.
India’s current medal tally in Asian Games
In this year’s edition of the Asian Games India has till now won 16 gold, 26 silver and 29 bronze medals with over four days of competition still left.
Compound archers Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam on October 4 grabbed the 71st medal for India when they won the mixed team gold medal.
It is pertinent to mention that ‘Aab ki Baar, Sau Paar’, which means to cross 100 medals this time, has been the nation’s catch line for this edition of the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
This year India has sent its largest-ever contingent with an aim to cross the 100-medal mark at the continental showpiece.
(With inputs from PTI)