Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kavitha had some special words in store for reigning World Champion, Nikhat Zareen ended her 19th Asian Games campaign with a bronze medal after going down in a closely fought semifinal bout.
Indian runners displayed outstanding performances in the Men’s 1500m athletics event, with Ajoy Kumar Saroj bagging silver and Johnson taking home the bronze medal.
With 32 points, he captured the bronze medal. The gold medal went to China's Ying Qi with 46 points while the silver was bagged by Kuwait's Talat Alrashidi with 45 points.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Indian athletes Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh for clinching silver and bronze medals in the men's 10,000-metre Final at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday.
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee beat World No. 2 China's Meng Chen and Yidi Wang to assure a bronze medal in the women's doubles event of the Table Tennis at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday
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.
Indian shooter Vijayveer Sidhu who was part of the trio that clinched India's first medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol felt proud after getting felicitated on Thursday.