Incheon: The Indian medal count swelled for the last time here as the men’s and women’s kabaddi teams clinched golds in their respective finals to end the country’s campaign at the 2014 Asian Games on Friday.
Manju Bala’s hammer throw bronze, won on September 28, was upgraded to silver after China’s Zhang Wenxiu was stripped of the gold after failing a pre-competition dope test.
With the two golds, India jumped a place to conclude in eighth position in the standings with 57 medals — 11 golds, 10 silvers and 36 bronzes — eight shy of the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad.
India maintained their dominance in kabaddi, with both the men and women retaining their gold medals at the Songdo Global University Gymnasium.
The men’s team, who have won every gold since the sport was introduced in 1990, staged a late comeback to edge out Iran 27-25, while the women won for the second consecutive Games, also beating Iran 31-21.
The Indian men’s volleyball team finished fifth, out of 16 participants, after beating Qatar 3-2 in a positional play-off at the Songnim Gymnasium. India won the contest 25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-10 in an hour and 47 minutes.
In the women’s taekwondo quarter-finals, India’s Maria Margerette Regi and Shaloo Raikwar lost their respective bouts at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium.
While Maria (+73kg) was thrashed 1-15 by China’s Li Donghua, Shaloo put up a strong fight against Kuwait’s Alfahad Abrar, who registered a 3-3 win by superiority.
