Boxing to wrestling, archery to hockey: 6 gold medals power India to table top 5

Boxing to wrestling, archery to hockey: 6 gold medals power India to table top 5 Archers, women's hockey team, boxers and a wrestler create it count as India move to 5th place on the medal tally.

Key points

• India's Kumkum Anil Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony after winning gold.
• The emcee introduced South Korea as a 10-time Olympic champion.
• For nine days, India had waited for the gold rush.

What happened

India's Kumkum Anil Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony after winning gold. (Reuters Photo).

For nine days, India had waited for the gold rush. On Friday, it arrived – six in all – for the country's best day at the Asian Games. With it India moved into the top-5 in the medal tally. It began with the archers making history and finished with the women's hockey team winning a rare gold. Each gold was won against the odds.

Meanwhile, the emcee introduced South Korea as a 10-time Olympic champion. Kumkum Mohod, the 17-year-old prodigy, heard it and thought: "But today, the Asian Games title will be ours." Minutes afterwards, she, Kirti Sharma and Ankita Bhakat had brought the Korean archery dynasty crashing down.

The bottom line

In short, boxing to wrestling, archery to hockey: 6 gold medals power India to is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.