Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India win historic Silver in Badminton as Day 8 ends with whopping 15 medals

A restless day for India came to an end with 15 medals out of which 9 were won across various disciplines in track and field. India's medal tally is now 53 with 13 Gold, 21 Silver and 19 Bronze. See the full list here

China were trailing 0-2 as Lakshya and Chirag-Satwik won their respective matches. But then Kidambi went down in his first game in a nail-biter and that loss probably derailed India's challenge. Kidambi lost the second game as China came back 1-2 and then took it into the decider and clinched it too. This was some valiant effort by the Indian team as they are the first-ever Indian team to win a Silver medal in Badminton at the Asiad.

And there it is, Hongyang gets the point without any hiccup and China win the Gold. India will settle with Silver.

A smash to the right corner and China have the Gold medal point now. It's 20-4

The 2018 champions are now little away and despite a valiant effort from the Indian men's team, they are set to take the Gold. Hongyang 15-3 up in game 2

Mithun vs Hongyang | Hongyang is bossing this at the moment and Mithun is not able to stay up with him. The Chinese takes 11-1 lead into the break of the second game. He is already a game up.

Jyothi Yarraji takes a Silver after doubt over a medal due to false start issue with Jyothi and China's Wu. But Wu is disqualified as she went first jumping the gun. Jyothi gets Silver from Bronze.

Mithun is not giving it up. He is following the Chinese player. 16-11 in favour of the Chinese as he is striking the shuttle hard with some terrific smashes. 

Jyothi Yarrarji has finished third in the 100m hurdles. But there is a review pending for a flase start. We might have to wait a bit for confirmation.

Mithun vs Hongyang | Mithun is trailing at the moment. He was 5-5 earlier but some strong smashes and brings the Chinese lead 7-5

Mithun Manjunath is in action for India and rhe whole nation would be praying for him to beat the Chinese opponent Hongyang Weng. 

India's medals tally has now gone past 50. OMG. 13 medals on a single day and still there is assurance for more. Seema Punia has won Bronze in women's discuss throw and Nandini Agasara takes a Bronze in Heptathlon to shoot India's tally to 51. Massive for India. All eyes are now on the India vs China final.

The Chinese team has clinched this game to take the Gold medal match into the decider. It is 2-2 now after the Indian men's doubles pair went down. It is not down to a singles event to decide the Golden champion.

Harmilan Bains, Ajay Kumar and Jinson Johson have bagged three more medals for India. Harmilan takes a Silver in women's 1500m race, while Ajay and Jinson bag Silver and Bronze in men's 1500m. What a day for India.

India's Murali Sreesankar with his 8.19m jump in the fourth attempt won a Silver medal

The final 200m push helped Ajay Kumar Saroj not only get into the medal position but also overtake his compatriot Jinson Johnson to finish in second place with a timing of 3:38.94. Johnson won bronze with a timing of 3:39.74.

China's Li Shifeng beat India's Kidambi Srikanth 24-22, 21-9 in Badminton final team event. China storms back but India still lead 2-1 in men's final event.

India's Harmilan Bains wins silver in women's 1500m race final clocking 4:12.74.

Seema Punia throws 53.95m in her first attempt but is a lot behind

India's Kidambi Srikanth lost to Li Shifeng 22-24 in a close first game.

India's Tajinderpal Singh bettered his previous attempt to throw 20.36m to win Gold in men's shotput event. Saudi Arabia's Mohamed Daouda couldn't better his 20.18m throw in the final attempt and will get the Silver medal. India's Sahib Singh bettered his mark with an 18.62m throw in his final attempt to finish 8th.

India's Tajinderpal Singh threw a massive 20.06m and is now in second place behind the Saudi Arabian throws 20.18. Sahib betters his mark with an 18.62m throw in his final attempt.

India's Avinash Sable created history in Hangzhou by winning the country's first-ever Gold medal in Asian Games history clocking 8:19:53 in men's 3000m steeplechase.

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy beat Chinese pair of Liang and Wang 21-15, 21-18 in straight sets as India are now 2-0 ahead in the men's team event and are just one match away from a historic Gold.

Nikhat Zareen lose to Thailand's Raksat C by a split decision as the latter's defence and a few punches in the end proved to be too much for the world champion.

World No. 3 pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy took the first game against the Chinese pair of Liang W and Wang C 21-15.

Anahat and Abhay Singh swat aside the Pakistan duo of Sadia and Farhan 2-0 in the mixed doubles Pool D match

Lakshya Sen was trailer 5-10 but came back to win 21-18 against World No.6 Shi Yuki to guide India to a 1-0 lead.

Shi Yuqi was just too good in the second game as he won 21-14 against Lakshya Sen to level the contest.

Lakshya Sen takes the first game. He was leading in the break time but then lost the advantage. The Chinese had a game point at 20-19 but Sen made a thrilling comeback to draw the first blood. 

The Indian women's team has played a draw against Korea. The Indians scored a late goal in the 3rd quarter with Navneet Kaur scoring it. Korea earlier scored in the first quarter. 

In the Pool match between India and Korea, the Indian women's team has now achieved parity at 1-1. We are in the final quarter and just over 10 minutes remain.

Lakshya Sen is leading in the first game 11-6 as we head into a small breather in the opener. 

India's Lakshya Sen is the first one to go. He faces the world no.6 Shi Yu Qu. HS Prannoy will reportedly miss the game. World No 3 team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty will next face world No 2 pair of Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang.

And now, it is time for the India vs China Gold medal match to kick off. HS Prannoy will reportedly miss out on the final. India defeated Korea yesterday in the semifinal to set up a Gold medal match.

Meanwhile, as per some reports, India's HS Prannoy will be missing out on the India vs China men's team final. This can be a huge blow to India. 

Kenan Chenai has won the Bronze medal as he finished 3rd with 32 shots in the men's trap event. Another medal for India in shooting. This is India's 42nd medal overall. Zoravar was earlier knocked out at 5th. 

Kynan Chenai has confirmed a medal by a very small margin. Qatar's Al Rumaihi is knocked out. Kynan will finish inside the top three - another medal confirmed.

Zoravar is knocked out this time. He finished 5th with 23 shots out of 30 attempts. Kynan is on 4th. 

Zoravar Singh survives the first elimination and is in 5th place. Kuwait's Faled is knocked out. Kynan in top three.

The Koreans have taken an early lead and are 1-0 up. They got a goal through a penalty stroke. Just under a minute remain on the clock. The first quarter ends and Korea are 1-0 up.

After the first 10 shots, Kynan Chenai and Zoravar Singh are in 4th and 5th place, respectively. They were once in the top three. But eliminations begin only after 25 shots so we have some time.

The shooting final is underway too. India's Kynan Chenai and Zoravar Singh are in action for individual medals. The two were part of a three-member Indian team to win a Gold earlier today.

The women's Hockey Pool A match between India and Korea is also underway now. The Indian women and the Koreans have won both of their previous matches. But someone's winning run will end today.

The Men's trap final is not much far now. Two Indians - Kynan and Zoravar will be in action in the individual final. The event is set to start at 1:30 PM. In the women's final, Manisha could not impress much and was knocked out qucikly.

India's Soniya Devi has qualified for the finals in Women’s 500m Kayak Single in Canoe sprint. She finished second in the semifinal and clocked 2:16.435

India's medals tally has now gone past the 40 mark. India added three more medals on Day 8. There are many more lined up in athletics. 

Jaismine has been knocked out of the event. She was leading and had a dominant outing in round 1 but the North Korean boxer showed her aggressive best to register a win by RSC (referee stops contest). Referee had to make a count of eight three times when Jasimine was being hit with brutal blows in the second round.

India's Manisha Keer is in action in the women's trap final. She is competing alongside five more athletes. Manisha was part of the Indian women's team to have won a trap team Silver earlier today.

Jaismine is in action in her women's 60kg quarterfinal against North Korea's Ungyong Won. A win will ensure another medal for India. Jaismine will also book an Olympics quota if she wins here. She wins the first round 5-0 as all the judged voted for her. 2 more rounds to go.

There are many more medal events lined up for the day. 

Women's Trap final (individual) - Manisha - 12:30 PM

Men's Trap final (individual) - Kynan and Zoravar - 1:30 PM

Badminton Gold medal match - Indian men's team - 2:30 PM

Women's boxing quarterfinal - Jaismine - 12:30 PM

Badminton Gold medal match - Indian men's team - 2:30 PM

Women's boxing semifinal - Nikhat Zareen - 4:30 PM

Men's Shot Put Final - Tajinderpal Singh and Sahib Singh - 4:30 PM

Men's Long Jump Final - Jeswin Aldrin and Sreeshankar - 4:40 PM

Japan beat India in straight sets 2-0 in a Group B match. The Japanese men defeated the Indians 21-14 in the first set before taking the second one 21-16

Parveen has clinched the bout as she displayed a dominant performance in the 57kg quarterfinal. She wins by a unanimous 5-0 decision. With this Parveen has assured herself of a medal and a Paris Olympics quota. She will now feature in the semifinal.

Parveen has dominated her opponent in the second round too. She wins it 5-0 and is likely to win this bout as well. It's onto the final round now.

India's Parveen is in action in the women's boxing now. She is facing Uzbekistan's pugilist in the quarterfinal in women's 57kg. Parveen is the world championship Bronze medalist. And, she wins the first round 5-0. Wow!

India to take on Japan in its first preliminary group match.

No medal for India in the men's event. India finishes seventh in the team standings.

Gold in shooting - Men's team trap event (Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh, and Prithviraj Tondaiman)

Silver in shooting - Women's team trap event (Manisha Keer, Rajeshwari Kumari and Preeti Rajak)

Silver in golf - Aditi Ashok becomes the first Indian woman to bag a medal in golf at the Asian Games.
 

Anahat and Abhay register a convincing 11-7, 11-5 win over the Filipino pair.

India's Abhay and Anahat have won the first game 11-7 of the ongoing mixed doubles match against Yvonne Alyssa Dalida and David William Pelino of the Philippines.

Manisha Keer has made it to the final of the women's trap individual event.

Kynan and Zoravar have qualified for the final of the men's trap individual event.

India's Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari and Manisha Keer fought their way to silver in women's team trap shooting.

India aggregated a total of 361 to clinch the gold medal in the men's trap event (team).

Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh, and Prithviraj Tondaiman guide India to gold in men's trap team event.

The Indian trio of Manisha Keer, Rajeshwari Kumari and Preeti Rajak managed 337 and finished second behind China's tally of 355 to claim silver in the women's trap team event (shooting).

Indian women's team wins silver in the trap event.

Aditi's silver is the first by an Indian woman in golf at the Asian Games and India's first medal in the sport at the Games since 2010.

Aditi began her day with a sizeable seven-stroke lead over her opponents but a dip in form in the dying moments saw her slip to the second spot and settle for silver. Thailand's Apirchaya Yubol clinches gold.

India's Aditi Ashok bags silver in golf.

Aditya Sanjay Dhopaokar suffers defeat 10-0 at the hands of Afghanistan's Hassan Rasooli in the round of 16.

Women’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B

India loses to Laos 14-21, 16-21 in its group fixture.

The Indian pair of Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh will be in action next against Yvonne Alyssa Dalida and David William Pelino of the Philippines. 

Dipika Pallikal and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu win their fixture 11-2, 11-3 against their Korean counterparts.

Eventing Cross Country individual and team:

Ashish Limaye bows out of the competition.

Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol takes a one-point lead over Aditi with two more holes left to play.

Women's Heptathlon:

Swapna Barman finishes fourth whereas Nandini Agasara finishes fifth after the javelin throw event. The final event of 800m will be organised in the evening and will serve as the decider for the podium finish.

Men's Recurve qualification:

With a score of 678, India's Atanu Das finishes fourth in the qualification round. Dhiraj Bommadevara finishes seventh and Tushar Shelke manages to finish 15th.

There seems to be a dip in Aditi's form as the fight for gold intensifies. She still has a solitary stroke lead with three holes left.

Women's Compound qualification:

Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes the qualification round on top after accumulating a score of 704.

Men's trap qualification and team final:

The Indian team is on top leading into the final series

Aditi Ashok's lead is now down to just a solitary stroke with four holes to go. She missed an easy (as per her standards) putt on the 15th hole. It is getting intriguing folks.

Mixed doubles Pool A:

India vs Korea - Dipika Pallikal and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu will be in action next for India.

Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol is closing in on Aditi Ashok as the latter's lead has been reduced to two with five holes to go. 

India's Amlan Borgohain qualifies for the men's 200m semifinal round.

Aditi Ashok continues to lead at the beginning of the 13th hole in the women's individual event. However, India is no longer in contention for a medal in the women's team event.

Indian men's team occupies the second position after the end of the fourth round and looks a firm favourite to win a medal in the ongoing trap event.

The Javelin throw in women's heptathlon is currently underway. India's Swapna registers a throw 43.78m in the first attempt.

In the women's compound qualification round, India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam is on top at the halfway stage.

India's Anirban Lahiri is in T11 place with 14 under. He started from hole 10 in the final round today. He is 11 shots behind the leader and a medal hope is very bleak.

The Women's Heptathlon Long Jump is done. India's Nandini finished third and Swapna seventh in the long jump. But this is a seven-sport event and we now move onto the Javelin throw with the same set of athletes.

Aditi Ashok is thankfully still leading the the women's individual event after 9 holes. We are halfway through the final round and only 9 more holes remain now. She is at 21 under 231 and is four shots clear of the second-placed Arpichaya from Thailand. In the women's team event, India are in third with just three shots behind the leader. Both are medal events

Here is India's schedule for Day 8 in Hangzhou

Archery

Recurve men individual qualification round (Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das, Mrinal Chauhan, Tushar Shelke) - 6:30 AM
Compound women individual qualification round (Avneet Kaur, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur) - 6:30 AM
Recurve women individual qualification round (Bhajan Kaur, Prachi Singh, Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur) - 11:50 AM
Compound men individual qualification round (Prathamesh Jawkar, Rajat Chauhan, Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma) - 11:50 AM

Equestrian

Eventing cross country team and individual (Apurva Kishor Dabhade, Vikas Kumar, Ashish Vivek Limaye) - 5:30 AM onwards

Shooting

Men’s trap qualification phase 2, team medals and individual final (Kynan Chenai, Prithviraj Toindaman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu) - 6:30 AM onwards
Women’s trap qualification phase 2, team medals and individual final (Rajeshwari Kumari, Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak) - 6:30 AM onwards

Squash

Mixed doubles Pool A (Dipika Pallikal/Harinderpal Singh Sandhu): India vs Korea - 8:30 AM
Mixed doubles Pool D (Anahat Singh/Abhay Singh): India vs Philippines - 10:00 AM
Men’s singles round of 32: Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) vs Jonathan Reyes (PHI) - 1:30 PM
Mixed doubles Pool A (Dipika Pallikal/Harinderpal Singh Sandhu): India vs Pakistan - 1:30 PM
Mixed doubles Pool D (Anahat Singh/Abhay Singh): India vs Pakistan - 3:00 PM

Badminton

Medal event: Men’s team gold medal match (HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Mithun Manjunath, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun): India vs China - 2:30 PM

Basketball

Women's preliminary round Group A: India vs China - 5:30 PM

Boxing

Women’s 50kg semi-finals: Nikhat Zareen (IND) vs Chuthamat Raksat (THA) - 4:30 PM
Women’s 57kg quarter-finals: Parveen (IND) vs Sitora Turdibekova (UZB) - 11:45 AM
Women’s 60kg quarter-finals: Jasmine (IND) vs Ungyong Won (PRK) - 12:30 PM

Bridge

Men's, women’s and mixed team round robin 2 (Indian teams) - 6:30 AM onwards

Canoeing

Multiple sprint races, heats and semi-finals (multiple athletes) - 7:00 AM onwards

Chess

Men’s team round 3 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) - 12:30 PM
Women’s team round 3 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) - 12:30 PM

Golf

Medal round: Men’s individual and team round 4 (Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi) - 4:00 AM

Medal round: Women’s individual and team round 4 (Aditi Ashok, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs) - 4:00 AM

Hockey

Preliminary women's Pool A: India vs South Korea -1:30 PM

Kurash

Medal event: Men’s -81kg (Vishal Ruhil) - 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)

Roller skating

Medal event: Men's speed skating 1000m sprint heats, semi-final and final (Vikram Rajendra Ingale, Aryanpal Singh Ghuman) - 6:30 AM
Medal event: Women's speed skating 1000m sprint heats, semi-final and final (Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Sanjana Bathula) - 7:00 AM

Sepaktakraw

Women's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Laos - 7:30 AM
Men's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Japan - 11:30 AM
Women's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs China - 12:30 PM

Volleyball

Women's preliminary round Pool A: India vs China - 4:30 PM

Athletics

Men’s 200m round 1 heats and semi-finals (Amlan Borgohain) - 7:45 AM
Medal event: Women’s heptathlon events (Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara) - begins 6:30 AM; final event at 6:15 PM
Women’s 200m round 1 heats (Jyothi Yarraji) - 7:10 AM

Medal events
Men’s shot put final (Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Sahib Singh) - 4:30 PM
Men’s long jump final (Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin) - 4:40 PM
Men’s 3000m steeplechase final (Avinash Sable) - 4:45 PM
Women’s discus throw final (Seema Punia) - 5:35 PM
Women’s 1500m final (Harmilan Bains, Deeksha) - 5:50 PM
Men’s 1500m round final (Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson) - 6:00 PM
Women’s 100m hurdles final (Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj) - 6:45 PM

India's Nandini and the defending champion Swapna are looking for a strong show. Nandini is in third after two jumps and has a best of 5.91m jump. Swapna in seventh with a best jump of of 5.63m

Indian shooters are also in action in medal events. Trap-50 Team men and Trap-50 Team women event are underway and the Indians are in line for a medal. Kynan Darius Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sadhu and Prithviraj Tondaiman are currently in the Silver medal position with 251 points in round 4.

The Indian archers are in action as well as we kickstart the archery event at the Asiad. Indians are in action at the Recurve Men's Individual Qualification Round and Compound Women's Individual Qualification Round.

Aditi Ashok is in action in the final round in golf. She is in line to win a historic Gold medal. After seven holes in the final round, Aditi holds the top spot by 4 shots. Thailand's Arpichaya follows her closely on second 

Hello and welcome to Day 8 of the Asian Games 2023. We are now into a new month after a historic end to September. The Indian athletes made the nation proud with their performances on Day 7 of the Games and we still can't get over it. However, Aditi Ashok is looking for more history.