ISLAMABAD: Pakistan concluded the 19th Asian Games tournament on Sunday on a disappointing note, bagging only three medals while China topped this year’s charts with 383 and India bagged 107 medals.
The 19th edition of the tournament concluded on Sunday in Hangzhou after two weeks of highs and lows, featuring various Asian countries competing in tournaments ranging from cricket to eSports, and track and field competitions.
The Asian Games featured over 12,000 athletes competing in 40 sports across 54 venues. Despite being a leading contender in cricket, sports, hockey and kabaddi competitions, Pakistan were unable to secure a large number of medals in the competition.
Of the three medals that Pakistan won, it managed to win only one silver and two bronze medals. Afghanistan fared better than Pakistan, bagging five medals in total which included one silver and four bronze medals.
China topped the medals chart, leading with 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals. Japan finished second after bagging 52 gold medals, 67 silver and 69 bronze medals to take its tally to 188 medals.
South Korea finished third on the medals chart, bagging 42 gold, 59 silver and 89 bronze medals to take its tally to 190 medals. Pakistan’s neighbor and arch-rival India bagged 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze medals to take its tally of medals to 107.
This was India’s best performance in the Asian Games in the past 60 years.
Pakistan fared slightly better in the 2018 Asian Games that were held in Indonesia, during which the country bagged four medals in total.
