Before this, the Indian team had registered a 6-2 loss to South Korea, the team which had clinched the last six titles in the category, in the semifinals. Following this, a bronze medal match with Vietnam was set.
In a low-scoring hard-fought bout against a strong Mongolian opponent, Antim took a 3-0 lead into the 2nd period and held on defensively for a 3-1 win.
Asian Games bronze medalists Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh arrived at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi after a successful campaign in Hangzhou
India's Pooja Gehlot and Antim Panghal will compete for a bronze medal after losing their quarterfinal matches in the women's 50kg and 53kg freestyle wrestling respectively at the Asian Games on Thursday
India's previous best medal tally at a singles Asian Games competition was back in the 2018 event in Jakarta, with 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze medals. But now India has gone past that tally.
India's Anhat Singh and Abhay Singh settled for bronze after facing a hard-fought defeat in the mixed doubles semifinal of squash at the ongoing Asian Games on Wednesday