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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.

Host China continues Asian Games dominance by surpassing 150 medals

China blew past the 150-medal mark Thursday on Day 5 of the Asian Games, more than double the number of second-place South Korea as the home nation continued its decades-long domination of the event. The hosts were bolstered by multiple golds in a home sport on Thursday, as Chinese athletes won the men's 70-, 60- and 56-kilogram finals in Wushu martial arts, as well as the women's 60- and 52-kilogram finals. He Feng, who took gold in the 70-kilogram final by beating former Asian Games gold medalist Mohsen Mohammadseifi of Iran, was trailing in the first round and credited his coaches for helping him adjust. It is mainly the result of the tactics and training by the coach, then the most important thing is mentality, which determines success or failure, he said. I always tell myself not to give up, persistence is victory. Host nations traditionally get a homefield medal bump, and He said the crowd also helped keep him going. Seeing so many people cheering for me, I think I can't giv

Asian games: Manika, Sharath, Sathiyan storm into pre-quarterfinals

Star Indian paddlers Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan dominated their opponents en route their pre-quarterfinals entry in the table tennis competition at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Sharath, a team bronze winner in 2018 Asian Games, never gave a chance to Mohammed Shaffan Ismail, his opponent from Maldives before winning 11-9, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7. Sathiyan, who had won a bronze medal in the team event in Jakarta Games 2018, too was equally overwhelming against Turki Lafi Almutairi of Saudi Arabia while registering a 11-5, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2 victory. The Saudi player tried to claw his way back in the third set going closer to the Indian at 9-7, but Sathiyan's experience proved at the crucial juncture. In the fourth game, Sathiyan just brushed aside his rival giving away just two points. Manika, a 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and a bronze winner in mixed doubles at the Jakarta Asian Games, blanked Nabita Shresthta of Nepal 4-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2) in just 20

Asian Games Swimming: Indian relay teams enter final with national records

The Indian men's 4x100m and women's 4x200m freestyle relay teams sailed into the finals with new national records at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Srihari Nataraj, Tanish George Mathew and Vishal Grewal clocked 3:21.22s to finish fifth in the heats to qualify for the final of the 4x100m freestyle relay event. They rewrote the previous 'Best Indian Time' of 3:23.72s set by Nataraj, Sajan Prakash, Virdhwal Khade and Anil Kumar Shylaja in 2019. The quartet of Dhinidhi Desinghu, Shivangi Sarma, Vritti Agarwal and Hashika Ramachandra (8:39.64s) followed suit by notching up the 'Best Indian Time' in women's 4x200m freestyle relay. The Indians finished eighth in the 10-team heat to move to the final. The four women swimmers bettered the 8:40.89s mark set by by Hashika, Dhinidhi, Vihitha Nayana and Shirin at the nationals earlier this year. In swimming, timing is considered a national meet record when it has been achieved at the National Aquatic Championships. Hence, the timings clo

Asian Games 2023: Neeraj Chopra-led India set to begin athletics campaign

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be the cynosure of all eyes as India begins it athletics campaign in the Asian Games here on Friday, targeting to surpass last edition's 20 medals. Chopra will lead a 65-strong team, with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) hoping to win at least 25 medals. Three athletes from the original 68, the largest in the Indian contingent, were left out due to injuries. As usual, athletics is likely to account for the the lion's share of India's total medal count. In the 2018 Asian Games, athletics had contributed 20 medals (8 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze) out of India's total of 70. "The target is minimum 25 medals. Anything more is a bonus," an AFI official said. It may, however, be difficult to match the eight gold the country had won in the 2018 Asian Games. Chopra, shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable, the men's and women's 4x400m relay teams are strong gold medal contenders. Toor and the men's 4x400

Asian Games 2023: Wushu medalist Roshibina prays for normalcy in Manipur

It was difficult for Naorem Roshibina Devi to not think about the 'burning Manipur', caught in ethnic violence between the Meitians and Kukis. It was difficult not to worry about her family. It was difficult to not let fear grip her mind and stay focussed on job at hand - winning an Asian Games medal. She has achieved the goal of winning a medal in not-so-popular wushu but the safety and security of her parents keeps her anxious and distressed. "Anything can happen anytime" the 22-year-old told PTI after winning a silver on Thursday. In faraway China, an emotional Roshibina can't celebrate the achievement. "None of my immediate family members or relatives is affected by the violence but our village is on the boil for nearly five months. Manipur has been on the edge since May. Anything can happen anytime. So, I am worried about my parents and siblings," she said For more than four months everyone around Roshibina has tried to shield her from the daily battle for survival her fam

We saw ups, downs together: Arjun Cheema after winning gold in shooting

Shiva Narwal said that he is feeling happier since his brother Manish Narwal secured a quota spot for the Paris 2024. Shiva added that it is a happy moment for his family and the whole nation

Asian Games: Rider Agarwalla wins first individual medal in Equestrian

Malaysia's Fathil Mahamad clinched gold with 75.780 scores and Hong Kong's Jacqueline Wing Ying claimed silver by scoring 73.450 points

Asian Games 2023: Father Dilbagh not happy with Shiva's team shooting gold

Shooter Shiva Narwal's 10m air pistol team gold achievement seems insignificant and trivial to his father Dilbagh, who wants his son to win individual medals like his elder brother Manish, who has earned the sobriquet of 'Haryana Rodways bus' that stays ahead of others. The 17-year-old Shiva finished a distant 14th after the qualification round and missed the eight-shooter individual finals. However, in the team event, Shiva combined with Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema to take the top place on the podium. Dilbagh's reaction is not surprising as the family has a history of individual success at the big stage. Shiva's elder brother Manish is a 2020 Tokyo Paralymics gold medallist in 50m pistol and recently returned from the WSPS World Championships in Lima with a 10m air pistol title along with 2024 Paris Paralympics quota place. Manish is also a recipient of the highest sporting honour in the county -- the Khel Ratna. "I want Shiva to be like Manish, who has always returned

Asian Games 2023: India women lose to Malaysia, still confirm Squash medal

Indian women's squash team assured themselves of at least a bronze medal despite being blanked 0-3 by Malaysia in their final pool B match at the Asian Games, here on Thursday. Malaysia and India took the top-two spots in their pool to make the semifinals which guarantee them at least a bronze. In squash the two losing semifinalists also win bronze. India began the day with veteran Joshna Chinappa enduring a 6-11, 2-11, 8-11 defeat to Subramaniam Sivasangari in 21 minutes. In the second match, Tanvi Khanna squandered a 2-1 lead before going down to Commonwealth Games gold medallist Aifa Binti Azman 9-11, 11-1, 7-11, 13-11, 11-5. In the concluding league match, 15-year-old Anahat Singh went down to Malaysia's Rachel Mae Arnold in straight sets (7-11, 7-11, 12-14). India had earlier beaten their opening three matches against Pakistan (3-0), Nepal (3-0) and Macau (3-0).

Asian Games: India misses medal in individual event of 10m air pistol

The Indian team finished one point ahead of silver medal holders China. This was the fourth gold medal in shooting and overall sixth in the ongoing Asian Games

Asian Games Highlights, Day 5: Gold in Shooting, IND 5th in medals tally

Asian Games 2023 Highlights, Day 5: India won gold, silver and bronze in Shooting, Wushu and Equestrian respectively to finish with a total of 25 medals and lie in the 5th place in the medals tally

Asian Games: Jaismine Lamboria punches her way into quarterfinals

The referee stopped the contest in Round 2 as the Saudi boxer was unable to match the skills that Jaismine possessed

After BCCI, others introduced pay parity, says BCCI secretary Jay Shah

Jay Shah also praised Indian batter, Smriti Mandhana who was present at the event for winning a gold medal at the Asian Games in China