Asian Games 2023 Highlights, October 4: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena win Javelin Gold and Silver; Men’s 4x400m win Gold; India wins 18 Golds, 80 medals in total

India’s Siddarth Bajrang Pardeshi finished 11th in Diving Men’s 10m Platform final with a score of 268.

China’s Hao Yang won Gold with a score of 554.35.

India beat Uzbekistan 4.0 - 0.0 in Round 6 of the Chess Women’s Team event.

Koneru Humpy, Vaishali R, Vantika Agrawal and Savitha Baskar beat Yakubbaeva, Omonova, Khamdamova and Bobomurodova respectively.

India will face Hong Kong, China in the final of the Bridge Men’s Team event.

China and Japan win Bronze after Session 6 of the Men’s Team semifinal.

Indian Men’s Team drew with China 2.0-2.0 in Round 6 of Chess Men’s Team event.

Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit and Hari Krishna drew with Yi Wei, Xiangzhi Bu, Qun Ma and Xinagyu Xu respectively.

The Indian quartet of Anas Muhammed Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh sealed gold for India in the men’s 4x400m relay with a timing of 3:01.58.

Kishore Jena sealed silver medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw with a personal best throw of 87.54m to seal an Indian 1-2 in the event.

India’s Neeraj Chopra wins gold in the Men’s Javelin throw final to retain his Asian Games medal from four years ago. His season best throw of 88.88m came in his fourth attempt.

India’s Sheena Varkey Nellickal finishes sixth in the Women’s Triple Jump final with a throw of 13.34m.

Sharifa Davronova of Uzbekistan wins gold with a presonal best throw of 14.09m.

India’s Anil Kushare finished fourth in the Men’s High Jump with a season best jump of 2.26m. The Indian failed to clear the 2.29m mark needed to fight for the medals.

Jesse Sandesh finished 9th with a jump of 2.19m.

Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan win silver for India in the 4x400m Women’s Relay.

India’s Javelin throwers are setting the stadium on fire.

Neeraj Chopra takes the lead with a throw of 88.88m and Kishore Jena manages to close the gap with an improvement of 87.54m.

India’s Kishore Jena jumped above compatriot Neeraj Chopra to lead the standings in the Men’s Javelin Throw final with a throw of 86.77m.

India’s Avinash Sable added to his 3000m steeplechase gold with a silver in the 5000m event.

India’s Gulveer Singh finished fourth, just missing out on a medal. Sable finished with a time of 13:21.09 while Gulveer finished with a personal best of 13:29.93.

India’s Sheela Varkey Nellickal dropped to 6th with 13.34 continuing to be her best attempt. She has three attempts remaining to improve her jump.

India’s Neeraj Chopra managed a throw of 84.49m in his second attempt to extend the lead in the Men’s Javelin Throw final.

Kishore Jena manages a throw of 79.96m in his second attempt after confusion regarding his foot placement.

Kishore Jena has a good start in the final. He clears the 80m mark. 81.26 is the exact distance managed by the Indian.

Neeraj’s retake was below the 80m mark but the scoreboard currently shows the distance at 82.38m, which was where he landed the javelin on the original attempt.

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Asian Games 2023: Harmilan Bains wins silver in women’s 800m

India’s Harmilan Bains won silver in the women’s 800m event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday.

India’s Harmilan Bains bagged a silver in the Women’s 800m final after a last leg dash to overtake the Chinese athletes.

She finishes second with a time of 2:03.75.

Meanwhile in Men’s high jump both Indians - Jesse Sandesh and Sarvesh Anil Kushare start with valid attempts.

Jesse starts with 2.10 and later clears the 2.15m mark in second attempt.

India’s Sheela Varkey Nellickal jumps a 13.34 in her first attempt to be placed fourth currently in the Women’s Triple Jump final.

India’s Sunil Kumar beats Kyrgyzstan’s Atabek Azisbekov 2-1 to secure a bronze in the Men’s Wrestling Greco-Roman 87kg category.

A huge throw for Neeraj first up. Falls in between 80-85m but there has been a significant delay due to an issue with the marking system. Stay Tuned.

A passivity point for the Kyrgyz wrestler this time brings Sunil level on 1-1 in the Wrestling Men’s Greco-Roman 87kg Bronze Medal match.

Atabek manages to gain two points by pushing Sunil out of bounds to take a 3-1 lead. Sunil challenges the call and gets it overturned. All level at 1-1 again.

Sunil is called for passivity and his opponent Atabek Azisbekov is awarded a point. Sunil does well to defend from the upside down position on the mat to restrict the lead to one point.

India’s Sunil Kumar will be in action soon in the Wrestling Men’s Greco-Roman 87kg Bronze Medal match against Kyrgyzstan’s Atabek Azisbekov.

India’s Kidambi Srikanth lost to Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in the Badminton Men’s Singles Round of 16 to bow out of the tournament.

Naraoka beats Srikanth 2 - 0 (21-16, 21-17)

India’s Yash Nensee finishes in 41st spot in the Equestrian Jumping Individual Qualifier Round 2 with a time of 82.06 with 23 warnings.

Game 3: Henry Leung does really well to cover ground a reach the sliced forehand. For the first time in the match he doesn’t look scared to play the slice as well. IND 1 - 2 HKG

Leung misses the slice yet again, a feature of the first two games as well. Saurav continues to play the slice extremely well as he levels the score. IND 4 - 4 HKG

Saurav moves clear as Leung is no match to his drop shots. IND 9 - 6 HKG

Saurav seals Game 3 and the match to progress into the final after defeating Hong Kong’s Henry Leung 3-0 in the Squash Men’s Singles Semifinals.

Saurav beats Henry 3 - 0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-6)

Here are the Indians in action in athletics today (timings in IST)

4:30 p.m. - Men’s High Jump Final - Sarvesh Kushare and Sandesh Jesse

4:35 p.m. - Men’s Javelin Throw Final - Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Kumar Jena

4:40 p.m. - Women’s Triple Jump Final - Sheena Nellickal Varkey

4:55 p.m. - Women’s 800m Final - Harmilan Bains and Chanda

5:10 p.m. - Men’s 5000m Final - Avinash Sable and Gulveer Singh

5:45 p.m. - Women’s 4x400 Final

6:05 p.m. - Women’s 4x400 Final

Game 2: Saurav picks up where he left off in the first game. Henry hasn’t been able to capitalise on the half chances provided. IND 5 - 1 HKG

A comfortable lead for Saurav in Game 2. Just two points away from sealing the game. IND 9 - 1 HKG

Another comfortable game for Saurav. Blitzes his way into a 2-0 lead versus Henry Leung of Hong Kong.

Saurav leads Henry 2 - 0 (11-2, 11-1)

India’s Kidambi Srikanth lost the first game 16-21 to Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in the Badminton Men’s Singles R16 match.

Naraoka 1 - 0 Srikanth (21-16)

Game 1: Saurav does really well to hang in there in the long rally and kills the point with a brilliant backhand. He speeds to a 3 point lead. IND 3 - 0 HKG

Saurav continuse with his brilliant backhand slices to extend the lead. IND 7 - 2 HKG

The Indian has managed to reach every drop shot played by the Hong Kong athlete and has used the slice to full effect to get the points. Game Point IND 10 - 2 HKG.

Easy win in Game 1 for Saurav Goshal against Henry Leung in the Men’s SIngles semifinal.

Saurav 1 - 0 Henry (11-2)

Kidambi Srikanth is in action against Kodai Naraoka in the Badminton Men’s Singles R16.

India hangs on to ensure it will play the gold medal match at these Asian Games. The target of Paris Olympics qualification is still intact.

Abhishek added the goal in the fourth and final quarter to seal the fate of this contest.

Final Score: IND 5-3 KOR

No trouble for India as it progresses to the medal rounds with a thumping 54-22 victory over Thailand.

It will face Nepal in the semifinals.

This one is going right down to the wire. India concedes yet another goal and Manjae Jung completes his hat-trick. India would definitely not want a penalty shootout to decide its fate for a place in the final.

In 2018, India was eliminated by Malaysia through a penalty shootout.

A big 15 minutes coming up.

IND 4-3 KOR

The goals continue coming in the semifinal. Korea, starting the 2nd quarter three goals down, pulled two back courtesy Manjae Jung.

But Amit Rohidas converted from a short corner and got India some breathing space with a two-goal cushion. India had the chance to add another through a penalty corner but missed the chance.

IND 4-2 KOR at half-time

The Indian pair won the final game 21-12 in a rather comfortable fashion to seal its passage to the last-eight round.

Final Score: 24-22, 16-21, 21-12

It has been one way traffic in the first quarter. India leads 3-0.

Mandeep Singh scored his 10th goal in the tournament to make the scoreline 2-0 before Lalit Kumar Upadhyay sounded the board with a simple tap in in the closing moments.

India has been equally good in defence as well and cleared out any balls into the circle.

India takes an early lead in the last four clash.

Hardik Singh is the first to a deflection in the Korea circle and he takes a shot. There is a defender on the line who tries to block it but the ball still flies into the net.

IND 1-0 KOR

The boxers make their way to the ring.

Round 1: China’s Qian makes the first attempt to strike but Lovlina is firm in her defence too.

The referee takes a moment to ask Lovlina to get a move on in the fight. She finally lands a right hand punch on the opponent.

Lovlina still opting to rely on her defence to stay safe in the bout.

The judges give the first round 3-2 to the Chinese.

Round 2: Yet again, Qian makes the first move but Lovlina evades.

Qian unleashes a score of punches on Lovlina. The Indian has to step back to evade. She does manage to get out of the way on a couple but the last two strike her.

A right-handed jab landed clean by Lovlina. That’s the end of the second round. Qian takes the second round too.

Round 3: Pressure on Lovlina to turn this around. The China boxer has a clear spring in her steps as she closes in on the gold medal.

Qian warned for holding but that should not deter her chances in this fight.

Lovlina tries a right handed punch but Qian has no trouble hopping out of its way. That’s the fight! I think we know the result of this one.

Official: Li Qian wins! It is silver for Lovlina Borgohain.

Asian Games 2023: Lovlina Borgohain wins boxing silver in women’s 75kg

China’s Li Qian won the bout by a unanimous 5-0 decision by the judges to take the gold medal.

After the men’s team pulled off a comfortable victory earlier today, it is time for the women’s team to get on the mat against Thailand.

The side would be raring to go to after it was held to an awkward draw by Chinese Taipei in its opener. It beat South Korea to follow but its about establishing the bragging rights in Hangzhou.

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It’s 1-1 in the Round of 16 men’s doubles match. The Indonesian pair took five game points and needed just to restore parity in the contest and take the game 21-16.

All to play for in the third game.

The Indian pugilist will be vying to clinch another gold medal for India at the Asian Games as she takes on Li Qian of China in the final of the women’s 75kg category.

Indian duo of Jinesh Satyan Nanal and Shreyasi Joshi finishes last out of seven teams.

Follow the live updates here:

The Indian duo survives a quick and flat rally to save a game point at 20-21 after failing to convert one game point they had at 20-19.

Marthin nets a drive which gives the Indian pair another chance to close the game. Satwik somehow returns a smash from the Indonesians who chose to let it fall. The call is ‘wide’ and stays the same despite a challenge from Satwik and Chirag: 22-22.

Satwik fires one jump smash after another and eventually wins the point to go 23-22 up. Chirag wraps the opening game against Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin with a jump smash: 24-22

India’s Siddarth Pardeshi finishes 11th out of 13 divers in the men’s 10m platform qualification round with a score of 234.55 and progresses to the final which takes place today at 5PM IST.

Medal contenders Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lead Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin 11-7 in the opening game of the round of 16 match.

Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat face the Indonesian duo of Diananda Choirunisa and Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla for a place in the semis.

Set 1: Salsabilla starts with a 10 followed by 7 from Choirunisa. Ankita shoots a 10 and Atanu scores an 9. Two-point lead for the Indians. Another 10 for Salsabilla followed by 8 for Choirunisa. Ankita shoots an 8. Atanu hits a 9 to win the first set 36-35.

Set 2: Salsabilla, yet again, hits a 10. A 7 for Choirunisa. Ankita starts with an 8 and Atanu hits a 9 to level the score. A 9 for Salsabilla followed by a 10 for Choirunisa. India needs a perfect 20 to win the set. Ankita shoots an 8 and Atanu scores a 10. Indonesia wins the set 36-35 and levels the tie at 2-2.

Set 3: Both pairs score 19 with their first shots in this set. Salsabilla hits what is initially given an 8 but might change to 9. An 8 from Choirunisa. A 10 for Ankita. A 9 from Atanu to win the set 38-35 and take a 4-2 lead.

Set 4: Salsabilla begins with a 10. And Choirunisa does the same. What a start for the Indonesians! Ankita hits a 7. And Atanu scores a 9. Four-point lead for the Indonesian pair. Salsabilla shoots another 10. And so does Choirunisa. We are headed to a shoot-off irrespective of what the Indians manage now. An 8 from Ankita and a 10 from Atanu. Indonesia wins the set 40-34 and levels the match at 4-4.

Shoot-Off: Salsabilla shoots a 10. Ankita comes up with a 10 as well. Brilliant. Choirunisa hits a 10. Atanu needs a 10. Anything less and India is out. Atanu hits a 9 and that is it. Indonesia wins 5-4 and reaches the recurve mixed team semifinals.

Parveen Hooda takes on Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals.

Round 1

Lin Yu Ting starts aggressively but does not manage to land a clear punch on Parveen.

However, she continues to go with the same approach and finally lands some scoring punches. Pressure on Parveen who also has a height disadvantage.

Parveen lands a right punch in the dying seconds of the opening round.

Lin Yu Ting wins the first round unanimously as she gets 10 from all five judges.

Round 2

Great right cross from Lin after successfully defending for the first one minute. Combination of a double jab and right cross from Parveen.

End of round two with Parveen doing much better.

And the judges give the same verdict in this round.

Round 3

Parveen needs a miracle to turn this contest around. She scores with a right cross but the difference in range is making it tough for her to cause any significant damage.

She lands another right cross but overall, Lin does not seem in much trouble.

Result: Lin Yu Ting wins by a unanimour decision and progresses to the final. Parveen leaves Hangzhou with a bronze medal as well as a quota for Paris Olympics.

Asian Games 2023: Parveen wins bronze in women’s 57kg boxing

Parveen lost to Chinese Taipei’s Yu Ting Lin on points and won a bronze medal.

BADMINTON

Men’s Doubles Round of 16 - Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs Rollycarnando/Marthin(INA)

BOXING

11:30 a.m. - Women’s 54-57kg Semifinal - Parveen vs Yu Ting Lin (TPE)

EQUESTRIAN

Jumping Individual Qualifier Round 2 - Yash Nensee

ROLLER SKATING

Mixed Inline Freestyle Skating Slalom Pair Final - Jinesh Satyan Nanal, Shreyasi Joshi

The Indians have a slender lead at 5-4. They stretch their lead to 7-4.

However, the Malaysians reel off two points in a row to close the gap.

But the Indians do the same and now lead 9-6. Just two points away from the win. Well, not so soon. The Malaysian duo manages to level the score at 9-9.

Malaysia has a match point and the duo converts it! Heartbreak for the Indians who go down 1-2 (11-8, 2-11, 9-11) and have to settle for bronze.

Asian Games 2023: Anahat-Abhay settle for bronze in squash mixed doubles after semifinal loss

The Indian pair went down 11-8, 2-11, 9-11 in 39 minutes and failed to set up an all-India final.

Azman and Kamal clinch the second game 11-2 in no time. Onto the decider!

Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh are one game away from the mixed doubles final after clinching the opener 11-8 against Malaysian duo of Aifa Binti Azman and Mohammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Kamal.

India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fight as well as they can but eventually go down 15-21, 21-18, 13-21 to Korean pair of Kim Soyeong and Kong Heeyong in th round of 16 in women’s doubles.

The Koreans seem to have regrouped after Kim Soyeong takes a brief break to receive some magic spray on her ankle. They now lead 14-9.

Four more points on the trot for Kim Soyeong and Kong Heeyong as they lead 18-9.

Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh will look to set up an all-Indian final with Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu but first, they will have to get past the Malaysian duo of Aifa Binti Azman and Mohammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Kamal.

After trailing by four points at one stage, the Indian duo now leads 7-6 in the deciding game against World No.3 pair from Korea.

India defeats Nepal 3-1 (25-23, 26-28, 25-23, 25-17) in a Group G classification match.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand take the second game 21-18 against Kim Soyeong and Kong Heeyong of South Korea after conceding the opener 15-21.

After losing the opening game 7-11, the Indian duo of Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu clinches the second by the same scoreline against Hong Kong’s (China) Lee Ka Yi and Wong Chi Him in the mixed doubles semifinals.

One game to decide who goes to the final.

Moment of concern for the Indian contingent as the ball hits Harinder bang in the face after a shot from Lee who quickly apologises.

It is a close contest as the Indians lead 5-4.

Dipika and Harinder move to 8-6. Ever so close to the gold medal match. However, the pair from Hong Kong wins the next two points to level the scores at 8-8. Make that 9-9.

Dipika hits a winner and Indians have a match ball at 10-9. And Wong is unable to retrieve which ends the tie.

Dipika and Harinder win 2-1 (7-11, 11-7, 11-9) to reach the final.

Asian Games 2023: Dipika Pallikal-Harinder Pal Sandhu advance to mixed doubles final, assure silver in squash

The Indian pair won the best-of-three contest 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 to advance to the title clash.

Tanisha Crasto and Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad suffer straight-games defeat (18-21, 18-21) against Malaysia’s Toh Ee Wei and Chen Tang Jie in the mixed doubles round of 16.

Women’s doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand trail Korea’s Kim Soyeong and Kong Heeyong 15-21.

Sunil Kumar goes down 1-5 against Iran’s Naser Alizadeh in the men’s 87kg Greco-Roman semifinal and will now fight for bronze medal.

The Indian’s bronze medal bout will take place later today in the evening session which starts at 2:30PM IST.

Indian duo of Dipika Pallikal Karthik andHarinder Pal Singh Sandhu take on Hong Kong’s (China) Lee Ka Yi and Wong Chi Him for a place in the finals.

The Indian team finishes last amongst six teams in the qualification round with a timing of 39.598s and fails to qualify for the semifinals along with Thailand.

India’s Yash Nensee is ranked 30th with a time of 77.72s and four penalties. However, the other two Indians - Kirat Singh Nagra and Tejas Dhingra - have been eliminated.

Sunil Kumar is through to the final-four stage in the 87kg category in Greco-Roman wrestling with a VSU (victory by technical superiority) over Tajikistan’s Sukhrob Abdulkhaev.

Gyanender loses his pre-quarterfinal 1-7 to Meysam Dalkhani of Iran.

Vikas goes down via VSU against China’s Liu Rui in the 77kg quarterfinals.

India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale are up against Republic of Korea’s So Chaewon and Joo Jaehoon in the gold medal match.

End 1: Indians start with two 10s. A 9 for So Chaewon followed by a 9 (later changed to 10 upon inspection) for Joo Jaehoon. Early advantage for the Indians. Two more 10s from the Indian pair to maintain the perfect start. The Korean pair also shoots two 10s but trails by one point. Score: India leads 40-39.

End 2: Korean pair to go first this time. Perfect start - two 10s. Jyothi and Ojas do the same. Perfect 40s from both teams in this end and India keeps the one-point lead as the score reads 80-79.

End 3: The Koreans go first again. So shoots a 10. Same for Joo. Ojas with a 9 and India’s lead vanishes. Jyothi levels the score with a 10. Two more 10s for the Koreans. Pressure on the Indian pair. Ojas shoots a 10. And Jyothi too hits a 10 to level the scores at 119-119 going into the final end.

End 4: The Indians to go first in the final end. Ojas begins with a 10. And a 10 for Jyothi as well. So shoots a 9. A 10 for Joo. India needs two 10s to seal the gold. A 10 for Ojas. And a 10 for Jyothi as well!!!! India wins the gold medal!!!! Korean pair hits two 10s but the final score is 159-158 in India’s favour.

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India achieved its biggest-ever medal haul at a single edition of the Asian Games on Wednesday when Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale clinched gold in the compound mixed team archery event in Hangzhou, China.

Reigning silved medallist P V Sindhu is through to the quarterfinals with a 21-16, 21-16 win over Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia.

HS Prannoy also books his spot in the quarterfinals as he beats Kazakh shuttler Dmitriy Panarin 21-12, 21-13.

After bagging the opening game, Sindhu leads 11-8 in the second against Wardani.

Meanwhile, HS Prannoy takes the first game 21-12 against Dmitriy Panarin of Kazakhstan.

Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games begins with the greco-roman categories.

In 1/8 final of men’s 67kg, India’s Neeraj goes down 3-5 against Makhmud Bakhshilloev of Uzbekistan.

However, in 87kg, Sunil Kumar beats China’s Peng Fei 4-3 to reach the quarterfinals.

P V Sindhu is up against Indonesia’s Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in round of 16 in women’s singles. The Indian takes the first game 21-16.

India’s Ram Baboo and Manju Rani finish third out of five teams with a combined time of 5:51:14s. India matches its tally of 70 medals from 2018 Asiad, its biggest-ever haul at a single edition.

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Asian Games 2023: India wins 35km race walk mixed team bronze

Asian Games 2023: The pair of Ram Baboo and Manju Rani won bronze in the 35km race walk mixed team event.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale, who have already reach the finals in individual events, will look to accomplish the same in mixed team event as well as they face Kazakh pair of Adel Zhexenbinova and Andrey Tyutyun in the semis.

End 1: Ojas starts with a 10 followed by a 9 from Jyothi. Zhexenbinova clips the circle to score 10 followed by a similar shot from Tyutyun. A 9, this time from Ojas, with Jyothi getting a 10. The Kazakh pair finishes with two 10s and leads 40-38. The 9 from Ojas has been deemed as a 10. Scorez; 40-39.

End 2: The two Indians start with 10s. Zhexenbinova hits a 10 but Tyutyun just about manages to avoid an 8. A close 9 for Ojas followed by a convincing 10 for Jyothi. A 9 and a 10 for the Kazakhs and Ojas’ 9 has been deemed as a 10 yet again. Score: India leads 79-78.

End 3: After three 10s, the Kazakh finish with an 8 from Tyutyun in this end and this makes things worse for them. Perfect 40 for India. Score: 119-116

End 4: A 10 for Zhexenbinova followed by a 9 for Tyutyun. Two 10s for the Indians. A 9 from Zhexenbinova and same from Tyutyun. India needs a total of 16 from the last two arrows to reach the final. Ojas hits a 10. And a 10 for Jyothi too.

India beats Kazakhstan 159-154 to reach the final and confirm another medal. Final will be held today at 8:30AM IST.

ARCHERY

07:30 am: Compound Mixed Team Semifinals - India vs Kazakhstan

BADMINTON

7:30 a.m. - Women’s Singles Round of 16 - P.V. Sindhu vs Putri Wardani(INA)

WRESTLING

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 67kg Round of 16 - Neeraj vs Makhmud Bakhshilloev (UZB)

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 87kg Round of 16 - Sunil Kumar vs Peng Fei (CHN)

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 60kg Round of 16 - Gyanendra vs Meysam Dalkhani (IRI)

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 77kg Quarterfinal - Vikas vs TBH

Japan’s Subaru Ishida is the first one to cross the finish line in 2:31:39s and takes the men’s win. China’s Qin Wang is second while his compatriot He Xianghong is third.

On the women’s side, China’s Qieyang Shijie is the leader. And she does finish first to seal the team gold for the host nation in this event.

Masumi Fuchise of Japan finishes third in the women’s section but clinches the team silver for her country.

India follows its 55-18 over Bangladesh with a 63-26 victory over Thailand in its second group A match.

The Indian team leads 37-9 against Thailand in its second group match at half-time.

India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale are up against Binti Mat Salleh Fatin Nurfatehah and Bin Muzuki Mohd Juwaidi.

End 1: Jyothi and Ojas begin with 10s. So does the Malaysian Pair. Another set of 10s from the Indians. However, Fatin Nurfatehah shoots a 9 while Mohd Juwaidi gets a 10. India leads 40-39 after End 1.

End 2: Couple of 10s for the Malaysian duo. Ojas fires a 9 while Jyothi hits a 10. India loses the advantage. A 10 and a 9 from Fatin Nurfatehah and Juwaidi followed by 9s from the two Indians. It’s the Malaysian pair who now leads 78-77. Looks like one of the close 9s from India has been later deemed as a 10 from the officials and therefore, it is 78-78.

End 3: Two 10s from the Indians. Fatin Nurfatehah gets a 10 but Juwaidi hits a 9. Another set of perfects 10s for the Indian duo. The Malaysians do the same but now trail 117-118.

End 4: Fatin Nurfatehah begins with a 10, Juwaidi too hits a 10. But the Indians keep their one-point advantage intact with two 10s. And that might be it for Malaysia as Fatin Nurfatehah hits an 8. A 10 for Juwaidi. India needs a total of 16 from the last two arrows to win and reach the semifinals but the duo finishes with two more 10s.

India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale beat the Malaysian pair 158-155 to reach the compound mixed team semifinals which take place later today at 7:30AM IST.

India gets the first ‘all out’ against Thailand in less than seven minutes of the first half and leads 13-2.

After a convincing 55-18 win over Bangladesh, India takes on Thailand in its second group match. Follow all the live updates here:

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With roughly 18 laps to go, India’s Ram Baboo and Manju Rani are currently in fifth and sixth position.

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.

ARCHERY

06:10 a.m. - India vs Malaysia - Compound Mixed Team Quarterfinal

07:30 a.m. onwards - Compound Mixed Team Semifinals (subject to qualification)

11:50 a.m. - India vs Indonesia - Recurve Mixed Team Quarterfinal

12:50 a.m. onwards - Recurve Mixed Team Semifinal

ATHLETICS

4:30 a.m. - 35km Race Walk Mixed Team Final - Baboo Ram and Manju Rani

4:30 p.m. - Men’s High Jump Final - Sarvesh Kushare and Sandesh Jesse

4:35 p.m. - Men’s Javelin Throw Final - Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Kumar Jena

4:40 p.m. - Women’s Triple Jump Final - Sheena Nellickal Varkey

4:55 p.m. - Women’s 800m Final - Harmilan Bains and Chanda

5:10 p.m. - Men’s 5000m Final - Avinash Sable and Gulveer Singh

5:45 p.m. - Women’s 4x400 Final

6:05 p.m. - Women’s 4x400 Final

BADMINTON

7:30 a.m. - Women’s Singles Round of 16 - P.V. Sindhu vs Putri Wardani(INA)

7:50 a.m. - Men’s Singles Round of 16 - H.S Prannoy vs Dimitriy Panarin(KAZ)

8:10 a.m. - Women’s Doubles Round of 16 - Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Kim/Kong(KOR)

8:30 a.m. - Mixed Doubles Round of 16 - Krishna Prasad/Tanisha Crasto vs Chen/Tou(MAS)

9:10 a.m. - Men’s Doubles Round of 16 - Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs Rollycarnando/Marthin(INA)

10:10 a.m. - Men’s Singles Round of 16 - Kidambi Srikanth vs Kodai Naraoka(JPN)

10:30 a.m. - Women’s Doubles Round of 16 - Tanisha Crasto/AP Machimanda vs Zheng/Zhang(CHN)

BOXING

11:30 a.m. - Women’s 54-57kg Semifinal - Parveen vs Yu Ting Lin (TPE)

1:15 p.m. - Women’s 66-75kg Final - Lovlina Borghain vs Li Qian (CHN)

BRIDGE

6:30 a.m. - Men’s Team Semifinal Session 4

11:20 a.m. - Men’s Team Semifinal Session 5

2:10 p.m. - Men’s Team Semifinal Session 6

CHESS

12:30 p.m. - Men’s Team Round 6 - India vs China

12:30 p.m. - Women’s Team Round 6 - India vs Uzbekistan

DIVING

10:30 a.m. - Men’s 10m Platform Prelims - Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi

5:00 p.m. - Men’s 10m Platform Final - Siddarth Bajrang Pardeshi (subject to qualification)

EQUESTRIAN

6:30 a.m - Jumping Individual Qualifier Round 1 - Kirat Singh Nagra, Tejas Dhingra, Yash Nensee

6:30 a.m. - Jumping Team Round 1

11:30 a.m. - Jumping Individual Qualifier Round 2 - Kirat Singh Nagra, Tejas Dhingra, Yash Nensee

6:30 a.m. - Jumping Team Round 2

HOCKEY

1:30 p.m. - Men’s semifinal - India vs South Korea

KABADDI

6:00 a.m. - Men’s Group A - India vs Thailand

1:30 p.m. - Women’s Group A - India vs Thailand

ROLLER SKATING

11:30 a.m. - Mixed Inline Freestyle Skating Slalom Pair Final - Jinesh Satyan Nanal, Shreyasi Joshi

SPORT CLIMBING

9:05 a.m. - Women’s Speed Relay Qualification

5:54 p.m. - Women’s Speed Relay Semifinal (subject to qualification)

SQUASH

9:30 a.m. - Mixed Doubles Semifinal - Dipika Pallikal/Harindar Pal Singh

10:30 a.m. - Mixed Doubles Semifinal - Abhay Singh/Anahat Singh

3:30 p.m. - Men’s Singles Semifinal - Saurav Ghosal vs Chi Hin Henry Leung (HKG)

VOLLEYBALL

8:00 a.m. - Women’s Classification Pool G - India vs Nepal

WRESTLING

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 67kg Round of 16 - Neeraj vs Makhmud Bakhshilloev (UZB)

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 87kg Round of 16 - Sunil Kumar vs Peng Fei (CHN)

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 60kg Round of 16 - Gyanendra vs Meysam Dalkhani (IRI)

7:30 a.m. onwards - Men’s Greco Roman 77kg Quarterfinal - Vikas vs TBH