Monday, October 2, 2023

Asian Games Highlights, Day 9: India win three silver and four bronze, stretch medal count to 60

19:22 (IST)

That brings us to the end of our coverage of Day 9 of the 19th Asian Games, with India winning three silver and four bronze medals to take their overall medal count to 60!

We sign off for now leaving you with the list of medal winners from the day:

SIlver: Parul Chaudhary (women's 3000m steeplechase), Ancy Sojan (women's long jump), India mixed 4x400m relay team (Athletics)

Bronze: Suthirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis women's doubles), Women's speedskating 3000m relay, Men's speedskating 3000m relay, Priti Lamba (women's 3000m steeplechase)

19:18 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


TEJASWIN SHANKAR WINS THE 400M EVENT! He collects a total of 830 points from the event that takes his overall tally to 4,260!


Shankar remains ahead of China’s Qihao Sun (4010) and Thailand’s Suttisak Singkhon (4004) at the top of the table.

Five events have taken place so far and the remaining five take place tomorrow, starting with 110m hurdles.

18:41 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


MEDAL ALERT! The Indian quartet of Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan win silver in the mixed 4x400m mixed relay.


They had initially won bronze with Sri Lanka finishing ahead of them at 2nd. The Sri Lankan quartet however, has since been disqualified, resulting in India’s bronze getting upgraded to silver.


With that, India’s medal count goes up to 60! India win three silver and four bronze on Day 9.

18:23 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


SILVER FOR ANCY SOJAN EDAPPILLY! She finishes with a best effort of 6.63m to finish 2nd on Asian Games debut!


China’s Shiqi Xiong wins gold with 6.73m while Hong Kong’s Nga Yan Yue (6.50m) wins bronze. All three medallists register their personal best efforts.


Shaili Singh, the other Indian in the fray, finishes fifth with a best effort of 6.48m.

17:57 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


In the high jump event in men’s decathlon, India’s Tejaswin Shankar finishes right on top with a best effort of 2.18 metres — the only one to jump higher than two metres.


Shankar collects 973 points from the event as a result, taking his overall tally to 3401 points that keeps him at the No 1 position. China’s Qihao Sun, who finished with a best effort of 1.97m in the high jump event, is second with an overall tally of 3261 points.

17:50 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


As for the women’s pole vault final, India’s Pavithra Vengatesh ends without a medal after failing to clear 4.10m in three attempts, finishing sixth among 10 finalists.


Japan’s Misaki Morota currently leads the pack with China's Ling Li and Chunge Niu in close pursuit.

17:43 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


Meanwhile in the women’s long jump final, India’s Ancy Sojan finds herself at the second spot with a personal best effort of 6.56m so far. Shaili Singh is fifth with 6.38m. China’s Shiqi Xiong leads the pack with an effort of 6.73m in her third attempt.


Three more attempts to go. Can either Indian finish on top of the podium?

17:34 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


Amlan Borgohain finishes a disappointing sixth in the men’s 200m final with a timing of 20.98 seconds that is far from his personal best!

17:27 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


Another member of the Indian track and field team is in action, with Amlan Borgohain set to compete in the men’s 200m final at Lane 3.

17:05 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Athletics


More medals for India in athletics as Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba win silver and bronze respectively in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final!


Bahrain’s Winfred Mutile Yavi wins gold with a timing of 9:18.28, smashing the Asian Games record. Both Chaudhary (9:27.63) and Lamba (9.43.32) register their personal best timings as well!

16:54 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Squash


Experienced campaigner Saurav Ghosal advances to the quarter-finals after defeating Kuwait’s Ammar Altamimi 3-0 (11-4,11-4, 11-6) in the Round of 16 contest.


He faces Ryunosuke Tsukue, who defeated Ghosal’s compatriot Mahesh Mangaonkar 3-0 (6-11, 2-11, 6-11) in the pre-quarters.

16:30 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE


In action right now:


London Singh — Men’s 1m Springboard Diving (4.30 pm)


Pavithra — Women’s Pole Vault Final (4.30 pm)


Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan — Women’s Long Jump (4.40 pm)


Parul Chaudhary and Priti  — Women’s 3000m steeplechase (4.50 pm)

16:26 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Archery

Dhiraj Bommadevara enters the men’s recurve individual quarter-finals after defeating Bangladesh’s Ahmed Rubel, with the contest entering a shoot-off. He faces Kazakhstan’s Ilfat Abdullin in the last-8 contest.

16:11 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Archery

Meanwhile, India’s campaign in the women’s individual recurve event comes to an end with Bhajan Kaur losing her quarter-final against the reigning Olympic champion, South Korea’s An San, 4-7.

16:09 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Archery

Atanu Das defeats Tajikistan’s Robert Nam 7-1, and progresses into the quarter-finals. He will be up against China’s Xiangshuo Qi in the last-eight clash.

15:22 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Basketball

India lose 57-96 to North Korea in the women's basketball. North Korea did the most damage in the second quarter with a 26-6 blowout

15:13 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Kabaddi

In women's kabaddi, India and Chinese Taipei share the spoils as the contest finishes 34-34. India led 17-15 at the interval

Meanwhile, the men's team will be in action tomorrow when they face Bangladesh at 6 AM IST

14:58 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Archery

Bhajan Kaur wins her Round of 16 match also with ease. She beats Sima Aktar Shimu 6-0 in the recurve women's individual competition

14:52 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

India finish top of Pool A in men's hockey with five wins in five matches. India scoring 58 goals and conceding five goals for a goal difference of +53!

Results:

India 16-0 Uzbekistan

India 16-1 Singapore

India 4-2 Japan

India 10-2 Pakistan

India 12-0 Bangladesh

14:48 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

India thrash Bangladesh 12-0 in their final men's hockey Pool A fixture. Hat-tricks each for Harmanpreet and Mandeep Singh, two goals for Abhishek, one each for Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Amit Rohidas, Nilakanta Singh and Gurjant Singh

14:43 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

Gurjant to Abhishek and it is a dozen goals for India! Bangladesh ask for a video referral. They believe there's a foot somewhere. But much to their dismay, the referral has been rejected. India 12-0 Bangladesh with under four minutes to go

14:41 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

Sumit scores India's 11th goal of the game. He makes the run down the left channel and looks to play a fellow India player through. Instead the ball creeps up from the small angle and the goal is credited to him

14:37 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Archery

Bhajan Kaur continues India's remarkable start in archery. She beats Atheer Fisal Ali Alhusaini 6-0 in the recurve women's individual round of 32

14:30 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

Mandeep Singh with a ninth goal after the ball sat up perfectly for him. Took the high ball perfectly to smack it home. Nilakanta Sharma also gets on the scoresheet with a low shot into the goal. India now lead 10-0 with 12 minutes to go

14:28 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Badminton

The individual events getting underway in badminton today. Here's how things unfolded:

Mixed Doubles R32: Krishna Prasad SP/Tanisha Crasto won 21-18, 21-14

Mixed Doubles R32: Rohan Kapoor and N Srikki Reddy retired after just two points. Rohan Kapoor with the injury

Men's Singles R64: Kidambi Srikanth won 21-10, 21-9

Men's Doubles R32: Arjun MR/Dhruv Kapila retired at 3-13. Arjun with the injury

Men's Doubles R32: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty winning 21-11, 21-16

14:23 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Badminton

Abhishek has been provider so far and now he turns scorer. Gathers a long ball on the edge of the circle and unleashes a fierce strike on the turn to catch the Bangladesh keeper out. There was a small gap and Abhishek has breached it by going to the keeper's left. Beautiful goal! India are 8-0 up now

13:53 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

Hardik with the injection as India win a PC with half time approaching. No Harmanpreet on the pitch. No problem! Amit Rohidas is on hand to thunder the ball into the goal. Bangladesh keeper gets a glove to it but not enough contact to keep it out. India lead 6-0

13:46 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

MAKE THAT FIVE! Harmanpreet Singh with a fierce flick from a PC, it probably got a foot of the Bangladesh player on the line. Referee decides to play advantage and Mandeep is on hand to tap in the rebound. India lead 5-0

13:44 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

Slick pass from Abhishek and even better finish from Lalit Kumar Upadhyay to make it 4-0 for India against Bangladesh. Lalit with a neat deflection past the Bangladesh keeper after Abhishek skipped past a defender on the left side

13:39 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

Abhishek has the space and time to take a shot on but he passes it to Mandeep who was in a better position. Mandeep slams the ball home from the centre of the goal with the keeper out of position. India lead 3-0

13:29 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

Harmanpreet Singh with two goals in the space of two minutes and India take a 2-0 lead in first four minutes against Bangladesh in men's hockey

13:23 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Hockey

India men's hockey team, with four wins in four matches, take on Bangladesh in their fifth match of the group stage. India have already qualified for the semi-finals and this match is a formality in the scheme of things

13:05 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Archery

Here's how things have unfolded in archery today

Recurve Mixed Team 1/8: India 6-2 Malaysia

Compound Mixed Team 1/8: India 159-151 UAE

Compound Men's Team 1/8: India 235-219 Singapore

Recurve Women's Team 1/8: India 5-1 Thailand

Recurve Men's Team 1/8: India 6-0 Hong Kong

Compound Men's Individual 1/16: Abhishek Verma won

Compound Men's Individual 1/16: Ojas Deotale won

Compound Women's Individual 1/16: Jyothi Surekha Vennam won

Compound Women's Individual 1/16: Aditi Gopichand Swami won

Compound Men's Individual 1/8: Abhishek Verma won

Compound Men's Individual 1/8: Ojas Deotale won

Compound Women's Individual 1/8: Jyothi Surekha Vennam won

Compound Women's Individual 1/8: Aditi Gopichand Swami won

12:35 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Cricket

The lineup for India is confirmed in men's cricket. India will face Nepal in their first fixture on Tuesday. If they win, they take on the winner of Bangladesh vs Malaysia.

India men's cricket team's coach VVS Laxman: "It is a much different setup. We (would) have not even thought that we will come and play cricket in China. It is a great opportunity for the entire team.

"Participating in Asian Games is a big opportunity and a matter of great pride for all these players. I am really looking forward to this tournament."

India cricket team skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad: "Coming to the Asian Games, everyone is eager to win the gold for the country and stand up on the podium."

"In cricket, we have the World Cup, the IPL and domestic tournaments. We are used to that kind of environment and situations. But coming here and going to the village, we really got to know about the athletes  what kinds of struggle they go through."

"Hardly (in) 2-3 years or four years (that) they get an opportunity to play for the country and represent it. We took a lot of pride from yesterday's visit (to the Games' village) and obviously got to know how special it is  obviously we do know but it just reflected a little bit more to represent the country."

11:36 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Medal Alert

🥉 BRONZE MEDAL FOR 🇮🇳 INDIA!

Ayhika and Sutirtha Mukherjee go down fighting in women's doubles table tennis semi-finals. They lose 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 2-11

11:33 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Cha Suyong and Pak Sugyong are running away with this. Ayhika Mukherjee with a miss and Sutirtha Mukherjee mishits the backhand to see it become 7-1. Sutirtha stems the flow of points with a backhand winner before trying to play another cross short but Pak Sugyong hits a winner. North Korea take a 9-2 lead after India's shot hits the net and goes long. Sutirtha Mukherjee errs with the backhand and it is match point. Sutirtha nets a forehand and it is game and match for North Korea.

North Korea go into the gold medal match and India take the bronze medal

11:29 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Cha Suyong and Pak Sugyong have taken a convincing 4-0 lead in the seventh game. The fourth point a beauty with players keeping the ball close to the table before Ayhika forces things wide and the North Korean team hit a gorgeous cross court winner to evade Sutirtha Mukherjee

11:26 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee win the sixth game 11-5 and keep the semi-final alive after North Korea make a mistake on the backhand side. It is three all after six games

11:24 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Pak Sugyong and Cha Suyong draw two points back before Sutirtha Mukherjee whips a neat backhand winner to make it 7-3. Ayhika misses and it is 8-3. She follows it with a slider on the serve return and it brings out an error. India 9-4 up

11:22 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Must-win game for India now. And it is a great start. Sutirtha Mukherjee with a powerful forehand and then a low dipper is forced into a mistake. India lead 4-1. Ayhika hits the edge of the table and the North Korean player sends the ball high which is thumped. Sutirtha Mukherjee with a bigger shot on the next. India leads 6-1

11:18 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Neck-and-neck in the fifth game between the two teams. It is 4-4 after North Korea smacks a sharp backhand. Remaining equal at 6-6 now. North Korea have taken a 8-7 lead at a mini-break as teams get some much-needed water. Pak Sugyong nets her forehand and it is 8-8. North Korea retain the lead with a strong shot that forces Ayhika into a mistake. On the next, Ayhika with a miss and it is game point for North Koreans at 10-8. Sutirtha Mukherjee with a powerful backhand and it ekes out an error. On the next game point, North Korea with a forehand winner which splits the Mukherjees. What a shot that was to take the game 11-9

India 2-3 North Korea

11:07 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

The North Korean team have started the fourth game better and taken a 6-2 advantage. India draw one back by forcing an error. It is followed by another powerful shot by the North Koreans and it is once again a four point game. The four players play out a neat exchange before Cha Suyong erred. But she gets the luck of hitting the side of the table on the next. Sutirtha Mukherjee with a missed shot next and North Korea are now 9-4 to the good. Pak Suyong with a miss and it is now 9-6. Still a good lead for the North Koreans. Ayhika misses after not being able to control some hefty side spin. Game point. The ball sits up for Ayhika and she thumps it to prolong the game. Sutirtha with a lovely shot straight at Pak Sugyong. 10-8 now. Some ridiculously wicked spin from Pak Sugyong and it has deceived Ayhika. Sutirtha with a mouth-open surprise on that spin. North Korea win the game 11-8 to level the match at two sets all

10:58 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Pak Sugyong sends the ball long and India have a one point lead. After it is cut out immediately, Sutirtha builds it again. Cha Suyong with a shot long and India lead 9-7. Lots of side spin by the Indian pairing and force another miss. Game point at 10-7. Another miss by the North Koreans, hitting the net, and India take the game 11-7

India lead this semi-final 2-1

10:55 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

In the third game, India build a positive 3-0 and then 5-2 lead before Ayhika Mukherjee misses her serve and then a short ball is thrashed. Another fierce backhand with plenty of top spin and Sutirtha is unable to get it back. 5-5 now. Sutirtha with a forehand going long and it four straight points for the North Koreans. The momentum is halted after a serve return hits the net. 6-6

10:50 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

The second game remains much closer than the first. The two teams staying within a point or two of the other. But it is North Korean pairing who steal a three point advantage to make it 9-6. India reduce the deficit with a beautiful reverse spin shot to force an error. But North Korea have game point with a strong shot. Ayhika Mukherjee with a flat backhand into the corner and it is 10-8. Still game points. Sugyong Pak with a backhand winner past Ayhika and North Korea level the contest at one game all. They take the second game 11-8

10:42 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee win the opening game 11-7 after forcing the North Korean pairing into an error. Sutirtha keeping the ball low and the Suyong Cha nets it

India 1-0 North Korea (this is a best of seven game contest with the first team to four games going into the gold medal match)

10:36 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee take on Sugyong Pak and Suyong Cha of North Korea in the women's doubles table tennis semi-final. India have taken a 4-0 lead at the start

10:28 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Badminton

In the mixed doubles Round of 32 in badminton, Sai Pratheek Krishna and Tanisha Crasto beat Iok Chong Leong and Weng Chi NG of Macao 21-18, 21-14

10:02 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Kurash

In Women's 87kg: Jyoti Tokas lost to Melika Omid of Iran

In Men's 90kg: Yash Kumar Chauhan loses to Sadegh Azarang of Iran

09:44 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE

Swapna Barman with a bold accusation after finishing outside medal spots in women's heptathlon and where Nandini Agasara won a medal

Asian Games LIVE: India won three bronze medals on the ninth day of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Monday. The men’s and women’s roller skating teams won their relay competitions to extend India’s medal tally. Thereafter, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee’s superlative run in women’s doubles table tennis was halted in the semi-finals for a third place finish.

Later in the day, Shaili Singh goes for her maiden Asian Games medal, while Priti and Parul Chaudhary will carry India’s chances in women’s 3000m steeplechase. Also, India’s 4x400m mixed relay team, best in the continent, so a gold from them will be a fair expectation.

India collected 15 medals on a historic Sunday with nine of them coming from the track and field events. It took India’s tally to 53 and maintained their fourth place in the medals tally.

On the day shooting events drew to a close, India won women’s and men’s trap team medals while Kynan Chenai won an individual bronze. Aditi Ashok won a silver in women’s golf after a disappointing final round. Nikhat Zareen bowed out in her boxing semi-final. India men’s badminton team went from 2-0 up to lose 2-3 to China. In athletics, Avinash Sable (men’s 3000m steeplechase), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (men’s shot put), Harmilan Bains (women’s 1500m), Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson (men’s 1500m), Nandini Agasara (women’s heptathlon), Murali Sreeshankar (long jump), Seema Punia (discus throw) and Jyothi Yarraji (women’s 100m hurdles) all bagged medals.



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