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Mirabai eyes elusive Asian Games medal, under pressure to lift 90kg snatch

Pressure will be on Mirabai Chanu to nail the much-awaited 90kg snatch lift for a shot at that elusive Asian Games medal when the weightlifting competitions gets underway here on Saturday. But it will not be an easy task for the Manipuri to find the podium at the continental event, which features lifters from weightlifting powerhouses like China, North Korea and Thailand. Chanu has been a frontrunner in the 49kg event for sometime but the Indian now finds herself outside the 90kg elite club, playing catch up with her rivals. While she's still among the top three in the clean and jerk section, her personal best standing at 119kg, Chanu's continuous below par performance in snatch has started hurting her total weight. As many as seven lifters have breached the 90kg mark and four of them -- China's two-time world champion Jiang Huihua, North Korean Ri Song Gum and the Thai duo of Thanyathon Sukcharoen and Surodchana Khambao -- will be competing to stand on top of the podium at the ...

Asian Games: Indian men enter squash final, women signs off with bronze

The Indian team humbled defending champions Malaysia 2-0 to reach the final of the men's squash event after the seasoned Saurav Ghosal and Abhay Singh registered identical wins at the Asian Games here on Friday. India, thus, set up a marquee gold medal clash with Pakistan, against whom they lost in the pool stage and will seek revenge heading into the final. Abhay Singh started the proceedings for India on a positive note, securing a 3-1 (11-3 12-10 9-11 11-6) win over Muhammad Addeen Idrakie Bin Bahtiar in the opening match. He took 57 minutes to ward off the challenge of Bin Bahtiar. The experienced Ghosal then got the better of Eain Yow NG 3-1 (11-8 11-6 12-10 11-3) in 69 minutes to wrap up the second semifinal in favour of India. Mahesh Mangaonkar was not required to play his match against Mohammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Kamal. The Indian men had settled for the bronze medal in the last edition of the Games in Indonesia. Ghosal said contrary to the final result, it was a tough outin

Asian Games: Boxer Zareen secures Olympic quota, assures medal at Asiad

With this victory, Nikhat also officially sealed her place in India's Paris Olympics contingent. As for her Asian Games campaign, she will be up against Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat in the semifinal

Asian Games 2023 September 30 schedule: India event timings, streaming

India's star Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will be in action at 12:30 PM IST. Bopanna's mixed doubles match will begin at 10:30 am IST

Asian Games: Manika Batra becomes 1st Indian singles player to reach TT QFs

She will be playing Wang Yidi for a spot in the final four and an assured medal

Asian Games 2023 TT: Manika enters prequarterfinals; mixed pair knocked out

Star Indian paddler Manika Batra entered the pre-quarterfinals with a dominating win over lower-ranked Nepal's Nabita Shrestha in women's singles at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Manika, a 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and a bronze winner in mixed doubles at the Jakarta Asian Games, blanked Nabita 4-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2) in just 20 minutes to set up a clash with Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut. However, Sreeja Akula faced a humiliating defeat to North Korea's Songgyong Pyon 0-4 (6-11, 4-11, 13-15, 9-11) to bow out of the competition. In the men's doubles, Indian duo of Manav Vikash Thakkar and Manush Utpalbhai Shah defeated Mohamed Shaffan Ismail and Moosa Munsif Ahmed of the Maldives 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-2) to enter the round of 16. Another Indian pair Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal Achanta, outplayed Mangolian combination of Ser-Od Gankhuyag and Manlaijargal Munkh-Ochir 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-3) in just 13 minutes. However, India's mixed pair of Sath

At the Asian Games, this 9-year-old skateboarder has the Olympics in sight

Philippines' skateboarding prodigy Mazel Alegado is one of the youngest competitors at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

Asian Games: Duo Saketh-Ramanathan bow out with silver in tennis final

Saketh and Ramkumar registered a loss by 4-6 4-6 to the Chinese Taipei duo of Yu-hsiou Hsu and Jason Jung

Asian Games 2023: Indian women's badminton team crashes out in QFs

India registered a disappointing 3-0 loss to Thailand in their QF match

Asian Games: Boys fought valiantly, says Indian football coach Stimac

India's men's football team's Asian Games campaign ended following two quick second-half strikes by Marram Mohammed as the Blue Tigers went down 0-2 to Saudi Arabia

Asian Games: Palak wins Gold, Esha wins Silver in 10 m air pistol shooting

With an individual score of 242.1 points, Palak not only won the gold, but also established a new Asian Games record in her category, going past China's record from 2018.

Asian Games: Swapnil-Aishwary-Akhil bag gold in men's 50 m rifle 3P event

With a score of 1769 points, Team India secured the gold. The silver medal was won by 1763 points and the bronze medal went to South Korea with 1748 points

Asian Games: Esha-Palak-Divya win silver in 10m air rifle pistol team event

With a total of 1731 points, India managed to get their hands on silver, falling just five short of gold, which was won by China with 1736 points

Asian Games 2023 September 29 schedule: India event timings, streaming

India will hope for a rich medal haul from the athletics contingent who will begin their campaign on Friday, Day 6 of the Asian Games 2023. Saketh Myeneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will play for gold

Asian Games 2023: Indian Cyclist David Beckham finishes 8th in men's sprint

Indian cyclist David Beckham Elkatohchoongo's hopes of winning a medal at the Asian Games ended after he lost the quarterfinal match in men's sprint event at the Asian Games here on Thursday. David lost to Kaiya Ota after finishing 2.395 seconds behind the Japanese in the first race and 0.046 seconds in the second race at the sprint quarterfinal heat 2. He will now compete for 5th8th place in the event. Among others, Niraj Kumar finished in seventh place with 24 points in the men's Omnium Scratch race 1/4. In women's sprint, Triyasha Paul finished 0.722 seconds behind her opponent, Mina Sato of Japan, in the 1/16 final. Later in the day, the Indian will compete against South Korea's Hyeonseo Hwang in the repechage round, which gives her another shot of making it to the quarterfinals. In the qualifying round, Triyasha Paul finished at 15th place to sneek into the top 16 but compatriot Mayuri Dhanraj Lute ended at 17th positions to miss out. India had won its last medal in cycling

Asian Games Day 6 Highlights: Historic shot put medal push IND tally to 33

Asian Games Highlights Day 6: India shooters Palak and Esha Singh won Gold and Silver in 10m air pistol women's individual event. India's medal count swells to 33 with 8 Gold, 12 Silver and 13 Bronze

Asian Games 2023: Indian men's 10m air pistol team strikes Gold at Asiad

The men's 10m air pistol team continued India's success story at the Asian Games here, winning gold with two marksmen also making it to the individual finals on Thursday. The team of Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal narrowly beat the Chinese team to take the top podium and earn India its fourth gold medal from the shooting ranges. With today's success, Indian shooters have so far won four gold, four silver and five bronze medals. The Indian trio's aggregate score of 1734 was just one better than Chinese team, which settled for the silver medal, while Vietnam, with a score of 1730, bagged the bronze. Sarabjot and Arjun also made it to the eight-shooter finals and will be in contention for individual medals as well.

Asian Games: Manipur's Roshibina settles for silver in women's 60 Kg Wushu

Manipur's Roshibina Devi Naorem bagged a silver medal for India in the women's 60 Kg Wushu at the Asian Games on Friday. She missed a chance to win gold after losing in the final to her Chinese opponent Xiaowei Wu 2-0.However, Roshibina has upgraded the colour of her medal from bronze, which she won in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. Roshibana Devi lived up to the expectations of the Indian stormed into the Wushu 60kg finals and ensured another medal for India on Wednesday.While facing a tough challenge in the form of Vietnam's Thi Thu Nguyen, Roshibana emerged victorious with a final scoreline of 2-0 in favour of the Indian.She produced a dazzling performance in the quarterfinal, making short work of Kazakhstan's Aiman Karshyga.At the last edition of the Asian Games, India's 13-member Wushu contingent returned with four bronze medals.Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi's silver in the women's 60kg at Guangzhou in 2010 was India's best result in Wushu in the Asian Games but now Roshibina has ...

PM Modi lauds India's Air Pistol Men's team for gold medal at Asian Games

The Prime Minister of India also wished them for their upcoming future endeavours

Asian Games 2023: Pranati Nayak 8th in Gymnastics Women's Vault final

Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak signed off with a dismal eighth-place finish in the Women's Vault final at the Asian Games here on Thursday. The 28-year-old from West Bengal, a two-time bronze medallist at the Asian Championships, came up with a score of 12.350 after her two vaults. North Korea's Changok An and Sonhyang Kim won the gold and silver medals respectively, while China's Linmin Yu claimed the bronze. The only Indian gymnast at the Asian Games, Nayak faltered with her landing and received a penalty to score 12.100 in the first vault. In the second vault, she showed better execution to produced an improved 12.600 but it was not good enough to keep her in medal contention.