In Asian Games 2023, The dream of "crossing 100 this time" ("इस बार 100 पार ") came true, India's women's Kabaddi team won its 100th medal. India had a great performance in the Asian Games 2023. In which the contribution of Indian women players was unprecedented. This time India's first and hundredth medal also came from an Indian female player. Indian athletes have won 100 medals at Hangzhou 2023, 25 gold, 35 silver and 40 bronze. Complete details of all Indian medal winners and get full medal standing table. he Indian contingent achieved its highest-ever medal tally at the Games with four and a half days of action still to go at the 19th edition in Hangzhou
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Originally scheduled for 2022, this edition of the quadrennial competition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the previous edition held in Jakarta in 2018, a team of 570 Indian athletes achieved the country's best-ever performance at the Asian Games, winning a total of 70 medals, including 16 gold, 23 silver, and 31 bronze. With an increase in the number of participating athletes, it is expected that India will surpass this record.
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Over the years, athletics has contributed significantly to India's medal tally at the Asian Games, accounting for 254 medals out of a total of 672. Track and field events will once again be a focus in Hangzhou 2023, with India competing with 68 athletes, the largest contingent from the country in any sport.
Apart from the medal events, Hangzhou also offers 74 qualification spots for the Paris 2024 Olympics, including six in archery, 10 in artistic swimming, 34 in boxing, two in breaking, two in hockey, 10 in modern pentathlon, six in sailing, two in tennis, and two in water polo.