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Summary

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Mihir Vasavda, Oct 7, 2023: The Indian Express

Hangzhou: A Games replete with historic firsts, a strong return to podium in sports it had earlier missed, and memorable comebacks will end with another landmark moment – for the first time, India will breach the 100-medal mark at the Asiad.

The unprecedented medal haul will also ensure India’s best-ever rank at the Asian Games in over 60 years, with fourth place behind China, Japan and South Korea now secured.

India began the penultimate day of competition here with 86 medals. Through the day, the team added nine more to the tally, with medals coming in hockey (gold), archery (silver and bronze), bridge (silver), badminton (bronze), sepaktakraw (bronze) and wrestling (3 bronze), taking the total to 95.

The final day of events before closing ceremony, the Indian team has confirmed medals in archery (three), kabaddi (two), badminton and men’s cricket. More are possible in women’s hockey and chess.

“We came here with the target of 100 medals but didn’t imagine our dream would come true,” said India’s chef de mission, Bhupinder Singh Bajwa. “Now, we will achieve it easily tomorrow. I congratulate all the players, along with the coaches and support staff, for reaching the target we set out to achieve.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is learnt to have invited each member of India’s 650-plus contingent for a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi on October 10.

India’s previous best performance at the continental showpiece event was in Jakarta five years ago, with 70 medals. Its previous highest overall finish was at the 1962 Asian Games, also in Jakarta, when India finished third. In every edition since then, the Indian team has ranked fifth or lower.

Here are some figures from a record-breaking campaign:

• Of the 95 medals so far in 20 sports, 44 came from men, 41 from women, and 9 in mixed events.

• The country has won 22 gold medals, again the most ever. Shooting has the most gold medallists – 7.

• 51 medals came just from two sports – athletics (29) and shooting (22).

• 30 athletes have so far won more than one medal, with rifleman Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and pistol shooter Esha Singh winning the most medals by a single athlete – 4 each.

• On October 1, the team won the most medals in a single day – 15 – and there hasn’t been a single day without any medal.

Increased funding, focused training plans and routine exposure trips outside India, where the athletes practise and compete, are seen as some of the key reasons for the medal high, which follows the best-ever haul at the Tokyo Olympics two years ago.

This march to a century has also been made possible by a record number of women podium finishers, and medals in sports the country has little or no history in, breaking decades-old records in some. The last-minute change of mind by the Board of Control for Cricket in India – which had earlier decided against sending the women’s and men’s teams for the Asiad – also ensured two medals.

The medal count was also aided by the inclusion of team events in shooting, which wasn’t the case five years ago in Jakarta. Thirteen of the 22 shooting medals came in team events. But even that is an improvement from the last time they were included – back in 2014 when India won just four medals in team events.

Other significant firsts pushed the tally to the 100 mark. For instance, Parul Chaudhary’s gold medal in the 5,000 metres race was India’s first in the event at the Asiad since it was introduced at the 1998 Games.

Similarly, in equestrian, the dressage team produced a stunning performance to win the gold medal, while in the individual event, Anush Agarwalla won the bronze, another first. The 4x400m men’s relay team recorded a first top-of-the-podium performance since the 1962 Asiad.

On Saturday, India could complete a clean sweep of gold medals in compound archery, a discipline that was introduced in India just 19 years ago. While compound isn’t an Olympic event, Bajwa said the athletes must soon shift their focus towards the Paris Games, which are less than nine months away.

“We must now look at the Paris Olympics as our next target. I urge athletes to return to their training after a brief rest and begin their Paris preparations as soon as possible. Given the haul here, I am confident that we shall double the Tokyo mark in Paris,” Bajwa said.

South Asian countries at the Asian Games

Medals won by South Asian countries

RESULTS (DAY-WISE), INCLUDING MEDALS

Day 1, 24 September

Sep 24, 2023: The HIndustan Times

Events completed so far:

SILVER MEDAL: Shooting - India's Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Chouksey in Women's 10m Air Rifle (Team)

SILVER MEDAL: Rowing - India's Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind in Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

SILVER MEDAL: Rowing - Men's Eight

BRONZE MEDAL: Shooting - India's Ramita in Women's 10m Air Rifle

BRONZE MEDAL: Rowing - India's Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram in Men's Pair

Cricket: India (52/2) beat Bangladesh (51) to reach women's final

Men's hockey: India beat Uzbekistan 16-0 in Pool A match

Rowing - India's Kiran and Anshika Bharti finish 9th in Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

India's Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh finish 6th in Men's Doubles Sculls

Rowing: India's Aswathi Padinjarayil Babu, Mrunmayee Nilesh Salgaonkar, Priya Devi Thangjam, and Rukmani finish 5th in Women's Four final

Table Tennis: India lost 2-3 vs Thailand in their women's table tennis team round of 16

India defeat Kazakhstan 3-2 in the men's table tennis team round of 16

Boxing: Preeti defeats Jordan's Silina in the women's 54kg category round of 16

Volleyball: India lost 0-3 to Japan in their men's top-six classification fixture

Women's football: India lost 1-0 to Thailand in must-win tie

Rugby sevens: India suffer 45-0 defeat to Japan Boxing: Nikhat Zareen beats Nguyen Thị Tam to enter last 16

Men's football: India 1-1 Myanmar, Sunil Chhetri and Co. enter round of 16

Day 2, 25 September

Sep 25, 2023: The Hindustan Times

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: In the men's 10m air rifle team event, the Indian contingent set a new world record and bagged gold in Hangzhou.

Asian Games 2023 Day 2 Highlights: In what turned out to be a spectacular performance, India set a new world record and clinched gold in the men's 10 air rifle team event on Monday, Day 2 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The Indian shooting contingent consisted of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankkash Balasaheb Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, who notched together a total of 1893.7 points, which also proved to be the new world record. Aishwary also won bronze in the men's 10m air rifle final, with Rudrankkash claiming fourth position. Meanwhile, the Indian team in the men's four rowing final grabbed bronze medal, with a time of 6:10:81. But Balraj Panwar missed out on a medal by a whisker, finishing in fourth position in the men's singles sculls final. India also bagged bronze in the men's quadruple sculls final, finishing behind China and Uzbekistan.

In tennis, Yuki Bhambri and Rohan Bopanna crashed to a shock defeat against Uzbekistan's Sergey Fomin, Khumoyun Sultanov in the men's doubles second round. Meanwhile, Ankita Raina clinched victory in the women's singles second round against Uzbek Sabrina Olimjonova. India caught everyone's attention in 3x3 basketball, with a 20-16 victory against Japan. The Indian women's cricket team defeated Sri Lanka to win gold.

Medal tally for India -

Gold: 2

Silver: 3

Bronze: 6

Results for India on Day 2 -

Cricket: India women (116/7) beat Sri Lanka women (97/8) in the final by 19 runs to win GOLD - their first-ever gold in cricket at any event.

Rowing: Balraj Panwar finishes fourth in the men's singles sculls final

India clinch BRONZE in men's four final, with a time of 6:10:81

India bag BRONZE in men's quadruple sculls final, with a time of 6:08:61

Shooting: The Indian team consisting of Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankkash Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh set a new world record and grabbed GOLD in the men's 10 air rifle event

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins BRONZE in the men's 10m air rifle final, Rudrankkash Patil finishes fourth

India's Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhinwala, and Vijayveer Singh win BRONZE in Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event

Swimming: Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the men's 50m backstroke final, with a timing of 25.43 in his heat Likith Selvaraj qualifies for 100m men's breaststroke final with a timing of 1:01:98, where he finished seventh. Maana Patel fails to qualify for women's 50m backstroke final Anand AS, Vikram Khade don't qualify for men's 50m freestyle final

India qualify for the men's 4x200m freestyle final, where they finished seventh.

Hashika fails to qualify for the women's 200m individual medley

Judo: Garima Choudhary lost by Ippon in women's 70kg round of 16

Tennis: Rutuja Bhosale defeated Kazakhstan's Aruzhan Sagandykova to in the women's singles second round Ankita Raina defeats Uzbekistan's Sabrina Olimjonova in women's singles round 2

Ramkumar Ramanathan gets walkover in men's singles round 2

Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan defeat Indonesia's Anthony Ignatiius Susanto and Agung David Susanto in the men's doubles second round Yuki Bhambri, Rohan Bopanna lost to Uzbekistan's Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov in men's doubles round 2

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale beat Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova and Maksim Shin 6-2, 6-4 in mixed doubles

3x3 basketball: India defeat Japan 20-16

Handball: India women's team lose 41-13 to Japan

Boxing: China's Yang Liu beats Arundhati Choudhary 5:0 (unanimous decision) in the women's 66kg preliminary round. Deepak Bhoria beats Malaysia's Muhammad Abdul 5-0 (unanimous decision) in the first round of men's 51kg. Nishant Dev defeated Nepal's Dipesh Lama in the men's 71kg preliminary round.

Wushu: Roshibina Devi Naorem confirmed of a medal after beating Kazakhstan's Aiman Karshyga in the women's 60kg quarterfinal. Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh beats Uzbekistan's Islombek Khaydarov in men's 60 kg to enter quarterfinals. Vikrant Baliyan goes down 1-2 against Indonesia's Samuel Marbun in the men's 65kg 1/8 event.

Day 3, 26 September

Sep 26, 2023: The Hindustan Times

Asian Games Day 3 Highlights: India's only gold medal of the day came from the dressage event in equestrian.

Asian Games Day 3 Highlights: India won its first gold medal on the day in Equestrian, with the dressage team securing a historic top-podium finish, beating the likes of China and Hong Kong, China. The quartet of Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Hriday Vipul Chheda, and Anush Agarwalla scored a total of 209.205 to win gold. Earlier in the day, Neha Thakur opened India's medal account on the day with a silver in sailing while Eabad Ali added another medal – bronze – in the sport. The medals were a much-needed boost to India's campaign after a rather on the third day of the Games, with the country missing out a medal in shooting and fencing so far. Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita lost closely to Korea (18-20) in the bronze medal match of 10m air rifle mixed event, while star fencer Bhavani Devi faced a 7-15 defeat in the women's sabre quarterfinals to China's Shao Yuqi. The Indian men's hockey team, however, continued on its goalscoring exploits with a brilliant 16-1 win over Singapore. In other events, India cruised past Pakistan in the women's squash team event, while the 4x100m medley team also qualified for final in swimming, creating a new Indian record for best timings at the event. Later in the day, Sachin Siwach also made a winning start, beating Asir Udin of Indonesia comprehensively to enter round-of-16.

RESULTS ON DAY 3.

GOLD MEDAL: Equestrian (Dressage Team Event) SILVER MEDAL: Neha Thakur (Sailing) in Girl's Dinghy ICLA4

BRONZE MEDAL: Eabad Ali (Sailing) in Men's Windsurfer RS:X

Men's Hockey: India beat Singapore 16-1 in Pool A match

Boxing: Sachin Siwach enters round-of-16 with 5-0 verdict against Indonesia's Asir Udin

Shooting: Manu Bhaker (1st), Esha Singh (3rd), Rhythm Sangwan (11th) at the end of Precision stage in Women's 25m Pistol event. Rapid stage takes place tomorrow.

Tennis: Ankita Raina wins in round 3, Rutuja Bhosale loses. Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Raina win mixed doubles round 2 match.

Swimming: Shivangi Sarma finishes 17th in Women's 100m Freestyle qualification; fails to reach final.

Shooting: Divyansh Singh Panwar/Ramita lose to Korea in bronze medal match in 10m air rifle mixed team event.

Fencing: Bhavani Devi loses 7-15 in quarterfinals to China's Shao Yuqi.

Volleyball: India men's team finish sixth after losing 3-0 to Pakistan.

Day 4, 27 September

Sep 27, 2023: The Hindustan Times

Asian Games 2023, Day 4 Highlights: Sift Kaur Samra set a new world record, Asian record and Asian Games record in shooting in Hangzhou. Follow live updates.

Asian Games 2023, Day 4 Highlights: Indian shooters ran riot as Sift Kaur Samra set a new world record in Hangzhou on Day 4 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023. Sift clinched gold and broke the world record, Asian record, Asian Games record in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual event. Meanwhile, Ashi Chouksey bagged bronze in the same event. Ashi, Manini Kaushik and Sift also produced an excellent show in the 50m rifle 3 positions women's team event as India won silver. India clinched gold in the women's 25m pistol team event too, as Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan stunned their opponents with an amazing performance. Bhaker also topped qualification in the women's 25m pistol event, with Esha finishing in fifth place and Rhythm taking seventh. India also picked bronze in the skeet-50 team men's event. Esha Singh grabbed the silver medal in the 25m women's pistol final, coming behind China's Rui Liu, who also set a new Asian Games record. Meanwhile, Manu Bhaker finished in fifth place. Also, Anant Singh Naruja got silver in the men's skeet final. The Indian women's hockey team began their campaign with a massive 13-0 win vs Singapore in Pool A.

Meanwhile, Roshibina Devi, who was assured of bronze defeated Vietnam's Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen in the women's 60kg wushu semifinal bout and will now compete for gold in the finals. In tennis, India once again received a shock as Sumit Nagal lost in his men's singles quarterfinal fixture. In boxing, Shiva Thapa disappointed and crashed out, while star pugilist Nikhat Zareen advanced to the quarterfinals.

Catch the Highlights of Day 4 of Asian Games 2023:

India's medal tally-

Gold: 5

Silver: 7

Bronze: 10

Results for India on Day 4-

Wushu: Rohit Jadhav finishes in 8th place in Men's Daoshu final Swimming: Nina Venkatesh finishes 14th in women's 100m butterfly heats and fails to qualify for final, with a timing of 1:03:89

Maana Patel finishes 13th in women's 100m backstroke heats, fails to qualify

Shooting: India (Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik and Sift Kaur Samra) bag SILVER in the 50m rifle 3 positions women's team event

Sift Kaur Samra wins GOLD and breaks world record, Asian record, Asian Games record in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual event

Ashi Chouksey wins BRONZE in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual event

India (Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rhythm Sangwan) win GOLD in women's 25m pistol team event

Esha Singh wins SILVER medal in 25m women's pistol event

Manu Bhaker comes fifth in 25m women's pistol event India (Anant Jeet Singh, Gurjoat Siingh and Angar Vir Singh Bajwa) win BRONZE in skeet-50 team men's event

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka gets SILVER in men's skeet final

Fencing: India men's team lose 30-45 to Singapore in Round of 16

India women's team defeat Jordan 45-36 in women's Epee team

India lost 25-45 to Republic of Korea in women's team event quarter-final

Cycling: Ronaldo Singh loses to Japan's Shinji Nakano in Round of 16 knockouts David Beckham loses to Malaysia's Muhammad Sahrom in men's round of 16

Table tennis: India's Manush Utpalbhai Shah, Manav Vikash Thakkar defeat Thailand's Sitisak Nuchchart and Napat Thanmathikom in men's doubles round of 64 Manika Batra and G Sathiyan beat Thailand's Napat Thanmathikom and Suthasini Sawettabut 3-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8) in mixed doubles round of 32 Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula beat Chi Cheng Cheong and Hui Li Seak of Macau 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-7) in mixed doubles round of 32.

Squash: India defeat Kuwait 3-0 in men's team but endured a 1-2 defeat against Pakistan in Pool A India defeat Nepal 3-0 in women's team Pool B

Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan gets BRONZE in men's dinghy ILCA 7

Hockey: India 13-0 Singapore in women's Pool A

3x3 Basketball: India beat Macao, China 21-12

Boxing: Shiva Thapa loses in the men's 57kg quarterfinals, against Kyrgyzstan's Askat Kultaev Sanjeet loses to Uzbek Lazizbek in the men's 92kg quarterfinals

Nikhat Zareen wins women's 50kg round of 16 against Korea's Chorong Bak by unanimous decision, through to quarterfinals.

Tennis: Sumit Nagal loses to China's Zhizhen Zhang in the men's singles quarterfinal

Medal assured for India's Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni after they beat China's Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yibing 6-1, 7-6 in the quarterfinals.

Esports: India lose 0-2 to Vietnam in quarterfinals

Wushu: Roshibina Devi assured of at least silver, beats Vietnam's Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen 2-0 in the Women's 60Kg Semifinal

That's all from Day 4 of the 19th Asian Games as India win a total of seven medals to extend their tally to 22.

Day 5, 28 September

Sep 28, 2023: The Hindustan Times

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India clinched gold in the men's 10m air pistol team event and bagged silver in wushu in Hangzhou.

Asian Games 2023 Highlights, Day 5: It was another eventful day for India in Hangzhou. The nation clinched gold in the men's 10m air pistol team event on Day 5. The shooting team, comprising Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema, Shiva Narwal, staged an incredible comeback to bag the top spot. Meanwhile, Naorem Roshibina Devi clinched the silver after losing in the women's 60kg wushu gold medal bout, to China's Wu Xiaowei. Meanwhile, Anush Agarwalla won bronze in equestrian's dressage individual intermediate I freestyle event. Also, India assured themselves of two medals in tennis. While the men's doubles pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will vie for the elusive gold on Friday, Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale assured themselves of at least a bronze in mixed doubles.

Boxer Jasmine stormed into the women's 60kg quarterfinals. In squash, the women's team defeated Malaysia 3-0 to enter the semifinals, and have been assured of a medal. Day 5 ended with a heartbreak as Indian football team crashed out in the round of 16 after loss to Saudi Arabia.

Catch the Highlights of all the action on Day 5 of the Asian Games:

India's medal tally-

Gold: 6

Silver: 8

Bronze: 11

Results-

Wushu: Roshibina Devi wins SILVER in women's 60kg category

Shooting: India clinch GOLD in men's 10m air pistol team event

India finishes 7th in mixed skeet team final Sarabjot Singh 4th in men's 10m air pistol final

Table tennis: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manika Batra lose to China's Zhe Yu Clarence Chew, Jian Zeng in mixed doubles team event

Harmeet Rajul Desai, Sreeja Akula lose to Thailand's Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang, in the mixed doubles round of 16 Manika Batra beats Nepal's Nabita Shrestha 4-0 in women's singles round of 32

Sreeja Akula, Diya Parag beat Ngoc Mai Tran and Nga Thi Nguyen of Vietnam, advance to women's doubles round of 16

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee beat Kazakhstan's Anastassiya Lavrova and Zauresh Akasheva in women's doubles, enter round of 16 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal are through to men's singles round of 16 after beating Turki Lafi H Almutairi and Mohamed Shaffan Ismail respectively

Golf: Aditi Ashok T2 in women's individual round 1, Sharath T17 and Prashant T21 India finish in fifth place in women's team round 1

Squash: India defeat Malaysia 3-0, and enter semi-finals in women's team event India defeat Nepal 3-0 in men's team event

Boxing: Jasmine defeated Saudi Arabia Hadeel Ashour by RSC in the women's 60kg round of 16

Equestrian: Anush Agarwalla wins BRONZE in the dressage individual intermediate I freestyle event Artistics gymnastics: Pranati Nayak comes 8th in women's vault final

Cycling: David Beckham finished eighth in men's sprint event

Tennis: Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan through to men's doubles gold medal match, beat South Korea's Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon 6-1, 6-7(6).

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale through to mixed doubles semifinal as they assured India of second medal in tennis.

Football: India get knocked out in Round of 16 tie against Saudi Arabia after suffering 0-2 loss

Hockey: India beat Japan in Pool A tie in men's hockey to remain unbeaten in the tournament

Day 6, 29 September

Sep 29, 2023: The Hindustan Times

Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: A number of medals were won and even more were assured on an eventful day for the Indian athletes in Hangzhou.

Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: India began Day 6 with Vikash Singh, Priyanka coming 5th, 6th respectively in men's, women's 20km race walk, at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Friday. Meanwhile, the Indian shooting team, consisting of Palak, Esha Singh and Divya Thadigol, bagged silver in the 10m air pistol women's team event. Palak and Esha also bagged gold and silver respectively in the women's 10 air pistol final. Also, the Indian contingent (Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Akhil Sheoran) clinched gold in the men's 50m air rifle 3P team event. Aishwary Pratap Singh clinched silver for India in the men's 50m rifle 3P event. Meanwhile tennis stars Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan lose in their men's doubles final, taking the silver medal. Also, Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale won their mixed doubles semi-final. In the 2018 Asian Games, athletics had contributed 20 medals (8 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze) out of India's total of 70. Rachna Kumari and Tanya Chaudhary are the two Indians who will feature in the women's hammer throw final while Manpreet Kaur and Kiran Baliyan can hope for minor medals if they produce their best. A total of 48 gold medals will be at stake during seven days of competition. Hosts China have topped the athletics medal tally at every Asian Games since 1986. Meanwhile, the Indian women's hockey team face Malaysia later in the day while world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen will face Hanan Nassar of Jordan in the women's 50kg quarterfinals.

India's medal tally-

Gold: 8

Silver: 12

Bronze: 13

Results-

Athletics: Vikash Singh finishes in fifth position in men's 20km race walk

Priyanka 5th in women's 20km race walk

Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi secures direct qualification in men's 400m final

Tanya Chaudhary finishes seventh in women's hammer throw with best throw of 60.50m. Rachna Kumari is 9th with a best throw of 58.13m.

Kiran Baliyan wins BRONZE in women's shot put. Manpreet Kaur finishes fifth.

Shooting: India clinch SILVER in 10m air pistol women's team event

Palak wins GOLD in women's 10m air pistol final

Esha Singh gets SILVER in women's 10m air pistol final

India win GOLD in 50m rifle 3P men's team

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar bags SILVER in men's 50m rifle 3P event

Swimming: Nina Venkatesh finishes 14th in women's 50m butterfly hears, fails to qualify

Tennis: Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan clinch SILVER in men's doubles

Boxing: Parveen Hooda beats China's Xu Zichun in women's 57kg round of 16

Nikhat Zareen beats Hanan Nassar of Jordan, medal assured

Lakshya Chahar loses to Kyrgzstan's Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit in men's 80kg second round

Table tennis: Sreeja Akula-Diya Parag Chitale lose in women's doubles round of 16, crash out

Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee beat Wanwisa, Jinnipa of Thailand, to advance to women's doubles quarterfinals

Achanta Sharath Kamal goes down 3-4 against Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei in men's singles round of 16

G Sathiya loses 4-0 to Wang Chuqin in men's singles round of 16

Squash: India bag BRONZE in women's team event

Indian men's team through to final after beating defending champions Malaysia 2-0

Day 7, 30 September

Sep 30, 2023: The Hindustan Times

Asian Games 2023 Day 7 Highlights: India's Sarabjot Singh, Divya TS clinched silver in the 10m air pistol mixed team final, losing to China in a thriller.

Asian Games 2023 Day 7 Highlights: Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale won gold in the mixed doubles tennis final on Day 7 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou. The Indian pair defeated Chinese Taipei's En-shuo, Tsung-hao Huang. The Indian trio of Saurav Ghosal, Abhay Singh, and Mahesh Mangaonkar won gold in the men's team squash event, defeating Pakistan 2-1 in the final. Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh produced a superb show in men's 10,000m final as they won silver and bronze medal respectively. Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS crashed to a narrow defeat against China in the 10m air pistol mixed team final and had to be content with silver. The Indian pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee assured India of a bronze in the women's doubles table-tennis quaterfinals as they defeated China's and world number two pair Chen Weng and Yidi Weng 11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9. Meanwhile, the men's badminton team outplayed Korea 3-2 to storm into the finals, which assures them of a silver.

Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 7

In athletics Murali Sreeshankar has qualified for the men's long jump final and Jyothi Yarraji Nithya Ramraj have made it to the women's 100m hurdles final. Meanwhile in women's golf, Aditi Ashok is closing on a medal and ended the day in pole position in individual round 3. Also in women's team golf round 3, India finished the day on top. Meanwhile, Preeti and Lovlina Borgohain assured India of medals by entering the semifinals of their respective boxing categories.

The Indian men's hockey team hammered Pakistan 10-2 in the Pool A encounter.

India's medal tally:

Gold: 10

Silver: 14

Bronze: 14

Results -

Athletics: Jyothi Yarraji finishes second in women's 100 hurdles round 1 - Heat 1 Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin qualify for men's long jump final Nithya Ramraj qualifies for women's 100m hurdles final

Jinson Johnson qualifies for men's 1500m final Ajay Kumar Saroj qualifies for men's 1500m final Shooting: India clinch SILVER in 10m air pistol mixed team final

Roller skating: Arathy Raj 5th in women's 10000m speed skating final

Anandkumar Velkumar 6th, Siddhant Kamble 7th in men's 10000m speed skating final

Tennis: Rohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosala clinch GOLD in mixed doubles final

Kurash: Pincky Balhara loses to Uzbek Sitora Elmurodova in women's 52kg quarterfinal

Equestrian: Vivek Ashish Limaye finishes on top in individual eventing dressage routine

Apurva Kishor Dabhade 8th in individual eventing dressage routine

Vikas Kumar 16th in individual eventing dressage routine

India finish 3rd in team eventing dressage routine

Volleyball: India lose 1-3 to South Korea in women's volleyball preliminary round Pool A fixture

Table tennis: India lose to South Korea in men's doubles quarterfinal

Manika Batra loses to China's Wang Yidi in women's singles quarterfinals

Boxing: Preeti Pawar beats Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova to enter women's 54kg semifinal Lovlina Borgohain beats South Korea's Suyeon Seong to enter semifinal of women's 75kg category

Narender beats Iran's Iman in the men's 92kg category, enters semifinal

3x3 basketball: India Women seal 16-6 win vs Malaysia to book quarterfinal berth, where they endure 10-21 defeat against Chinese Taipei

Squash: The Indian men's team beat Pakistan 2-1 to win gold

Day 8, 1 October

Oct 1, 2023: The Times of India

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Medals galore and a dash of controversy on what was arguably the most eventful day for the Indian contingent in Hangzhou.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Avinash Sable was in a league of his own as he cruised to victory in men's 5000m steeplechase and won India's first track and field gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor then added to the tally just minutes later as he successfully defended the gold he won at Jakarta 2018. Earlier, the men's shooting trap team of Kynan Darius Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Prithviraj Tondaiman won gold. Further, silvers were won by Harmilan Bains (women's 1500m), Murali Sreeshankar (men's long jump), Ajay Kumar Saroj (men's 1500m) and Jyothi Yarraji (women's 100m hurdles), with the latter running a race that was riddled with controversy and almost getting disqualified as well. Bronze medal was won by Jinson Johnson (men's 1500m), Chenai (men's trap) and rather surprisingly by world champion Nikhat Zareen, who lose the boxing women's 50kg semifinal. Earlier, India clinched gold in the men's trap team shooting event on Day 8 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023, on Sunday in Hangzhou.

The Indian trap shooting team, consisting of Chenai, Sandhu and Tondaiman, helped India bag 361 points, which was enough to claim top spot in the team event. In individual qualificaion, Kynan (1st) and Zoravar (4th) made it to the final. Zoravar finished in fifth position and Kynan won bronze in the final. Meanwhile, the India also got silver in women's trap team event. The team consisted of Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak and Rajeshwari Kumari. But only Keer qualified for the final of the individual women's trap event, where she finished in sixth position. India finish their shooting campaign at the Asian Games with their best-ever performance, registering 22 medals (7 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze).

In golf, Aditi Ashok bagged silver in women's individual as India finished 4th in the team event. Ashok, who was leading overnight, stumbled on the final day, as Thailand's Yubol Arpichaya held her nerves to overtake the India and grab gold. Meanwhile, title contender Jyothi Yarraji failed to qualify for the women's 200m final, after finishing third in her heat. Defending champion Swapna Barman currently sits in fourth place in women's heptathlon, with the deciding 800m round yet to take place. Nandini Agasara is fifth in the same event. Also, Amlan Borgohain qualified for the men's 200m final. Parveen built on her form and defeated Uzbekistan's Sitora in the women's 57kg boxing quarterfinal, to enter the semifinals and also guarantee a medal for India. The women's hockey team were held to a 1-1 draw by South Korea.

Day 8 of Asian Games 2023:

India's medal tally-

Gold: 13

Silver: 21

Bronze: 19

Results-

Athletics: Avinash Sable wins GOLD in men's 300m steeplechase

Tajinder Pal Singh Toor wins GOLD in men's shot put, second consecutive Asian Games gold medal for him

Harmilan Bains wins SILVER in women's 1500m

Murali Sreeshankar wins SILVER men's long jump

Nandini Agasara wins BRONZE in women's heptathlon

Seema Punia wins BRONZE in women's discus throw

Badminton: Indian men's team win SILVER after 3-2 loss to China in final

Golf: Aditi Ashok bags SILVER in women's individual

India finish in 4th position in women's team

Shooting: India win SILVER in women's trap team

Manisha Keer finishes sixth in women's trap final

India win GOLD in men's trap team

Zoravar Singh Sandhu fifth in men's trap final

Kynan Darius Chenai wins BRONZE in men's trap final

Hockey: India women held to 1-1 draw against South Korea

Boxing: Parveen defeats Uzbekistan's Sitora in women's 57kg quarterfinal, enters semis and guarantees medal

Nikhat Zareen loses in women's 50kg semifinal, secures BRONZE

Squash: India beat Phillipines 2-0 in mixed doubles Pool D

India beat South Korea 2-0 in mixed doubles Pool A

Canoe Sprint: Megha Pradeep qualifies for canoe sprint 200m women's semifinals, after finishing in fifth place in her heats

Soniya Devi finishes in fourth place in the women's kayak single 500m heats, enters semis

Kurash: Aditya Sanjay Dhopaokar loses to Afghanistan's Hassan Baiqara Rasooli in men's 81kg round of 16

Squash: In his round of 32 squash fixture, India's Mahesh Mangaonkar defeated Philippines' Jonathan Reyes 3-0

In their mixed doubles Pool A fixture, India's Dipika Pallikal, Harinder Pal Singh defeated Pakistan's Mehwish Ali, Noor Zaman 2-0

See also

Asian Games and India: 1951- onwards

Asian Games and India: 2018

Asian Games and India: 2023