At the world championships, India's medal total included one gold, one silver, and one bronze, making it the best-ever performance for the nation. The previous high for India was two silvers in Dubai last year.
With the two medals in the team events of the Men’s and Women’s 25m Standard Pistol, India maintained second place on the standings behind China, with four gold, five silver and five bronze medals. China has now opened up a wide gap with 12 gold medals to their name for a total of 26 medals
This was India’s third gold of the competition and they find themselves, on second spot, in the medal tally currently, with a silver and two bronze medals to boot. China leads the tally with the same number of gold and bronze as India, but with an additional silver to show for their efforts.
This comes amid reports that India will not be sending its football teams to the Asian Games, which will be held in China from September 23 to October 8 this year. India has won two Asian Games gold medals (1951 and 1962) and a bronze medal (1970) in football.
This win marks her return to the mat on a commendable note by winning the bronze play-off by 6-2 against the crowd's favourite Hungarian, Viktoria Borsos, who is the U-20 World Championship silver medallist.
Silver medalists were Amarjit Guru (men's 89kg), Harshad Wadekar (men's 96kg), and Harcharan Singh (102kg). To round off India's day in the weightlifting competition, Jagdish Vishwakarma earned bronze in the men's 96kg category at the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida.
Improving their points tally of 59 points from the last edition, the Services Sports Control Board claimed 72 points with 10 medals that included eight gold, one silver and one bronze.
Meanwhile, Sarvesh also bagged a silver medal with a high jump of 2.26m while Santhosh Kumar won bronze in men's 400m hurdles. In the heptathlon, Swapna Barman won a silver medal scoring 5840 points.
Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) boxers dominated the 5th Junior Boys National Boxing Championships by claiming eight of the 13 gold medals on offer even as hosts Arunachal Pradesh ended up with a best ever finish of one gold, three silver, and two bronze medals at the Don Bosco campus i
The 24-year-old seemed satisfied with his overall performance and believes that it was a great feeling to get a medal in the first-ever Decathlon, where he is representing India in a major competition