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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
