Indian athletes won multiple medals in Boxing, Archery, Sailing and Sepaktakraw at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Notable wins include Lovlina Borgohain in women’s 75kg boxing, a historic second gold medal for India in this event following Mary Kom’s victory in 2014.
Indian athletes continued their strong performance at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, winning several medals across multiple sporting events today. In Boxing, Lovlina Borgohain clinched a historic gold medal in the women’s 75kg category, defeating China’s Bao Ziyi by a unanimous 5-nil decision in the final. This marks India’s second gold medal in this event, following Mary Kom’s victory in 2014.
Earlier, India’s women’s recurve archery team created history by winning its maiden Asian Games gold medal. The trio of Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod defeated world champions South Korea 5-3 in a thrilling final. India also won silver in men’s recurve archery team event.
The Men’s team, comprising of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Sanjay Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan, settled for silver after losing 1-5 to South Korea in the final. India also secured a silver medal in the mixed recurve team archery event. The Indian duo of Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara finished runners-up after losing 3-5 to China in a closely contested final.
India also won a bronze medal in Sepaktakraw at the Asian Games today. The Indian men’s quadrant team lost 0-2 to Japan in the semi-final to secure the bronze medal. In sailing, Nethra Kumanan won the bronze medal in the women’s dinghy event.
With these performances, India climbed to sixth position in the overall medal standings. The country’s medal tally rose to 72 medals, comprising 12 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze.
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Akashvani News
