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Modi praises Asian Games medal winners and says India aims to host major events
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met India’s Asian Games medal winners in New Delhi on Thursday and congratulated them for representing the country.
India won 85 medals, including 21 gold, at the Games, fewer than its 106 medals at the previous edition.
The medal winners included 17-year-old archer Kumkum Mohod, who earned two golds and a silver, and the gold-winning men’s and women’s cricket teams.
Women athletes won 38 medals, including 11 golds, Modi said.
He said India was becoming a credible host for international sports events, reflecting a broader effort to strengthen the country’s sports system.
India is bidding to host the 2036 Olympics, and Modi said the country intends to stage the Games.
Athletes presented him with keepsakes, including signed jerseys and Mohod’s bow.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met India’s Asian Games medal-winners in New Delhi and praised their achievements.
He said India was becoming a credible host for international sports events and reaffirmed its aim to host the 2036 Olympics.
India won 85 medals at the Games, including 21 gold.
Modi highlighted that women athletes won 38 medals, including 11 gold.
The men’s and women’s cricket teams both won gold medals at the Games in Japan.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s Asian Games medal-winners.
- What
- Modi praised the athletes and said India aims to host major international events, including the 2036 Olympics.
- When
- Thursday, October 15, 2026, according to News18.
- Where
- Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi.
- Why
- Modi met the athletes to recognise their Asian Games achievements.
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India’s men’s and women’s cricket teams won gold medals at the Games.
Modi met India’s Asian Games medal-winners in New Delhi.
- India’s total medals
- 85, including 21 gold
- Women athletes’ medals
- 38, including 11 gold
- India’s Olympic bid
- Aiming to host the 2036 Olympics
- Meeting venue
- Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, New Delhi
- Cricket teams
- Both India’s men’s and women’s teams won gold at the Games
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What people are saying
India is emerging in establishing itself as a credible and hospitable country for international sports events. We are bidding for the 2036 Olympics and it is our resolve that we will host the games.
You have made 140 crore Indians proud. The biggest success is to make the tri-colour fly high. That’s why your success is not just yours but it belongs to crores of our countrymen. I congratulate you on behalf of the entire country.
I especially want to congratulate our women athletes, they contributed 38 medals to our tally and 11 of those medals were gold.