Punjab, Sept. 26 -- India added seven medals on day seven - two gold, three silver, two bronze - to reach 30 at Aichi-Nagoya. Both golds came from kabaddi. The rest came from the track, the range and a squash court.
The day
The marathon silver is the unusual one
Sawan Barwal taking silver in the men's marathon puts an Indian on a continental distance podium in the same Games that Gulveer Singh took 10000m silver.
Two long-distance medals at one Asian Games is not something Indian athletics has been able to do. The event has belonged to West Asian squads, many of them built on naturalised East African runners, for the better part of two decades.
Toor, again
Tajinderpal Singh Toor has been India's shot put answer for the better part of ...