As year 2023 winds to a close, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled India’s achievement in sports throughout 2023 and lavished praise on Indian athletes who participated in the Asian Games and Asian Para Games Hangzhou. Indian athletes brought home 111 medals at the ongoing Asian Para Games. The country’s previous best was 72 medals in the 2018 event in Indonesia. Notably, India finished their Asian Games campaign at Hangzhou in China with a record haul of 107 medals – 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze.