India’s largest-ever contingent on the Asiad graced the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Video games 2022 on the Hangzhou Olympic Sports activities Heart Stadium on Saturday, September 2023. India’s males’s hockey staff captain Harmanpreet Singh and Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain led the nationwide contingent as flag bearers.
Over 650 athletes are representing India in 39 sports activities within the nineteenth version of the event which formally will get underway from Saturday. India’s cricket groups are making their debut within the prestigious event and each are tipped to clinch positive medals. India’s males’s hockey staff additionally stays a powerful contender to assert the Gold medal in Hangzhou.
In particular person occasions, Neeraj Chopra, who was the flag bearer throughout the earlier version of the event, is the main contender for the gold and can enter the sphere on October 4 within the first males’s Javelin throw occasion. Neeraj claimed the Gold within the earlier version and adopted it with historic success within the Tokyo Olympics 2020 after which within the World Athletics Championships 2023. In boxing, India’s medal hopes will probably be carried by Olympic winner Lovlina Borgohain and two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen who sadly face robust attracts.
In staff occasions, each soccer groups kicked off their group-stage video games with defeats of their respective video games. India’s males’s volleyball staff reached the quarterfinal levels after a shocking 3-0 win over higher-ranked Chinese language Taipei on Friday.
In the meantime, the Indian contingent that was featured within the final version was pretty profitable too. India efficiently broke into the highest 10 with 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze medals of their kitty. The nation is fielding its largest-ever contingent within the historical past of the occasion with 655 athletes competing throughout 39 sports activities on this version and look favourites to show a relatively higher outing as in comparison with 2018.
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