Steeplechaser avinash sable

World Champion Nikhat Zareen:  On a dramatic day on which athlete Jyothi Yarraji survived an attempt to illegally disqualify her and went on to win a silver medal in women's 100m hurdles, India claimed three gold, seven silver and four bronze medals to cross the 50 medal mark in overall tally in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.

Steeplechaser Avinash Sable and Tajinderpal Singh Toor and the men's trap team bagged the three gold medals while the country also claimed seven silver and three bronze medals to take their tally to 13 gold, 21 silver and 19 bronze medals for a grand total of 53 medals which placed it fourth behind China (243), South Korea (125) and Japan (112).

It was a day of many historic firsts, none bigger than the achievement of the men's badminton team, who despite playing without their top singles player HS Prannoy, nearly gave the mighty Chinese a scare on their home turf before losing 2-3 to grab their first ever silver medal and a medal in the Asian Games for the first time in 37 years, since the bronze in1986 at Seoul.