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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Medals won On September 26:
Neha Thakur, silver in sailing
Eabad Ali, bronze in sailing
Gold for India in the dressage team competition
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.
India finish fifth in Men's 4x100m medley relay final. Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George clock 3:40.20.
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.
Swimming Men's 4x100m medley relay final has begun. India not really the front away medal contender in this event.
Wushu Surya Singh will start his bout soon. Win here and a place in quarterfinal is assured.
It's a GOLD! Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla scrip history as India win their first gold medal in the Equestrian after 41 years. It's the country's first-ever medal in Equestrian Dressage Team Event.
Asian Games 2023, Day 3 Live Updates
Round 5 results:
Men's Individual:
Vidit Gujrathi wins over Parham Maghsoudloo (IRI)
Arjun Kumar manages a draw with Javokhir Sindarov (UZB)
Women's Individual:
Koneru Humpy defeats Nilufar Yakubbaeva (UZB)
Harika Dronavalli beats Thi Kim Phung Vo (VIE)
India's campaign in Asian Games 2023 is back on track! Shooters disappointed in morning on day 3 but later in the day Indian sailors helped nation bag two medals.
Track Cycling: Both Men's and Women's team from India miss out on medal race
MEDAL ALERT! Second medal for India in Sailing! Eabad Ali bags a bronze medal in men's windsurfer RS:X category.
Indian sailors help India win two medals on Tuesday!
Neha Thakur wins a silver medal
Eabad Ali wins bronze
Boxing: India's boxing star Sachin has entered the Round of 16 after a stellar victory in the Men's 57kg category.
ESports: Ayan Biswas and Mayank Agarwal eliminated in the street fighter knockout rounds.
Boxing - round of 32 (men’s 57kg): Match between India's Sachin Siwach and Indonesia’s Asri Udin begins!
Tennis: Ramkumar Ramanathan & Rutuja Bhosale loses their respective men's singles matches.
Women's singles: Ankita Raina won her match earlier to progress to pre-quarter final. She will take on Adithya P Karunaratne from Hong Kong for a place in the last-eight stage
Sumit Nagal will be in action shortly.
Tennis - Men's singles: Ramkumar Ramanathan of India loses to Yosuke Watanuki of Japan 5-7, 7-6, 5-7. Ramanathan bows out in the third round.
Hockey: Earlier in the day, Indian men's hockey team thumped Singapore 16-1 in a Pool A match.
Judo - Women's +78kg category: Tulika Maan will be fighting for bronze medal, later in the day.
Women's singles: India's Rutuja Bhosale loses to Alex Eala of Philippines in straight sets.
Swimming
Women swimmers fail to advance to the finals!
Women's 100m freestyle event: Shivangi Verma finished 17th in 100m freestyle event
Women's 200m backstroke: Palak Joshi (2:25.81) ranks 14 among 19 swimmers
Indian men's volleyball team square off against Pakistan in the fifth-place playoff at the Asian Games 2023. The match will start at 4:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST). The winner will finish fifth in the Asian Games 2023 volleyball standings. Earlier, India were knocked out in the quarterfinals.
Esports: India's Ayan Biswas emerges victorious against Saudi Arabian athlete in Street Fighter V. Ayan attained a 2-0 win.
Wushu quarter-finals: Suraj Yadav and Surya Bhanu Partap Singh will be in action later in the day in their respective QF matches. A semi-final entry will assure India of at least bronze medals.
India's FIRST medal in sailing!
India's Neha Thakur, representing the nation in the Girl's Dinghy - ILCA 4 category, win the SILVER MEDAL at the Asian Games after 11 races.
Indian athletes will next be in action at 12:30 PM IST
Women's individual rounds 5, 6 and 7 - Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli
Boxing: Men's 57 kg - Sachin Siwach
Chess: Men's individual rounds 5, 6 and 7 - Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi
Cycling
India finish 7th (last) in Men's team Pursuit
India finish 7th out of 9 teams in Men's Team sprint
India finish 7th (last) in Women's team sprint
Squash Men's: Team of Harinder Singh, Saurav Ghoshal and Abhay Singh win their opening game against Singapore to start campaign on a high.
Judo Men's 100 kg: Avtar Singh ruled out of his Quarter Final bout. India's medal hope in Judo is gone.
India qualifies to the final of Swimming Men's 4*100 Medley Relay event
JUDO: India's Tullika Maan keeps her medal hope alive! She defeats Chinese Taipei's Jia Wen Tsai 10-0 in repechage rounds and still can win bronze medal.
Women's individual sabre: Bhavani Devi goes down fighting, gets beaten by Sha Yuqi in pre-quarters
Fencing: CA Bhavani Devi to take on reigning Asiad Silver medallist Shao Yuqi in the pre-quarters.
India's Ankit Raina beats Hong Kong's Patali Karunaratne 6-1, 6-2 to storm into quarterfinals in Women's Singles Tennis event.
Background
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
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