Asian Games 2023 Day 3 HIGHLIGHTS: India Add 3 Medals To Their Tally Including Historic Gold In Equestrian
Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Highlights: India managed 3 medals on Day 3, two in sailing and one in equestrian.
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Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Live updates: On the third day of the ongoing Asian Games 2023, the Indian contingent is poised to enhance its medal count. The day's activities commence with equestrian events, followed by a series of qualification rounds in shooting, culminating in the 10m mixed air rifle medal competition. Additionally, the Indian men's hockey squad is set to take the field today, squaring off against Singapore. They enter this match with high spirits after a dominant 16-0 victory over Uzbekistan in their previous encounter.
The Indian men's volleyball team is set to confront their long-standing rivals in the 5-6th playoff match, while the Indian squash team is primed to commence its Hangzhou 2023 journey by facing Pakistan in the group stage.
The Indian shooting contingent will also be under the spotlight, with additional opportunities for Asian Games medals in the 10m air rifle mixed team event. Fencer Bhavani Devi is also determined to vie for a medal in the women's individual sabre competition.
India’s schedule for Asian Games 2023 on Tuesday (September 25):
Equestrian: 5:30 AM
Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela (Dressage individual and team events)
Men's Hockey: India vs Singapore at 6:30 am
Cycling Heats: 7:30 AM onwards
Men Team sprint
Women Team sprint
Men Team pursuit
Squash: India vs Pakistan (women team) at 7:30 am
Judo:
Indubala Devi in action (7:40 am onwards)
Tulika Mann and Avatar Singh in action from 1:30 pm onwards
Shooting: 8:15 am (if India qualify for medal rounds)
Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore, Parinaaz Dhaliwal (Skeet women's individual qualification - 75 targets) - Stage 1 and team event
Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker (25m pistol women's) - Qualification and team event
Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita (10m air rifle mixed team) - Qualification and medal rounds
NOTE: The qualification rounds in shooting begin at 6:30 am
Boxing:
Sachin Siwach vs Udin Asri - Men's 51-57Kg (Round of 32) at 12:30 pm
Narinder Berwal vs Elchoro Uulu Oomatbek - Men’s 92kg (Preliminary) at 6:15 PM
Tennis:
Mixed Doubles: Ankita Raina/Yuki Bhambri vs Pakistan 1:00 pm
Men's Singles: Ramanathan Ramkumar (not before) 9:00 am
Men's Singles: Sumit Nagal (not before) 1:00 pm
Women's Singles: Ankita Raina 7:30 am
Women's Singles: Rutuja Bhosale (not before) 9:00 am
Asian Games Day 3
That's it for our coverage of Asian Games today. Thank you for joining us, good night.
Asian Games Day 3
Medals won On September 26:
Neha Thakur, silver in sailing
Eabad Ali, bronze in sailing
Gold for India in the dressage team competition
Asian Games: Wushu
Suraj Yadav vs Khalid Hotak in wushu men's 70 kg quarterfinal. Suraj loses knocked out to end and that's it from the Asian Games for today.
Asian Games: Swimming
India finish fifth in Men's 4x100m medley relay final. Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George clock 3:40.20.
Asian Games: Squash
India have defaetd Qatar 3-0 in the men's team Pool A match. Abhay Singh, Saurav Ghosal and Mahesh Mangaonkar all emerged victorious in their respective matches.