The Asian Games bring athletes from Asian countries across multiple sports; the Commonwealth Games have a different membership and organiser. Neither is the Asian Athletics Championships, which is a sport-specific continental meet. A question saying “Asian gold” needs the complete event title. The Ministry's annual report records India's medal tally for the 2022 Asian Games held in 2023, illustrating another edition-versus-calendar-date distinction.
An athlete can contest both a multisport Games and a federation championship in the same year. Medal colours and categories may differ. Do not take a silver from an Asian Games result and label it a silver at the Asian Championships. The same distinction applies to badminton's Asian championships and the BWF world event. Start with the competition logo or official result book, not with an undated headline that shortens the tournament name.
Worked example: Asian Games and Commonwealth Games have different organisers, participation fields and editions. A team medal at one cannot be converted into an individual medal at the other. When studying a result, record event, edition year, discipline and medal. A newspaper's country total is useful context but does not verify a specific athlete's event row.
Active recall: Explain why “Asian Games” and “Asian Athletics Championships” are different answers.