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 Live Updates: Medals galore and some controversy, this was probably most eventful day for Indian athletes at these Asian Games yet. In the end, the athletics contingent delivered, as did almost everyone who fought for gold today. 13 medals added to India's tally just today, with Parveen confirming one in boxing women's 57kg. Two of them were gold, SEVEN silvers, and three bronze. That's it from here but stick around for a whole lot of stuff that we will be pushing out around today's events, particularly the bizarre circumstances around Jyothi Yarraji's race. Goodbye!

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Manjunath completely outclassed by Weng in the end. He loses 21-12, 21-4 and China have come back from being 2-0 down in this tie to winning it 3-2 and taking gold medal. However, this is a historic moment, it is the first time ever that the Indian men's badminton team has won a medal at the Asian Games and it is a silver.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Well it is not going good for the Indians at all. Dhruv and Sai lost their match 6-21, 15-21 and now Mithun Manjunath is trailing 13-1 in the second game after losing the first 21-12 against Weng Hongyang. China have come back from 2-0 down and they seem to be cruising to victory at the moment.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: We have an update on the controversy, it seems Wu has been disqualified after all and Jyothi's medal has been upgraded to silver. At least that is what the official website of the Asian Games is saying. The medal ceremonies are going of today's events so we will probably know for sure only when the women's 800m hurdles medallists walk out, but the website says it clearly that it is official.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: So the officials showed the paddle to Wu, who from just the replays had clearly made the false start. Then the official showed the paddle to Yarraji, who from the replays had taken off only after Wu did so. Yarraji was totally taken by surprise by that and Wu, who seemed to have resigned to her fate until that interesting turn of events, suddenly turned to the officials and seemed to say that it was a twitch made by Yarraji that led to her making the false start.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: The race is run, Yarraji comes third and it is a 1-2 for China with Wu coming second. But it is yet to be seen if Yarraji and Wu get to keep their medals as their starts continue to be under the scanner. Nithya Ramraj, meanwhile, finished eighth and last.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Some serious controversy at the end of what has been a good day for India in track and field. It seems Wu is blaming Jyothi for her predicament. A long, long discussion there between the two athletes and the officials. It seems that it was the Indian who was being shown the paddle and not Wu. All confusions everywhere at the moment but somehow, at the end of it all, both athletes return to the starting line.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Oh a false start! Wu Yanni has jumped nanoseconds before the starting pistol goes off. Jyothi was right beside her and she was one of the athletes who shot off with Wu. Wu is shown the red card but then wait a minute, there is some confusion, Jyothi now goes to discuss something with the officials. Has she also been disqualified?

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: National record holder and Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji is in the fray for India as well as Nithya Ramraj, who had finshed fourth in that Asian Championships.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi beat Sai Pratheek and Dhruv Kapila 21-6, 21-15 in the second match doubles of the men's team badminton final. With this China have rallied from behind to settle the score at 2-2.

Now we'll have the decider between Mithun Manjunath and Wen Hong Yan.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Well how Dhruv and Sai have proven wrong anyone who thought that they were going to be run roughshod in this game. The Chinese pair lead by just two points at the interval of the second game, score is 11-9 in their favour.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Seema Punia's season best throw of 58.62m helps her take bronze in women's discus throw. It is a Chinese one-two above her with Bin Feng taking gold with a Games record throw of 67.93m. Zhichao Jiang won silver with a throw of 61.04m which is her personal best.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Nandini Agasara wins the 800m leg of the heptathlon and that takes her past compatriot Swapna Barman and China's Liu Jingqyi.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: He jumps exactly 8m in his last attempt and so 8.19m remains his best. That confirms silver medal for him and separates the two Chinese jumpers Wang Jianan (8.22m) and Shi Yuhao (8.10m).

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Well China are going to level this by the looks of it. India are leading 2-1 but the third match between Dhruv Kapila-Sai Pratheek and Liu Yuchen and Ou Xanxyi has been a bit of a romp for the Chinese world no.8 pair. The Chinese have won the first game 21-6.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: A foul jump on his fifth attempt for Sreeshankar and so he has just one more now to try and overtake Wang, who also fouls on his fifth attempt. Sreeshankar remains in second spot.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Seema Punia has got herself up to third place. She has a best throw of 58.62m and that puts her ahead of Thailand's Subenrat Insaeng's 58.26m.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Quite a superbly timed race which all came good in the last lap for the two Indians. Johson, who had won gold at Jakarta 2018, has won a second consecutive medal at the Asian Games here.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Harmilan Bains finishes second in women's 1500m and takes silver medal. Bahrain's Winfred Mutile Yavi wins gold.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Murali Sreeshankar has jumped up to the silver medal position with a fourth attempt of 8.19m. That took a long time to decide whether his take off was legal. Sreeshankar paces around pointing at the screen and telling the judges just how good it was. To no avail though, as the judges go through their process and in the end, the judges rule in his favour. Sreeshankar is just a few centimetres behind the gold medal position now, China's Jianan Wang is up there with 8.22m. Things have not gone well for Jeswin Aldrin at all though. He is languishing in eighth with a best throw of 7.76m.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Srikanth comes out at the wrong end of a truly epic first game against the reigning All England Open Champion. The two exchange game points and in the end, Feng wins 24-22.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: AND THAT'S IT! Tolo registers 19.83m in his last throw and he has defender his Asian Games gold medal. Toor wins a second consecutive Asiad gold with a best throw of 20.36m, Tolo is second with a best throw of 20.18m and China's Yang Liu is third with 19.97m.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: TOOR HAS GONE TOP WITH HIS LAST THROW! He gets registers 20.36m. Tolo has one more throw to go, his best throw thus far is his season's best, remember.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: A foul throw in Toor's fifth attempt as well. Sahib Singh has finished eighth with a best throw of 18.62m, which was also his last. Now Toor taking his final throw.

Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: Asian Games 2023 Day 8 Live Updates: A real barn-burner between Srikanth and Feng and the Indian leads 11-10 at the interval of the first game.