India had a huge success on the third day of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. India won the gold medal in horse riding on 3rd day of the Asian Games in 2023. This is the 3rd gold medal of India in the Asian Games 2023. Due to this, India gained a total of 14 medals in their account, including 4 silver, 3 gold, and 7 bronze
India make history
India ends their 41-year wait for the gold medal by top team dressage event in horse riding competition at Asian games on Tuesday in Hangzhou. Hriday Vipul Chhed, Divyakirti Singh, and Anush Aggarwala rode adrenaline firfod and secured the top position with a 209.205 score per cent.
After the achievement of India, the sports minister Anurag Thakur congratulated the players by tweet. Earlier, the women cricketers of the Indian team captured the gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the last match. Players from the India team are performing brilliantly constantly. All the players started making great performances from the beginning of Asianthe games.
Won Gold medal after 41 years in Horse riding
Sudipti Hajela also became part of a team, but the score of only the top 3 players is counted for the win position. The team of China stood in second position with a 204.882 per cent score. On the other hand, Hong Kong won the bronze medal with a 204852 score per cent. This is the 1st time in sports history that India won the gold medal on Tuesday in a dressage event. Along with this, India won the bronze medal in 1986 in dressage.
The last gold medal won in 1982
India won the gold medal in horse riding in the Asian Games in 1982 in New Delhi. Before this, on the 3rd day of the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China, sailor Neha Thakur won a silver medal in India. Ibad Ali won a bronze medal in it. The hockey team of India showed strong games on Tuesday. The team itself defeated Singapore by a big margin of 16-1. Earlier, he also scored 16 goals against team Uzbekistan,
Medals won by India
Before this gold medal, India won many medals. All three of the gold medals of India came in individual meetings, individual tent pegging, and team eventing in the 1982 Asian games that had never been held before 1982. Before Hangzhou, India won 3 silver, 3 gold, and 6 bronze medals in these Asian games.
In 2018, there were 2 silver medals won by India in equestrian. Both of these came in eventing with Fawad Mirza, who finished second in the event and won a silver medal in the event with Ashish Malik, Rakesh Kumar, and Jitendra Singh. But the young combination of Hriday Chedda, sudipti Hajela, Anush Aggarwal, and Divyakirti Singh defied all odds on Tuesday to gain a historic feat in Hangzhou for Indian equestrian.
Conclusion
India made history in Asian games events by winning a gold medal at the dressage event. India got third gold in the Asian games in 2023. In horse riding, the quartet of Sudipti Hajela, Hriday Chheda, Divyakriti Singh, and Anush Aggarwala won a gold medal for the country after 41 years
