India, Oct. 15 -- Telling the athletes that being in their presence filled him with pride, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met India's Asian Games medal-winners at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.

In a rousing speech, PM Modi lauded the country's athletes who delivered 85 medals, including 21 gold, at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

"You have made 140 crore Indians proud. The biggest success is to increase the prestige and respect of the Tri-colour. That is what you have done. And that is why your success isn't just yours, but also of the crores of people in the country," Modi said in his speech.

In the audience sat the country's medal winners, including members of both the hockey teams, the women's cricket team sched...