Asian Games 2023, Day 4 Highlights: Shooters score big, silver assured in wushu, bronze in sailing

Asian Games 2023, Day 4 Highlights: Sift Kaur Samra set a new world record, Asian record and Asian Games record in shooting in Hangzhou. Follow live updates.

Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 4

Asian Games 2023, Day 4 Highlights: Indian shooters ran riot as Sift Kaur Samra set a new world record in Hangzhou on Day 4 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023. Sift clinched gold and broke the world record, Asian record, Asian Games record in women's 50m rifle 3 positions individual event. Meanwhile, Ashi Chouksey bagged bronze in the same event. Ashi, Manini Kaushik and Sift also produced an excellent show in the 50m rifle 3 positions women's team event as India won silver. India clinched gold in the women's 25m pistol team event too, as Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan stunned their opponents with an amazing performance. Bhaker also topped qualification in the women's 25m pistol event, with Esha finishing in fifth place and Rhythm taking seventh. India also picked bronze in the skeet-50 team men's event. Esha Singh grabbed the silver medal in the 25m women's pistol final, coming behind China's Rui Liu, who also set a new Asian Games record. Meanwhile, Manu Bhaker finished in fifth place. Also, Anant Singh Naruja got silver in the men's skeet final. The Indian women's hockey team began their campaign with a massive 13-0 win vs Singapore in Pool A....Read More

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• 27 Sept 2023, 07:40:27 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: End of Day 4

  That's all from Day 4 of the 19th Asian Games as India win a total of seven medals to extend their tally to 22.

  Shooters in particular had a field day and towards the end good news came from wushu as well. Roshibina Devi defeated Vietnam's Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen in the women's 60kg wushu semifinal bout and will now compete for gold in the finals, which will be played on Thursday morning.

• 27 Sept 2023, 07:28:16 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis mixed doubles

  The pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale overpower Japan's Ayano Shimizu and Shinji Hazawa in straight sets in the mixed doubles Round 3 match.

  Bhosale/ Bopanna bt Shimizu/ Bopanna 6-3, 6-4

• 27 Sept 2023, 07:20:47 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Basketball

  We have some good news coming from basketball as India women's team beat Indonesia in the preliminary Group A match.

  Shireen Limaye top scored with 13 points, while Kimberley Louis was the top scorer for Indonesia with 11.

  India 66-46 Indonesia

• 27 Sept 2023, 07:18:15 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Pakistan beat India

  Mahesh Mangaonkar finds himself trailing in the fourth game. He made two unforced errors, which helped Pakistan's Nasir Iqbal 9-6 up.

  The Indian then grabbed two consecutive points, but goes down 8-11 in the fourth game.

  Nasir Iqbal beats Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-6, 13-11, 9-11, and 11-8 in match 3 in the men's team Pool A squash event.

  Pakistan win the contest 2-1.

  Saurav Ghosal won his match, while Abhay Singh and Mahesh Mangaonkar faced defeat in their respective matches.

• 27 Sept 2023, 06:59:32 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Men's team squash

  After going down in the opening two games, Mahesh Mangaonkar clinch the third game against Pakistan's Nasir Iqbal in the men's team Pool A squash match, which also keeps him alive in the contest. He closed the third game 11-9.

  He had endured narrow defeats in the opening two games.

• 27 Sept 2023, 06:52:35 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Ankita Raina/Yuki Bhambri crash out

  The mixed doubles pair of Ankita Raina and Yuki Bhambri crash out in the mixed doubles round 3 action. The Indian pair goes down against 14th seeds Alex Eala and Francis Alcantara from Philippines in the final set tiebreak of the Round 3 match.

  Eala/ Alcantara (PHI) bt Raina/ Bhambri (IND) - 6-4,4-6, 10-8

• 27 Sept 2023, 06:44:31 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis

  Mixed Doubles Round 3:

  Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale take the opening set against the Japanese pair. Bhosale/Bopanna vs Shimizu/Hazawa - 6-3

  Mixed Doubles Match 1:

  Meanwhile, the pair of Ankita Raina and Yuki Bhambri level things up after going down in the opening set against Philippines.

  Raina/Bhambri vs Eala/Alcantara - 4-6, 6-4

• 27 Sept 2023, 06:35:08 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: India loses to Philippines in Mixed Team Bridge

  India endures a 1-4 loss against Philippines in Mixed Team Round Robin Bridge event.

  India went down to Philippines 7.56 - 12.44 in the Mixed Team Round Robin 1-4 are placed fifth on the table with 40.03 per cent points from 42 boards played.

  Thailand are leading with 59.47 per cent points from 56 boards.

  Men’s Team:

  Meanwhile, India currently stand second on the table with 51.67 per cent points from 42 boards played in the Men’s team Qualification round. China are leading with 57.11 per cent points from 56 boards played.

• 27 Sept 2023, 06:25:54 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Basketball and Handball

  India women goes down against China in Pool A Round Robin game in 3x3 Basketball. IND 8-22 CHN

  India then engaged in a thrilling 26-all draw against Hong Kong in the Group B match in Women’s Handball. Menika was the top scorer for India with eight goals.

• 27 Sept 2023, 06:11:21 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Squash

  Saurav Ghosal outplays his opponent MA Khan from Pakistan in men's team Pool A encounter. He wins the match 11-3, 11-5, 11-1.

  After two matches both India and Pakistan stand at level terms. Zaman Noor had earlier defeated Abhay Singh: 11-8, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 in Match 1.

• 27 Sept 2023, 05:56:46 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis - MEDAL ASSURED!

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni are assured of at least a bronze. They beat China's Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yibing 6-1, 7-6 in the quarterfinals.

• 27 Sept 2023, 05:32:55 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Women's boxing - Nikhat Zareen wins!

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Dominant win for the 50kg world champion. The judges have ruled in her favour unanimously. She is through to the quarterfinals.

• 27 Sept 2023, 05:25:01 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: SILVER MEDAL ASSURED! Roshibina Devi Naorem is through to the final

  A dominant show there from Roshibina Devi Naorem as she beats Vietnam's Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen 2-0 in the Women's 60Kg Semifinal. Her opponent in the final will be decided in a couple of minutes.

• 27 Sept 2023, 05:19:22 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Boxing

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: The world champion is in the ring. India's Nikhat Zareen faces South Korea's Chorong Bak in the boxing women's 50kg round of 16 match. Nikhat is in red. She had comfortably beaten her Vietnamese opponent 5-0 in the previous round and is favourite to take gold.

• 27 Sept 2023, 05:09:18 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Squash - men's team

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: It is India vs Pakistan in men's team squash pool A. India's Abhay Singh is up against Pakistan Noor Zaman in the first singles tie and the latter has taken a 2-1 lead.

• 27 Sept 2023, 05:05:21 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Equestrian

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: India's Hriday Chheda has ended Wednesday on top in the dressage individual event. Anush Agarwalla, meanwhile, is fourth. Chheda's score currently stands at 73.883 percentage points while Agarwalla is on 71.794 percentage points. The final starts at 11.30am tomorrow.

• 27 Sept 2023, 05:03:24 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Table tennis - mixed doubles

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula beat Chi Cheng Cheong and Hui Li Seak of Macau 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-7) in mixed doubles round of 32.

• 27 Sept 2023, 04:39:22 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Wushu Women's 60Kg Semifinal - A medal awaits

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Roshibina Devi Naorem is in the semi-final which means that she is assured of at least a bronze. But she already has won a bronze at Jakarta 2018 and will be very keen on improving the colour of the medal. She will be facing and a win here, of course, assures her of at least a silver. The bouts are set to begin at 5pm and Roshibina's bout is third in the sequence.

• 27 Sept 2023, 04:35:12 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Table tennis - mixed doubles

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: On Table 3 Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula face Chi Cheng Cheong and Hui Li Seak of Macau.

• 27 Sept 2023, 04:27:06 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Table tennis - mixed doubles

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: And that's that, a comprehensive win for Manika and Sathiyan in the end. They win 3-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8).

• 27 Sept 2023, 04:15:57 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Table tennis - mixed doubles

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Manika and Sathiyan lost the first game but have since taken it by the horns. They now lead 2-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-3).

• 27 Sept 2023, 03:52:57 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Table tennis - mixed doubles

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: G Sathiyan and Manika Batra are facing Napat Thanmathikom and Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand.

• 27 Sept 2023, 03:24:05 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis - women's singles

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: India's Ankita Raina loses to Haruka Kaji of Japan 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 in the women's singles quarter-finals

• 27 Sept 2023, 03:17:30 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Cycling

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: India's David Beckham (yes, that's the name) remains in the medal hunt by advancing to the men's sprint quarter-final. He wins the final repechage round.

• 27 Sept 2023, 03:01:03 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: ESports - Update

  India's League of Legends team finished fifth in the Asian Games ESports. Akshaj Shenoy (Kai), Samarth Arvind Trivedi (CrankO), Mihir Ranjan (Lotus), Sanindhya Malik (Deadcorp), Aakash Shandilya (Infi), Aditya Selvaraj (Krow) suffered a hard-fought 0-2 defeat against Vietnam in the quarter-finals and bowed out of the tournament.

• 27 Sept 2023, 02:42:28 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Sumit Nagal exits!

  India's Sumit Nagal goes down to top seed Zhizhen Zhang of China 7-6, 1-6, 2-6 after putting up a good effort in the men's singles quarter-final.

• 27 Sept 2023, 02:38:27 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Equestrian - Dressage Individual Intermediate I

  India's Hriday Vipul Chheda leads in the dressage individual intermediate I, with his horse Chemxpro Emerald. He has a total score of 73.883.

• 27 Sept 2023, 02:32:58 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Wushu - Update

  India's Rohit Jadhav finishes eighth in the men's Gunshu final. He had finished 8th in the Daoshu final earlier in the day.

• 27 Sept 2023, 02:14:38 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Table tennis - Men's doubles round of 64

  India's Manush Utpalbhai Shah, Manav Vikash Thakkar seal 11-8 8-11 11-6 7-11 12-10 win vs Thailand's Sitisak Nuchchart and Napat Thanmathikom.

• 27 Sept 2023, 02:12:29 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis - Women's singles quarterfinals

  India's Ankita Raina loses the second set of her women's singles quarter-final match to Japan's Haruka Kaji. Just like the men's singles quarters of Nagal, this too goes to the deciding set as Ankita had won the first set.

• 27 Sept 2023, 02:05:03 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis - Men's singles quarterfinals

  India's Sumit Nagal loses the second set 1-6 to top seed China's Zhizhen Zhang. The Chinese looked like a different player after losing the first set. The men's singles quarter-final goes to the decider. Can Nagal make a comeback?

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:56:55 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Anant Jeet Naruka wins silver!

  Indian shooter Anant Jeet Singh Naruka wins silver in Men's Skeet event with a score of 58 out of 60.

  The gold medal winner, Kuwait's Alrashidi got a perfect 60! A joint world record!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:51:59 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Shooting - Men's skeet final

  India's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka confirms at least a silver. He will fight for gold with Kuwait's Alrashidi, who has a two-shot lead over the Indian.

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:49:49 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Boxing - 92kg category men's

  Sanjeet also loses, crashing to a defeat against Uzbek Lazizbek by an unanimous decision in the men's 92kg quarterfinals!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:48:44 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Shooting - Men's skeet final

  India's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka misses two targets and slips to second spot as Kuwait's Alrashidi nails all of his shots again.

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:46:51 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Boxing - Sanjeet nearing defeat

  Sanjeet is nearing defeat after losing Round 2 also! He will need some magical in the final round against Uzbek Lazizbek!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:44:02 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Shooting - Anant Jeet Singh Naruka gunning for gold!

  India's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka nails 36 out of 36 shots and confirms a medal for India in the men's skeet event. He is gunning for gold in the men's skeet final!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:43:19 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Boxing - Men's 92kg

  Sanjeet is currently up against Uzbek Lazizbek, and is trailing after losing the first round!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:40:28 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Shooting - Men's skeet final

  30 out of 30 for India's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Kuwait's Alrashidi. They are in the top spot jointly with 14 more shots remaining.

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:35:37 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Boxing - Shiva Thapa loses!

  Shiva Thapa crashes to a defeat in the men's 57kg quarterfinals, against Kyrgyzstan's Askat Kultaev. The Indian boxer was trailing after losing the opening two rounds and needed to do something special. But once again the judges ruled in his favour of his opponent and he lost by an unanimous decision!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:30:57 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Boxing - Men's 57kg quarterfinals

  Round 2 is done! This time all five judges give 10 in favour of Askat and Thapa gets nine from all of them! Looks bad for the Indian boxer!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:28:30 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Anant Jeet Naruka leads!

  Indian shooter Anant Jeet Naruka maintains his strong start. He has hit 20 out of 20 targets so far to lead in the men's skeet final!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:27:17 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Boxing - Shiva Thapa trails after Round 1

  Four judges rules in favour of Askat and only judge thinks Thapa was better in the first round of this men's 57kg round of 16 clash!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:24:35 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis - Men's singles quarterfinal

  Sumit Nagal comes from a break down to win the first set against No.1 seed Zhizhen Zhang of China in the men's tennis singles quarterfinal.

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:23:56 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: India in action in boxing!

  Shiva Thapa will be in action! He takes on Kyrgyztan's Askkat Kultaev in the men's 57 kg round of 16!

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:19:13 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Tennis - Women's singles quarterfinal

  Ankita Raina won the first set 6-3 against Japan's Haruka Kaji in women's singles quarterfinals.

• 27 Sept 2023, 01:15:16 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Shooting - Update

  Indian shooter Anant Jeet Naruka is off to a good start in the men's skeet final. He hits all six of his targets in his first two series. He is currently joint top but this is only the beginning. He needs to maintain the momentum to get a medal.

• 27 Sept 2023, 12:58:01 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Cycling - Update

  Indian cyclist David Beckham loses to Malaysia's Muhammad Sahrom in the men's round of 16 event.

• 27 Sept 2023, 12:57:20 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Men's tennis quarterfinal - Sumit Nagal trails!

  Sumit Nagal is trailing in the first set against China's Zhang. Zhang leads 4-3!

• 27 Sept 2023, 12:41:17 PM IST

  Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Fencing - Update

  India lose to the Republic of Korea 25-45 in Women's Fencing team event quarter-final.