India is performing very well in the Asian Games being played in Hangzhou. Indian golfer Aditi Ashok could not maintain her rhythm on the last day of the women’s golf event of the Asian Games on Sunday and won the silver medal by playing a disappointing card of five over 77. This is India’s first medal in women’s golf. Aditi had a huge lead of seven shots at the top of the table after the third round. She lost this lead by making four bogeys and one double bogey against one birdie and slipped to second place. The total score of this 25 year old player was 17 under 271. Arpichya Yubol of Thailand won the gold medal by playing a card of 68. Korea’s Hyunjo Yoo won the bronze medal with her best card of the week of 65. Two other Indian women participating in this event, Pranvi Urs (13th place) and Avani Prashant (joint 18th place) also disappointed on the last day. Pranvi played a card of 75 while Avni played a card of 76 due to which the Indian team missed the medal by slipping to fourth place in the event.
Winning medal in golf is very important for India: Aditi
After winning a medal for India in golf, Aditi said, “It is very important for India to win a medal in golf. Hopefully this will bring more support and recognition in the country.” He said, ”Even in the women’s team event, we missed the medal by a small margin. We finished fourth but it is all positive.” Aditi wants to repeat the success of the Asian Games in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The player, who missed a medal in the Tokyo Olympics by finishing fourth, said, “These types of events are very different from regular golf tournaments. To be able to perform well here, to be in the athlete village, to play on a course that I have never played before, hopefully this experience will help me further (in Paris).” A disappointing 77 on the fourth day of competition. When asked about the score he said, “It was not a good day.” I performed poorly. But overall if I look at my score of four days, it is quite good. I had not thought about this score on the initial day of the competition.
Indian men’s team disappointed
In the men’s category, Anirban Lahiri (65-67-74-68) is joint 12th, Khalin Joshi (70-69-69-73) is joint 27th, SSP Chaurasia (67-72-68-75) is joint 28th and Shubhankar Sharma (68- 69-76-73) stood at 32nd position. Indian men’s team stood at seventh position. In the team event, Korea won gold, Thailand won silver and Hong Kong won bronze. The gold in the men’s individual event was won by Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho (62-60-70-69) with a score of 27-under. Korea’s Sungjae Im (66-65-66-65) won the silver medal at 26-under while Chien-Yao Hung (65-63-67-69) of Taipei won the bronze medal at 24-under.
Aditi impressed everyone with her performance
Aditi missed out on the gold medal but the two-time Olympian impressed with her performance. This was India’s fourth individual medal in golf. Laxman Singh and Shiv Kapoor won gold medals in the 1982 and 2002 seasons while Rajiv Mehta won the silver medal in New Delhi (1982). The Indian team of Laxman, Rajiv, Rishi Narayan and Amit Luthra won the team gold medal in 1982. . India had won silver medals in the team event in Doha and Guangzhou in the 2006 and 2010 seasons.
