Page 12 - Asian Games

Asian Games 2023: Neha Thakur's silver in sailing adds to India's tally

Indian sailor Neha Thakur grabbed a silver in girl's dinghy ILCA-4 event to open the country's medal count in the sport on day three of the Asian Games here on Tuesday. A rising sailor from National Sailing School Bhopal, Neha finished with a total of 32 points but her net score of 27 helped her earn the second spot behind gold medallist Noppassorn Khunboonjan of Thailand. Singapore's Kiera Marie Carlyle settled for a bronze with a net score of 28. In sailing, the competitor's worst score from all the races is subtracted from the total points to determine the net score. The one with the lowest net score is adjudged the winner. The girl's dinghy ILCA-4 category consists of 11 races and Neha finished with 32 total points. Neha's worst race was the fifth one where she got five points to end with a net score of 27. The ILCA-4 is defined as a one-design dinghy class in the laser series and is a one-design class of sailboat.

Asian Games Day 3 Highlights: Gold in Equestrian, IND 6th in medal's tally

Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Highlights: Indian team comprising Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Hridaya Vipul and Anush Agarwalla won gold in the Equestrian dressage event. India secured 3 sailing medals

Asian Games: Men's 4x100m medley team smashes national record; enters final

The Indian men's 4x100m medley relay team swam a sensational heat, obliterating the national record to enter the final of the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likhith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew clocked 3:40.84 to finish behind Japan in heat 1. They bettered the national record of 3:44.94 set by Nataraj, Sandeep Sejwal, Prakash, Aaron D'Souza in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta. They finished fourth overall to advance to the final, which will be held later in the day. The two other Indian swimmers competing in the day -- Palak Joshi and Shivangi Sarma -- failed to progress to the finals of their respective events. While Shivangi finished 17th in the women's 100m freestyle event, Palak was (2:25.81) ranked 14 among 19 swimmers in the women's 200m backstroke (58.31).

Asian Games 2023 September 26 schedule: India event timings, streaming

Indian shooters will once again be the main source of medal hopes on Tuesday, September 26, the third Day of the Asian Games 2023 competition. Indian men's hockey team will also play

Asian Games football: India holds training session ahead of Saudi clash

Stimac earlier appreciated the Blue Tigers for qualifying to the round of 16 of the tournament even after completing their recovery sessions at a park in China

Asian Games 2023: Harmanpreet scores 4 goals as India maul Singapore 16-1

The Indian Team went into this match with immense confidence, having recorded a resounding 16-0 victory in their tournament opener against Uzbekistan on Sunda

Asian Games: Indian Wushu players disappointed after Chinese visa denial

The young Wushu players were given a warm welcome at the Naharlagun Railway station by the well-wishers, wushu association and family members on Tuesday as they returned home.

Asian Games: India to face Pakistan in men's volleyball match for 5th-place

According to Olympics.com, the match between India and Pakistan will start at 4:00 PM Indian Standard Time

I had tears in my eyes: Smriti Mandhana on winning Asian Games gold medal

Mandhana said that it was a very special moment for her and was happy to contribute to India's medal tally in the multi-sport event

Asian Games: Tennis players Rohan Bopanna-Rutuja Bhosale move to next round

The Indian duo won the match in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in just 1:04 minutes at the HOC Tennis Centre

Asian Games: Indian men's 3x3 basketball team opens campaign with win

Taking on the more fancied Uzbeks in the 3x3 basketball match, the Indian women competed hard but eventually came out on the losing side

We won, we feel proud: Women cricketers on historic Asian Games gold

A fiery spell by Titas Sandhu and tight spin bowling from Deepti Sharma and Devika Vaidya helped India defend a modest total of 117 runs

Asian Games: Manipur's Naorem Devi confirms bronze for India in Wushu

At the last edition of the Asian Games, India's 13-member Wushu contingent returned with four bronze medals

PM hails women cricket team for Asian Games gold, lauds other winners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated India's women cricket team for winning the gold medal at the Asian Games. Modi also congratulated the 10m air rifle men's team for winning the gold medal at the Games and lauded the performance of other medal-winners and players as well. "What a grand show by our cricket team as they clinch Women Cricket gold at Asian Games. The country rejoices in their incredible achievement," he said. "Our daughters are keeping tricolour flying high in the sporting arena too with their talent, grit, skill and teamwork. Congratulations for your great victory," he added. Lauding the gold-winning air rifle team, he said, "Our fantastic shooters from the 10m Air Rifle Men's Team, Rudrankksh Patil, Divyansh Panwar, and Aishwary Pratap Tomar have won the gold in truly awe inspiring manner as they did so while shattering the world record." He saluted the champions for their fantastic display of skill and determination and wished that they keep reach

Asian Games: Ankita, Rutuja reach pre-quarterfinals stage in tennis singles

In her round of 32 match, Ankita defeated Uzbekistan's Sabrina Olimjonova by 6-0, 6-0 in two straight sets in a matter of 51 minutes. She captured both the sets in less than 30 minutes

Our Rowers have done it again: Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur took to his official X account and showered praise on Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, and Jakar Khan who were a part of India's Men's Quadruple Sculls team

Asian Games: 'A proud moment', says Shooter Tomar on his double-win

Aishwary was part of the Indian team which won a gold at the Men's 10 Metre Air Rifle Team event earlier today and he also notched a bronze medal in the individual event of the same category

Asian Games: Sidhu finishes fourth in 25m rapid fire pistol shooting event

The Indian rapid-fire pistol shooting trio of Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu and Adarsh Singh secured a bronze medal in the 25m rapid-fire pistol team men's event

Asian Games 2023: India's men swimmers qualify for final of three events

In encouraging developments for the Indian contingent at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, one swimmer each in men's 50 backstroke and 100m breaststroke and men's 4 200 m relay team made it final

Asian Games 2023: India win gold in women's cricket, beat SL in final

India women clinched the first gold in cricket for India at the Asina Games. Titas Sadhu with the ball and Smriti Mandhana with the bat shone for Women in Blue