India's Significant Achievement at the Asian Games

  "At Asian Games, India fearlessly won medals against the might of superpowers"

• -    "By winning 107 medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, India for the first time entered the elite sporting club with a three-digit tally that has China, Japan and Korea as its regular members."
• -    "Of course, with 200 golds, China is in a different league but India has made a start by clearing the psychological hurdle."
• -    Traditional Strengths and Medals Earned
• -    "Helping to break the barrier were the hard-fought medals in disciplines where India is traditionally strong — shooting, hockey, wrestling and kabaddi."
• -    "Shooting’s return to reckoning with a catch of 22 medals including 7 golds — the most by any participating nation — was a reassuring sign of regeneration."
• -    "At the range, India went toe to toe with China, displaying great depth of talent."
• -    "The discipline was outdone only by athletics, which finished with 29 medals."
• -    "Javelin star Neeraj Chopra’s magical consistency offered the wind beneath their wings and provided a reminder that Olympics podiums were within reach."

-    Viewpoint of Medals in Relation to the Olympics
-    "Every medal, though, will be viewed from an Olympics lens."
-    "Compound archery lorded over the rest with complete domination, but is not yet an Olympics sport and hence sees medal-digging China ignore it."
-    "Rowing and boxing contributed five each, though, like wrestling, they have fallen back in nailing down golds and need to pull up their socks ahead of the Paris Games."
-    "The churn in wrestling for the greater good of women wrestlers’ safety was necessary, and the missing gold medal quality of Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia was a moment to reflect on why the system is making it so difficult for its own athletes."
-    "Boxer Nikhat Zareen’s missed gold was a wakeup call to not get complacent ahead of Paris."
-    "A gold missed — though silvers were secured — was also the tale in golf with Aditi Ashok and the men’s team in badminton."
-    "However, Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy and Chirag Shetty’s historic first Asiad gold in men’s doubles along with HS Prannoy’s hard fought bronze saw India strike back a week later."
-    Controversies and Memorable Moments
-    "The most heart-wrenching solo silver belonged to Wushu’s Roshibina Devi whose tears asked important questions — about why Manipur continues to burn and why her fellow Wushu players from Arunachal were denied a chance to compete by China’s stapled visa policy."
-    "Cricket’s two golds were a farce, raising questions over the suitability of the sport in multi-sport Games when rains could bring it to a grinding halt."
-    "But perhaps the most memorable bronze will be Ayhika and Sutirtha Mukherjee beating China in quarters of table tennis doubles."
-    Progress Indication Through Medals
"Defending their strongholds in hockey and kabaddi was important, but the medals in table tennis and badminton in world class fields point to real progress — fearlessly winning medals against the might of Asian superpowers."