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Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Highlights: Ancy Sojan wins silver in women's long jump; India's medal count reach 60
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Highlights: India clinched two bronze medals in roller skating
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Highlights: Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba won the silver and bronze medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase final. Both finished behind Bahrain's Winfred Yavi, who clinched the gold medal and created a new Asian Games record. Ancy Sojan then went to win a silver medal in the women's long jump final but it was disappointment for Shaili Singh, who finished fifth. The Indian team comprising Md Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan initially won bronze medal in the mixed team 4x400m relay event, which was later upgraded to silver. The decision came after second-placed Sri Lankan team were disqualified due to lane infringement....Read More
Earlier, Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee crashed to a narrow defeat in the table tennis women's doubles semifinal and had to settle for bronze. The semifinal match went down to the wire as North Korea's Suyong Cha, Sugyong Pak sealed a narrow 4-3 (11-7 8-11 11-7 8-11 9-11 11-5 2-11) victory. Meanwhile, India bagged two surprise rolling skating bronze medals. The Indian team consisting of Sanjana Bhatuka, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aaratju Kastury clinched a third-placed finish in women's speed skating 3000m relay team event. India made it back-to-back roller skating bronze as the men's team came 3rd in the 3000m relay final.
Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath was in hot form in his men's 800m heat and finished first to qualify for the final. He will be joined by Krishnan Kumar, who also qualified. Also, Vithya Ramraj advanced to the women's 400m hurdles final.
In archery, India defeated Hong Kong, China to enter the quarterfinal of men's recurve team event and also went to the quarterfinal of the women's recurve team event. The Indian men's hockey team thrashed Bangladesh 12-0 and advanced to the semifinals.
Catch the Highlights of Day 9 of Asian Games 2023:
India's medal tally-
Gold: 13
Silver: 24
Bronze: 23
Results-
Roller skating: India bag BRONZE in women's speed skating 3000m relay team
India get BRONZE in men's 3000m relay final
Table tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee settle for BRONZE after losing to North Korea's Suyong Cha, Sugyong Pak in women's doubles semifinals
Athletics:
Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba win Silver and Bronze in women's 3000m steeplechase final
Ancy Sojan wins Silver in women's long jump final, Shaili Singh finishes fifth
India win silver medal in 4x400m mixed team relay
Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath first in his men's 800m heat, qualifies for final
Krishnan Kumar qualifies for men's 800m final
Jesse Sandesh qualifies for men's high jump final
Sarvesh Kushare qualifies for men's high jump final
Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan qualifies for men's 400m hurdles final
Yashas Palaksha qualifies for men's 400m hurdles final
Vithya Ramraj qualifies for women's 400m hurdles final
Archery: India beat Malaysia 6-2 in recurve mixed team 1/8 elimination
India beat UAE 159-151 in compound mixed team 1/8 elimination
India beat Singapore 235-219 in compound men's team 1/8 elimination
India beat Thailand 5-1 to enter quarterfinal of women's recurve team event
India defeat Hong Kong, China 6-0 to advance to quarterfinal of men's recurve team event
India's Bhajan Kaur beats Sima Aktar of Bangladesh in women's recurve 1/16 elimination match, enters pre-quarterfinals
Dhiraj Bommadevara beats Lam Dorji of Bhutan to advance to the pre-quarterfinals in the men's recurve individual event
Atanu Das beats Bin Mohamad Khairul of Malaysia to advance to the pre-quarterfinals in the men's recurve individual event
India's Ankita Bhakat loses to Rezza Octavia of Indonesia in women's recurve 1/16 elimination
Sepaktakraw: India beat Singapore 2-0 in men's quadrant preliminary Group B
Canoe sprint: Megha Pradeep, Shivani Verma finish last in women's canoe double 500m final
Binita Chanu Oinam, Parvath Geetha finish last in women's kayak double 500m final
India's Niraj Verma 7th in men's canoe single 1000m final
India's Ribason Singh, Gyaneshwor Singh finish 8th in men's canoe double 500m final
Badminton: India's Sai Pratheek, Tanisha Crasto beat Macau, China's Chong Leong, Chi NG 2-0 (21-18 21-14) in their mixed doubles round of 32 fixture
Squash: India's Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh beat Thailand's Anantana, Arkaradet 2-0 (11-5 11-6) in their mixed doubles fixture
Joshana Chinappa loses to South Korea's Heo Mingyeong in the women's singles Round of 16
Tanvi Khanna defeated Arichaya Chujit of Thailand in women's singles round of 16
Saurav Ghosal defeated Kuwait's Ammar Altamimi, in the men's singles round of 16
Mahesh Mangaonkar loses to Japan's Ryunosuke Tsukue in the men's singles quarterfinal
Kabaddi: India held to a tie by Chinese Taipei in women's Group A match
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Chess and Diving results
CHESS Round 4-
Men’s Team- India 3.5-0.5 Kyrgyzstan
Women’s Team- India 1.5- 2.5 China
DIVING-
Men’s 1m Springboard- London Singh finishes 12th with a score of 207.80
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Men's decathlon
After a superb show in high jump, where Tejaswin Shankar cleared 2.21m, he does exceedingly well in the 400m men’s decathlon event. He finishes first to extend his lead by 250 points.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Good news for India
There has been an update in the medal colour for India in the 4x400m mixed relay event.
India had won bronze but have now been upgraded to silver after Sri Lanka, who finished second, were disqualified for lane infringement.
Kazakhstan are now placed third.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: India grab bronze
India (Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan) grab bronze in the 4 x 400m mixed team relay.
Bahrain finish first with 3:14.02 timing
Sri Lanka finish second with 3:14.25 timing
India finish third with 3:14.34
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: India win silver
China's Xiong Shiqi wins gold medal in the women's long jump final with a jump of 6.73m.
India's Ancy Sojan grabs silver after a jump of 6.63m.
Hong Kong's Yue Nga Yan takes bronze with a jump of 6:50m.
Meanwhile, Shaili Singh finishes fifth with 6:48m jump.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Ancy still second
Ancy Sojan oversteps in her final attempt but is still placed second with a jump of 6.63m recorded in her previous attempt.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: No medal for Shaili
Shaili Singh jumps 6.23m in her sixth and final attempt. Her best jump was in her fifth attempt, which was 6:48m.
She is disappointed as she is out of medal contention.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's long jump final
Shaili Singh jumps 6.48m in her fifth attempt, which is 2cm less from third-placed Yue Nga Yan from Hong Kong.
The good news for Shaili is that Yue's previous two jumps has not been counted, since she overstepped the board.
Meanwhile, Ancy Sojan makes a superb jump in her fifth attempt and jumps 6:63m, which still keeps her in the second place.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's long jump finals
Ancy Sojan jumps 6.30m in her fourth attempt. Her earlier attempt of 6:56 keeps her in the second position.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Men's decathlon
Tejaswin Shankar clears 2.09m in the first attempt and follows it up by clearing the 2.12m.
He then successfully clears 2.15m.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Men's decathlon
As expected, Tejaswin Shankar is doing exceptionally well in the high jump event of men's decathlon. He easily clears 1.97 and 2.03m and is now trying to clear 2:09m, which will help him increase points.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's long jump finals
How things stand in women's long jump finals at the moment
1st: Xiong Shiqi (6.73) China
2nd: Ancy Sojan (6:56) India
3rd: Yue Nga Yan (6:50) Hong Kong
4th: Hta Sumire (6:42) Japan
5th: Shaili Singh (6.38) India
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Men's 200m final
Amlan Borgohain finishes sixth in the men's 200m final. He clocks 20:98
Japan's Ueyam Koki clinches gold with a timing of 20:60, followed by Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Abkar Mohammed, who finished in 20:63. The third place belongs to Chinese Taipei's Yang Chun-Han, who clocks 20:74
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's long jump finals
Ancy Sojan jumps 6:56m in her third attempt in the women's long jump finals. It's a very good jump and keeps her in contention for a medal.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's pole vault final
Pavithra Vengatesh bows out with three unsuccessful 4:10m in the women's pole vault final.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's pole vault finals
Pavithra Vengatesh fails to clear 4.10m in her previous attempt. She tries it in the next attempt but it's the same result.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: What happened in women's steeplechase
Bahrain's Winfred Yavi finishes first in the women's 3000m steeplechase final. She also creates a new Asian Games record by completing the race in 9:18:28
Parul Chaudhary finishes second with a timing of 9:27:63 and Priti Lamba, who finished third, completes the race in 9:43:32. She beats fourth-placed Tigest Mekonen by barest of margin. Mekonen completed the race in 9:43:71
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: India win silver and bronze
Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba bag silver and bronze medal respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase event.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's pole vault final
Pavithra Vengatesh has cleared the 4.00m mark in the women's pole vault final, not very smoothly as she touches the pole, which shakes but remains constant.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's 3000m steeplechase final begins
The women's 3000m steeplechase final begins and India’s Parul Chaudhary is currently second, while Priti is fourth. Five laps more to go.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Good start by Ancy too
Ancy Sojan jumps 6.13m in her first attempt in the women's long jump finals.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Good start for India
Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba also get ready for the women's 3000m steeplechase final.
Meanwhile, Shaili Singh jumps 6.38m in her first attempt at the women's long jump final.
Pavithra Vengatesh, on the other hand, easily clears 3.80m in the women's pole vault final.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's long jump finals
The athletes also walkout for the women's long jump finals. Two Indians Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan are in the fray.
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: India's Bridge results
Men’s team-278.93 points, Rank- 2
Women’s team-106.83 points, Rank- 7
Mixed team- 234.37 points, Rank-5
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Live Updates: Women's pole vault final
We are moments away from the women's pole vault final, where Pavithra Venkatesh represents India.
