Vijender Singh's 7-0 win over Uzbekistan's Abbos Atoev for the men's 75-kg boxing title capped a productive day for India at the Guangzhou Asian Games on Friday.
The country won four gold medals on day 14, taking its overall tally to a record 64 medals. India's previous best haul was 57, garnered at the 1982 Delhi Asiad.
The day started with India extending its domination in kabaddi, with both the men's and women's teams claiming gold with wins over Iran and Thailand.
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The 37-20 win over Iran marked the sixth occasion that India has finished first in men's kabaddi since its introduction in the 1990 edition. The Indian women beat Thailand 28-14 to clinch the inaugural women's kabaddi gold of the Games.
Following this, the women's 4x400m relay team, comprising A.C. Ashwini, Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose and Mandeep Kaur, reprised their Commonwealth Games performance to land India's third gold medal of the day. Then, Vijender Singh put aside his disappointment from the Commonwealth Games, where he was knocked out in the semifinals, to register a comfortable win over Atoev.
The victory took India's gold haul to 14, one shy of its all-time best of 15, which was achieved at the inaugural Delhi Games in 1951.
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