With the timings of 4:34.861 minutes, India managed to secure a bronze medal. The gold medal went to Chinese Taipei (4:19.447 minutes) and the silver went to South Korea (4:21.146 minutes).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered accolades on track and field athlete Avinash Sable after he clinched a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase in the Asian Games on Sunday.
Indian badminton team's coach Pullela Gopichand said they missed their star shuttler HS Prannoy, saying that his playing the first match of the gold medal clash would have actually helped them.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was left "spellbound" after witnessing Tajinderpal Singh Toor defend his gold medal in the shot put event at the ongoing Asian Games on Sunday.
Avinash Sable, the track and field athlete, made history on Sunday by securing a gold medal in the men's 3000m steeplechase event at the Asian Games, setting a new record with his outstanding performance.
Speaking about the makeup of the Indian men’s kabaddi Team at the Asian Games, two-time Asian Games Gold Medallist Ram Mehar Singh said, “The Indian men’s team is a very strong side. It’s the best team that could’ve been selected, and I am confident that we will win the Gold 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.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur praised the men's trap team for securing the gold medal at the Asian Games, as well as, congratulated golfer Aditi Ashok and the women's trap team for winning the silver medal on Sunday.
Indian men's badminton team faced a big blow just before their historic match for the first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games as in-form shutter HS Prannoy to miss the final after he suffered injury on Sunday, as per Olympics.com