India continue their stupendous show

Purvasha Sudhir Shinde, Jyoti Surekha Vennam, and Lily Chanu Paonam kept India at the top all the way through the match, hitting the target with no less than seven, even through towards the last round they were seemingly shaken. 

The women archers of India scored a total of 228 points against Bangladesh’s Shushma Banik, Tammanna Parvin, and Roksana Akter, who scored a total of 217 points.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh bagged the bronze with 207 points after defeating Nepal, who managed to score a close 197 points. Also in the compound men’s team competition, Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, and Manash Jyoti Changmai earned India a well deserved gold by defeating Bhutan 230 points against 219. 

Indian grapplers simply annihilated their opponents, scooping 14 gold medals out of a total 16 on offer on Monday. Despite being represented by a second string team, the home wrestlers proved too strong for their South Asian neighbours as they grabbed five more gold out of six on offer, besides a silver, on the concluding day today at the RG Baruah Sports Complex. 

Indian wrestlers thus ended their campaign with a whopping 14 gold and two silver. India won gold in all the eight women’s categories, while their men counterparts won six gold and two silver. 

M Punshiva Meitei clinched a gold medal and Swachacha Jatav bagged a silver for India in the men’s and women’s Nanquan events of wushu, respectively.