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Asian Games: Why India dropped out of top 10 despite winning seven more medals

During the eighth day of competition at the Asian Games, the Indian contingent collected seven additional podium finishes across track and field events and court sports. A notable highlight involved Parul Chaudhary setting a brand new national benchmark in the women's three-thousand-meter steeplechase event to claim the bronze medal.

Additional silver finishes came from squash matches, while athletes added five more medals through various track disciplines. Meanwhile, fighters competing in the boxing tournament including Parveen Hooda, Ankush Panghal, and Narender guaranteed themselves at least a bronze by advancing to the semifinal rounds.

Despite this steady accumulation of medals, the lack of any first-place gold finishes caused the nation's position in the overall medal table to slip backward.

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