Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: Kiran Baliyan wins first athletics medal for India in Hangzhou

Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: India began Day 6 with Vikash Singh, Priyanka coming 5th, 6th respectively in men's, women's 20km race walk, at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Friday. Meanwhile, the Indian shooting team, consisting of Palak, Esha Singh and Divya Thadigol, bagged silver in the 10m air pistol women's team event. Palak and Esha also bagged gold and silver respectively in the women's 10 air pistol final. Also, the Indian contingent (Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale, Akhil Sheoran) clinched gold in the men's 50m air rifle 3P team event. Aishwary Pratap Singh clinched silver for India in the men's 50m rifle 3P event. Meanwhile tennis stars Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan lose in their men's doubles final, taking the silver medal. Also, Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale won their mixed doubles semi-final....Read More
In the 2018 Asian Games, athletics had contributed 20 medals (8 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze) out of India's total of 70. Rachna Kumari and Tanya Chaudhary are the two Indians who will feature in the women's hammer throw final on Friday while Manpreet Kaur and Kiran Baliyan can hope for minor medals if they produce their best. A total of 48 gold medals will be at stake during seven days of competition. Hosts China have topped the athletics medal tally at every Asian Games since 1986.
Meanwhile, the Indian women's hockey team face Malaysia later in the day while world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen will face Hanan Nassar of Jordan in the women's 50kg quarterfinals. Follow here LIVE UPDATES of Asian Games 2023
India's medal tally-
Gold: 8
Silver: 12
Bronze: 13
Results-
Athletics: Vikash Singh finishes in fifth position in men's 20km race walk
Priyanka 5th in women's 20km race walk
Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi secures direct qualification in men's 400m final
Tanya Chaudhary finishes seventh in women's hammer throw with best throw of 60.50m. Rachna Kumari is 9th with a best throw of 58.13m.
Kiran Baliyan wins BRONZE in women's shot put. Manpreet Kaur finishes fifth.
Shooting: India clinch SILVER in 10m air pistol women's team event
Palak wins GOLD in women's 10m air pistol final
Esha Singh gets SILVER in women's 10m air pistol final
India win GOLD in 50m rifle 3P men's team
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar bags SILVER in men's 50m rifle 3P event
Swimming: Nina Venkatesh finishes 14th in women's 50m butterfly hears, fails to qualify
Tennis: Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan clinch SILVER in men's doubles
Boxing: Parveen Hooda beats China's Xu Zichun in women's 57kg round of 16
Nikhat Zareen beats Hanan Nassar of Jordan, medal assured
Lakshya Chahar loses to Kyrgzstan's Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit in men's 80kg second round
Table tennis: Sreeja Akula-Diya Parag Chitale lose in women's doubles round of 16, crash out
Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee beat Wanwisa, Jinnipa of Thailand, to advance to women's doubles quarterfinals
Achanta Sharath Kamal goes down 3-4 against Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei in men's singles round of 16
G Sathiya loses 4-0 to Wang Chuqin in men's singles round of 16
Squash: India bag BRONZE in women's team event
Indian men's team through to final after beating defending champions Malaysia 2-0
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Updates
Lakshya Sen wins the first game 21-5 against Prince Dahal of Nepal in the first match of the men's team quarterfinal
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Updates
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee are on a roll. They win the second game 11-7.
India lead 2-0 against Thailand in the women's doubles round of 16 match
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India in action in badminton!
India are currently up against Nepal in men's team quarterfinal! Match 1 is between Lakshya and Prince, with the Indian leading 11-2 in Game 1.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee have taken the first game against Wanwisa and Jinnipa of Thailand 11-8 in the women's doubles round of 16 match.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Boxing - Update
Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit of Kyrgzstan too good. India's Lakshya Chahar tried his level best to make a comeback after being outplayed in the first round but Bekzhigit was too strong. Lakshya loses the round of 16 bout in the men's 80kg event by 4:1.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Boxing - Update
A much better show from India's Lakshya Chahar in the second round but still not enough to convince the referees. Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit of Kyrgzstan takes the second round in the men's 80kg event.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
Akula-Chitale lost Game 3 too, 8-11 against Japan's Harimoto-Kihara. They have lost 0-3 in their round of 16 match and crash out!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Boxing - Update
India's Lakshya Chahar loses the first round 0-5 of the men's 80kg event against Omurbek Uulu Bekzhigit of Kyrgzstan in the men's 80kg event. The Indian was never in the game. He also got an 8-count in the first minute.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
Akula-Chitale are trailing after second game too, 5-11 against Japan's Harimoto-Kihara. They trail 0-2, and will be looking to fightback in Game 3.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
Akula-Chitale are trailing 0-1 against Japan's Harimoto-Kihara. They will be aiming to stage a comeback in Game 2, after losing 3-11 in Game 1 in the women's doubles round of 16.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India's medal tally
India have climbed to fourth spot in the medal tally now, with 8 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze. China top 95 gold, 55 silver and 27 bronze.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Women's golf round 2 - Update
India are at third spot with 16-under in team event.
Meanwhile, Aditi Ashok is Tied 2 with 11-Under and Pranavi is T10 with 5-Under.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Cycling - Update
India's David Beckham advances to the semi-final of the Men's Kierin event in cycling. He finished second in his Heat. Esow, the other Indian in the event, failed to qualify after getting disqualified in his Heat.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India clinch silver!
India shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins silver in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position event. Swapnil Kusale finishes 4th. More medals for India!
Linshu Du with the gold medal for China with a Games Record of 460.6. Aishwary finished with a score of 459.7. He made a great comeback in the standing position after being at the 5th position at the end of the kneeling and prone round.
But Swapnil Bhosale, who was the leader after the first 30 shots in the kneeling and prone position, would be mighty disappointed with his show in the last 15 shots at the standing position. He shot a 7, which brought him down to No.4 from the top spot and the damage was such that he could not recover. He finished 4th with a score of 438.9
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Boxing - Update
India's Parveen Hooda secured a 5:0 win against China's Xu Zichun in the round of 16 bout at the Asian Games to enter the quarterfinals. Parveen, who secured a bronze in the 2022 World Championships, stands one win away from assuring herself a medal at the continental showdown.
She secured all 10s in the opening two rounds. Her opponent tried producing a fight in the final round, which she won 3-2, but it was not enough as Parveen closed the bout 5:0.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tennis - Update
Bopanna-Rutuja defeat Chinese Taipei's Hao-ching Chan and Yu-hsiou in the mixed doubles semi-finals. A gold or silver is assured now!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tennis - Update
Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale lose the second set 3-6 to Chinese Taipei's Hao-ching Chan and Yu-hsiou Hsu in the mixed doubles semi-final.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Shooting - Update
Swapnil Kusale at No.1 with score of 310.8. He has got a healthy lead over the second-placed shooter.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar at No.5 with score of 306.4
kneeling and prone position ends, only 15 shots in standing position remain.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tennis - Update
Bopanna-Rutuja are leading in the second set right now, 3-2. They won the first set 6-1 against their Chinese Taipei opponents in the mixed doubles semifinal.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Shooting - Update
India's Swapnil Kusale at No.3 after first 15 shots of the kneeling position with a score of 152.8
India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar at No.6 with a score of 151.6
Next up, 15 shots each in the prone and standing positions.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Shooting - Update
India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Swapnil Kusale off to contrasting starts in the men's 50m rifle 3 position final. Swapnil at No.3 and Aishwary at No.8 after first five shots in the kneeling position.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tennis - Mixed doubles semifinal
India are in action in the mixed doubles semifinal right now! Rutuja-Bopanna are in dominant form and wrapped up the first set 6-1 against their Chinese Taipei opponents.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
India's Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Manav Thakkar beat Yew En Koen Pang and Yong Izaac Quek of Singapore 3-2 (3-11, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8) to advance to the men's doubles quarterfinal.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India clinch bronze in squash
India's Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, and Anahat Singh get bronze after losing in women's squash semi-final to Hong Kong.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Squash - Update
India's 15-year-old youngster Anahat Singh has lost the first game to Ka Yi Lee in the deciding match of the women's quarter-final (team event).
It is India 1-1 Hong Kong in the overall match tally so far, whoever wins this match will advance to the gold medal match.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tabble Tennis - Update
India's Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan lose to Zhendong Fan and Chuqin Wang of China in straight games (0-3) to bow out of the men's doubles round of 16.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Squash - Update
Joshana Chinappa beats Tze Lok Ho in a five-game thriller in the women's squash semi-final (team event) to keep India alive.
It's India 1-1 Hong Kong. Over to Anahat now for the last match of the event.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Squash - Update
Joshana Chinappa keeps India alive in the women's squash semi-final (team event). She takes the fourth game to push the second match to the deciding 5th game.
India trail 0-1 and need to win this match.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
MANIKA BATRA WINS! The Indian toils hard but eventually succeeds in beating Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut, who, after a brilliant performance over the first five games, seemed to lose her edge in the sixth, scoring only 6 points. Manika wins 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: GOLD AND SILVER FOR INDIA!
Palak comes out on top in the women's 10m air pistol final with 242.1 points, and wins gold! Meanwhile, Palak comes second with 239.7 for silver. Pakistan's Talat was third with 218.2.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
Positive start in Game 6, this, from Manika Batra. She races away to 6-1 lead and Sawettabut looks clearly under pressure at the moment. Reminder that a win in this game will see the Indian through to the QFs.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Update
India lose to Thailand (0-3) in the badminton women's team quarter-final. PV Sindhu, Treesa-Gayatri, and Ashmita Chaliha all lost their respective matches.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table Tennis - Update
A crucial 12-10 win in game 5! Manika Batra now leads 3-2 over her Thai opponent Sawettabut. A dominant performance from Batra in this fifth game as she never lost her lead despite being pushed to the edge by Sawettabut.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Women's 10m air pistol final - Standings after Shot 17
Palak is leading now after shot 17 and has 172.7 points, followed by Esha (170.1) in second place!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Table tennis - Update
India's Manika Batra is leading 5-4 in the fifth game after Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut made a stellar comebac in the fourth, winning 13-11. This is certainly going down to the wire! We've had 42 minutes of action so far and this game is far from its end.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Women's 10m air pistol final - Standings after Shot 11
Esha has climbed to pole position in the leaderboard after shot 11, she has registered 110.4 points. Meanwhile, Palak is second with 110.3 points.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Women's 10m air pistol final - Standings after Shot 5
Esha is currently second, with 50.8 after shot 5. Meanwhile, Palak is third with 49.9. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Shing leads the pack with 50.9.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Women's 10m air pistol final
India's Palak, Esha Singh are in action in the women's 10m air pistol final. The pair will be aiming for a top-three finish!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Saketh-Ramkumar bag silver!
Saketh-Ramkumar crash to a defeat against Chinese Taipei, losing 6-4 6-4 in the men's doubles final! Silver medal for India here!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Saketh-Ramkumar trail!
Chinese Taipei go up a break and close in on their gold! They lead 5-4 in the second set against Saketh-Ramkumar. 33 minutes done in the second set!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Update
India's Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly lose to Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand 19-21, 5-21 in the second match of the badminton women's quarterfinal (team event).
India trail 0-2 now.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tennis - Men's doubles final
12 minutes done in the second set and Saketh-Ramkumar lead 2-1. They will be looking to stretch their lead now!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Swimming - Update
Nina Venkatesh fails to qualify for the women's 50m butterfly final, finishing 14th in the heats. Advait Page is into the 200m final after the heats. Srihari Nataraj failed to qualify.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tennis - Men's doubles
Saketh-Ramkumar lost the first set 4-6 in 35 minutes as their Chinese Taipei opponents looked like they were in a totally different wave length.
Comeback expected in the second set?
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Update
India's Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly lose the first game 19-21 to Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand in the second match of the badminton women's quarterfinal (team event).
India trail 0-1 as they have already lost the first match.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Tennis - Men's doubles final
Saketh-Ramkumar are currently trailing 3-4 in the first set against their Chinese Taipei opponents. The Indian pair will be looking to stretch this set!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: INDIA GRAB GOLD!
In the 50m rifle 3P men's team event, India have clinched gold with 1769 points. The team consisted Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale and Akhil Sheoran.
In the individual qualifiers, Swapnil finished on top with 591-33x total, and Aishwary was second with 591-27x. Meanwhile, Akhil came fifth with 587-30x. All three have qualified for the final!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Silver for India!
In the 10m air pistol women's team event India have finished in second place, clinching silver with a total of 1731-50x. China took gold with 1736-66x. The Indian contingent consisted of Palak, Esha Singh and Divya Subbaraju Thadigol. Also, Esha finished fifth in the qualifiers and Palak came seventh. The pair have qualified for the 10m air pistol women's final.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Update
OH NO! PV Sindhu has lost the first match to Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-14, 15-21, 14-21.
India trail 0-1 in the women's quarterfinal (team event).
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Swapnil Suresh Kusale on top!
Swapnil is in pole position in the men's 50m rifle 3P event, with 99, 97 in standings, which takes his total to 591-33x. Meanwhile, Aishwary is second with 591-27x. He bagged 98, 97 in standing. Akhil is 14th.