India have despatched a complete of 655 athletes for the Asian Video games. PTI
Hosts China are off to a spectacular begin within the Hangzhou Asian Video games, taking their medal tally to double digits in lower than 24 hours because the occasion was declared open.
The nineteenth version of the Asian Video games formally received underway within the south-eastern Chinese language metropolis of Hangzhou with a glittering opening ceremony on the Olympic Sports activities Centre Stadium on Saturday.
Chinese language president Xi Jinping was amongst these current on the 80,000-seat venue and it was he who declared the Video games open on Saturday in a ceremony that had loads of lights and sound however went with eco-friendly choices as an alternative of firecrackers. The organisers determined to introduce ideas akin to 3D fireworks and a digital torchbearer.
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Additionally current through the opening ceremony was Worldwide Olympic chief Thomas Bach.
Right here’s the updated medal table as of Sunday
China at present are having fun with a sizeable lead atop the medal tally, having gained 17 medals up to now (12 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) — eight greater than South Korea, who’ve gained eight (4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze). Japan are third on the checklist with 5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
India, whose promotional marketing campaign for the Video games guarantees a ‘sau paar‘ (100-plus) medal tally, have won five medals so far including three silver and two bronze. The rowing pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh (men’s light-weight double sculls) gained silver on Sunday after the capturing trio of Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal and Ashi Chouksey opened India’s account with a silver within the girls’s 10m air rifle workforce occasion.
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Jindal would later go on to win a person bronze within the girls’s 10m air rifle occasion.
Union Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur was initially scheduled to attend the opening ceremony, however ended up cancelling his journey to China after three Wushu gamers from the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh had been denied visa by Beijing.
The Hangzhou Asian Video games had been initially alleged to happen in 2022, however received delayed by a 12 months as a result of COVID pandemic. The Asian is the second main sporting occasion that China is internet hosting because the Beijing Olympics in February final 12 months.