Hangzhou happiness

Indian sportspeople are measuring up to world standards

The Indian contingent at the Asian Games was expected to improve on its medal tally of 70 at the Jakarta games but there was some uncertainty over whether the country would bring home 100 medals, as various personalities exhorted in pre-Games TV messages. That the 655-strong contingent surpassed that number to win 107 medals — 28 gold, 38 silver, and 41 bronze — exceeds expectations by some margin. With this highest national medal tally at the Asian Games, India jumped to fourth rank from eighth in the 2018 edition. India was preceded only by China, with 383, including 201 gold;