India have made its mark at the Asian Games 2023, excelling athletes in various sports that brought smile of 140 Crore plus India when they see this afternoon’s tally total of 11 medals for the nation. the medals have come from shooting and rowing, each contributing five medals to India’s tally. 11 medals comprising two gold, three silver and six bronze.
Hockey: India beat Singapore 16-1 in Pool A match
The Indian men’s hockey team displayed their attacking prowess against Singapore, winning 16-1 in the Pool A match today. India had also scored 16 goals in their first match against Uzbekistan. Captain Harmanpreet Singh smashed four goals, all from penalty corners, while Mandeep Singh netted a hat-trick. India will play Japan in their next group encounter on Thursday, September 28.
Indian Sailor Eabad Ali won the bronze medal in the men’s windsurfer RS:X event after finishing with a net score of 52 at the Asian Games 2023. Second-place finishes in the sixth and 14th races were his best finishes in the category at Hangzhou. Eabad Ali’s bronze is India’s second sailing medal this edition, following Neha Thakur’s silver earlier in the day. The Indian women’s cycling team lost against the Republic of Korea in the team sprint heats. Celestina, Triyasha Paul, Sushikala Agashe and Mayuri Lute finished with a combined time of 52.333, which was 3.378 seconds short of a medal race spot.
Meanwhile, the men’s team had a similar result in the team sprint heats, they lost to Japan by 1.279 seconds in the heats and finishing outside of a medal race position.
Indian boxer Sachin Siwach registered a convincing 5-0 victory on points against Indonesia’s Asri Udin in his Asian Games 2023 men’s 57kg round of 32 bout. The 20-year-old wrestler will now contest his round of 16 bout on September 30 against Turki Abuquthailah of Kuwait.
Indian shooters Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Gurjoat Singh Khangura and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka finished with a combined score of 209 in the men’s skeet team stage 1 at the Asian Games 2023. The trio are fifth ahead of stage 2,alongwith China, Qatar and the Republic of Korea shooters currently occupy the podium positions.
Anant Jeet Singh Naruka is currently the only Indian shooter fighting for a spot in the men’s skeet individual final. While the top six shooters will make the final, the 25-year-old is ranked eighth with 73 points. Further to Indian performance Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshna Rathore and Ganemat Sekhon finished fourth with 201 points in the women’s skeet team stage 1. Indian shooter Darshna Rathore, with 69 points, is in the fray for a final spot after ranking seventh in the individual stage 1. The women’s team and individual events will continue for stage 2.
Tennis: Rutuja Bhosale, Ramkumar Ramanathan lose singles round 3. Indian tennis player Rutuja Bhosale, seeded 13th, lost 7-6, 6-2 against fourth seed Alex Eala in the women’s singles round 3 at the Asian Games 2023. While the first set, which went to a tiebreaker, lasted for 80 minutes, the Philippines player finished off the second in 31 minutes. World No. 569 Ramkumar Ramanathan was beaten 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 by 78th-ranked Yosuke Watanuki in the men’s singles round 3 at Hangzhou. Ramanathan performer well with matching pace as well as intensity of his significantly higher-ranked opponent throughout the match but fell short, resulting in his exit from the 19th Asian Games.
Sailing: Indian sailor Neha Thakur finished with a net score of 27 in the girl’s dinghy – ILCA4 event to finish second and win the silver medal at the Asian Games 2023. The 17-year-old Neha Thakur won one and finished second in two of her 11 races in the event at Hangzhou. It is India’s first sailing medal this edition and a fourth silver overall in the 19th Asian Games.
Indian esports player Ayan Biswas won his round of 32 Street Fighter V: Champion Edition match 2-0 against Nguyen Khanh Hung Chau of Vietnam to progress to the winners’ bracket. However, he went down 2-1 in round 1 Saudi Arabia’s Abdulrahman Salem Alrayfal to drop into the losers’ bracket.
Later on, Ayan Biswas beat Nguyen Khanh Hung Chau 2-0 for a second time today in the losers’ bracket round 2. But in round 3, the Indian player lost 2-0 to Hong Kong’s Yeh Man Ho to end his Asian Games 2023 campaign. Mayank Prajapati, meanwhile, lost the round of 32 and losers’ bracket round 1 matches, which ended his participation at Hangzhou.
Track cycling: India qualify seventh in men’s team pursuit. The Indian cycling team clocked 4:16.085 to rank, seventh in the men’s team pursuit qualifying at the Asian Games 2023. They averaged 56.231 km/h during the round while finishing 17.501 seconds behind the Japanese team, who qualified first.
Indian cyclists will start alone against the clock in the men’s team pursuit heats, commencing at 1:18 PM IST today.
Judo: Tulika Maan to feature in bronze medal match. Indian Judoka Tulika Maan lost the women’s +78kg quarter-final against Japan’s Wakaba Tomita at Hangzhou. However, a victory by ippon in the repechage round against Chinese Taipei’s Tsai Jia Wen helped her advance to the bronze medal match.
The 25-year-old Tulika Maan will contest for bronze today at the Asian Games 2023. Meanwhile, Avtar Singh got injured during his men’s -100 kg round of 16 success and did not take the mat in the quarter-final and repechage matches. Judoka Indubala Devi Maibam lost her women’s -78 kg round of 16 bout earlier in the day.
Squash: India beat Singapore 3-0 in men’s team opener. The Indian men’s squash team, headlined by seven-time Asian Games medallist Saurav Ghosal, won 3-0 against Singapore in their opening group match at Hangzhou 2023. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Abhay Singh, teamed up with Saurav Ghosal, won all nine games of the tie.
India won the men’s team gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games and settled for bronze at the 2018 Asian Games. They will go up against Qatar at 4:30 PM today in their second Pool A match at the Asian Games 2023.
Shooting: Manu Bhaker tops charts in 25m pistol women’s qualification precision event. Manu Bhaker, a world championships gold medallist, averaged 9.800 in the 25m pistol women’s qualification precision event at the Asian Games 2023. Bhaker is currently ranked first while compatriot Esha Singh is currently third with an average of 9.733.
Meanwhile, in the team event, India are currently first after the 25m pistol women’s precision event. China and Chinese Taipei follow in second and third positions, respectively. The rapid round of the event will be played tomorrow at 6:30 AM IST.
Swimming: Men’s 4x100m medley relay team break national record, advance to final. Indian swimmers Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Matthew clocked 3:40.84 in the men’s 4x100m medley relay heats at the Asian Games 2023. While they ranked overall fourth, 6.04 seconds behind China, the Indian quartet also broke the national record earned from the 2018 Asian Games.
The Indian team will swim in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final at Hangzhou at 6:31 PM today. Palak Joshi, competing in the women’s 200m backstroke heats, failed to make the final after finishing 14th with a time of 2:25.81.
Fencing: Bhavani Devi knocked out in quarters. Bhavani Devi’s women’s individual sabre campaign came to an end in the quarter-final at the Asian Games 2023. The Indian fencer lost 15-7 to reigning Asian silver medallist Shao Yaqi, world No. 11, at Hangzhou.
Tokyo Olympian Bhavani Devi had entered the quarter-final on the back of a six-match winning streak today.
Tennis: Ankita Raina through to women’s singles quarters. India’s top-ranked women’s tennis player Ankita Raina beat Adithya Karunaratne of Hong Kong 6-1, 6-2 in round 3 at the Asian Games 2023.
The 30-year-old Ankita Raina, seeded third, will play sixth seed Haruka Kaji of Japan in the quarter-final at Hangzhou.
Shooting: 10m air rifle mixed team misses out on bronze medal. Indian shooters Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita Jindal lost 20-18 against the Republic of Korea in the 10m air rifle mixed team bronze medal at the Asian Games. The Indian duo had taken an 8-0 lead, however, Hajun Park and Eunseo Lee bounced back and won an enthralling shoot-off.
Ramita Jindal had bagged a silver and bronze medal on Monday while Divyansh Singh Panwar was a part of the 10m air rifle men’s team that clinched the gold medal at Hangzhou.
Squash: India topple Pakistan 3-0 in women’s Pool B tie. The Indian women’s squash team beat Pakistan 3-0 in their opening Pool B match at the Asian Games 2023. Anahat Singh, Joshana Chinappa and Tanvi Khanna won consecutive games in their respective matches.
India will go up against Nepal and Macao China tomorrow, starting at 7:30 AM, in the next two group matches.
Judo : Indian judoka Tulika Maan won by ippon against Lai Qing Lam of Macao China in the women’s +78kg round of 16 at the Asian Games 2023. The Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medallist will face Wakaba Tomita in the quarter-final today.
Meanwhile, Avtar Singh, too, advanced to the quarter-finals of the men’s -100kg category after beating Thai judoka Kittipong Hantratin by waza-ari. Avtar will take on UAE’s Dzhafar Kostoev in the next round today.
Indubala Devi Maibam, however, lost her women’s -78kg judo round of 16 bout by ippon against Ikumi Oeda of Thailand.
Track cycling: Indian cyclists Celestina, Triyasha Paul and Mayuri Lute clocked a combined 52.898 seconds to qualify seventh in the women’s team sprint event at the Asian Games 2023. They maintained an average speed of 51.042.