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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.
Asian Games Highlights, Day 9: India win three silver and four bronze, stretch medal count to 60
Asian Games Day 9 Highlights: Indian athletes win three silver and four bronze medals on Day 9 of the 19th Asian Games
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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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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!
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
Asian Games LIVE: Medal Alert
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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
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
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
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
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
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