As the curtains came down on the Games at the Hangzhou Stadium, India had reasons to look up: A historic end to its 2023 campaign with a haul of 107 medals, 28 of them in gold. In this second and concluding part of gold medal winners, Here's a shoutout to the Indians on the podium who made us proud
Displaying stunning tenacity to power her last 30m to beat the Japanese several metres ahead of her, Parul Chaudhary grabbed the gold in the women's 5000m, thus becoming the first athlete in Asian Games history to win a medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase as well. Parul said, "In the last 50m, I thought that my government would give me a nice job. DySP (Deputy Superintendent of Police) is good."