Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India finish day 6 with eight medals, open account in athletics

India enjoyed tremendous success on Day 6 (Sep 29) with eight medals, including two Golds. India opened the day with a Silver in the Women's 10m pistol team event and then finished with Kiran Baliyan bagging the first athletics medal in Hangzhou 2022.

1. Silver - Women's 10m pistol team event
2. Gold - Men's 50m rifle 3P team event
3. Silver - Men's tennis doubles 
4. Silver - Women's 10m pistol individual event (Esha Singh)
5. Gold - Women's 10m pistol individual event (Palak Gulia)
6. Bronze - Women's squash team
7. Silver - Men's 50m rifle individual event (Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar)
8. Bronze - Women's Shot Put (Kiran Baliyan)

India also rose one place to fourth position in overall medal standing with two more Golds today

India's swimming campaign ends with no medal in any category. India also failed to win any medal during the previous edition in 2018 but set a few national records in Hangzhou to hint at a promising future. 

Kiran Baliyan gives India their first medal in athletics in Asiad 2023. India have already won eight medals on Friday which boost their overall tally to 33.

Kiran Baliyan holds on to her lead after the sixth attempt with a throw of 17.36m and claims a Bronze medal. Manpreet Kaur finishes in the 5th position with the best throw of 16.25m. This is India's first medal in athletics at Asiad 2023.

India's men's squash team will seek revenge against Pakistan in the final tomorrow. India and Pakistan's men's teams will also clash for the top spot in the hockey group stage standing tomorrow.

Kiran Baliyan remains in 3rd position after the fifth shot but Manveer Kaur drops to the fifth position. One attempt remaining.

India's Kiran Baliyan and Manpreet Kaur start impressively with respective third and fourth positions after three rounds. The top eight will qualify for the final.

Kiran Baliyan and Manpreet Kaur in action in the women's shot put event.

India's Sajan Prakash finishes 6th in the men's 200m butterfly final with a 1:57:44 timing.

India have done it. Saurav Ghosal beats Ng Eain Yow in the second game as India defeat the current champion Malaysia in the semifinal. India will face Pakistan in the final tomorrow.

India's Advait Page finishes 7th in the men’s 200m backstroke final event, 7:30 secs behind China’s Jiayu Xu.

After clinching the first match, India are leading 2-0 in the second one. Saurav Ghoshal is 2-0 up and is looking to bag the third game as well. Keeping fingers crossed for a confirming another final.

China make a stunning comeback to beat India women's team by 18-15 in a group stage match.

After winning the first match, India take the 1-0 lead against Malaysia in the second game with Saurav Ghosal beating Ng Eain Yow by 11-8 in the semifinal round.

India women's team adds another goal in the last quarter to win the Pool A match against Malaysia by 6-0.

Indian team (Niraj Kumar and Harshveer Singh) fails to finish in the men’s Madison final. They finished 8th out of 11 competitors and were fined with 40 points deduction.

India men's team in action against China. India take an early 4-2 lead to gain control lof the game.

India hold on to their lead as Abhay Singh finishes the first game by 3-1 to give India a winning start against Malaysia's Muhummad Bin Bahtiar in the semifinal round.

India women's team goes down 30-37 against China in their Group B preliminary match. 

After four goals in the first quarter, India women's team adds another one in the second quarter to take 5-0 lead ahead of the third quarter against Malaysia in their second Pool match.

Aishwarya Mishra has reached into the 400m final from. He produced a season's best run of 52.73.

Nikhat Zareen reaches semis. The two-time world champion beats Jordan's Nassar Hanan by RCA (Referee stops contest) in the women's 50kg category. She secures a maiden medal in Asiad and also wins a Paris Olympics quota for India. 

Sharath Kamal is eliminated. Indian star suffers a  4-3 defeat after losing the decider game (7th) by 11-8 against Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chih-Yuan in the round of 16.

India lead Malaysia 1-0 in the semifinal round in the men's squash team event. Abhay Singh dominates Muhummad Bin Bahtiar in first game.

Indian veteran Sharath Kamal makes a stunning comeback to clinch the game 5 and 6. He equals 3-3 after losing the first two games against Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chih-Yuan. The game goes to a decider.

India finish the first quarter with four goals to take early control of the game. Monika, Navneet, Deep Grace Ekka and Neha contributed goals for India in the first quarter with complete dominance.

Sharath Kamal trails 1-2 to Taipei's Chuang Chin-Yuan in men's round of 16.

India women's team takes a 1-0 lead with midfielder Monika scoring a brilliant goal in the first quarter.

David Beckham and Esow finish fifth and sixth in the first heat of the men’s keirin semifinal, so, fail to reach the final round.

Manjunath Mithun makes it 3-0 for India and a medal confirmation after 37 years. He beats Bishnu Katuwal by 21-2, 21-7 to boost India to the final four.

India women's hockey team will be in action next as they take on Malaysia in their second group-stage game. The match starts at 4:00 PM IST.

India win 2-0 against Nepal in the men's badminton team event to move an inch closer to securing a berth in the semifinal round. Kidambi Srikanth beats Sunil Joshi by 21-4, 21-13 after Lakshya Sen recorded a dominant 21-5, 21-8 win over Dahal Prince. 

Kidambi Srikanth leads against Nepal's Sunil Joshi in the second set by 11-8 as India move an inch closer to securing a berth in the semi-final round.

G Sathiyan suffers a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Wang Chuqin and has been eliminated.

Sathiyan concedes the third game. China's Wang Chuqin leads 3-0.

G Sathiyan seems to be waging a lost battle in the ongoing men's singles round of 16 match against Wang Chuqin of China. Chuqin has already won two games.

Lakshya Sen annihilates Prince Dahal in an exhibition of absolute dominance 21-5, 21-8. India leads Nepal 1-0 in the quarters.

India vs Nepal quarterfinal:

Lakshya Sen takes the first game 21-5 against his opponent Prince Dahal.

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee cruise to the quarterfinals of the women’s doubles after a 3-0 over their Thai opponents.

Indian men's badminton team will meet Nepal in their quarterfinal clash shortly. A win will assure India its first medal in badminton in the ongoing Asian Games.

Indian women's doubles is now underway. India's Sutritha and Ayhika are playing in their round of 16 clash against Thailand's AUEAWIRIYAYOTHIN Wanwisa and SAWETTABUT Jinnipa

India's Lakshya Chahar has lost in the RO16 clash as he goes down 1-4. The Indian was trailing in the first two rounds 0-5 but made a comeback in the third one. He got 4-1 in the third round but it was not enough as he loses 1-4.

Lakshya Chahar is in action in the RO16 71-80kg bout. He is trailing and has lost the first round as his opponent got a 5-0 unanimous decision.

Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale are now in action in the women's doubles round of 16. They have lost the first game to Japanese players Harimoto and Kihara. The Indians were blown away in the opener as they went down 3-11

Lakshya Chahar will be in action in the men's 80kg round of 16 bout against Omurbek Bekzhigit. The match will begin at 1:45 pm IST.

Another Indian named Esow is in the semis after finishing third in Cycling Men’s Keirin Repechage. He will join David Beckham in the semifinal. Good result for India

India men vs Nepal men Badminton quarterfinal 2:30 pm

Indian men vs Malaysia men team Squash semifinal at 4 pm.

Indian women vs Malaysia women group game at 4 pm.

Hammer competition - Tanya Chaudhary and Rachna Kumari in final at 4:30 pm.

Boxing event - Nikhat Zareen vs Hanan Nassar in women's 50kg quarterfinal at 4:45 pm.

India is now racing in the medals tally with a superb show on Day 6 so far. India has won 32 medals in total as of now and 10 of those have come today itself. In total, India has 8 Gold, 12 Silver and 12 Bronze. Out of the 32 medals, 18 have come in shooting.

India go down in DOTA 2 group stage to Kyrgyzstan 0-1 in Group A. They have lost the first group game and now face Philippines in the second game.

David Beckham has secured the second place in the Men’s Keirin First Round Heat 2. He has booked his place for the semifinals.

Another medal for India in shooting. The shooters are in some sort of form at the Games. This time Aishwary Pratap Singh bags a Silver medal at the 50m rifle 3 positions. Meanwhile, Swapnil finishes 4th and misses out on a medal. This is India's 32nd medal in Hangzhou

And the Indian stars Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Sampatrao have won their mixed doubles semifinal against Chinese Taipei. A great win in the tie-breaker after their opponents staged a comeback in the second set. They will now fight for the Gold medal

The semi-final between Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Sampatrao and Yu-hsiou/Hao-ching now heads into the deciding tie-breaker. The Indians won the first set 6-1 and lost the second 3-6.

India's Parveen is in action in her Round of 16 in women's 54- 57 Kg. She is facing China's Zichun Xu. Parveen wins her first-round by a unanimous 5-0 decision. Now into the second round

India's Swapnil Suresh is currently on top after 30 shots. He has 310.8 points to his name and leads the Chinese duo Linshu Du (308.4) and Jiaming Tian (307.9). The other Indian Aishwary is on 5th with 306.4. We now move onto the standing position for the medals to get confirmed.

The Indian men's shooters are currently in action in 50m rifle 3 positions. Two Indians are fighting for more medals in the event. Swapnil Suresh is in third, while Aishwary Pratap Singh is in 6th at the moment

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale are one set away from marching into the finals of the mixed doubles. They clinch the first set 6-1.

Indian mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale is currently in action in the semifinals against Chinese Taipei. 

Swapnil and Aishwary to compete in the men's 50m rifle individual event. It will get underway at 11:30 a.m. (IST).

Table tennis doubles players Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah proceed further into the men's doubles quarterfinals after a win in the RO16. Sharath Kamal Achanta and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lose in RO16 to get knocked out

India's medal tally has now gone past 30. The Bronze in squash has taken the medals scoreline to 31. Shooting is undoubtedly the most successful as of now.

A gritty Anahat Singh goes down 3-0 against Lee Ka Yi and India loses in the women's semifinal squash event. India secures bronze.

Aanahat Singh claws her way back into the game and makes it 10-10 after a 10-2 deficit.

 Lee Ka Yi claims the second game too and the pressure is now slowly mounting on Anahat Singh in the semi-final clash.

India's young sensation Anahat Singh is fighting hard for India in the ongoing women's squash semi-final against Hong Kong, China. She is battling against Lee Ka Yi in the decider.

Ashmita Chaliha loses to Busanan Ongbramrungphan. Thailand hammers India 3-0 in the women's quarterfinal. 

India's Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran are through to the round of 16 and will face world No.1 and 2 Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin in the next fixture.

Manika Batra manages a hard-fought win 11-7 6-11 12-10 11-13 12-10 11-6 over Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand and earns a place in the quarter-finals.

Palak aggregated 242.1 on her way to gold in the women's 10m pistol individual event and has set a new Games record.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauds the stupendous golden effort of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, and Akhil Sheoran after the trio secured a Gold for India in the men's 50m rifle 3P team event.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Divya Thadigol, Esha Singh and Palak for securing silver in the women's 10m pistol team event.

Women's 10m pistol individual event:

Palak claims Gold and Esha bags Silver!!!!! 

Medals confirmed in women's 10m pistol individual event. Esha and Palak are competing against each other in the battle for gold.

India's Esha Singh and Palak are leading the ongoing women's 10m air pistol individual event.

Women's round of 16:

Manika Batra goes down in the fourth game (11-13) vs. Suthasini Sawettabut. It is 2-2 right now.

India settles for silver as Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni put up a brave fight but go down 4-6, 4-6 in the finals of the men's doubles event.

Women's Round of 16:

Manika Batra wins the first game 11-7 against Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand in the ongoing round-of-16 affair.

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni are putting up a tenacious fight in the men's doubles final. The second set scoreline is 3-2 in favour of India at the moment. The first set was won by the Chinese Taipei pair 6-4.

The duo of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly proves to be a no-match for Rawinda and Jongkolphan as the Indian pair goes down 19-21 and 5-21. Thailand leads India 2-0 in the women's quarterfinals.

The Indian pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni has conceded the first set. The second set is tied at 1-1 at the moment.

India claims gold in the men's 50m 3P rifle team event by virtue of a world record performance (1769) from Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran.

Esha Singh and Palak advance to the finals of the individual event in the women's 10m air pistol.

India wins silver in the women's 10m air pistol event after a remarkable range of shooting efforts from Esha Singh, Palak G, and Divya TS.

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni get off to a positive start and manage to hold their first service game. Still, early days though, they are 1-0 up in the first set.

PV Sindhu loses to Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-14, 15-21, 14-21 as Thailand takes a crucial 1-0 lead in the ongoing women's quarterfinals.

PV Sindhu is staring down the barrel right now. She trails by 17-11 in the decider.

The match is slowly slipping away from PV Sindhu's grasp as she currently trails by 13-8.

The Indian pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni is about to take centre stage for the men's doubles finals. It is India vs Chinese Taipei in the summit clash. Jason Jung and Yu-hsiou Hsu are representing Chinese Taipei.

It is shaping up towards a fight to the finish as both Sindhu and Pornpawee are matching each other shot for shot. The scoreline in the third game reads 7-6 in favour of the Thai.

Women's 10m air pistol:

China continues to maintain its stronghold at the top. 

Esha Singh is 4th after a total of 50 shots as the event now enters the final series of 10 shots.

Meanwhile,  Palak is 6th and Divya is ninth.

Thailand's Pornpawee claims the second game 21-15 after a stutter in the first. The match is now tied at 1-1. Will Sindhu manage to make a comeback? Stay tuned for the updates.

Two shooting events are currently underway in the form of men's 50m rifle 3P and women's 10m pistol. India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, and Akhil Sheoran are participating in the men's event whereas Divya TS, Palak, Esha Singh are competing in the women's event.

If the Indian women's team goes on to win the ongoing quarterfinal clash against Thailand then it will move to the semis and will be assured of a medal.

PV Sindhu takes the first game by a comfortable margin of  21-14. Pressure is now on Pornpawee Chochuwong to make a comeback in the second game. 

PV Sindhu is in action as India are taking on Thailand in the women's team quarter-finals. It is imperative for Sindhu to win as the upcoming draws are going to be tough for the Indian players to follow.

Men's 20km race walk:

India's Vikash Singh manages to complete the race in 1:27:33. He finishes 5th, and 4:33 minutes behind the leader. Sandeep Singh gets DQed. 

Women's 20km race walk:

Priyanka's effort lands her the fifth spot with a timing of 1:43:07. She finishes +13:04 minutes behind the leader. 

The men's and women's 20km race walk final is already underway with India's Sandeep Kumar, Vikash Singh and Priyanka Goswami in the fray. 

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