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Key Points

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India’s medal tally: 21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze – second‑best ever.

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Cricket teams retained their Asian Games titles.

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Both kabaddi teams won gold medals.

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Men’s hockey beat Malaysia 5‑1; women’s hockey beat China 1‑0.

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Pranavi Urs won India’s first individual gold in golf.

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Kumkum Mohod earned India’s first individual recurve archery gold.

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Prime Minister called the results a source of immense joy and a motivation for future sports growth.

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Summary

The nation celebrated gold medals in cricket, kabaddi, men’s hockey, and a historic gold for women’s hockey after a 44‑year wait.

Individual milestones included Pranavi Urs becoming the first Indian woman to win golf gold and Kumkum Mohod securing India’s first archery recurve gold.

Modi highlighted that these achievements should encourage stronger sports development at the grassroots level.

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New Words to Learn

11 words
contingent
the group of athletes representing India
determination
trying hard and not giving up
passion
strong love for something
sporting spirit
fair play and teamwork in games
grassroots
basic level where kids first learn sports
historic
something that has never happened before
defence
keeping a title they already have
recurve
a type of bow used in archery
elite
very top‑level athletes
medal tally
the total number of medals won
inspire
to make someone want to try something
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