Asian Games 2023 HIGHLIGHTS, October 1: Tajinderpal, Sable win gold; Indian men’s shooting trap team bags gold; Yarraji wins silver amid disqualification controversy; India 4th with 13 gold

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Mithun Manjunath lost to Weng Hongyang 0-2 as India won silver in the men’s team, while facing defending champions China, who won gold.

Basketball- India lost to China 53- 111 in Preliminary Round Group A match.

Chess- India men’s team won against 3.0-1.0 Kazakhstan

Women’s team- India 3.5-0.5 won against Indonesia

Sepaktakraw- Women’s Quadrant group- India 0-2 Laos , India 0-2 China

Men’s Quadrant group- India 0-2 Japan

Women’s Volleyball- India 0-3 China

Bridge- At the end of the day, India’s score:

Women’s Team - 99.27, Men’s team- 252.35, Mixed team- 205.02

Archery-

Compound archery qualification- Ojas Pravin in third place with a score of 709, Abhishek scored 708 in fourth place, Prathamesh Samadhan finished 10th, Rajat finished 16th.

Recurve Women’s Qualification: Ankita- 14th, Bhajan Kaur- 18th, Simranjeet Kaur- 19th, Prachi Singh- 55th.

Wu Yanni was stopped for a false start even at the 100m hurdles finals in the Asian Athletics Championship 2023 in Thailand. That race saw Jyothi Yarraji win gold. The two faced each other again at the World University Games 2023, wherein Yarraji won bronze, while the Chinese won silver.

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Asian Games 2023: Jyothi Yarraji wins silver in women’s 100m hurdles after false start drama

India’s Jyothi Yarraji won silver in the women’s 100m hurdles after false start drama at the Asian Games on Sunday.

While Lin Yuwei was the winner with 12.74 and won gold, the results of Wu and Yarraji is yet to be decided.

Jyothi Yarraji and Wu Yanni were seen arguing after Wu was first disqualified for false start and is seen telling the officials that Yarraji’s moments led her to move. The results of the two are yet to be decided due to the same.

Seema Punia’s fourth attempt proved to be her best one with a 58.62m throw as she won bronze medal in the women’s discus throw event with a season best.

Nandini Agasara wins bronze in the women’s heptathlon event with a personal best in the 800m.

Sreeshankar jumped 8.00 in his last attempt and has won silver.

Ajay Kumar won silver, while Jinson Johnson, the 2018 gold medallist, bagged bronze with timings of 3:38.94 and 3:39.74, respectively.

India’s Harmilan Bains wins the women’s 1500m silver medal.

Jeswin Aldrin- 7.72m, Sreeshankar- 8.19m (currently second)

Seema Punia throws 53.95m in first attempt

Srikanth lost his first game in a neck-to-neck finish 22-24 against Li Shifeng

Jeswin Aldrin- 7.76m, M Sreeshankar- 8.01m (currently second)

Tajinderpal Singh Toor won shotput gold with his last throw of 20.36m.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor throws 20.06m and is in second place as the Saudi Arabian throws 20.18. Sahib has bettered his mark again to register an 18.18m throw.

Jeswin Aldrin - 7.75m in first attempt and Sreeshankar fouls first attempt

Second attempt- Aldrin- fouls and Sreeshankar- 7.87m

Kidambi Srikanth takes on Li Shifeng in the third match of the men’s team gold medal event.

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Asian Games 2023: Avinash Sable wins gold in men’s 3000m steeplechase; breaks Games record

India’s Avinash Sable won the gold medal in men’s 3000m steeplechase at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday. He took top honours with a timing of 8:19:50s.

Tajinderpal Singh makes it to the next round with a 19.21m throw in his third attempt as he fouled his first two attempts.

Sahib Singh - currently in seventh with 17.90m

Avinash Sable won the 3000m Steeplechase gold as he took charge since the start and finished 8:19.53 with a Games Record. This is India’s first track and field gold in Asian Games 2023.

India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor throws close to 20m but its deemed a foul! A similar fate in his second throw.

Round one: India’s Nikhat Zareen wins round one but just by a split decision 3:2.

Round two: Despite her constant attempts, Nikhat fails to impress the judges, due to which she loses this round 2:3.

Round Three: The Thai boxer gets four 10s in the last round in comparison to Nikhat’s one.

India’s Nikhat wins bronze!

India’s Satwik/Chirag beat Wang/Liang of China 21-15 in game one

India’s Satwik/Chirag takes on Wang/Liang of China in the men’s team gold medal match

After trailing 5-10, Lakshya Sen defeated Yuqi Shi of China 21-18 in the third game

Anahat/Abhay defeated Pakistani duo Sadia/Farhan 2-0 (11-3, 11-2) in the mixed doubles squash POOL D match

China’s Yuqi Shi exerts dominance in second game after first game defeat against Lakshya Sen

China’s Yuqi Shi fights back in the second game. He is much more aggressive in points and Lakshya is getting rushed into his shots.

Lakshya Sen hangs on, saves a game point to ensure that he takes the first Game. Yuqi Shi pushed him right down to the wire. It was a great comeback from 10-15 down but it falls just short.

It’s still a long way to go from here.

India shares a point with Korea in the Pool A fixture. India stays at the top of the group with a superior goal difference and will take on Hong Kong in the final round.

The Indian led 15-10 at one point but a series of unforced errors has got the game level 17-17.

Lakshya Sen has started in the singles match for India. He leads 13-9 against Yuqi Shi.

India levels with Korea. Deep Grace Ikka’s drag flick does the trick for India in the 3rd quarter. Well, kind of. Her flick is blocked by a rusher and dies towards the goal. Salima Tete has a half try to put it into the goal but its the deflection off the post player’s stick that takes the ball into the goal.

From one medal event to another, India faces world beaters China in the men’s team final. Is a historic gold medal beckoning India?

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India gets a bronze medal in shooting with Kynan Darius Chenai securing a third place in the men’s trap individual final. He gets a score of 32 out of 40.

India’s Zoravar Singh is eliminated in fifth place. He manages to find the pellet a total of 23 times out of 30 attempts.

Kynan Darius Chenai continues to fight on for a medal but he is in fourth place now.

India concedes early in the match. Cho Hyejin of Korea converts a penalty stroke to hand the advantage to her side.

Not good news for the India faithful. HS Prannoy will be unavailable for the gold medal match against China.

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India’s Zoravar Singh and Kynan Chenai start with 4/5 in the first series of shots.

India women’s hockey team takes on South Korea at 1:30pm IST.

India lineup:

The struggle continues for Manisha as she has managed to find only 16 shots on target out of a possible 25 and she is the first to get eliminated

Not the ideal start for Manisha Keer. She manages a 3/5 in the second set of shots to. In the last place at the moment.

India’s Jaismine suffers a defeat at the hands of North Korea’s Won Ungyong. Jaismine was ahead after the first round but a couple of lethal punches from the North Korean put the Indian in trouble. The referee eventually had to step in and the bout was stopped.

The final consists of 25 shots and the shooters who strike the most number of targets will win.

India’s Manisha Keer starts with 3/5 in the final.

Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh secured a double-podium finish for India in the men’s 10000m on Saturday.

Aashin Prasad decodes how the duo trained in the lead up to the competition.

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Kartik, Gulveer reap rewards of high-intensity training with silver and bronze at Asian Games 2023

Kartik had run only three 10000m races this year, while Gulveer has run four. Instead, they came into the Asian Games with high-intensity training in high altitude of Colorado.

India’s Aditya Sanjay Dhopaokar lost in the men’s 81kg Round of 16 bout against Hassan Baiqara Rasooli.

A bronze is assured of Parveen in the women’s 57kg. She wins by a unanimous decision from the judges and books a spot in the Paris Olympics as well.

The women’s 57kg category quarterfinal is underway. India’s Parveen faces Turdikova from Uzbekistan.

A win in this bout comes with an assured medal and an Olympic quota.

India’s Apurva Kishore Dabhade is sixth and the best placed of all Indians. Vikas Kumar is 16th while Ashish Vivek Limaye has been eliminated.

As the competition peaks at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Sportstar’s Aashin Prasad gives a look into the experience of covering the event from ground zero.

First, Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh registered a comfortable 2-0 victory against South Korea’s Hwayeong Eum and Jaejin Yoo.

Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh were the second Indian team to get a straight games win against Philippines pair.

There’s another medal for India in shooting. The men’s team of Zoravar Singh, Kynan Darius Chenai and Prithviraj Tondaiman win the gold medal with an Asian Games record of 361.

The Indian women’s trap team of Rajeshwari Kumari, Manisha Keer and Preeti Rajak took home the silver medal with a score of 337.

In addition, Manisha will advance to the final as well. She was tied on 114 with three others but advanced via a shootoff.

The Indian wins silver medal. She ends the competition with a par on the final hole to reach a score of 17 under.

The 72-arrow round comes to an end and here is how the Indians fared:

4. Atanu Das - 678

7. Dhiraj Bommadevara - 675

15. Tushar Prabhakar Shelke - 669

17. Mrinal Chauhan - 667

Aditi Ashok with another poor round. She gets a double bogey on the 16th hole.

That sees her drop from the gold medal spot.

Here are the final positions of the Indian archers after 72 arrows:

1. Jyothi Surekha Vennam - 704

4. Aditi Gopichand Swami - 696

12. Parneet Kaur - 687

15. Avneet Kaur - 685

Aditi Ashok with a bogey on the 15th hole. She was looking for a putt but sent her shot wide. She has a lead of just one shot now.

The Indian team is in first place with one round of shots to go.

The Indian finishes third in Heat 3 of the men’s 200m with a timing of 21.08s.

He will be in action in the semifinals now in the evening throw.

India’s Soniya Devi Phairembam finished the heats in fourth place in 2:17.351. The top three advance directly to the final while the fourth and fifth go through the semifinals.

India’s Megha Pradeep finished fifth out of five racers in the first heat of the women’s canoe single 200m. She reached the finish line with a timing of 56.705.

After the two medals in men’s 10000m final on Saturday night, India’s count at the Hangzhou Games ticked to 38.

India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam leads after five series of shots. Aditi Swami is fifth and going strong as well. The third Indian Avneet Kaur sits at 15th right now.

Two Indians are in contention to make it to the final. Kynan Darius Chenai is in 2nd place and Zoravar Singh Sandhu in fourth.

In the team round, the Indian team sits in the silver medal spot.

Four Indians are taking part in the event. The archers shoot 72 arrows each to decide the seedings for the main rounds. As of now, after 30 shots, three Indians - Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tushar Shelke - sit in the top 10.

India’s Nandini Agasara and Swapna Barman continue their campaign in the women’s heptathlon. You can catch the live updates on Sportstar.

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Athletics medals on October 1 at Asian Games 2023, Hangzhou 2022 Highlights: Yarraji takes silver medal amid disqualification controversy; Sable, Toor strike gold

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India’s Aditi Ashok continues to remain in the lead in the women’s golf competition. She is at 20 under par while China’s Lin Xiyu who sits at 16 under par.

India also in the hunt for a team medal, currently sitting in the bronze medal spot.

ARCHERY

6:30 AM: Jyoti Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swamy, Parneet Kaur, Avneet Kaur - Compound Women Qualification

6:30 AM: Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Mrinal Chauhan, Tushar Prabhakar Shelke – Recurve Men Qualification

11:50 AM: Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, Simranjeet Kaur, Prachi Singh – Recurve Women Qualification

11:50 AM: Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Prathmesh Samadhan Jawkar, Ojar Pravin Deotale – Compound Men Qualification

ATHLETICS

6:30 AM: Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump

7:10 AM: Jyothi Yarraji – Women’s 200m Round 1

7:35 AM: Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw

8:06 AM: Amlan Borgohain – Men’s 200m – Round 1 Heat 4

4:30 PM: Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Sahib Singh – Men’s Shot Put Final

4:40 PM: Sreeshanker/Jeswin – Men’s Long Jump Final

4:45 PM: Avinash Sable – Men’s 3000m Steeple Chase

5:25 PM: Amlan Borgohain – Men’s 200m – Semifinal (if qualified)

5:35 PM: Seema Punia – Women’s Discuss Throw Final

5:50 PM: KM Deeksha, Harmilan Bains – W 1500m Final

6:00 PM: Jinson Johson/ Ajay Kumar Saroj – Men’s 1500 Final

6:15 PM: Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - Women’s Heptathlon 800m

6:45 PM: Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj – Women’s 100m Hurdles

BASKETBALL

5:30 PM: Women’s Team Vs China – Women’s Basketball Group Phase -3rd round

BADMINTON

2:30 PM: Men’s Team Vs China – Men’s Team Finals

BOXING

11:45 AM: Parveen Vs Turdibekova (UZB) – Women’s 57kg Quarterfinal

12:30 PM: Jaismine Vs Won U (North Korea) – Women’s 60 Kg Quarterfinal

4:30 PM: Nikhat Zareen Vs Raksat C (THA) – W 50kg – Semifinal

BRIDGE

6:30 AM: Jaggy Shivdasani, Sandeep Thakral, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Sumit Mukherjee, Raju Tolani, Ajay Khare - Men Team Round Robin – Qualification 2nd Round robin, 5-8 rounds

6:30 AM: Kiran Nadar, B Satyanarayana, Himani Khandelwal, Rajeev Khandelwal, Marianne Karmarkar, Sandeep Karmarkar – Mixed Team – Qualification 2nd Round robin, 5-8 rounds

11:00 AM: Asha Sharma, Puja Batra, Bharti Dey, Alka Kshirsagar, Kalpana Gurjar, Vidya Patel - Women Team – Qualification 2nd Round robin, 4-5 rounds

KAYAKING & CANOEING

7:00 AM: Megha Pradeep – Women’s Canoe Singles 200m Heat 1

7:26 AM: Soniya Devi – Women’s Kayak Singles 500m Heat 2

12:30 PM: Megha Pradeep – Women’s Canoe Singles 200m Semifinal (if qualified)

12:40 PM: Soniya Devi – Women’s Kayak Singles 500m Semifinals (if qualified)

CHESS

12:30 PM: Vidit Gujarathi, Gukesh D., Arjun Erigais, R. Praggnanandhaa – Men’s Team Round 3

12:30 PM: Koneru Humpy, Vantika Agrawal, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Savitha Sri Baskar – Women’s Team Round 3

EQUESTRIAN

5:30 AM onwards: Ashish Limaye, Major Apurva Dabhade, Vikas Kumar – Cross Country (Team & Individual)

GOLF

4:00 AM onwards: P Sharath Urs, A Prashanth, Aditi Ashok – Women’s Individual & Team – Final Round

5:00 AM onwards: Anirban Lahiri, S.S.P Chawrasia, KH Joshi, S Sharma – Men’s Individual & Team – Final Round

HOCKEY

1:30 PM: Women’s Team Vs Korea – Preliminary Wen’s Pool A

KURASH

6:26 AM onwards: Aditya Dhopakar vs Rasooli S Hassan Baiqara (AFG) - M 81 Kg - Preliminary & Elimination

ROLLER SKATING

6:40 AM: Jagadeeswaran Karthika & Bathula Sanjana - Women’s Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Heat 2

6:50 AM: Ghuman Aryanpal Singh - Men’s Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Heat 1 & 2

8:10 AM: Jagadeeswaran Karthika & Bathula Sanjana - Women’s Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Final (If Qualified)

8:20 AM: Ghuman Aryanpal Singh - Men’s Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Final (If Qualified)

SEPAKTAKRAW

7:30 AM: Team India Vs Laos – Women’s Quadrant Group Stage

11:30 AM: Team India Vs Japan – Men’s Quadrant Group Stage

12:30 PM: Team India Vs China – Women’s Quadrant Group Stage

SHOOTING

06:30 AM: Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu - Trap-50 shots (Individual & Team) - Qualification (Stage 2)

06:30 AM: Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari - Trap-50 shots (Individual & Team) Qualification (Stage 2)

1:30 PM: Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari - Trap (Individual) Final (If Qualified)

1:30 PM: Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu - Trap (Individual) - Final (If qualified)

SQUASH

8:30 AM: Harinder & Dipika Vs Eum & Yoo (KOR) – Mixed Doubled 1st Round, Team Pool Match

10:00 AM: Abhay & Anahat Vs Dalida & Pelino (PHI) - Mixed Doubled 1st Round, Team Pool Match

1:30 PM: Harinder & Dipika Vs Ali & Zaman N. (PAK) – Mixed Doubled 2nd Round, Team Pool Match

1:30 PM: Mahesh Mangaonkar Vs Jonathan (PHI) – Men’s Team Men’s Singles Round of 32

3:00 PM: Abhay & Anahat Vs Gul & Zaman F. (PAK) - Mixed Doubled 2nd Round, Team Pool Match

VOLLEYBALL

4:30 PM: Women’s Team Vs China - Preliminary Round (Pool A)