India finished in fourth position on the Asian Games medal table with its best-ever medal tally of 107 medals. Out of this record haul, 12 medals were won by the Reliance Foundation-supported athletes, who made a significant contribution to the overall success.
President Draupadi Murmu expressed her happiness after the Indian athletes brought 107 medals home in the 19th Asian Games setting a new benchmark for medal tally.
As India raced past its target of aggregating 100 medals in the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Indian contingent on the "momentous achievement".
Archers continued to add to the country's medal rush, with Pravin Ojas Deotale and Abhishek Verma clinching gold and silver medals respectively in the men's compound archery at the 19th Asian Games on Saturday.
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 are on course for its biggest ever-medal haul at the Asian Games as athletics ended an action-packed Day 10 of the event with the glut of medals at the continental meet in Hangzhou.
India won 70 medals at the Asian Games 2018 - its highest-ever medal tally at the continental event. In
India kept their pursuit of winning 100 medals in the Asian Games alive as the country clinched its 60th medal, with its athletics team taking the spotlight on Monday.
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.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday expressed his belief that the Indian contingent will break the highest record for the medal tally in the ongoing Asian Games.