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Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: India have won seven medals so far on Friday with two gold medals in shooting. Palak won individual gold in the women’s 10m air pistol event and Esha Singh grabbed the silver. They had earlier combined with Divya Thadigol to win silver in the women’s 10m air pistol team event. Indian trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran won gold in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event, while Aishwary also won the silver in the individual event. Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan bagged silver in tennis men’s doubles. Indian women’s team won bronze in squash. Asian Games 2023 Day 6: The athletics events at Hangzhou 202 start today and Indian athletes will be in action in the 20km race, shot put final and hammer throw final. Nikhat Zareen will compete in 50kg boxing quarters, while Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni will take part in the men’s doubles final. Medals will be available in shooting as men’s 50m 3 position and women’s 10m air pistol event takes place. In table tennis, we have the pre-quarterfinals matches today and the Indian women’s hockey team will be playing against Malaysia.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: Kiran Baliyan wins bronze in women's shot put, medals tally swells to 33
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: Kiran Baliyan clinched a bronze medal in women’s shot put to add India’s medal tally to 33
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That’s all we have for you from today’s coverage of the 2023 Asian Games. India added eight medals to their tally on Friday, to go fourth with 33 medals in total. As we leave you for the day, here’s a quick look at the updated medal standings. For now, it’s goodbye and good night!
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
Here’s final standings of the women’s shot put final
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
Kiran Baliyan clinches bronze medal in the women’s shot put final. She finishes with a throw of 17.36m, while Manpreet Kaur misses out on a medal. Manpreet only managed a throw of 16.25. China make it a one-two, with Gong Lijiao winning gold and Song Jiayuan winning silver.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
It’s a second consecutive throw that ends up with a fault for Manpreet Kaur. Kiran Baliyan, meanwhile, registers a throw of 16.76 in her fourth attempt.
Asian Games LIVE: Swimming
In the men’s 200m Butterfly final, India’s Sajan Prakash finishes in seventh place with a timing of 1:57.44.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
Kiran and Manpreet looking good to be in medal contention, but still task cut out for the duo
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
Here’s the latest standings of the women’s shot put final
Asian Games LIVE: Squash
In men’s squash team competition, India have beaten Malaysia 2-0 to reach the final, where they will face Pakistan. It was Sourav Ghoshal’s win over Eain Yow NG that helped India reach the gold medal match.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
Kiran Baliyan throws a total of 16.84 in her second attempt to surge back into the top three.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
A good day for Muhammed Ajmal, not so for Anas
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
Manpreet Kaur surges to third place in the women’s shot put final with a throw of 16.25. Kiran Baliyan, however, is down to fifth.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
Kiran Baliyan is the first among the two Indians to take centre stage in the women’s shot put final. She clinches a throw of 15.42, and is currently second in the standings.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
The women’s shot put final is about to start in Hangzhou. Manpreet Kaur and Kiran Baliyan will be in action for India.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
In women’s hammer throw final, India’s Tanya Chaudhary and Rachna Kumari finish seventh and ninth respectively. Tanya managed to throw a distance of 60.50, while Rachna threw a distance of 58.13m
Asian Games LIVE: Chess
The India men’s and women’s teams have clinched victories in their respective first round chess ties. While the men beat Mongolia with a 3-5-0.5 scoreline, the women got the better of Philippines by the same margin.
Asian Games LIVE: Hockey
India women’s hockey team thump Malaysia 6-0 in their Pool contest. Goals from Monika, Deep Grace Ekka, Lalremsiami, Nisha, Kumari and Vaishnavi Phalke helped India clinch the win.
Asian Games LIVE: Hockey
Lalremsiami exends India’s lead in the women’s hockey match against Malaysia. Malaysia haven’t had much to smile about in this match, as India extend their domination with a 6-0 score. The fourth quarter is currently in progress wiuth five minutes to go.
Asian Games LIVE: Squash
In the men’s team event of squash, Abhay Singh beats Muhammad Bin Bahtiar of Malaysia with a scoreline of 3-1. The Malaysian put up a fight in a couple of games, but never managed to cross the finish line.
Asian Games LIVE: Table tennis
Here’s the final score of Achanta Sharath Kamal’s knockout game
Asian Games LIVE: Table tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal has been eliminated from the men’s singles contest in the last 16 stage, after a 4-3 defeat to Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei.
Asian Games LIVE: Boxing
Nikhat Zareen is landing several blows on her Jordanian opponent. A clinical display from Nikhat Zareen, who has in fact advanced to the semi-finals with an RSC (Referee stops contest) decision.
Asian Games LIVE: Boxing
Nikhat Zareen is in action against Hanan Nassar of Jordan in the women’s 45-50kg quarterfinals bout. The first round is underway.
Asian Games LIVE: Athletics
India’s Aishwarya qualifies for the women’s 400m after finishing second in the heats, with a timing of 52.73. Salwa Naser of Bahrain finishes first with a timing of 52.52.
Asian Games LIVE: Squash
Abhay Singh has taken the first game against Malaysia’s Addeen Idrakie in men’s squash team semi-finals. The Indian is ahead 8-6 in the second game. Should India win this, they will advance to the final where they will play Pakistan.
Asian Games LIVE: Hockey
GOAL! India make 5-0 against Malaysia after Sangeeta scores early in the second quarter. It’s only the second quarter, but for Malaysia, it would already have become a long evening.
Asian Games LIVE: Table tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal is in action against Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei in the men’s singles last 16 clash. He wins the fifth game with a 12-10 margin, but it’s Chuang who still leads Sharath 3-2 overall.
Asian Games LIVE: Squash
India are in action in men’s squash too, taking on Malaysia in the semi-finals. At the moment, India have roared towards a 5-0 lead.
Asian Games LIVE: Hockey
Four goals for India! Navneet Kaur triples India’s lead over Malaysia, and just moments later Neha makes it four. It’s 3-0 at the moment, with less than a minute to go in the first quarter. A dominant display already from India.
Asian Games LIVE: Hockey
GOAL! India women double their lead against Malaysia. Deep Ekka Grace is the goalscorer. Less than 10 minutes to go in the first quarter, how will Malaysia respond to this?
Asian Games LIVE: Hockey
GOAL! The India women’s hockey team have taken a 1-0 lead over Malaysia at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium. Monika with the goal for India.
Asian Games LIVE: Badminton
Mithun Manjunath downs Bishnu Katuwal 21-2, 21-7 to guide India to a 3-0 over Nepal in the men’s team quarter-final. They will face either Indonesia or South Korea in semis tomorrow.
Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis LIVE
In the best of seven match, India’s Sharath Kamal faces a tough task. He loses the first two games 7-11, 10-12 against Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang in the men’s singles round of 16 contest.
Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis LIVE
India’s Sharath Kamal lose the first game 7-11 against Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang in the men’s singles round of 16 contest.
Asian Games LIVE: Badminton
India take a 2-0 lead against Nepal in the men’s team quarterfinals. Lakshya Seen defeated Prince Dahal in straight games and now Kidambi Srikant downs Sunil Joshi 21-4, 21-13.
Mithun Manjunath is playing against Bishnu Katuwal.
Asian Games LIVE: ESports
After defeat to Kyrgyzstan and Philippines in the group stage, the Darshan Bata-led Indian DOTA2 team has been knocked out of the Asian Games.
Asian Games LIVE: Table Tennis
It’s not been a good day for G Sathiyan in the round of 16 singles match against China’s Chuqin Wang. The Indian loses 4-0 (11-3,11-3, 11-6, 11-3) in the best-of-seven contest.
Asian Games 2023: Badminton
Indian men’s team quarterfinal is also underway against Nepal. In the first match, Lakshya Sen defeated Prince Dahal 21-5, 21-8 in 22 minutes. In the second match, Kidami Srikanth is facing Sunil Joshi.
Asian Games 2023: Table Tennis
Another win for India in table tennis as Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee win 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-4) against Thailand’s Jinnipa Sawettabut and Wanwisa Aueawiriyayothin in women’s doubles Round of 16.
Asian Games LIVE: ESports
After losing to Kyrgyzstan in the opening group match in DOTA2, India have now lost their second consecutive game, against the Philippines.
Asian Games LIVE: Boxing
India’s Lakshya Chahar is out after a 1-4 defeat to Kazakhstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit in the Round of 16. Only one judge ruled in favour of Chahar.
Here’s how the scoring was done (The Indian was in the blue corner):
