
India is closing in on the magical three figures on the medals tally.
On Thursday, India’s Parneet Kaur, Aditi Gopichand Swami, and Jyothi Surekha Vennam got the count started, winning gold by beating Chinese Taipei 230-229 in the archery women’s team compound event.
The Indian squash pair of Dipika Pallikal and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu beat Malaysia in the mixed doubles event to win India’s 20th gold at Hangzhou.
Later, India’s men’s compound team of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale, and Prathamesh Jawkar secured another archery gold medal after its 235-230 win against South Korea.
In the evening, Saurav Ghosal won silver in the men’s singles final in squash before Antim Panghal defeated Mongolia’s Bolortuya Bat-Ochir 3-1 to take the bronze.
Here are the medal standings:
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1 | People’s Republic of China | 179 | 99 | 55 | 333 |
2 | Japan | 44 | 54 | 60 | 158 |
3 | Republic of Korea | 33 | 47 | 77 | 157 |
4 | India | 21 | 32 | 33 | 86 |
5 | Uzbekistan | 19 | 16 | 25 | 60 |
6 | Chinese Taipei | 15 | 15 | 23 | 53 |
7 | DPR Korea | 10 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
8 | Thailand | 10 | 14 | 27 | 51 |
9 | Bahrain | 10 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
10 | IR Iran | 8 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
Table last updated at 06:45 AM IST.