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Hangzhou (China): Indian contingent crossed the 100-medal milestone after the Indian women's team won gold medal defeating Chinese Taipei in the women's Kabaddi final at the Asian Games here on Saturday. The medal rally will end Saturday evening as competitions will draw to a close with the official closing ceremony scheduled for Sunday. The Indian contingent flew to China's Hangzhou to partake in the competitions with a slogan of 'Iss Baar, 100 Paar' and made it a reality with its victory over Taiwan 26-25 in a closely fought final at the Games.
Saturday's first medal was bronze by Aditi Swami in Women's Archery Compound shootoff for third spot. Next came gold from Jyoti Vennam Women's Archery Compound final match. The 98th and 99th came from an all Indian Men's Individual Archery Compound final fought by Ojas Deotale and Abhishek Verma, winning gold and silver, in order.
India's Friday medal tally stood at 95 medals- 22 gold, 34 silver and 39 bronze.
India had a brilliant run in the ongoing Asian Games 2023 bagging three more gold medals on Thursday and increasing its overall medal tally to 86. Of which 21 were gold, 32 silver, and 33 bronze medals.
On Thursday, Day 12 of the Asian Games 2023, Indian archers Jyothi Surekha, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur won Gold in women's team compound archery. The Indian men's archery team -- Ojas Pravin Deotale, Abhishek Verma and Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar -- emulated their female counterparts and also won Gold in the compound archery event.
Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh bagged another gold as they defeated the Malaysian pair in Mixed doubles in Squash. In the men's singles Squash event, Saurav Ghosal bagged a silver after losing against Malaysia's Eain Yow NG.
On Wednesday, the Indian contingent had registered its highest-ever medal haul in the Asian Games history surpassing the previous best tally in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
In the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, the country's athletes managed to win 70 medals, including 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze. On Wednesday, Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo bagged a bronze medal in the 35km mixed race walk event early to help India match the 2018 Jakarta Games performance. India's compound archers duo Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam then grabbed India's 71st medal when they won the mixed team gold medal.
The highlight of the day was Neeraj Chopra bagging yet another gold in Javelin Throw. It was an all-India show in the sport as Kishore Jena bagged the silver medal in the same event.
"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 had said. India has sent its largest-ever contingent with an aim to cross the 100-medal mark at the Asian Games. 'Aab ki Baar, Sau Paar' (which translates to crossing 100 medals this time) has been India's slogan line for the Hangzhou Games. With India's current tally, it doesn't seem improbable to cross the 100-mark.
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