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Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: Kiran Baliyan wins first athletics medal for India in Hangzhou
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Highlights: A number of medals were won and even more were assured on an eventful day for the Indian athletes 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: Shooting - Update
Women's 10m Air Pistol - India currently in silver medal position in the team event.
In individual qualification, Esha Singh is 5th (all 60 shots done), Palak 8th and Divya 11th.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India in action in tennis
India face Chinese Taipei in the men's doubles final, and will be eyeing gold. Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan are representing India in the final!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Update
Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand makes a strong game. She gets the second game 21-15 to make it 1-1 against PV Sindhu in the first match of the women's badminton quarter-final (team event).
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification
India's Palak is at No.4 after 30 shots with a score of 9.667. Esha Singh has made a terrific recovery to climb to the 5th spot with a score of 9.651 after 45 shots. Divya is 19th after 30 shots.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Swapnil Suresh Kusale 3rd - Shooting
Aishwary is currently second in the 50m rifle 3P men's qualifiers, with 98, 99 in series 1 and 2 of prone. His total is 396-20x now! Meanwhile, Swapnil has risen to third place with 100, 99 in prone and has a total of 395-24x.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Update
PV Sindhu is on the money straightaway, India off to a good start in the women's quarterfinal (team event). Sindhu wins the first game 21-14 against Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Golf - Update
Aditi is tied at first with China's Xiyu Lin, Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol. Meanwhile, Sharath and Prashanth are T11 and T20 respectively in the women's individual round 2. Also, India are tied at third in the women's team round 2.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Shooting - Women's 10m Air Pistol
India's Palak is at No.4 with an average score of 9.733 after 15 shots in the women's 10m air pistol qualification event. The other Indians in the event, Esha Singh and Divya are off to a slow start. They are at 20th and 21 after 13 shots.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Badminton - Update
PV Sindhu, like on most occasions, gets India off to a good start in the women's quarterfinal (team event). She has taken an early lead of 13-7 in the first game against Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Men's 50m rifle 3 positions qualification
Aishwary Pratap Singh has climbed to pole position in the men's 50m rifle 3P positions qualification, with 99 and 100 in kneeling series 1, 2. He has a total of 199-13x right now! Meanwhile, Swapnil Suresh Kusale is 7th with 98, 29 in series 1 and 2 of kneeling, and a total of 126-5x. Akhil Suresh is 13th with 95, 79 in series 1 and 2 of kneeling and a total of 194-11x.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India in action in shooting!
In the 10m air pistol women's qualification, Esha Singh is 26th after series 1, with 67-1x points. Meanwhile, Palak is 27th with 38-1x points and Divya Subbaraju Thadigol is 32nd with 19-0x. Meanwhile, India are 8th in the 10m air pistol women's team event.
In the 50m rifle 3 positions men's qualifiers, Aishwary Pratap Singh is currently third with 119-8x points. Swapnil Suresh Kusale is 21st with 48-1x and Akhil Sheoran is 27th with 95-4x.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Priyanka 5th in 20km women's race walk
Priyanka came fifth in the women's 20km race walk event, with a timing of 1:31:52. Meanwhile, China's Jiayu Yang (1:30:03), Zhenxia Ma (1:30:04) and Japan's Nanako Fujii (1:33:49) came 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Vikash Singh finishes in fifth position
In the men's 20km race walk, Vikash Singh finished in fifth place with a time of 1:23:08. Meanwhile, China's Jun Zhang (1:23:00) and Wang Zhaozhao (1:24:08) occupy first and second positions. Meanwhile Japan's Yutaro Murayama (1:24:41) are in third position.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Golf - Update
Aditi Ashok is currently tied second in women's individual round 2. Pranavi URS Sharath and Avani Prashanth are T12 and T20 respectively. In the women's team round 2, India are climbing up the table and are tried at second, behind leaders China.
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: India in action!
The men's and women's 20km race walk has begun! Vikash Singh is currently sixth in the men's category. Meanwhile, Priyanka is fifth in her category. More 10kms to go for both!
Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Live Updates: Hello and good morning everyone!
Hello and good morning everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of Day 6 of Asian Games 2023, in Hangzhou. Stay tuned folks!
