Asian Games Guangzhou

The decision to include esports and breakdancing in the Asian Games programme came as late as December 2020, while chess and cricket will return to the continental showpiece after the 2010 Guangzhou and 2014 Incheon Games respectively.

Deepika Kumari has represented India at the Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2018, winning a team bronze in Guangzhou 12 years ago.

India bagged the gold medal in Men's Pair Bridge event after scoring 384.00 points in the final 2.

Salimikordasiabi won gold at Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014.

Wrestler Sushil Kumar bagged a bronze medal in the 2006 Doha Asian Games but missed the last two events at Guangzhou and Incheon.

India had won a silver medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and a bronze at Guangzhou Asian Games under Brasa.

In the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Indian long distance runner Preeja Sreedharan won the gold in 10,000 metres and silver in 5,000 metres. She is also the national record holder in both these events.

There was plenty of emotion, drama, suspense and heartbreak, a few stirring feats as India left Incheon with 11 gold medals, down from 14 in Guangzhou four years ago, and finished two spots lower than the sixth place it gained in the medals tally last time.

China, who finished with 151 gold medals at Incheon, had won 199 gold medals at the last Asian Games in Guangzhou in China and Incheon is the worst show of sporting power since South Korea Games in 2002.

India signed off with 57 medals in the 2014 Asian Games -- 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. The tally dipped considerably compared to the 2010 edition in Guangzhou, China.

In the last edition of the Asian Games at Guangzhou in 2010, India finished at the sixth spot with 14 gold medals and a rich haul of 65 medals in all. Some might argue that India's performance in Incheon has been unsatisfactory but the athletes have done well to win medals in some new disciplines--such as compound archery, women's 20km walk and als...

China retained all 10 diving gold medals they won in the Guangzhou Asian Games four years ago after Qiu Bo won the men's 10m platform and He Zi took the women's 3m springboard gold.

Four years ago in Guangzhou, India bagged 12 medals in athletics made up of 5 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze while the 17th edition of the Games here saw the team bag 2 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze medals.

India's boxing performance graph deteriorated from the last edition of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, where they won nine medals including two gold medals, three silver and four bronze medals.

Indian women defeated Japan 2-1 to bag first medal in eight years. In 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, India had lost to Japan 1-0 in bronze medal match.

The decision to include esports and breakdancing in the Asian Games programme came as late as December 2020, while chess and cricket will return to the continental showpiece after the 2010 Guangzhou and 2014 Incheon Games respectively.

Deepika Kumari has represented India at the Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2018, winning a team bronze in Guangzhou 12 years ago.

India bagged the gold medal in Men's Pair Bridge event after scoring 384.00 points in the final 2.

Salimikordasiabi won gold at Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014.

Wrestler Sushil Kumar bagged a bronze medal in the 2006 Doha Asian Games but missed the last two events at Guangzhou and Incheon.

India had won a silver medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and a bronze at Guangzhou Asian Games under Brasa.

In the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Indian long distance runner Preeja Sreedharan won the gold in 10,000 metres and silver in 5,000 metres. She is also the national record holder in both these events.

There was plenty of emotion, drama, suspense and heartbreak, a few stirring feats as India left Incheon with 11 gold medals, down from 14 in Guangzhou four years ago, and finished two spots lower than the sixth place it gained in the medals tally last time.

China, who finished with 151 gold medals at Incheon, had won 199 gold medals at the last Asian Games in Guangzhou in China and Incheon is the worst show of sporting power since South Korea Games in 2002.

India signed off with 57 medals in the 2014 Asian Games -- 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. The tally dipped considerably compared to the 2010 edition in Guangzhou, China.

In the last edition of the Asian Games at Guangzhou in 2010, India finished at the sixth spot with 14 gold medals and a rich haul of 65 medals in all. Some might argue that India's performance in Incheon has been unsatisfactory but the athletes have done well to win medals in some new disciplines--such as compound archery, women's 20km walk and als...

China retained all 10 diving gold medals they won in the Guangzhou Asian Games four years ago after Qiu Bo won the men's 10m platform and He Zi took the women's 3m springboard gold.

Four years ago in Guangzhou, India bagged 12 medals in athletics made up of 5 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze while the 17th edition of the Games here saw the team bag 2 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze medals.

India's boxing performance graph deteriorated from the last edition of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, where they won nine medals including two gold medals, three silver and four bronze medals.

Indian women defeated Japan 2-1 to bag first medal in eight years. In 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, India had lost to Japan 1-0 in bronze medal match.