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Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Sable, Toor win gold, controversial silver for Jyothi as India's tally crosses 50
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Medals galore and a dash of controversy on what was arguably the most eventful day for the Indian contingent in Hangzhou.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Avinash Sable was in a league of his own as he cruised to victory in men's 5000m steeplechase and won India's first track and field gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor then added to the tally just minutes later as he successfully defended the gold he won at Jakarta 2018. Earlier, the men's shooting trap team of Kynan Darius Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Prithviraj Tondaiman won gold. Further, silvers were won by Harmilan Bains (women's 1500m), Murali Sreeshankar (men's long jump), Ajay Kumar Saroj (men's 1500m) and Jyothi Yarraji (women's 100m hurdles), with the latter running a race that was riddled with controversy and almost getting disqualified as well. Bronze medal was won by Jinson Johnson (men's 1500m), Chenai (men's trap) and rather surprisingly by world champion Nikhat Zareen, who lose the boxing women's 50kg semifinal. Earlier, India clinched gold in the men's trap team shooting event on Day 8 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023, on Sunday in Hangzhou. ...Read More
The Indian trap shooting team, consisting of Chenai, Sandhu and Tondaiman, helped India bag 361 points, which was enough to claim top spot in the team event. In individual qualificaion, Kynan (1st) and Zoravar (4th) made it to the final. Zoravar finished in fifth position and Kynan won bronze in the final. Meanwhile, the India also got silver in women's trap team event. The team consisted of Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak and Rajeshwari Kumari. But only Keer qualified for the final of the individual women's trap event, where she finished in sixth position. India finish their shooting campaign at the Asian Games with their best-ever performance, registering 22 medals (7 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze).
In golf, Aditi Ashok bagged silver in women's individual as India finished 4th in the team event. Ashok, who was leading overnight, stumbled on the final day, as Thailand's Yubol Arpichaya held her nerves to overtake the India and grab gold. Meanwhile, title contender Jyothi Yarraji failed to qualify for the women's 200m final, after finishing third in her heat. Defending champion Swapna Barman currently sits in fourth place in women's heptathlon, with the deciding 800m round yet to take place. Nandini Agasara is fifth in the same event. Also, Amlan Borgohain qualified for the men's 200m final. Parveen built on her form and defeated Uzbekistan's Sitora in the women's 57kg boxing quarterfinal, to enter the semifinals and also guarantee a medal for India. The women's hockey team were held to a 1-1 draw by South Korea.
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India's medal tally-
Gold: 13
Silver: 21
Bronze: 19
Results-
Athletics: Avinash Sable wins GOLD in men's 300m steeplechase
Tajinder Pal Singh Toor wins GOLD in men's shot put, second consecutive Asian Games gold medal for him
Harmilan Bains wins SILVER in women's 1500m
Murali Sreeshankar wins SILVER men's long jump
Nandini Agasara wins BRONZE in women's heptathlon
Seema Punia wins BRONZE in women's discus throw
Badminton: Indian men's team win SILVER after 3-2 loss to China in final
Golf: Aditi Ashok bags SILVER in women's individual
India finish in 4th position in women's team
Shooting: India win SILVER in women's trap team
Manisha Keer finishes sixth in women's trap final
India win GOLD in men's trap team
Zoravar Singh Sandhu fifth in men's trap final
Kynan Darius Chenai wins BRONZE in men's trap final
Hockey: India women held to 1-1 draw against South Korea
Boxing: Parveen defeats Uzbekistan's Sitora in women's 57kg quarterfinal, enters semis and guarantees medal
Nikhat Zareen loses in women's 50kg semifinal, secures BRONZE
Squash: India beat Phillipines 2-0 in mixed doubles Pool D
India beat South Korea 2-0 in mixed doubles Pool A
Canoe Sprint: Megha Pradeep qualifies for canoe sprint 200m women's semifinals, after finishing in fifth place in her heats
Soniya Devi finishes in fourth place in the women's kayak single 500m heats, enters semis
Kurash: Aditya Sanjay Dhopaokar loses to Afghanistan's Hassan Baiqara Rasooli in men's 81kg round of 16
Squash: In his round of 32 squash fixture, India's Mahesh Mangaonkar defeated Philippines' Jonathan Reyes 3-0
In their mixed doubles Pool A fixture, India's Dipika Pallikal, Harinder Pal Singh defeated Pakistan's Mehwish Ali, Noor Zaman 2-0
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's hockey - India get their first PC!
It is the second quarter and India get their first penalty corner! Navneet on the second battery and then Vandana misses the rebound!
India 0-1 South Korea, 23'
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Men's trap final - Update
We are 20 shots into the final and it's the game of margins. Chenai is tied with three shooters on 18 atempts on target out of 20, while Zoravar is at the bottom, but with 17 points. Too close to call, this one!
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's hockey - South Korea lead!
South Korea get a penalty stroke, after a stick block by Udita inside the circle. Hyejin converts it with ease! India trail now!
India 0-1 South Korea, 12'
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Sepaktakraw - Women's quadrant
India crash to a 0-2 defeat vs China. The hosts won 21-15 in the first set, followed by a 21-14 in Group B.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Shooting - Update
Chenai is 4th and Zoravar 5th after 10 shots in the men's Trap final. Both hit the target on 8 occasions.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's hockey - Update
Nikki's cross gets intercepted and Korea's Eunbi tries to take advantage of the space in the Indian defence. Her effort goes wide!
India 0-0 South Korea, 5'
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Shooting - Men's trap final
Kynan Darius Chenai and Zoravar Singh Sandhu are currently in action in men's Trap final. Both shooters have hit 5 targets out of 7 but Kuwait's Talal Alrashidi is yet to miss a shot. Chenai at 4th, Zoravar 5th.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's hockey - Update
The action begins as India women's hockey team take on South Korea!
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's trap final - Manisha Keer eliminated
Manisha Keer has been eliminated, finishes sixth in the standings with 16 points.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's trap final - Update
Manisha is currently bottom of the standings, with a score of 13/21.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Sepaktakraw - India vs China
India are up in action against China in their women's sepaktakraw preliminary group b fixture.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's trap final
Now we have Manisha Keer in action in the women's trap final!
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Women's boxing 60kg quarterfinal - JASMINE IS OUT!
JASMINE IS OUT! SHE WON THE FIRST ROUND UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST HER NORTH KOREAN OPPONENT!
But then Won fought back and began to attack Jasmine with jabs and punches in round 2! Jasmine lost control and was hit with fatigue. She began to hold the oppoent and then the referee stopped the contest. She loses by RSC.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Men's golf - Update
Anirban Lahiri finished tied at 12th in men's golf individual, Hitesh Joshi is T27, SSP Chowrasia 29th and Shubhankar Sharma ends at 32nd. IN the team event, India are 7th.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Boxing - Jasmine in action!
Jasmine is currently up against North Korea's Ungyong Won in the women's 60kg quarterfinal! Round 1 starts!
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Archery - Update
In the men's compound individual qualification round, Pravin Deotale is third after 24 of 72 arrows with 237 points. Meanwhile, Abhishek Verma is 15th, Prathamesh Jawkar is 16th. Meanwhile, India are third in men's team qualification event.
In the women's recurve individual qualification, Ankita Bhakat is 16th after 24 of 72 arrows, Simranjeet Kaur is 27th, Bhaan Kaur is 32nd and PRachi Singh is 40th. Meanwhile, India are eighth in the team qualification there.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Parveen through to 57kg semis!
Well, the judges rule in favour of Parveen in round 3 too, and she win her 57kg quarterfinal against Uzbek Sitora. She kept on hanging in the final round, and managed to seal a crucial win! She is through to the 57kg semis!
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Parveen gets round 2!
Round 2 goes to Parveen despite an excellent effort from Sitora! What a response by the Uzbek after losing the first round unanimously! SHE KEPT ON HAMMERING PARVEEN AND IT LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS BETTER BUT THE JUDGES RULE IN OF FAVOUR OF THE INDIAN UNANIMOUSLY!
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Roung 1 goes to Parveen!
Parveen lands some good jabs on her opponent. But Sitora is also equal to her, and gets a few blows on the Indian too. Parveen is a little too fast and looks like she has done enough to take the first round of this women's 57kg quarterfinal! The judges rule in favous of Parveen, unanimously.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Parveen in action!
Now Parveen will be in action in her 57kg quarterfial against Uzbek Sitora.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: India's current medal tally
Gold: 11
Silver: 16
Bronze: 14
Total: 41
Rank in medal leaderboard: 4
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Poor showing in men's golf!
India have been performing poorly in men's golf, a stark contrast to Aditi Ashok's heroics in the women's event. Anirban Lahiri is currently tied at 12th, Khalin Joshi is T27, SSP Chowrasia is 29th, Shubhankar Sharma is 32nd. In the team event, Indian men are seventh.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Stay tuned folks!
Up next, we will have Parveen's women's 57kg quarterfinal bout at 11:45 AM IST and then Jasmine's women's 60kg quarterfinal at 12:30 PM IST.
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Squash - Update
India beat Phillipines in their mixed doubles squash Pool D fixture, 2-0. Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh won 11-7, 11-5 against Yvonne Dalida, David Pelino!
Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Shooting - Update
Manisha Keer qualifies for the women's trap final after a thrilling shoot off!
