With the score of 242.1 points, Palak not only won the gold, but also established a new Asian Games record in her category, going past China's record from 2018.
Indian stock indices edged marginally higher Friday morning after touching nearly a four-week low the previous session, tracking Asian peers and relatively firm overnight US market cues.
Following the loss, the head coach took to X (formerly Twitter) to appreciate his "Warriors" for fighting it out as they were a new team that had never played together before but still performed well against quality opponents.
With a total of 1731 points, India managed to get their hands on silver, falling just five short of gold, which was won by China with 1736 points. Chinese Taipei secured the bronze medal with 1723 points.
World champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and steeplechase racer Avinash Sable are among the top Indian athletics names competing in 37 events at the Hangzhou meet. Athletics event started on September 29 and will go on till October 5. These track and field events
These summons have been served pertaining to their involvement in cases related to fake bank accounts and the alleged unauthorized utilization of the government's gift repository, known as Toshakhana, during the PPP's governance from 2008 to 2013.
As the Asian Games continue, the Indian women's hockey team will return to action, tennis and squash stars will be eyeing their nation's first medal in the respective events and the athletics events will kick off as India eyes to add more medals to their tally on Friday.
Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh clinched the country's second silver medal, narrowly trailing behind China in the thrilling final of the men's rowing lightweight double sculls last week.
India men's hockey team head coach Craig Fulton admitted that his team lost control as 2018 gold medal winners Japan inched closer in the final quarter by making an unprecedented comeback in the ongoing Asian Games on Thursday.