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Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Live: On Day 2, India won its first gold medal and then came a second not long after. First, the 10m Air Rifle Team won the yellow metal in the morning session. They also registered a world record in the process. In the afternoon, the women’s cricket team won its first-ever medal in a multi-sport event after beating Sri Lanka in the final. Two rowing teams - in Men’s Four and Quadruple Sculls - also added to India’s tally with bronze medals each. Additionally, Aishwary Pratap Singh and the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol team added more medals to India’s success story in shooting. Shooters will once again be primary focus on Day 3 with medal chances in 25m pistol and 10m air rifle mixed team event. In the early morning activity, India face Singapore in men’s hockey which shouldn’t be a challenge. An India vs Pakistan clash, albeit without anything but pride riding on it, will take place at the Asian Games in volleyball.
Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Highlights: India win equestrian gold, collect three medals in sailing
Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Highlights: India win a historic gold medal in the equestrian team dressage event and collect a silver and two bronzes in sailing on Day 3 of the 19th Asian Games.
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That brings us to the end of our coverage of Day 3 of the 19th Asian Games, with India winning another four medals today — a historic gold in equestrian along with a silver and two bronze in sailing!
Do join us tomorrow morning for our coverage of Day 4 of the Hangzhou game. Till then, goodbye!
Asian Games LIVE: WUSHU
Khalid Hotak wins the quarter-final against Suraj Yadav. The Afghan delivers a powerful kick in the second round that knocks the Indian out cold and leads to the medical officials bringing the stretcher out to the mat.
Yadav though is back on his feet shortly after, though his journey in Hangzhou comes to an end.
India’s campaign on Day 3 of the Asian Games ends with back-to-back defeats in Wushu.
Asian Games LIVE: WUSHU
Right then… its been a while since the last event involving an Indian athlete took placed. And we’re down to the final event of the day.
Varanasi native Suraj Yadav faces Afghanistan’s Khalid Hotak in the men’s 70kg sanda quarter-final bout.
Asian Games LIVE: WUSHU
Surya Bhanu Partap Singh’s journey at Hangzhou ends with a 2-0 defeat against South Korea’s Minsoo Kim in the Men’s 60kg Sanda quarter-finals.
That’s not all as far as Indians in Wushu is concerned, with Suraj Yadav facing off against Khalid Hotak in the men’s 70kg quarter-finals in the final event of the day.
Asian Games LIVE: BOXING
India’s Narender Berwal delivers a first-round knockout to Kyrgyzstan’s Elchoro Uulu Oomatbek in a bout that lasts a little over a minute.
With that, he progresses into the Men’s +92kg quarter-finals.
Asian Games LIVE: SWIMMING
Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj Prema, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew finish fifth in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final with a combined time of 3:40.20 — which is two seconds more than what the Chinese Taipei team took to finish fourth.
China (3:27.01) take gold in the event and are followed by Korea (3:32.05) and Japan (3:32.52)
Asian Games LIVE: SWIMMING
Men’s 1500m freestyle fast heat final: Aryan Nehra (15:20.91) and Kushagra Rawat (15:44.61) finish seventh and eighth respectively, occupying the last two slots.
China’s Liewi Fei takes gold, with Korea’s Woomin Kim and Japan’s Shogo Takeda taking silver and bronze respectively.
Asian Games LIVE: CHESS
Round 7
Men:
— Vidit Gujarathi loses to China’s Yi Wei
— Arjun Erigaisi defeats Indonesia’s Novendra Priasmoro
Women:
— Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli register draws against Kazakhstan’s Zhansaya Abdumalik and Mongolia’s Munkhzul Turmunh respectively.
Asian Games LIVE: Squash
India lead Qatar 2-0, with Sourav Ghosal handing Abdulla Altamimi a 3-1 (11-1, 5-11, 11-5, 11-3) defeat.
Mahesh Mangaonkar had defeated Ahmad Altamimi 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-1) in Game 1.
Asian Games LIVE: Volleyball
Pakistan complete a 3-0 triumph over India in the men’s volleyball 5th/6th classification match!
Pakistan win the three games 25-21, 25-20 and 25-23, with the aggreggate score reading 75-64 in their favour.
Disappointing conclusion to the Indian men’s team’s campaign. They defeated Cambodia (3-0), South Korea (3-2) and Chinese Taipei (3-0) before suffering back-to-back losses against Japan (0-3) and Pakistan (0-3).
Asian Games LIVE: Squash
After blanking Singapore 3-0 earlier today, India face Qatar in their second Men’s Team Pool A fixture of the day in squash.
And Mahesh Mangaonkar puts India in the lead against Qatar, defeating Ahmad Altamimi three games to nil.
Asian Games LIVE: Volleyball
Pakistan are leading the 5th/6th classification match against India, leading two sets to nil, and are ahead 15-12 in the final set!
Walking away with the fifth spot following a victory over their arch-rivals appears a simple formality for Pakistan now.
Asian Games LIVE: Tennis
Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Raina are through to Round 3 of the mixed doubles tennis event with a straight-forward 6-0, 6-0 victory over Aqeel Khan and Sarah Ibrahim Khan.
The Indians take just 15 minutes to swat aside the Khans.
Asian Games LIVE
Bhambri and Raina take the first set against Pakistan 6-0! In volleyball, however, it’s the other way round with Pakistan taking the first set 25-21 and surging ahead of their arch-rivals.
Asian Games LIVE: Volleyball
It’s not just tennis mixed doubles that’s witnessing an India vs Pakistan contest at the moment. The two nations are also fighting out for the fifth spot in men’s volleyball at the moment.
Asian Games LIVE: Tennis
An Indo-Pak contest is currently underway in tennis, with Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Raina taking on Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan and Sarah Khan.
India are currently leading the first set four games to nil, and are expected to breeze their way to victory the way they’re going about business at the moment.
Asian Games LIVE: Tennis
Sumit Nagal is into the quarterfinals of the men’s singles event in tennis. He beats Zhukayev 7-6, 6-4 in just over two hours
A gold medal winning moment coupled with the anthem ringing around = bliss!
Moment to cherish for India and the equestrian team
Asian Games LIVE: Tennis
Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Thandi go down to Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong and Hong Wong 4-6, 1-6 in straight sets in the women’s doubles competition in tennis
Sumit Nagal is up a set in his men’s singles contest against Zhukayev of Kazakhstan. He leads 7-6, 4-3. Nagal led by a break but buckles on the fifth break point chance
Asian Games LIVE: Gold medal in equestrian
Bit of a breather to reflect properly on India’s monumental and historic gold medal performance in Equestrian Dressage event. Etro [ridden by Anush Agarwala], Chemxpro Emerald [ridden by Hriday Chheda] and Adrenalin Firfod [ridden by Divyakriti Singh] with the yellow metal.
India’s first-ever Asian Games gold in dressage
India’s first equestrian gold medal since 1982
India with 209.205 points ahead of China (204.882) and Hong Kong (204.852)
Asian Games LIVE: Judo
Disappointment for Tulika Maan in judo. Amarsaikhan of Mongolia wins by an ippon to take the bronze medal. A third shido for Maan and she’s paid for the penalties in added time
Asian Games LIVE: Judo
Second shido (penalty) for Maan in the time added on. Amarsaikhan has one of her own. The clock continues to tick and there’s no difference between the two judokas
Asian Games LIVE: Judo
No separating Tulika Maan and Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan after the regulation time. On to golden score now. Whoever takes the first point, wins.
Asian Games LIVE: Equestrian
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The Indian team of Hriday Chheda, Divyakriti Singh, Anush Agarwalla and Sudipti Hajela seal the medal. A first in equestrian dressage after 41 years!
Asian Games LIVE: Judo
Tulika Mann in action against Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan of Mongolia in the bronze medal match in judo.
Asian Games LIVE: Chess
In men’s chess individual event, Vidit Gujrathi beat Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo. Arjun Erigaisi draws with Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan.
In women’s chess individual event, Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli with wins against Uzbekistan’s Nilufar Yakubbaeva and Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam respectively
Asian Games LIVE: Cycling
In Men’s Team Pursuit, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan qualify for the bronze medal match while China and Japan will vie for gold. India not going ahead
Asian Games LIVE: Tennis
Sumit Nagal’s singles match is underway on the Centre Court. He is up against Zhukayev of Kazakhstan.
Also in action currently are the women’s doubles pairing of Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare. They lose the opening set 5-7 versus Anchisa Chanta and Punnin Kovapitukted
Asian Games LIVE: Cycling
India clock 4:19.114 seconds in the Men’s Team Pursuit Heat 1. Now a waiting game for Vishavjeet Singh, Venkappa Kenalgutti, Niraj Kumar and Dinesh Kumar over whether they make the finals or not
Asian Games LIVE: Sailing
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Eabad Ali wins a bronze medal for India in sailing. He finishes third in Men’s Windsurfer RS:X event. His net score of 52 is behind South Korea’s Cho Wonwoo (13) and Thailand’s Natthaphong Phonopparat (29)
Asian Games LIVE: Shooting
In the women’s skeet event, Darshna Rathore is seventh after 75 targets. She posts a score of 69, ahead of Parinaaz Dhaliwal (12th, 67 points) and Ganemat Sekhon (15th, 65 points).
Their combined score, 201 points, sees them occupy fourth place in the team standings
Rest of the 50 targets will be shot tomorrow
Asian Games LIVE: Cycling
In Women’s Team Sprint First Round, India lose to Korea. Celestina, Triyasha Paul and Mayuri Dhanraj Lute post time of 52.333 seconds – shy of Korea’s 48.955 seconds
In Men’s Team Sprint First Round, India lose to Japan. Rojit Singh Yanglem, Esow and Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam with a time of 44.609 seconds which is inferior to Japan’s 43.330 seconds
Asian Games LIVE: Boxing
Sachin Siwach beats Asri Udin of Indonesia by a unanimous decision. He wins on points (5-0) with all five judges ruling in his favour by the end of it
Asian Games LIVE: Boxing
Early in the third, Sachin with a fierce blow to Udin and goes into the attack early in the round. Sachin with uppercuts from his right to keep the sting alive as the clock ticks down with under a minute to go. Udin tries to get into the attack in the last 10 seconds but a little too late
Asian Games LIVE: Boxing
Sachin landing some soft punches, keeping his distance from the Indonesian boxer and looks to have done just about enough to maintain the advantage in the second round. Expectedly, all five judges scoring it in favour of Sachin in the end
Asian Games LIVE: Boxing
Sachin Siwach takes on Indonesia’s Asri Udin in the men’s 57kg category in Round of 32. Udin, in red, landing some lethal punches in the first round. Except one judge, others have awarded the first round to Sachin. But it is too close to call either way
Asian Games LIVE: Tennis
Ramkumar Ramanathan is sent packing! The big-serving Indian is unable to hold his serve under pressure despite a valiant effort in making a comeback. He goes down 5-7, 7-6, 5-7 to Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki in the third round. Sumit Nagal can make the quarterfinals. He will be in action later today against Beibit Zhukayev of Kazakhstan
Asian Games LIVE: Shooting
After Phase 1 (75 targets), Anant Jeet Singh Naruka is eighth in men’s skeet qualification with a score of 73. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa is 21st (69) and Gurjoat Siingh Khangura is 29th (67).
Their combined score of 209 points sees India fifth in the team standings
Tomorrow, second (and final) phase – with remaining 50 targets – will be held
Asian Games LIVE: Swimming
Finals to come later in the day from the swimming pool
Men’s 1500m Freestyle – Fast Heat – 5:24PM IST – Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final – 6:31PM IST