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2 Asian Games: Overview Asian Games It is an International sporting event involving members of the Asian countries. This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from 1951 and latest 2018 was held in Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia. Asian Games Federation is the body which oversees the games and controls the sporting programme along with decision making with regard to host cities. Venues of Asian Games Asian Games Asian Games 2010 Asian Games 2014 Asian Games 2018 Asian Games 2022 Host Country Guangzhou, China Incheon, South Korea Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia Hangzhou, China Medal Tally RANK COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 China Japan Republic of Korea India P a g e Asian Games 2018: Important Points to Remember 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games (Jakarta-Palembang 2018), was a pan-asian multi-sport event being held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Indonesia. For the first time, the Asian Games were co-hosted in two cities: Jakarta and Palembang. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games: Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta. Also for the first time, esports and canoe polo were contested as demonstration sports. China led the medal table for the tenth consecutive time. India stood at 8th position. North Korea and South Korea march under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony and, for the first time, they compete as a unified team in some events. Records for India in Asian Games 2018 India's first medal in sepak takraw since the debut of the sport in the 1990 Asian Games. First ever medal (Bronze Medal) in table tennis. Rahi Sarnobat: First Indian woman to clinch the gold medal in a Shooting. Vinesh Phogat, became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a Gold Medal. P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal won India's first ever medal in the women's singles event in badminton claiming Silver and Bronze Medal respectively.

3 Neeraj Chopra won the first javelin gold medal and set up a new National record. Pranab Bardhan & Shibnath Sarkar won the gold medal in the inaugural edition of Contract Bridge. Vikas Krishan Yadav becomes the first Indian boxer to clinch a medal in three consecutive Asian games. Swapna Barman became the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold. Johnson won the country's first 1500m gold medal in the men's competition after 56 years. Main Venue Jakarta and Palembang Mascot Bhin Bhin a greater bird-of-paradise, Atung a Bawean deer, and Ika, a Javan rhinoceros Most valuable player (MVP) Rikako Ikee (Japanese swimmer) 3 P a g e

4 Opening Ceremony (Flag Bearer) Neeraj Chopra Closing Ceremony (Flag Bearer) Rani Rampal Motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Energy of Asia) Number of Nations Participated Number of Sports Asian Games 2018: Complete List of Indian Winners Sport (Total Medals) Archery (2) Event Category GOLD MEDAL SILVER MEDAL BRONZE MEDAL Team Compound's Rajat Chauhan (Rajasthan), Aman Saini (Delhi), 4 P a g e Team Compound's Women Abhishek Verma (Delhi) Muskan Kirar (Madhya

5 Pradesh), Madhumita Kumari (Jharkhand), Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Andhra Pradesh) Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra (Haryana) Discus Throw Women Shot Put Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) Seema Punia (Haryana) Triple Jump Arpinder Singh (Punjab) Long Jump Women Neena Varakil (Kerala) Heptathlon Women Swapna Barwan (West Bengal) 100m Women Dutee Chand (Odisha) 200m Women Dutee Chand 400m 400m Muhammad Anas Yahiya (Kerala) Women Hima Das Athletics (19) 800m Manjit Singh (Punjab) Jinson Johnson (Kerala) 1500m Women Chitra Unnikrishnan (Kerala) 1500m Jinson Johnson (Kerala) 4 * 400 Relay 4 * 400 Relay Women Hima Das (Assam), Poovamma Machettira Raju (Karnataka), Saritaben Gayakwad (Gujarat), Koroth Velluva Vismaya (Kerala) 4 * 400 Relay Mixed Muhammad Anas (Kerala), Ayyasamy Dharun (Tamil Nadu), Arokia Rajiv (Tamil Nadu), Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakkal (Kerala) Hima Das, Arokia Rajiv, Poovamma Machettira, Muhammad Anas 400m Hurdles Ayyasamy Dharun 5 P a g e

6 Badminton (2) 3000m Steeplechase Women s Singles Women Sudha Singh (Uttar Pradesh) Women P V Sindhu (Telangana) Saina Nehwal (Haryana) Boxing (2) 49 kg Amit Phangal (Haryana) 75 kg Pranab Bardhan (West Bengal) Vikas Krishan (Haryana) Bridge (3) Equestrian (2) Pair Shibhnath Sarkar (West Bengal) Team Team Mixed Jaggy shivdasani, Rajeshwar tewari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani, Debabrata majumder, Sumit Mukherjee Kiran Nadar, Hema Deora, Himani Khandelwal, Bachiraju satyanarayana, Gopinath Manna, Rajeev Khandelwal Individual Fouaad Mirza Team Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh, Fouaad Mirza Team Indian Hockey Team Captained by Hockey (2) Indian Hockey Team Captained by Sreejesh (Tamil Nadu) Team Women Rani Rampal (Haryana) Kabaddi (2) Team Women 6 P a g e Indian Kabaddi Team Captained by Payal Chaudhari (Himachal Pradesh)

7 Team Indian Kabaddi Team Captained by Kurash (2) 52 kg Women Pincky Balhara Rowing (3) Sailing (3) 7 P a g e Quadruple Sculls Lightweight Single Sculls Lightweight Double Sculls Sawarn Singh (Punjab), Sukhmeet singh (Punjab), Om Prakash (Rajasthan), Dattu baban bhokanal (Maharashtra) 49er FX Women Varsha Gautham, Shervegar Sweta 49er FX Open Laser 4.7 Women Sepaktaraw (1) Team Regu Shooting (9) 10 m Air Pistol Saurabh Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) Ajay Thakur Malaprabha yallappa jadhav (Karnataka) Dushyant (Haryana) Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh Ganapathy Kelapanda Chengappa (Tamil Nadu), Varun Ashok Thakkar (Tamil Nadu) Harshita Tomar (Madhya Pradesh) Indian Sepaktaraw Team Captained by Niken singh khangembam (Manipur) Abhishek Verma 10m Air Rifle Deepak Kumar 50 m Rifle 3 positions Sanjeev Rajput (Haryana) Trap Lakshay Lakshay 10 m metre Air Pistol Women 10 m Air rifle Mixed Heena Sidhu (Punjab) Apurvi Chandela (Rajasthan), Ravi Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)

8 Squash (5) Table Tennis (2) Tennis (3) 8 P a g e 25 m Pistol Women Double Trap Rahi jeevan sarnobat (Maharashtra) Shardul Vihan (Uttar Pradesh) Singles Women Singles Team Team Women Doubles Mixed Team Doubles Divij sharan, Rohan manchanda bopanna Singles Women Singles Wrestling (3) 68 kg s Freestyle Joshna Chinnapa (Karnataka), Dipika Pallikal Karthik (Tamil Nadu) Saurav Ghosal (West Bengal) Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh Mangaonkar Joshna Chinnapa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayna Kuruvilla, Tanvi Khanna Sharath Achanta (Tamil Nadu), Manika Batra (Delhi) Sathiyan Gnanesekran, Sharath Achanta, Manav Thakkar, Harmeet Rajul Desai, Anthony Arputharaj Amalraj Ankita ravinderkrishan raina (Gujarat) P. Gunneswaran prabhakharan (Tamil Nadu) Divya Kakran (Uttar Pradesh) 65 kg s Freestyle Bajrang Puniya (Haryana) 50kg Women s Freestyle Vinesh Phogat (Haryana) Wushu (4) Sanda 56kg Santosh Kumar

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