Asiad: Look who is giving the athletes a pat on their back!

September 28, 2014 10:38 IST

Saurav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa

Gold medal winners Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Kush Kumar and Mahesh Mangaonkar; and silver medallists Anaka Alankamony, Joshna Chinappa, Aparajitha Balamurukan and Dipika Pallikal pose after the medal ceremony. Photograph: PTI

It took a few days but the India athletes have finally got the momentum and they are winning medals in huge numbers.

The Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the Indian contingent was performing well in the ongoing Incheon Asian Games and hoped the athletes would win more medals for the country.

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"Our contingent is performing well and we are looking forward to winning more number of medals," the minister said.

He insisted that the athletes were putting their best efforts.

The minister, who was in Chandigarh to attend an international youth fest also met the 90-year-old hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior and discussed Balbir's plans for reviving hockey in India.

Sonowal maintained that Balbir's suggestions would help in developing Indian sports.

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