Asian Games 2023: Overall medals tally, September 29 - India fourth with 8 gold, 33 medals in total, China crosses 100-gold mark

Asian Games 2023: India’s 10m air pistol women’s team of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol clinched silver in the team event.

Published : Sep 29, 2023 07:58 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ

Indian shooter Palak won 10m air pistol gold.
Indian shooter Palak won 10m air pistol gold. | Photo Credit: PTI
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Indian shooter Palak won 10m air pistol gold. | Photo Credit: PTI

India’s 10m air pistol women’s team of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol clinched silver in the team event at the ongoing Asian Games on Friday.

The Indian team finished second a cumulative 1731 points, behind China which clinched gold with 1736 points. Chinese Taipei came third with 1723 points to win bronze.

Shortly after, the men’s team of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Sunil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran followed suit as they clinched gold in the men’s 50m rifle 3P team event.

Aishwary Pratap later went on to win a silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3P individual event as well.

The men’s duo of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan clinched a silver medal in tennis men’s doubles.

In the women’s 10m air pistol individual final, the podium belonged to India as Indian shooters won both gold and silver medals. Palak, who finished 242.1 points clinched gold while her compatriot Esha Singh won silver with 239.7 points.

Later, the Indian women’s squash team consisting of Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh bagged the bronze after losing 1-2 to Hong Kong in the semifinals.

Kiran Baliyan ended the day with a bronze in the women’s shot put with a 17.36m in her third attempt.

Meanwhile, China also became the only team to cross the 100-gold medal mark with overall medal tally reaching 200 medals.

Here are the medal standings:

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 People's Republic of China 105 63 32 200
2 Japan 27 35 37 99
3 Republic of Korea 26 28 48 102
4 India 8 12 13 33
5 Thailand 8 3 9 20
6 Uzbekistan 7 10 15 32
7 Hong Kong (China) 5 13 18 36
8 Chinese Taipei 5 6 9 20
9 Islamic Republic of Iran 3 10 10 23
10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3 6 4 13
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