Asian Games 2023 Highlights: Athletes continue to do well as India win 7 medals on Day 9, tally reaches 60

India won four Bronze and three Silver as the tally reached 60 on Day 9 of the Asian Games. With 13 Gold, 24 Silver and 23 Bronze medals India stay in fourth position on the medal standings. Join us for more tomorrow as the men's cricket team begins its campaign.

India's Tejaswin Shankar earned 830 points from a top-spot finish in 400m race in the Decathlon event. Shankar remains at the top with 4260 points after five events and has a 250-point lead over China's Qihao Sun.

Team Sri Lanka has been disqualified for lane infringement and hence India quartet - Muhammed Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan - moves to second spot in the final and the medal has been upgraded to Silver.

The medals tally has touched 60 now as the Indian athletes added seven more to the overnight tally of 53. 16 Gold, 23 Silver and 24 Bronze. 

Another medal is confirmed. India's 4X400 m mixed relay team has bagged Bronze as they finished third. This is 60th medal for India. The Indians were leading as they were in a Gold medal position during the midpoint. But Bahrain and Sri Lankan athletes overtook and India took a Bronze.

Another medal confirmed for India. Ancy Sojan finishes 2nd with a best jump of 6.63m. She could not go past China's Shiqi, who takes the Gold with 6.73m. India have confirmed their 59th medal.

Shaili gets a 6.23m jump and misses out on a medal. She is 5th at the moment. 

And Ancy has improved her mark too. She has jumped 6.63m and has consolidated her second place. She is still 0.10m behind the leader Shiqi of China.

Shaili now improves in her 5th attempt. She makes a jump of 6.48, equal to what the 4th placed Sumire of Japan. But Shaili is in 5th as he second best jump is not better the the Japenese

After four attempts, India's Ancy has maintained her 2nd place with a best jump of 6.56m. Shaili Singh is in 5th with a jump of 6.38m. China's Shiqi is in 1st with 6.73m to her name

Shaili has just made her 4th attempt and she could not improve to her 6.38m mark. She jumps 6.31 and is still on 5th with only 2 more attempts. Time is running out for her.

India's Tejaswin Shankar is leading on the top spot in the Decathlon high jump. He has cleared 2.12m easily. 

Venkatesh has missed out on a medal as she failed to clear 4.10m on all her three attempts. She had earlier cleared 4m easily

Amlan Borgohain misses out on a medal in the men's 200m final. He finishes 6th with a timing of 20.98.

Ancy Sojan has climbed up to the second spot with a jump of 6.56m. This is her personal best and she is currently in a Silver medal position. Shaili still in fourth.

Men's 200m - India's Amlan Borgohain will be in action now.

Pavithra has now dropped fourth as she fails to clear the 4.10m mark in her attempts.

Shaili has dropped to fourth now after all the athletes have completed their first two attempts. She has a jump of 6.38m, while Ancy is in third with 6.49m

Parul Chaudhary and Priti win Silver and Bronze, respectively in the 3000m steeplechase final. It's a double podium for India. The Indians have clocked their personal best time too. While Parul got the Silver with some ease, Priti was trailing at fourth and got the medal in the final phase.

The women's steeplechase final is also underway now. India's Parul Chaudhary and Preeti are in action for a medal.

The Indian duo Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan have registered their first attempts. Shaili is in 2nd with a jump of 6.38m, while Ancy in fourth with 6.13m

Women’s Long Jump Final is set to get underway. India's Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan will be in action in the event.

Women’s Pole Vault Final: Pavithra Vengatesh - 4:30 PM

Men’s Decathlon High Jump: Tejaswin Shankar - 4:35 PM 

Women’s Long Jump Final - Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan - 4:40 PM

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary, Priti Lamba - 4:50 PM

Men’s 200m Final: Amlan Borgohain - 5:25 PM

4X400 Mixed Relay Finals: Muhammed Anas, Jisna Mathew, Aishwarya Mishra, Soniya Baishya, Muhammed Ajmal - 6:10 PM

Men’s Decathlon 400 m: Tejaswin Shankar - 6:40 PM

India's Dhiraj Bommadevara has defeats Bangladesh’s Mohammad Hakim Ahmed and qualifies for the quarterfinal. He beats his opponent 6-5 in a shootout thriller.

Recurve Men’s Individual - India's Atanu Das wins his quarterfinal against Robert Nam by a comprehensive margin of 7-1. The only point his opponent took was in the second round which was a tied affair.

India's Bhajan Kaur loses her quarterfinal match 3-7 to South Korea's San An 3-7. She could win only the first set while the third one was a tie.

India women's Basketball team loses to North Korea in the quarterfinal 57-96. The women's side was hardly in the competition and could amass a maximum of 20 points in a single quarter, which they did in Q1.

India's Mahesh Mangaonkar suffers a crushing defeat 6-11, 2-11, 6-11 at the hands of Ryunosuke Tsukue of Japan in the round of 16. 

Indian men's hockey team's Asian Games 2022 campaign thus far:

India 16-0 vs Uzbekistan

India 16-1 vs Singapore

India 4-2 vs Japan

India 10-2 Pakistan

India 12-0 Bangladesh

India's star squash player Saurav Ghoshal enters the quarterfinals after securing a 3-0 win over Ammar Altamimi of Kuwait.

The Indian men's hockey team outclasses Bangladesh 12-0 to win its final group match.

The Indian women's kabaddi team and Chinese Taipei play a cliffhanger as the game ends in a tie 34-34.

A remarkable turnaround in the second half has reduced India's lead to just 1 (27-26) over Chinese Taipei. 

We are now into the fourth and final quarter and India lead by 9-0 as Abhishek scores his first of the day. Make it 10-0 please as Nilakanta Sharma opens his account too.

Pooja's red-hot raiding skills have allowed India to secure a meagre two-point lead. India finished the first half 17-15 against Chinese Taipei.

The Chinese Taipei women's team is matching India toe to toe. Chinese Taipei lead by 12-11.

The Indian men's team is leading by 6-0 against Bangladesh at half-time.

Indian women's team is in action against Chinese Taipei in its campaign opener.

Amit Rohidas scores the sixth goal for India. Bangladesh's defence is being repeatedly penetrated.

With a little more than four minutes left on the timer, the Indian men's hockey team is leading Bangladesh by 5-0.

Kidambi Srikanth sails into the round of 32 after beating Le Duc Phat 21-10, 21-9.

Squash star Joshna Chinappa has suffered a shocking loss in the round of 16. She goes down 4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 8-11 to South Korea’s Heo Mingyeong. She could only win one game.

We are just five minutes into the action and the Men in Blue are already 2-0 up against Bangladesh.

Indian men's hockey team is on the field against Bangladesh.

Kidambi Srikanth's singles event is now underway. He is up against Vietnam's le Duc Phat in the round of 64 clash. Srikanth was earlier part of the men's historic Silver medal win on Sunday.

The Indian pair of Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy gives a walkover to Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Lai Jemie of Malaysia in a mixed doubles round of 32 match.

The Indian men's team will take on the Philippines in a group-stage fixture and the women's team will also take on the same opponents in a different tie.

India's Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu, and Arathy Kasturi Raj claimed a bronze medal in the women’s 3000m relay in roller skating

The Indian team of Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble, and Vikrant Ingale clinched a  bronze in the men’s 3000m relay in roller skating

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee won bronze in women’s doubles in table tennis

India men's hockey team will be in action at 1:15 PM in their final pool game against Bangladesh. India earlier defeated Pakistan 10-2 and have already qualified for the semifinal.

Round of 16 results:

Aditi Swami gets the better of Imayung Rai of Nepal 149-137

Jyothi Vennam outclasses Sri Lanka's Anuradha Wijsinghe 145-132

Abhishek Verma defeats Saudi Arabia's Ayman Alawadi 147-139

Pravin Deotale pips Ahmad Alshatti of Kuwait 148-138

Sutirtha-Ayhika vs Suyong-Sugyong | The Indian girls have gone down in the final game by 11-2. This game was a one-off bad game but it cost a place in the final. But these girls have already achieved the historical feat of being the first women's doubles pair to win a medal at the Asiad. They had earlier defeated the world no.2 and world champion Chinese pair in quarterfinal, that was some giant achievement

Sutirtha-Ayhika vs Suyong-Sugyong | We are in the decider game now and the Koreans have taken a big 5-1 lead. They were right on the money from the start in this one. It's 8-2. It's 10-2 now

Sutirtha and Ayhika come roaring back from behind. They win the sixth game to make it 3-3. The decider is next.

Sutirtha and Ayhika have to up the ante. They are trailing by 3-2 after five games and will have to win the upcoming two games to advance to the finals of the women's doubles.

This is going right down to the wire folks. Both teams are locked at 2-2 after four games. Will Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee roar back to claim the fixture in the coming games?

The Indians have won this game after a nice battle in the mid-stage of it. It was 9-7 before Sutirtha and Ayhika claimed the next two points to win the second game. India lead again 2-1

Table Tennis | Sutirtha-Ayhika - Into the third game, the Indians are leading 5-4 after being 5-2 at one point. This is a point-for-point fight now. India lead 9-7

North Korea have achieved parity as they beat the Indian duo 11-8 in the second game. They were 10-7 up and India saved a game point but that was all Sutirtha and Ayhika managed as India lost the game. It's 1-1 after Game 2

We are into game 2 and the Indians are levelled with their opponents at 5-5. Make it 8-6 in favour of North Korea.

Sutirtha and Ayhika have won the first game 11-7. They were leading 8-5 but the North Korean pair closed in a bit. However, it was not enough as the Indians take an early lead in this semi final match.

The Indian pair of Sutirtha and Ayhika is leading 6-2 in the opening game.

Fasten your seat belts folks there is some high-flying table tennis action coming your way. India's women's doubles pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee will be up against Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak of North Korea in the semis.

Mixed doubles:

Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto beat Macau, China’s Leong Lok Chong and Ng Weng Chi 21-18 and 21-14 to advance to the round of 16.

India cruising in the mixed doubles round of 32 match at the moment as Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto are leading the second game 15-5.

Mixed doubles Round of 32:

Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto have claimed the first game against Macau, China’s Leong Lok Chong and Ng Weng Chi.

Women’s Kayak Double 500m Final:

The Indian pair of Parvathy Geetha and Binita Chanu Oinam clocked 2:07.440 to finish ninth.

Archery

Recurve and compound team (mixed, men and women) elimination matches - 6:30 AM
Recurve and compound individual (men and women) elimination matches - 11:45 AM

Athletics

Men’s decathlon events (Tejaswin Shankar) - 6:30 AM
Men’s high jump qualification (Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Jesse Sandesh) - 6:40 AM
Men’s 800m round 1 heats (Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal) - 7:10 AM
Men’s 400m hurdles round 1 heats (T Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha) - 7:45 AM
Women’s 400m hurdles round 1 heats (Vithya Ramraj, Sinchal Ravi) - 7:45 AM

Medal events
Women’s pole vault finals (Pavithra Vengatesh) - 4:30 PM
Women’s long jump finals (Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan) - 4:40 PM
Women’s 3000m steeplechase final (Parul Chaudhary, Preeti) - 4:50 PM
Men’s 200m finals (Amlan Borgohain) - 5:25 PM
Mixed relay 4x400m finals (Team India) - 6:10 PM

Equestrian

Eventing jumping team final and individual final (Apurva Kishor Dabhade, Vikas Kumar, Ashish Vivek Limaye) - 7:00 AM onwards

Badminton

Men’s singles round of 64 (Kidambi Srikanth) - 7:30 AM
Men’s doubles round of 32 (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun) - 7:30 AM onwards
Mixed doubles round of 32 (Rohan Kapoor/N Sikki Reddy, Sai Pratheek K/Tanisha Crasto) - 7:30 AM onwards

Canoeing

Medal events

Men’s canoe single 1000m sprint final (Niraj Verma) - 7:40 AM
Women’s canoe double 500m sprint final (Megha Pradeep, Shivani Verma) - 8:20 AM
Women’s kayak double 500m sprint final (Binita Chanu Oinam, Parvathy Geeta) - 8:25 AM
Men’s canoe double 500m sprint final (Ribason Singh Ningthoujam, Gyaneshwor Singh Philem) - 9:15 AM

Table tennis

Medal event: Women’s doubles semi-finals: Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) vs Suyong Cha/Sugyong Pak (PRK) - 10:15 AM
Medal event: Women’s doubles final: If Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee qualifies - 4:00 PM

Basketball

Women's quarter-finals: India vs DPR Korea - 1:30 PM

Bridge

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

Chess

Men’s team round 4 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) - 12:30 PM onwards
Women’s team round 4 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) - 12:30 PM onwards

Hockey

Preliminary men's Pool A: India vs Bangladesh -1:15 PM

Kabaddi

Women’s team Group A: India vs Chinese Taipei - 1:30 PM

Diving

Medal event: Men’s 1m springboard final (London Singh Hemam) - 4:30 PM

Kurash

Medal event: Men’s -90kg (Yash Kumar Chauhan) - 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)
Medal event: Women’s -87kg (Jyoti Tokas) - 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)

Roller skating

Medal event: Men's speed skating 3000m relay heats and final (Vikram Rajendra Ingale, Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, Siddhant Rahul Kamble, Anandkumar Velkumar) - 6:30 AM
Medal event: Women's speed skating 3000m relay final (Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Sanjana Bathula, Heeral Sadhu, Aarathy Kasturi Raj) - 7:00 AM

Sepaktakraw

Men's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Singapore - 7:30 AM
Men's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Philippines - 12:30 PM
Women's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Philippines - 12:30 PM

Squash

Mixed doubles Pool D (Anahat Singh/Abhay Singh): India vs Thailand - 10:00 AM
Men’s singles round of 16 (Mahesh Mangaonkar, Saurav Ghosal) - 12:30 PM
Women’s singles round of 16 (Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna) - 12:30 PM onwards

Ribason Singh and Gyaneshwor Singh of India finish eighth in the final of the canoe sprint after clocking 1:54.723. Kazakhstan wins gold and Japan bags silver.

The Indian women's recurve team defeats Thailand 5-1 in its pre-quarterfinal fixture.

Indian men's recurve team hammers Hong Kong 6-0 in its pre-quarterfinal fixture.

Women's Canoe Double 500m Final - India women finish on the ninth spot with a timing of 2:17.614s in the final.

Women's Kayak Double 500m Final - The women's team finishes last on ninth with a timing of 2:07.440s to miss out on a medal.

Men’s Canoe Single 1000m Final:

Niraj Verma clocks 4:36.314 to finish seventh.

The team of Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma, and Prathamesh Jawkar moves into the quarterfinal of the men's team compound event after beating Singapore 235-219.

Men's High Jump:

Sarvesh Kushare and Sandesh Jesse qualify for the finals with an effort of 2.10 m.

Tejasvin is leading the with 1737 points. He finished on top of the long jump event.

Jyothi Tokas gets eliminated from the quarterfinal after losing to Iran's Melika Omid.

Aryanpal Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble, and Vikram Ingale recorded 4:10.128 to claim the third spot on the podium. Chinese Taipei takes the gold and South Korea bags silver.

Roller skating:

The team of Aryanpal Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble, Vikram Ingale finishes third in men's speed skating to claim bronze.

The Indian women's team clocked 4:34.861s in the 3000m relay final to earn a podium finish behind Chinese Taipei and South Korea.

Roller Skating

The Indian team comprising Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu, and Kasturi Raj Aarathy claims bronze in women’s 3000m relay final.

We kick off with archery first as plenty of mouth-watering action is in store for us. India will take on Malaysia in recurve mixed team pre-quarters and the UAE in compound mixed team pre-quarters.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of day 9 of the ongoing Asian Games. After a record-breaking Sunday, it's time to look forward to what Monday has in store for the Indian contingent in Hangzhou. Happy Gandhi Jayanti to all of you, as India looks to capitalise on the momentum gained after enjoying its most successful day in the history of the Asian Games. Stay tuned to our live blog for all the instant updates from Hangzhou.