South Asian Games 2019 Medals: Top 5 sports that got India the most gold medals

#2 Shooting - 18 gold medals

Shooting event - South Asian Games 2019

Along with wrestling, India has established its supremacy in shooting worldwide. Yogesh Singh ensured that India wins the gold in men's 25 meters center fire pistol while Mehuli Ghosh won the women's 10 meters air rifle event. Chain Singh lived up to the expectations by winning the gold in men's 50 meters rifle 3 positions. Annu Singh Raj won the women's 25 meters pistol event.

Pankaj Kumar, Gayathri Nithyanandam, Shri Parmanantham, Anish and Sharvan Kumar were the other individual gold medalists for India in shooting. Apart from the individual events, the shooters also won the gold in several team events to finish with 18 gold medals.

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#1 Swimming - 27 gold medals

Swimming event - South Asian Games 2019

Very few fans would have expected the Indian swimmers to dominate the way they did at South Asian Games 2019. Maana Patel was the star for India as she won 4 gold medals. The men's and the women's teams won the 4*200 meters freestyle relay race. They even captured the gold medal in the 4*100 meters medley relay race.

Divya Satija and Richa Mishra finished first in women's 50 meters butterfly and 200 meters medley race. Apeksha Fernanded secured two gold medals while the male swimmers too emerged victorious in their respective singles events.

Since there were a host of categories in swimming, the Indian contingent finished with more gold medals in the aqua sports than any other sport.