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".
The Indian women's kabaddi team clinched the gold medal in the women's team kabaddi event at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday to reach the 100-medal mark in the multi-sport event.
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 Jyothi Surekha Vennam bagged gold medal in the women's compound archery at the 19th Asian Games on Saturday, taking the country a step closer to its quest for 100 medals this Asiad.
Athletes who clinched medals in the Asian Games in the athletics event, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Priti Lamba and Kartik Kumar returned from China after enjoying success in the Asian Games on Friday.
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.
At the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India won its last medal in the marathon competition. In fact, all of India's medals in marathons have come on the Indian routes.
Actors Mahesh Babu on Thursday hailed India's javelin stars Neeraj Chopra for winning gold medal and Kishore Kumar Jena for bagging silver at the Asian Games.