Barman collected 6026 points, her career best, to win the gold in the recently concluded Asian Games. Her earlier best total from the seven events was 5942.
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor failed to fulfill his ailing father's last wish, which was to hold his son's gold medal that he recently won at the Asain Games.
The Indians went into the Asiad looking to seal their Olympic berth well in advance but that didn't happen as they had to settle for bronze after defeating Pakistan.
Lodhi had lost one of his hands while performing labour work but went on to give an impressive performance during the 2017 National Games.
The teenager is the first female winner of the award, which has been presented at every Games since the 1998 edition in Bangkok.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was India's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony. Chopra went on to win the gold medal comfortably.
With 69 medals, India crossed its previous best haul of 65 medals that it won during the 2010 edition in Guangzhou, China.
A silver was a creditable performance nonetheless, having surprised defending champions Malaysia in the semifinals on Friday.
The 60-year-old Pranab and 56-year-old Shibhnath finished at the top after scoring 384 points in the finals.
Amit Panghal defeated Uzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov 3-2 in Boxing Men's Light Fly (49kg) final event to win a gold medal on the 14th day of the 2018 Asian Games.
The Indian position in the overall tally was a steady eighth with 65 medals, which is the same as 2010 -- the country's best ever Asiad show. The haul includes 13 gold, 23 silver and 29 bronze medals.
The loss will hurt the Indians badly as a gold here would have guaranteed a direct qualification in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
With the double, Dutee joined her illustrious compatriots such as PT Usha in the list of athletes, who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games.
Japan defeated India 2-1 in the 2018 Asian Games Women's Hockey final to clinch the gold medal.
Ghosal lost the first match 7-11, 9-11,11-13, giving Hong Kong a 1-0, while Harinder Pal Singh lost the second round as well where they were unable to advance to the finals.
India clinched three medals in sailing with Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar clinching silver in the 49er FX Women's event.
India have a tally of 7 gold, 10 silver and 2 bronze medals from athletics at this year's Asiad.
Chopra was at the third position till the fifth and penultimate round but the reigning Olympic champion Thomas Rohler of Germany came up with a 85.76m throw.
The Indian team, comprising Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna, defeated Malaysia 2-0.
Amit Panghal was the lone Indian boxer to make the final in the ongoing edition, beating Philippines' Carlo Paalam in a 3-2 verdict.
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