For now, let us have a look at the final Asian Games 2010 medal tally.

Asian Games 2010 medal tally

China rein on the top with 145 Gold

India Bags 6 Gold Medals and rein on 8th Position

Somdev Devvarman

Somdev Devvarman became the first Indian to reach the men’s singles final in the history of the Asian Games before winning the men’s doubles gold with Sanam Singh but Sania Mirza and Vishnu Vardhan had to be content with a silver in the tennis competitions.

Preeja and Sudha clinch golds for India from track

Preeja Sreedharan and Sudha Singh were the gold winners in the women’s 10,000m and 3000m steeplechase. Preeja finished the race by 31 minutes, 50.47 seconds to reach two minutes below the Asian and world record of China’s Wang Junxia. Kavita, finished second with her personal best of 31:51.44, to add a silver to Indian tally.

Another thrilling moment to Indians came when Sudha Singh outpaced Jin Yuan of China to win a Gold in the 3000m women’s steeplechase. 24-year-old Sudha made her record gain running ten meters ahead of her Chinese rival.

Symbols M=Men W=Women X =Mixed T=total

Rank	NOC	Gold				Silver				Bronze				Total Medals				Rank by Total
		M	W	X	T	M	W	X	T	M	W	X	T	M	W	X	T
1	China	40	55	10	105	18	21	1	40	22	14	0	36	80	90	11	181	1
2	R.O. Korea	19	7	3	29	9	7	7	23	15	17	4	36	43	31	14	88	3
3	Japan	12	6	0	18	21	18	3	42	17	16	4	37	50	40	7	97	2
4	DPR Korea	4	1	0	5	5	2	0	7	3	7	0	10	12	10	0	22	5
5	Iran	4	1	0	5	2	2	0	4	5	3	0	8	11	6	0	17	9
6	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	4	0	4	1	5	6	12	1	19	9	17	2	28	4
7	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	9	5	4	0	9	17	4	0	21	6
8	Hong Kong, China	0	3	0	3	5	2	0	7	1	4	0	5	6	9	0	15	10
9	Malaysia	2	1	0	3	2	0	1	3	0	2	2	4	4	3	3	10	14
10	Kazakhstan	0	2	0	2	3	3	0	6	8	3	1	12	11	8	1	20	7
11	India	1	0	0	1	5	2	0	7	6	1	0	7	12	3	0	15	10

National Billiard Champion Pankaj Advani provided the first gold for India in the 16th Asian Games by clinching the title in billiards singles while Alok Kumar claimed a bronze in 8-ball pool event and the shooters accounted for a silver and bronze on the second day of competitions on Sunday.