Asian Games 2023, September 29, Highlights from Hangzhou 2022: Nikhat Zareen seals Olympic quota and semis spot; Kiran wins Shot Put Bronze; Squash Men's Team in final

Kiran Baliyan secured Bronze for India in the Women’s Shot Put final with a throw of 17.36, which she recorded during her third attempt.

China’s Lijiao Gong and Jiayuan Song secured gold and silver respectively with a distance of 19.58 and 18.92 respectively.

Manpreet Kaur finished fifth with a throw of 16.25.

Indian beat Mongolia 68-62 in the Women’s Basketball Preliminary Round Group A encounter to make it two wins from two.

Pushpa Senthil Kumar topscored for India with 30 points while Bulbul Murat aggregated 21 points for Mongolia.

India currently stands second behind China in Group A on points difference.

India’s Kiran Baliyan and Manpreet Kaur currently stand in third and fourth place respectively after three throws in the Women’s Shot Put final.

Kiran threw a 17.36 in her third throw while Manpreet managed a 16.25 in her first.

There are three throws per competitor remaining.

India’s Sajan Prakash finished seventh in the final of the Men’s 200m Butterfly with a time of 1:57.44.

The Indian was 4.29 seconds behind winner Tomoru Honda from Japan who finished in a Games record time of 1:53.15.

Saurav Ghoshal’s win over Eain Yow NG sealed India’s place into the final of the Squash Men’s team event after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the tie.

Ghoshal bt Eain Yow - 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-3)

IND bt MAS 2-0

Indian Men’s Team is currently placed second in the standings with 155.09 points, trailing leader Japan after 140 boards played.

The Women’s Team are ranked seventh with 52.83 of points. China leads the standings with 91.44 points.

In the Mixed team event, India is ranked fifth with 128.81 points. Chinese Taipei leads the standings with 141.95 points.

India’s 3x3 Men’s Basketball team lost 15-18 to China in a Round Robin Pool C match.

Jiaren Zhao top-scored for China with 10 goals while Pranav Prince top-scored for India with six.

IND 15 - 18 CHN

India’s Advait Page finished seventh in the Men’s 200m backstroke final with a time of 2:02.67. Page finished 7.30 seconds behind China’s Jiayu Xu who won gold.

India’s Tanya Chaudhary and Rachna Kumari finished seventh and ninth respectively in the final of the Women’s Hammer Throw. Tanya threw a distance of 60.50 while Rachna managed a 58.13.

China’s Zheng Wang and Jie Zhao won gold and silver respectively while Taehui Kim won bronze for South Korea.

India beat Philippines 3.5 - 0.5 in Round 1 of the Chess Women’s Team event.

D Harika, R Vaishali and Savitha Baskar won their respective matches, while Vantika Agarwal drew with Jan Fronda.

IND 3.5 - 0.5 PHI

India beat Mongolia 3.5 - 0.5 in Round 1 of the Chess Men’s Team event.

R Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujarathi and Arun Erigaisi won their respective matches while Gukesh D drew with Sumiya Bilguun.

IND 3.5 - 0.5 MGL

Indian Women’s Hockey team defeated Malaysia 6-0 in the Asian Games 2023 Pool A match.

Goals by Monika, Deep Grace Ekka, Navneet Kaur, Neha, Sangita and Lalremsiami secured the win for India.

IND 6 - 0 MAS

India finished eighth in the Men’s Madison Final, out of 11 countries, after the team failed to finish the race and was struck with a 40-point deduction.

Niraj Kumar and Harshveer Singh Sekhon represented India in the event.

Lalremsiami extended India’s lead to six after a counter attack in the Women’s Hockey Pool match against Malaysia.

IND 6 - 0 MAS

Abhay Singh defeated Malaysia’s Muhammad Bin Bahtiar 3-1 in Match 1 of the Squash Men’s Team semifinal.

Abhay bt Bin Bahtiar - 3-1 (11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6)

India’s Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi qualified for the final of the Men’s 400m after finishing second on Heat 2 with a time of 45.76.

Muhammad Anas Yahiya finished third in Heat 1 with a time of 46.29. He fails to qualify for the final after finishing below the two-fastest third-place times in the Heats.

India leads Malaysia 5-0 at the end of the the third quarter in the Women’s Hockey Pool match.

Deepika had a goal disallowed after a referral confimed that she was outside the D before the shot.

IND 5 - 0 MAS

Anirban Lahiri finished T9 after round 2 of the Men’s Golf competition with a score of 12 under par after 18 holes.

Shubhankar Sharma finished T29 with 7 under par while Shiv Chawrasia and Khalin Joshi finished T29 with 5 under par.

In the Team event, finsihed T6 with 27 under par. South Korea leads the standings with 44 under par.

The Indian Women’s Handball team went down to China 30-37 in the Group B match of the Women’s Handball tournament at the 2023 Asian Games.

Menika top scored for India with eight goals.

IND 30 - 37 CHN

India’s Himanshi Malik finished fourth in the Women’s 400m Heat 3 with a time of 57.82. She fails to qualify for the Final of the event.

India’s Nikhat Zareen beat Jordan’s Hanan Nassar to seal her place in the Women’s 45-50kg Boxing event. Nikhat ensures a medal in the category and also secures a Paris Olympics 2024 Quota with the win.

Nikhat Zareen bt Hanan Nassar - RSC after 0:53 in Round 1

India leads Malaysia 5-0 at the end of the second quarter in the Women’s Pool A match.

IND 5 - 0 MAS

Achanta Sharath Kamal lost the Men’s Singles R16 match to Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang in seven games. The Indian paddler fought back from an early two game disadvantage to tie 3-3 but lost the final game 11-8.

Chuang bt Sharath - 4-3 (11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8)

India’s Aishwarya Mishra produced a season best performance to finish second in the Women’s 400m heats and seal a place in the final with a time of 52.73.

She finished behind Bahrain’s Salwa Naser who won with a time of 52.52.

Achanta Sharath Kamal came from 2 games down to equalise the Men’s Singles R16 tie 3-3 against Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang.

Chuang vs Sharath - 3-3 (11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 6-11)

Sangita scores early in the second Quarter to take India to a 5-goal lead in the Women’s Hockey Pool match against Malaysia.

IND 5 - 0 MAS

Achanta Sharath Kamal reduced the deficit by winning game five against Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang in the Men’s Singles R16 match.

Chuang leads Sharath - 3-2 (11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12)

Neha extends India’s lead to four at the end of the Q1 in the Women’s Hockey Pool match against Malaysia.

IND 4 - 0 MAS

Chih-Yuan Chuang extended his lead against India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal in the Men’s Singles R16 tie.

Chuang leads Sharath - 3-1 (11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5)

Deep Grace Ekka and Navneet Kaur extend India’s lead in the Women’s Hockey Pool match versus Malaysia.

IND 3 - 0 MAS

Men’s Team Round Robin 1-11:

Hong Kong 4.74 - 15.26 India

Women’s Team Round Robin 1-7:

Singapore 9.67 - 10.33 India

Mixed Team Round Robin 1-11:

India 14.64 - 5.36 Singapore

India leads Malaysia 1-0 in its second pool game at the Asian Games 2023 thanks to a goal from Monika.

IND 1 - 0 MAS

India trail China 12-18 after the first half of the Women’s Handball Pool B encounter. Menika top scored for India in the half, with five goals.

IND 12 - 18 CHN

Achanta Sharath Kamal won the third game 11-9 to reduce the deficit to Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang in the Singles R16.

Chuang leads Sharath - 2-1 (11-7, 12-10, 9-11)

Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang takes a two game lead against Achanta Sharath Kamal in the Men’s singles R16 match.

Chuang leads Sharath - 2-0 (11-7, 12-10)

Mithun Manjunath beat Bishnu Katuwal 2-0 in Match 3 to seal India’s progress into the semifinal of the Men’s Team event.

IND beat NEP 3-0

Manjunath beat Katuwal - 2-0 (21-2, 21-7)

Indian cyclists David Beckham and Esow finished 5th and 6th respectively in the first Heat of the Men’s Keirin Semifinal and fail to qualify for the final.

Beckham finished +0.922 seconds behind the leader whereas Esow finished +2.980 seconds behind.

India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal loses the first game to Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang in the Men’s Singles Round of 16 tie,

Chuang leads Sharath - 1-0 (11-7)

Kidambi Srikanth beat Nepal’s Sunil Joshi in Match 2 of the Men’s Team Quarterfinals to take India to a 2-0 lead in the tie.

Srikanth beat Joshi - 2-0 (21-4, 21-13)

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost in straight games to China’s Chiquin Wang in the Men’s Singles R16 tie.

Wang beats Sathiyan - 4-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-6, 11-3)

Kidambi Srikanth leads Sunil Joshi of Nepal by a game in Match 2 of the Men’s Team Quarterfinals.

Srikanth leads Joshi - 1-0 (21-4)

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran trails China’s Chiquin Wang by 3 games in the Men’s Singles R16 match.

Sathiyan trails Wang - 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-6)

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran trails China’s Chiquin Wang by two games in the Men’s SIngles R16 match.

Sathiyan trails Wang - 2-0 (11-3, 11-3)

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran dropped the first game against China’s Chuqin Wang in the Men’s Singles R16 tie.

Sathiyan trails Wang - 1-0 (11-3)

Lakshya Sen sped to a two game lead versus Prince Dahal to win Match 1 of the Men’s Team Quarterfinal against Nepal.

Sen bt Dahal - 2-0 (21-5, 21-8)

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee won their Women’s Doubles R16 match against Jinnipa and Wanwisa from Thailand in straight games to book a place in the Quarterfinal.

Sutirtha/Ayhika bt Jinnipa/ Wanwisa - 3-0(11-8. 11-7, 11-4)

India’s Lakshya Sen took a one game lead in the Men’s Team Quarterfinal match against Prince Dahal from Nepal in Match 1.

Sen leads Dahal - 1-0 (21-5)

Anirban Lahiri is currently placed T7 with a score of 12 under par after 18 holes in the Men’s individual Round 2.

Shubankar Sharma is at T21 after scoring 7 under par, while Shiv Chawrasia and Khalin Joshi are at T29 with five under par. All Indian competitors have completed their quota of 18 holes.

In the Team’s standings, India fell a place to T6 with a score of 27 under par. South Korea leads the standings with 44 under par.

Sutirtha and Ayhika secured the second game to take a 2-0 lead in the WOmen’s doubles R-16 tie against Thailand.

Sutirtha/Ayhika lead Jinnipa/Wanwisa - 2-0(11-8,11-7)

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee took a one game lead over Jinnipa/Winwisa from Thailand in the Women’s Doubles R16.

Sutirtha/Ayhika lead Jinnipa/Wanwisa - 1-0 (11-8)

IN DOTA2, India loses its second group game against the Philippines.

India had lost the first match of DOTA2 to Kyrgyzstan earlier in the day.

India’s Lakshya Chahar bows out in the preliminaries Round of 16 after 1:4 loss against Krygystan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit in the Men’s 71-80kg category

The Indian pair of Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale are down two games against Japanese pair of Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara in women’s doubles round of 16. Scoreline reads 3-11, 5-11 now with scores level at 4-4 in game 3

Update: The Indian pair loses third game 8-11 and are out of the tournament

India is up against Mongolia in chess men’s team round one.

Here’s how the Indian lineup looks like:

Esow finishes third in the repechage heats 2 and will take part in the final alongside compatriot David Beckham

David Beckham Elkatohchoongo progressess to the semifinals after finishing second in Heat 2 of the First Round.

Esow falls during Heat 3 and fails to finish but he has another chance to reach the semifinals through the repechage round.

In DOTA2, India loses its Group A opener 0-1 to Kyrgyzstan.

It faces Philippines in its 2nd match shortly.

Parveen defeats China’s Xu Zichun 5-0 to progress to the quarterfinals of the women’s 57kg category.

The second-seeded Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale is through to the mixed doubles final with a 6-1, 3-6, [10-4] win over Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Yu-hsiou and Chan Hao-Ching

They face another duo from Chinese Taipei - Liang En-shuo and Huang Tsung-hao - in the final tomorrow!

Du Linshu starts with a 9.7. For Swapnil, it is a 9.8. For Aishwary, it is 10.1.

At the end of series one in standing position, Swapnil is on top with 361.3 while Du Linshu is now 2.8 points behind in second. Aishwary up to joint-third with 358.1.

Total of 19.5 and 19.4 in the next two shots for Swapnil and Aishwary, respectively and the latter is down to fifth.

End of second series in standing and Swapnil is still on top but his lead is down to 0.8 over Du Linshu. Aishwary is at fifth.

In first set of eliminations, Korea’s Kim Sangdo and Iran’s Pourya Norouziyan exit.

Korea’s Kim Jonghyun finishes sixth but all of a sudden, Aishwary is fourth while Swapnil falls down to fifth due to a 7.6 shot. Terrible.

Kazakhstan’s Malinovskiy is eliminated next.

And believe it or not, Swapnil is out fourth with a total of 438.9.

Aishwary is second with 439.7 while China’s Tian Jiaming is third with 439.0.

Tian exits and the battle for the gold is between Aishwary and Du Linshu, with the Indian trailing by 0.8

Du Linshu shoots 9.8 but Aishwary manages only 9.7.

Du Linshu wins the gold medal and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar takes silver!

Asian Games 2023: Aishwary Pratap wins silver in men’s 50m rifle 3P; Swapnil Kusale finishes fourth

Asian Games 2023: Aishwary Pratap Singh won silver, while Swapnil Sunil Kusale finished fourth in the men’s 50m rifle 3-Positions individual event at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Friday.

After clinching the 1st set 6-1, Bopanna and Bhosale are down by a break at 3-4 in the second set of the mixed doubles semifinals.

Bopanna and Bhosale lose the second set 3-6.

Onto the match tiebreak to decide who goes to the final.

First series

Swapnil - 10.6, 10.0, 10.5, 10.5, 10.6

Aishwary - 10.1, 10.0, 9.7, 10.4, 10.6

Swapnil is 2nd with 205.0 while Aishwary is 6th with 202.4

Second Series

Swapnil - 10.4, 10.9, 10.2, 10.5, 10.6

Aishwary - 10.3, 10.6, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6

Swapnil is on top with 257.6 while Aishwary is 6th with 254.7

Final Series

Swapnil - 10.7, 10.8, 10.7, 10.5, 10.5

Aishwary - 10.2, 10.2, 10.7, 10.2, 10.4

Swapnil is on top with 310.8, a healthy 2.4 point lead over Du Linshu. Aishwary is up to fifth with 306.4

First up, the kneeling stage.

In the first series, Swapnil scores 51.4 and is placed third. Aishwary is last with a score of 48.8. China’s Du Linshu comfortably at the top of the table.

In the second series, Swapnil hits a 10.9 with his 2nd shot!

At the end of 2nd series, Swapnil is 2nd with 103.6, just 0.1 behind Du Linshu. Aishwary moves up to 6th with 100.8

At the end of kneeling stage, Swapnil is down to third with 152.8 while Aishwary is tied-sixth with 151.6. Du Linshu of China is second with 153.5 while it is the Kazakh shooter, Konstantin Malinovskiy, who leads with 153.8.

Bopanna and Bhosale are up by a double break and lead Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Yu-Hsiou and Chan Hao-ching 4-1 in the mixed doubles semifinals.

Bopanna and Bhosale win the first set 6-1 in just 26 minutes.

11:30AM IST - Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final

11:30AM IST - DOTA2 Group A Match 1 - India vs Kyrgyzstan

12PM IST - Women’s 57kg Round of 16 (Boxing) - Parveen vs Xu Zichun (China)

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale in action against Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Yu-Hsiou and Chan Hao-ching.

And the Indian pair gets the early break to lead 2-1 in the opening set.

Halfway through the second round, India’s Anirban Lahir is at the third spot with a score of 12-under.

Shubhankar Sharma (6-under after 7 holes) is T21, S.S.P. Chawrasia (5-under after 8 holes) is T25 and Khalin Joshi (3-under after 8 holes) is T30.

The Indian pair of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah takes down Singapore’s Pang Yew En Koen and Izaac Quek Yong 3-2 (3-11, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8) to set up a quarterfinal clash with Jang Woojin and Lim Jonghoon, top seeds from Republic of Korea.

Hong Kong beats India 2-1

Anahat Singh goes down 0-3 (8-11, 7-11, 10-12) but not before saving six match points!

The teenager almost completed any epic comeback in the third game but it wasn’t to be.

Nevertheless, Indian women’s team will take home the bronze medal.

India wins bronze in women’s squash team event at Asian Games 2023

Indian women’s squash team bagged bronze after losing 1-2 to Hong Kong, China at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday.

Anahat Singh loses a bit of momentum towards the end and concedes the opening game 8-11 to Lee in the deciding singles of the women’s team semifinal between India and Hong Kong.

Lee takes the second game 11-7 to further tighten her grip on the match.

Indian duo of Sharath Kamal and G. Sathiyan lose 0-3 (5-11, 4-11, 7-11) to second seeds Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin of China in the pre-quarterfinals.

Tanvi Khanna lost the opening singles 0-3 (6-11, 7-11, 3-11) to Chan Sin Yuk.

However, the experienced Joshana Chinappa bounced back to win the second tie 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8) against Ho Tze Lok.

In the deciding singles, 15-year-old Anahat Singh takes on 29-year-old Lee Ka Yi.

Aditi Ashok is tied-second with a score of 11-under. Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol leads with 12-under.

Other Indians in the field - Pranavi Urs (5-under) and Avani Prashanth (3-under) are T10 and T15, respectively.

In the women’s team event, India is third, Thailand second and China first.

Sajan Prakash finishes sixh overall in the heats with a timing of 1:58.40s to progress to the final, which takes place today at 6:18PM IST.

Anish Gowda (2:05.21s) finishes 13th.

In men’s 400m freestyle, Aryan Nehra (3:58.18s) and Kushagra Rawat (4:01.24s) finish 11th and 17th overall in the heats and fail to qualify for the final.

Women’s 4x100m medley relay team (4:23.46s) finishes ninth in the heat and fails to make it to the medal race.

Manika Batra takes down Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut 4-2 (11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6) in the round of 16.

The Indian will face China’s Yidi Wang in the quarterfinals tomorrow.

India loses 0-3 to Thailand.

Results:

Chochuwong beat Sindhu 14-21, 21-15, 21-14

Kittitharakul/Prajongjai beat Treesa/Gayatri 21-19, 21-5

Ongbamrungphan beat Chaliha 21-9, 21-16

Ho Ching Shing of Hong Kong is the first shooter to be eliminated in the final.

Palak is top with 120.8 and Esha is third with 120.3 but that changes after the next shot as Palak shoots a 10.3 and Esha hits 9.7 to move to second.

China’s Nan Zhao is the next one to exit. That’s a shocker!

Meanwhile Palak (141) and Esha (139.6) are first and second. That will stay as it is as both shoot 10.5 next. Chinese Taipei’s Wu Chiaying is third while Pakistan’s Talat Kishmala is fourth.

Palak (162) and Esha (159.7) still on first and second but Wu is just 0.2 behind Esha. Vietnam’s Thu Vinh Trinh exits.

10.7 and 9.5 for Palak, 10.4 and 10.0 for Esha. They stay one-two. And the other Chinese shooter, Jiang Ranxin, is out.

Two more medals confirmed for India as Wu Chiaying of Chinese Taipei exits and there are only three shooters left - Palak, Esha Singh and Pakistan’s Talat Kishmala at third.

9.9 for Palak, 9.5 for Esha and 9.3 for Ishmala. Second series - 9.8, for Palak, 10.7 for Esha, 9.0 for Ishmala.

Ishmala knocked out! India will have the gold and the silver!

10.6 for Palak who is already well ahead of Esha. Esha hits 9.5

Final shots - 9.5 for Palak and 10.5 for Esha.

Palak takes the gold with 242.1, Esha takes silver with 239.7. Ishmala gets bronze with 218.2

Asian Games 2023: Palak, Esha complete historic one-two in women’s 10m air pistol

India completed a 1-2 in 10m air pistol as Palak and Esha clinched the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the 10m air pistol final.

Esha Singh is currently second after five shots.

Incredible start for both Indians as Esha is first with 101 and Palak second with 100.7 after second series. Click the link below to stay updated on the shooting events happening today:

Chinese Taipei pair Jason and Hsu beat Indian duo Saketh and Ramkumar 6-4, 6-4 to clinch gold in men’s doubles!

Asian Games 2023: Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan win silver in tennis men’s doubles

Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan had to settle for the silver medal after Jung Jason and Hsu Yu-hsiou of Chinese Taipei beat the Indian duo 6-4, 6-4 in the men’s doubles final.

Saketh drops serve! Chinese Taipei moves up 5-4 and will serve for the gold medal now.

AFter conceding the opener 4-6, the Indian duo of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni has managed to stay ahead at 4-3 in the 2nd and keep things on serve despite facing some vicious attacks from their Chinese Taipei opponents.

Advait Page clocks 2:03.01s to finish seventh overall in the men’s 200m backstroke heats and qualify for the final which takes place today at 5:26PM IST.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lose the doubles match 19-21, 5-21 to Jongkolphan Kittitharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.

Ashmita Chaliha faces Busanan Ongbamrungphan in a must-win singles tie.

With a silver in women’s 10m air pistol team event and gold in the men’s 50m rifle 3p team event, India goes past its previous best medal haul of 14 in shooting at a single edition of the Asian Games which came in Doha in 2006.

Jason Jung and Hsu You-Hsiou, the duo from Chinese Taipei, attacks the second serve of Saketh Myneni and manage to make it a deuce game. However, the Indian does hold serve eventually.

Two break points on Ramkumar’s serve in the third game but the Indians save those two and hold serve to stay ahead at 2-1.

India’s Vritti Agarwal finishes fifth in Heat 2 with a timing of 9:15.99s.

After P V Sindhu’s loss to Pornpawee Chochuwong in the opening singles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand take on Jongkolphan Kittitharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in doubles.

The Thai pair clinches a close first game 21-19.

Ramkumar Ramanathan drops serve in the fifth game of the first set and the duo from Chinese Taipei manages to consolidate the break.

Ramkumar serving to stay in the opening set at 3-5. And he does manage to hold serve: 4-5.

Jason Jung successfully serves it out and wins the opening set 6-4 for Chinese Taipei.

Indian trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran clinches gold medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event with a new world record.

India scores 1769, eight more than the previous mark set by USA in Peru last year.

China (1763) and Republic of Korea (1748) take silver and bronze, respectively.

Swapnil (591) and Aishwary (591) top the qualification stage and share a new qualification Asian and Games record.

Akhil (587) finishes fifth but won join his compatriots in the individual final, which takes place at 11:30AM IST, since only two shooters from a country can compete in the final.

India wins gold in men’s 50m rifle 3P team event with new WR at Asian Games 2023

Shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran clinched gold in m,en’s rifle 3P team event at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzou on Friday.

Indian trio of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju wins silver medal in the women’s 10m air pistol team event.

India team scores a total of 1731 points, five behind China which wins gold with a new Games Record. Chinese Taipei clinches bronze with 1723.

Esha (579) and Palak (577) finish fifth and seventh, respectively and progress to the individual final which takes place at 9AM IST.

Divya (575) finishes 10th.

Asian Games 2023: India wins silver medal in women’s 10m air pistol team event

Indian trio of Esha Singh, Palak and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju won silver medal in the women’s 10m air pistol team event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday.

India’s Nina Venkatesh finishes 14th overall in the heats with a timing of 27.80s and fails to reach the final.

India’s Sakethy Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan take on Jason Jung and Hsu Yu-hsiou of Chinese Taipei in the gold medal match.

Ramkumar Ramanathan serves first and begins with a love hold.

Match stays on serve at 2-1.

Pornpawee Chochuwong wins first singles for Thailand as she comes from behind to beat P V Sindhu 14-21, 21-15, 21-14.

Esha Singh scores 96 in her final series and ends the women’s 10m air pistol qualification with a total of 579. The Indian, currently, is fifth.

Swapnil and Aishwary finish the men’s 50m rifle three positions qualification stage with the same score of 591 and are currently first and second.

Akhil is midway through his first series in standing. It is a close contest for the team gold.

Sindhu had the early lead at 4-3 in the deciding game. Not for long though - 5-5.

Chochuwong now leads 8-6.

The Thai shuttler extends her lead to 13-8. Trouble for Sindhu.

Chochuwong about to seal the win as she moves further away from Sindhu at 18-11.

Indians continue to impress in men’s 50m 3p qualification.

After prone stage, Aishwary is second with a total of 396, trailing China’s Du Linshu by a single point. Swapnil is third with 395.

Akhil is 11th with 391.

In women’s 10m air pistol qualification, Esha is quickly going through the shots. She has completed five series with scores of 95, 97, 95, 99, 97 and is in the top eight.

Palak too is in top eight after scores of 97, 97, 96 in the first three series. Divya finishes third series with 95.

A close start to the second game. Chochuwong leads 7-6. The Thai shuttler has increased the gap to three points at 12-9. The lead for Chochuwong increases to four at 15-11. She keeps the advantage intact at 18-14.

Chochuwong takes second games 21-15.

Good start for all three Indians in men’s 50m rifle 3p qualification. In kneeling stage, Aishwary scores 199, Swapnil Kushale gets 196 and Akhil Sheoran gets 194.

In women’s 10m air pistol, Esha is struggling a bit as she hits four 9s in third series. Other two Indians - Palak and Divya - are currently in top eight with the qualification almost reaching the halfway stage.

P V Sindhu wins the opening game 21-14 in the first singles against Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong in the team quarterfinals.

In men’s 50m Rifle 3P, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar starts with a score of 99 in first series in Kneeling. He scores a perfect 100 to end the kneeling stage.

In women’s 10m air pistol, Esha Singh starts with 95 in the first series.

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Asian Games Shooting HIGHLIGHTS: Aishwary wins SILVER in men’s 50m rifle 3P; Palak wins GOLD in women’s 10m air pistol

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the shooting events at the Asian Games, happening on September 29.

P V Sindhu takes on Pornpawee Chochuwong in the first singles.

Sindhu leads 4-1. The Indian maintains the three-point cushion at 8-5.

Sindhu leads 11-7 at the halfway mark in the opening game.

Sindhu running away with the first game, leading 17-10. Seven game point for the Indian - 20-13.

Sindhu wins first game 21-14!

Priyanka Goswami finishes fifth with a timing of one hour, 43 minutes and seven seconds.

Priyanka Goswami stays in 5th place after the 16km mark.

India’s Vikash Singh finishes fifth with a timing of one hour, 27 minutes and 33 seconds.

UPDATE: Vikash finishes fourth after Japan’s Tomohiro Noda is disqualified.

Aditi Ashok is at the top of the standing after five holes in the second round with a score of 9-under.

Pranavi Urs is 3-under after seven holes while Avani Prashanth is on even par after six holes.

India’s Priyanka Goswami is 5th after the 11km mark in women’s event.

In men, Vikash Singh is 5th with 5km to go while Sandeep Kumar has been disqualified.

The live telecast of the Asian Games is available on the Sony Sports Network while the live streaming of the same can be found on the Sony Liv app and website.

3x3 BASKETBALL

5:20 PM: India vs China - Men’s Round Robin Pool C

ATHLETICS

4:30 AM onwards: Men’s 20km Race Walk Final - Sandeep Kumar, Akshdeep Singh

4:40 AM onwards: Women’s 20km Race Walk Final - Priyanka

4:30 PM onwards: Women’s 400m Round 1 - Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik

4:40 PM onwards: Women’s Hammer Throw Final - Tanya Choudhary, Rachna Kumari

4:55 PM onwards: Men’s 400m Round 1 - Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha

6:15 PM onwards: Women’s Shot Put Final - Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur

BADMINTON

6:30 AM onwards: Women’s Team Quarterfinal- India vs Thailand

2:30 PM onwards: Men’s Team Quarterfinal- India vs Nepal

BASKETBALL

5:30 PM onwards: India vs Mongolia - Women’s Preliminary Round Group A

BOXING

12:00 PM onwards: Women’s 54-57kg Preliminaries (R16) - Parveen (IND) vs Xu Zichun (CHN)

1:45 PM onwards: Men’s 71-80kg Preliminaries (R16) - Lakshya Chahar (IND) vs Omurbek Bekzhigit (KGZ)

4:45 PM onwards: Women’s 45-50kg Quaterfinals - Nikhat Zareen (IND) vs Hanan Nassar (JOR)

BRIDGE

6:30 AM onwards

Men’s Team Round Robin 1-9

Mixed Team Round Robin 1-9

11:00 AM onwards

Men’s Team Round Robin 1-10

Women’s Team Round Robin 1-6

Mixed Team Round Robin 1-10

1:30 PM onwards

Men’s Team Round Robin 1-11

Women’s Team Round Robin 1-7

Mixed Team Round Robin 1-11

CHESS

12:30 PM onwards

Men’s Team Round 1

Women’s Team Round 1

CYCLING TRACK

12:06 PM: Men’s Keirin Round 1- David Beckham

12:12 PM: Men’s Keirin Round 1- Esow

4:15 PM: Men’s Maddison Final- Niraj Kumar & Harshveer Singh

(other rounds subject to qualification)

E-SPORTS

11:30 AM: DOTA2 Group A Match 1 - IND vs KGZ

12:30 PM: DOTA2 Group A Match 2 - IND vs PHI

GOLF

4:00 AM onwards

Men’s Individual Round 2

Men’s Team Round 2

Women’s Individual Round 2

Women’s Team Round 2

HANDBALL

3:30 PM: Women’s Preliminary Round Group B - IND vs CHN

HOCKEY

4:00 PM: Preliminary Women’s Pool A - IND vs MAS

SHOOTING

6:30 AM onwards

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Qualification and Team Men’s Round - Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran

10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification and Team Women’s Round - Divya TS, Esha Singh, Palak

(Medal Events subject to qualification)

9:00 AM: 10m Air Pistol Women’s Final

11:30 AM: 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Final

SQUASH

8:30 AM onwards: Women’s Team Semifinal

1:30 pm onwards: Men’s Team Semifinal

SWIMMING

7:30 AM onwards: Women’s 50m Butterfly Heat 2-Nina Venkatesh

8:04 AM onwards: Women’s 800m freestyle- Slow Heat 2 -Vritti Agarwal

8:18 AM onwards: Men’s 200m Backstroke - Heat - Advait Page, Srihari Nataraj

8:32 AM onwards: Men’s 400m Freestyle - Heat 4- Kushagra Rawat, Aryan Nehra

8:59 AM onwards:

Men’s 200m Butterfly- Heat - Aneesh Gowda, Sajan Prakash

9:13 AM onwards: Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay- India

TABLE TENNIS

8:15 AM: Women’s Singles R16- Manika Batra

9 AM: Men’s Doubles R16- Manush Shah/ Manav Thakkar

9:35 AM: Men’s Doubles R16- Sathiyan G/ Sharath Kamal

1:30 PM: Women’s Doubles R16- Sreeja Akula/ Divya Chitale

2:05 PM: Women’s Doubles R16: Sutirtha Mukherjee/ Ayhika Mukherjee

2:40 PM: Men’s Singles R16- Sathiyan G

3:25 PM: Men’s Singles R16- Sharath Kamal

TENNIS

7:30 AM onwards: Men’s Doubles Final- Saketh Myneni/Ramkumar Ramanathan

Not before 9:30 AM: Rutuja Bhosale/ Rohan Bopanna