Annu Rani won the first gold medal for India in the women's javelin throw event at the Asian Games
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On Day 10 of the 19th Asian Games, Annu Rani won the first gold medal for India in the women's javelin throw event at the Asian Games.
An Overview of the News
With two gold, two silver and five bronze, India's total medal tally reached 69 as of October 3, 2023.
Gold Medalist:
Annu Rani won the gold medal in women's javelin throw with a distance of 62.92 meters, her second medal at the Asian Games.
Parul Choudhary wins gold medal in women's 5000m final. This is her second medal at the Hangzhou Games, having earlier won a silver medal in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase race.
Silver Medal Winner:
Tejaswin Shankar won a silver medal in the men's decathlon, breaking the national record in the process. This was his first Asian Games medal.
Mohammad Afsal won a silver medal in the men's 800-meter race.
Bronze Medal Winners:
Despite losing his semi-final bout against Kazakhstan's Kamshibek Kunkabayev, Narendra Berwal won a bronze medal in the men's +92 kg boxing event.
Vithya Ramraj earned a bronze medal in the women's 400m hurdles final and equaled PT Usha's national record in the heats.
Despite losing her semi-final match to 2018 Asian Games champion Chang Yuan of China, Preeti Pawar won a bronze medal in women's 54kg boxing.
Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam won the bronze medal in the men's canoe double 1000m final, India's second canoe medal in Asian Games history.
Praveen Chitravel won the bronze medal in the men's triple jump with a jump of 16.68 meters.
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