HANGZHOU, China — On Wednesday, India celebrated its most successful Asian Games by winning a Gold Medal in archery, even though the continental showpiece in Hangzhou, China was beset with another doping controversy.

Ojas Pravin Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam beat out South Korean archers to win Gold in the mixed team compound event in Hangzhou, which is a non-Olympic sport. This victory gave India their 71st Medal overall, surpassing their previous national record of 70 medals, which they achieved at the Jakarta Games five years ago.

"With 71 medals, we are celebrating our best-ever medal tally, a testament to the unparalleled dedication, grit, and sporting spirit of our athletes," India Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "With 71 medals, we are celebrating our best-ever medal tally," Modi added.

Boxing brought India some additional minor medals, adding to its total. When Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra competes in the javelin later on Wednesday, there is a good chance that India will win yet another gold medal in the athletics competition.

The growing power in Asia will need to work hard to catch China, which is racing towards 170 gold medals after taking the titles in boxing and freestyle roller skating at these games, which are being held in China.

Li Qian of China, the runner-up in the women's middleweight boxing competition at the Tokyo Olympics, won the gold medal in the 66-75 kilogramme division with a unanimous decision over Lovlina Borgohain of India, the world champion in that weight class.

It was a case of Li turning the tables on Borgohain, who had previously won the middleweight world championship in March by defeating the Chinese fighter in the semi-finals.

Due to a knee injury, Pakistan's first athletics world championship medallist, Arshad Nadeem, was forced to withdraw from the Games. This prevented him from competing in a javelin duel with Chopra, the athlete who defeated him to win the world title in Budapest.

Yousef Mohammed Alasiri, a Saudi Arabian distance runner, was disqualified from the Games after he tested positive for darbepoetin and was provisionally suspended due to his positive test.

Erythropoietin is a common blood-booster that has been re-engineered to become darbepoetin. EPO is another name for erythropoietin.

Alasiri, who is 34 years old, had his name on the men's 10,000-meter race entry list but did not begin the competition. Additionally, he was enrolled in the 5,000-meter race, but his name is no longer on the start list for the competition that will take place later on Wednesday.

Mohammad Khaibar Nooristani, a boxer from Afghanistan, received a positive test result last week, which resulted in a provisional suspension.

China finished off their dominance of the race walking competitions by winning the gold medal in the mixed team 35km competition early on Wednesday morning. Japan came in second, and India won the bronze medal.

The Chinese walkers dominated the individual competitions, claiming gold and silver in men's and women's categories.

Myanmar won their first gold medal of the Games by defeating Indonesia in the men's quadrant competition of sepak takraw. Sepak takraw is a traditional form of kick volleyball extremely popular in Southeast Asia.

After earning his first gold medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, 13 years ago, Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar will compete in the high jump later on Wednesday to win a third gold medal at the Asian Games.

Champions of the Asian Cup on four separate occasions In the men's football semi-finals, Japan will compete against Hong Kong, and it is anticipated that they will easily advance to the final match for the gold medal.

Uzbekistan will compete against South Korea in the other semifinal match.