Abhinav Bindra said this in his autobiography, and it is a line that epitomises the struggle of the athlete who leads. It doesn’t matter if you are the favourites or the underdog, a team or an individual, a rookie or a veteran, the moment closest to victory is one of toughest to face in sport.
After six days of competition, India grabbed 7 gold, 10 silver and two bronze. The gold count was same as in 1978 and 2002 Asian Games but India had won a total of 17 medals in these two earlier editions as against 19 this time.
Indian Army has won the highest number of medals among the three services.
Malaysia, who had beaten India in the last-four stage eight years ago at Guangzhou, made their wasteful opponents pay for their mistakes, both in regulation time and shoot-off.
India won the gold medal in 1982, the year women's hockey was first included in the Asian Games programme.
For the first time in 39 Tests that he has captained, Virat Kohli has fielded an unchanged eleven that won against England at Trent Bridge.
On Wednesday Virat Kohli hinted that he might be ready to name an unchanged side for the first time in 39 Tests.
India's last Asian Games gold medal in men's triple jump had come in 1970 from Mohinder Singh Gill.
Before Barman, only Bengal's Soma Biswas and Karnataka's J J Shobha and Pramila Aiyappa had returned with a medal from the Asian Games but none of them have won a gold.
As a result of path-breaking performances, the country remained on course to better its previous edition's haul and tallied 54 medals -- 11 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze.
Dutee Chand won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women's 100m dash here today.
The move comes at a time when football’s popularity is growing rapidly in the country. The programme aims at developing the game at grassroots level in India.
Next up for Kamal and Batra was the North Korean challenge posed by Cha Hyo Sim and An Ji Song. This was for a place in the semifinals and a guaranteed medal at the Games.
The Indian women's squash team today assured itself of a medal after advancing to the semifinals at the 18th Asian Games here.
Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is set to analyse the Indian athletes' performance in the Asian Games in the first week of September.
The Chinese Taipei player beat both of India’s stars this Asian Games, and it is ‘coach’ Gopichand who has to unravel her mystery before the Tokyo Olympics.
Indonesia's women's boxing team was only formed in 2006 and they have never won a medal at the Asian Games, until now.
The 28-year-old Manjit ran his personal best time of 1 minute and 46.15 seconds to win his maiden major international medal.
Last edition's bronze medallist India will face reigning silver medallist China in the semifinals of the women's hockey competition here tomorrow while title holders Korea will take on Japan.
These champions first took on the challenges of adverse family circumstances and social and economic backgrounds and then focused on their sports.
