Lalremsiami marked her 200th appearance with a thunderous goal and goalkeeper Savita Punia made an astonishing save from a penalty stroke as India beat China 1-0 to win their first women’s hockey gold medal at the Asian Games since 1982. It was also the sixth gold medal that the Indian contingent won at the Asiad on Friday, taking the country’s total tally of golds to 16. The Indian women’s hockey have, in the process, also qualified for the 2028 LA Olympics.

India had to defend with everything they had for most of the match, particularly in the second and third quarters.

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