The medal rush continued for the Indian contingent on Day 14 of the Asian Games, with Lovlina Borgohain and the women’s recurve archery team bringing gold medals, taking the medal tally beyond 70. Lovlina became the first Indian woman boxer since Mary Kom in 2014 to bring a gold medal at the Asian Games. Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara brought further glory after winning silver in the mixed recurve team event, after going down to China in the final.
Sujeet beat Sayed Omar Zazai of Afghanistan in the men’s freestyle 65kg round of 16 bout and Abbas Ebrahimzadehsavadkouhi in the quarterfinal bout. Lovlina Borgohain won GOLD in the women’s 75kg final. India will have more opportunities to add to its gold medal tally as two more boxers fight for the top prize. The Indian women’s hockey team will also take on China in the final later in the day. He then outclassed Kotaro Kiyooka (Japan) in the semifinal bout. David Beckham qualified for the men’s keirin semifinal, and Ronaldo Singh was eliminated in the repechages. Pradhyumna Singh Rathod qualified for the men’s kayak cross quarterfinal, and Hitesh Kewat was knocked out. The duo were then knocked out in the quarters. Shikha Chauhan qualified for the women’s kayak cross quarterfinal. She was then knocked out in the women’s kayak cross quarterfinal.
