HISTORY IS MADE AS INDIA GETS ITS 100 MEDAL AT THE ASIAN GAMES 2023!
In a stirring gesture of support and encouragement, Dr. Nowhera Shaik, the renowned philanthropist and social activist, has extended her warmest wishes to the athletes representing India at the Asian Games 2023. This global sporting extravaganza has brought together some of the most exceptional talents from across Asia, and Dr. Nowhera Shaik’s words of motivation have resonated deeply with both the athletes and the nation.
Dr. Nowhera Shaik, who has consistently championed the cause of sports and youth development, recognizes the immense dedication, effort, and passion that every athlete invests in their journey to the Asian Games. In a message of unity and inspiration, she emphasized the pivotal role of sports in fostering national pride and creating role models for the younger generation.
“I extend my heartfelt wishes to all the athletes of India who have made it to the Asian Games 2023. Your hard work, determination, and sacrifices have led you to this grand stage, and the entire nation stands behind you with unwavering support. May you compete with the spirit of sportsmanship, and may your performances fill our hearts with pride,” Dr. Nowhera Shaik expressed in her message.
Dr. Nowhera Shaik’s admiration for the dedication of Indian athletes is well-known. She firmly believes that sports can serve as a catalyst for positive change in society, instilling values such as discipline, teamwork, and perseverance. Her support for sports initiatives has encompassed various disciplines, from cricket to athletics, and now, she extends her support to the athletes participating in the Asian Games.
The Asian Games have historically been a platform where Indian athletes have shone brightly, showcasing their talent and determination to the world. Dr. Nowhera Shaik’s words of encouragement resonate with the hopes and aspirations of millions of Indians who eagerly anticipate their athletes’ performances in this prestigious event.
As the Indian contingent competes against the best in Asia, Dr. Nowhera Shaik’s wishes are a reminder of the collective aspirations of a nation. She encourages the athletes to give their best, to not only strive for medals but also to inspire a generation of young Indians to pursue their dreams relentlessly.
Here’s the full list of 100 medals achieved by the India:
| No | Sport | Name | Medal |
| 1 | Shooting (Men’s 10m air rifle team) | Divyansh Singh Panwar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Rudrankksh Patil | Gold |
| 2 | Cricket (Women’s T20 cricket) | Women’s T20 cricket | Gold |
| 3 | Equestrian (Team dressage) | Divyakriti Singh astride Adrenalin Firfod, Hriday Vipul Chhed (Chemxpro Emerald), Anush Agarwalla (Etro) | Gold |
| 4 | Shooting (Women’s 25m pistol team) | Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan | Gold |
| 5 | Shooting (Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions) | Sift Samra | Gold |
| 6 | Shooting (Men’s 10m air pistol team) | Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema | Gold |
| 7 | Shooting (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team) | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran | Gold |
| 8 | Shooting (Women’s 10m air pistol) | Palak Gulia | Gold |
| 9 | Tennis (Mixed doubles) | Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale | Gold |
| 10 | Squash (Men’s team) | Team India | Gold |
| 11 | Shooting (Men’s trap team) | Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Prithviraj Toindaman | Gold |
| 12 | Athletics (Men’s 3000m steeplechase) | Avinash Sable | Gold |
| 13 | Athletics (Men’s shot put) | Tajinderpal Singh Toor | Gold |
| 14 | Athletics (Women’s 5000m) | Parul Chaudhary | Gold |
| 15 | Athletics (Women’s javelin throw) | Annu Rani | Gold |
| 16 | Archery (Mixed team compound) | Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Pravin Ojas Deotale | Gold |
| 17 | Athletics (Men’s javelin throw) | Neeraj Chopra | Gold |
| 18 | Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay) | Anas Muhammed Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh | Gold |
| 19 | Archery (Women’s compound team) | Jyothi Vennam, Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur | Gold |
| 20 | Squash (Mixed doubles) | Dipika Pallikal, Harinder Pal Sandhu | Gold |
| 21 | Archery (Men’s compound team) | Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar | Gold |
| 22 | Hockey (Men’s team) | Team India | Gold |
| 23 | Archery (Women’s compound individual) | Jyothi Surekha Vennam | Gold |
| 24 | Archery (Men’s compound individual) | Ojas Pravin Deotale | Gold |
| 25 | Kabaddi (Women’s kabaddi) | Team India | Gold |
| 26 | Shooting (Women’s 10m air rifle team) | Ramita Jindal, Mehuli Ghosh, Ashi Chouksey | Silver |
| 27 | Archery (Men’s compound individual) | Abhishek Verma | Silver |
| 28 | Bridge (Men’s team) | Raju Tolani, Ajay Prabhakar Khare, Sumit Mukherjee, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Jaggy Shivdasani and Sandeep Thakral | Silver |
| 29 | Archery (Men’s recurve team) | Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke | Silver |
| 30 | Squash (Men’s singles) | Saurav Ghosal | Silver |
| 31 | Athletics (Men’s javelin throw) | Kishore Jena | Silver |
| 32 | Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay) | Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan | Silver |
| 33 | Athletics (Men’s 5000m) | Avinash Sable | Silver |
| 34 | Athletics (Women’s 800m) | Harmilan Bains | Silver |
| 35 | Boxing (Women’s 75kg) | Lovlina Borgohain | Silver |
| 36 | Athletics (Men’s decathlon) | Tejaswin Shankar | Silver |
| 37 | Athletics (Men’s 800m) | Mohammed Afsal | Silver |
| 38 | Athletics (Mixed 4x400m relay) | Muhammed Ajmal, Rajesh Ramesh, Vithya Ramraj, Subha Venkatesan | Silver |
| 39 | Athletics (Women’s long jump) | Ancy Sojan | Silver |
| 40 | Athletics (Women’s 3000m steeplechase) | Parul Chaudhary | Silver |
| 41 | Badminton (Men’s team) | Team India | Silver |
| 42 | Athletics (Women’s 100m hurdles) | Jyothi Yarraji | Silver |
| 43 | Athletics (Men’s long jump) | Murali Sreeshankar | Silver |
| 44 | Athletics (Men’s 1500m) | Ajay Kumar Saroj | Silver |
| 45 | Athletics (Women’s 1500m) | Harmilan Bains | Silver |
| 46 | Shooting (Women’s trap team) | Team India | Silver |
| 47 | Golf (Women’s golf) | Aditi Ashok | Silver |
| 48 | Athletics (Men’s 10,000m) | Karthik Kumar | Silver |
| 49 | Shooting (Mixed team 10m air pistol) | Divya TS and Sarabjot Singh | Silver |
| 50 | Shooting (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions) | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Silver |
| 51 | Shooting (Women’s 10m air pistol) | Esha Singh | Silver |
| 52 | Tennis (Men’s doubles) | Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh Myneni | Silver |
| 53 | Shooting (Women’s 10m air pistol team) | Esha Singh, Palak Gulia and Divya TS | Silver |
| 54 | Wushu (Women’s 60kg sanda) | Naorem Roshibina Devi | Silver |
| 55 | Shooting (Men’s skeet) | Anantjeet Singh Naruka | Silver |
| 56 | Shooting (Women’s 25m pistol) | Esha Singh | Silver |
| 57 | Shooting (Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team) | Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik | Silver |
| 58 | Sailing (Girl’s Dinghy – ILCA4) | Neha Thakur | Silver |
| 59 | Rowing (Men’s eight) | Team India | Silver |
| 60 | Rowing (Men’s lightweight double sculls) | Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh | Silver |
| 61 | Rowing (Men’s pair) | Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram | Bronze |
| 62 | Shooting (Women’s 10m air rifle) | Ramita Jindal | Bronze |
| 63 | Rowing (Men’s four) | Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar | Bronze |
| 64 | Rowing (Men’s quadruple) | Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh | Bronze |
| 65 | Shooting (Men’s 10m air rifle) | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Bronze |
| 66 | Shooting (Men’s 25m rapid file pistol team) | Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhanwala | Bronze |
| 67 | Sailing (Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X) | Eabad Ali | Bronze |
| 68 | Shooting (Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions) | Ashi Chouksey | Bronze |
| 69 | Shooting (Men’s skeet team) | Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Gurjoat Singh Khangura | Bronze |
| 70 | Sailing (Men’s dinghy ICLA7) | Vishnu Saravanan | Bronze |
| 71 | Equestrian (Individual dressage) | Anush Agarwalla | Bronze |
| 72 | Squash (Women’s team) | Team India | Bronze |
| 73 | Athletics (Women’s shot put) | Kiran Baliyan | Bronze |
| 74 | Athletics (Men’s 10,000m) | Gulveer Singh | Bronze |
| 75 | Shooting (Men’s trap) | Kynan Chenai | Bronze |
| 76 | Boxing (Women’s 50kg) | Nikhat Zareen | Bronze |
| 77 | Athletics (Men’s 1500m) | Jinson Johnson | Bronze |
| 78 | Athletics (Women’s heptathlon) | Nandini Agasara | Bronze |
| 79 | Athletics (Women’s discus throw) | Seema Punia | Bronze |
| 80 | Roller skating (Women’s speed skating 3000m relay) | Aarathy Kasthuri Raj, Heeral Sadhu, Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran | Bronze |
| 81 | Roller skating (Men’s speed skating 3000m relay) | Aryanpal Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble, VikramIngale | Bronze |
| 82 | Table tennis (Women’s doubles) | Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee | Bronze |
| 83 | Athletics (Women’s 3000m steeplechas) | Priti Lamba | Bronze |
| 84 | Canoe Sprint (Men’s canoe double 1000m) | Arjun Singh, Salam Sunil Singh | Bronze |
| 85 | Boxing (Women’s 54kg) | Preeti Pawar | Bronze |
| 86 | Athletics (Women’s 400m hurdles) | Vithya Ramraj | Bronze |
| 87 | Athletics (Men’s triple jump) | Praveen Chithravel | Bronze |
| 88 | Boxing (Men’s +92kg) | Narender Berwal | Bronze |
| 89 | Athletics (Mixed team race walk) | Ram Baboo, Manju Rani | Bronze |
| 90 | Squash (Mixed team) | Abhay Singh, Anahat Singh | Bronze |
| 91 | Boxing (Women’s 57kg) | Parveen Hooda | Bronze |
| 92 | Wrestling (Greco-Roman 87kg) | Sunil Kumar | Bronze |
| 93 | Wrestling (Women’s 53kg) | Antim Panghal | Bronze |
| 94 | Archery (Women’s recurve team) | Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, Simranjeet Kaur | Bronze |
| 95 | Badminton (Men’s singles) | HS Prannoy | Bronze |
| 96 | Sepaktakraw (Women’s regu) | Priya Devi Elangbam, Bi Devi Elangbam, Khushboo, Chaoba Devi Oinam and Maipak Devi Ayekpam | Bronze |
| 97 | Wrestling (Women’s 62kg) | Sonam Malik | Bronze |
| 98 | Wrestling (Women’s 76kg) | Kiran Bishnoi | Bronze |
| 99 | Wrestling (Men’s freestyle 57kg) | Aman Sehrawat | Bronze |
| 100 | Archery (Women’s compound individual) | Aditi Swami | Bronze |
Conclusion
Dr. Nowhera Shaik’s warm wishes to the Indian athletes competing in the Asian Games 2023 reflect her commitment to the development of sports in India and her belief in the potential of our athletes. As the games unfold, the nation eagerly watches, hopeful for extraordinary performances that will etch the names of these athletes into the annals of sporting history. Dr. Nowhera Shaik’s support adds another layer of motivation for the Indian contingent to aim high, perform their best, and bring glory to the nation on the grand stage of the Asian Games.