India has achieved a historic performance in the 2023 Asian Games. India continued its excellent form and won two medals on the morning of the 11th day. The first medal was in the 35 km race and the second medal was in archery. After winning 69 medals in the first 10 days, India reached the magical figure of 71 on the 11th day, breaking all old records.
This is India's best performance in the history of Asian Games. Never before has India won 71 medals in an Asian Games. The pair of Jyoti Surekha and Ojas Devtale won the mixed archery gold medal to give India its 71st medal. Let's find out how India has fared in the Asian Games so far.
The Asian Games started in 1951. The first Asian Games were held in Delhi and host India won a total of 51 medals. This includes 15 gold, 16 silver and 20 bronze medals. India was second in the medal table. However, after this, India had to wait for 31 years to win 50 medals. In 1982, India won 57 medals, including 13 golds, in the Asian Games held in New Delhi. India won a total of 17 medals in 1954 and only 13 in 1958, while in 1951 India won 15 golds.
One such occasion was in 1990, when India was not even in the top 10 in the medal table. This year too India had only 23 medals. There was only one gold medal. India's performance improved from 1998 onwards and in 2006 India won more than 50 medals away from home for the first time. Since then, India has continuously won more than 50 medals.
In 2010, India won 65 medals and set a new record for most medals. In 2018, India improved this further and won 70 medals. Now in 2023, India has won over 71 medals and athletes have reached the finals in many other events. In such a situation, it is certain that Indian players will write a new success story. At this time, the Indian players had left for Hangzhou with the slogan of crossing the hundred. In such a situation, it is expected that India will get 100 medals this year.
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