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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
More on Wikipedia ↗Kumkum Mohod, a 17-year-old archer from Amravati who began with a 3000 rupee wooden bow, became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, beating South Korea
India produced a stunning six-gold haul on the penultimate day of the Asian Games on Friday, with the women's hockey team, three boxers, archers and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal leading a late surge that took the country into the top five of the medal table.
India's six gold medals came across archery, boxing, wrestling and women's hockey, while sailing and sepaktakraw added bronze medals to the tally.