India won its third gold medal in Asian Games 2023 on Tuesday, 26th September. Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Vipul, Divyakriti and Sudipti Hajela clinched a historic gold in Equestrian Dressage team event. This is India’s first-ever gold in Equestrian at the Asiad after 41 years. India also bagged two medals in Sailing Neha Thakur won the silver, while, Eabad Ali bagged bronze.
India’s 4x100m Medley relay team has made their way into the final in Swimming. The team comprising Srihari Natraj, Sajan Prakash, Likith Selvaraj and Tanish George Matthew finished second in their heats. Earlier In Shooting, Ramita and Divyansh Panwar fell short by a small margin in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event bronze medal play-off at the Asian Games. They lost to South Korea.
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Earlier, Indian Women’s squash team defeated Pakistan 3-0 in group stage. Men’s Hockey team continued their dominance. In their second group match, the Harmanpreet Singh led side registered a thumping 16-1 win against Singapore.
The day will also feature other India vs Pakistan clashes. In Tennis, India’s Mixed Doubles pair Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Raina will be facing their counterparts. Both the country’s Men’s Volleyball team will also fight in the fifth-place play-off.
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- Asian Games: India secures bronze in 25m rapid fire pistol event
26th September Fixtures
Equestrian
Dressage Team – Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Chheda, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela – 209.205 – GOLD
Fencing
Women’s individual sabre – Quarterfinal
Bhavani Devi LOST TO Shao Yuqi – 7-15
Hockey
India BEAT Singapore – 16-1
ESports
Street Fighter V:
Round of 32
- Mayank Prajapati LOST TO Fuad Rajikhan – 1–2
- Ayan Biswas BEAT Chau Nguyen – 2-0
Losers Bracket – Round 1
- Mayank Prajapati LOST TO Abdulla Al-Mannai – 0-2
Winners Bracket – Round 1
- Ayan Biswas LOST TO Abdulrahman Alrayfal – 1-2
Losers Bracket – Round 2
- Ayan Biswas BEAT Chau Nguyen – 2-0
Losers Bracket – Round 3
- Ayan Biswas LOST TO Ho Man Yeh – 0-2
Shooting
Skeet – Men’s Qualification
Anantjeet Singh Naruka – 8th place (73 points), Angad Vir Singh Bajwa – 21st place (69 points), Gurjoat Singh Khangura, – 29th place (67 points)
Skeet – Women’s Qualification
Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darsha Rathore – 4th place – 201 points
25m Pistol – Women
- Manu Bhaker – 1st place
- Esha Singh – 3rd place
- Rhythm Sangwan – 11th place
10m Air Rifle
Mixed Team Bronze medal play-off
Divyansh Singh Panwar/Ramita LOST TO Hajun Park/Eunseo Lee – 18-20
Swimming
Women’s 100m Freestyle
Sivangi Sharma – 17th in Heats (Did not qualify)
Women’s 200m Backstroke
Palak Joshi – 14th in Heats (Did not qualify)
Men’s 1500m Freestyle
Slow Heat – Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat – 8.30 AM
Fast Heat – Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat – 5.30 PM
Men: 4×100m medley relay – Second in Heats (enter final)
Men: 4×100m medley relay Final – 6.30 PM
Squash
Men’s Team
India BEAT Singapore – 3-0
India vs Qatar – IN PROGRESS
Women’s Team
India BEAT Pakistan – 3-0
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- Asian Games: Indian rowers add two more medals, in men’s pair and men’s coxed eight
- Asian Games: Rowers Arjun Lal Jat & Arvind Singh clinch silver in men’s lightweight double sculls
Cycling
Women’s Team Sprint Heats
- Sprint (Women) Celestina, Triyasha Paul, Mayuri Dhanraj Lute, Sushikala Agashe – 7th in Heats – 7th place playoff
Men’s Team Sprint Heats
- Sprint (men) – Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Bekham Elkatohchoongo, Esow – 7th in Heats – 5th place playoff
- Pursuit (men) – Vishvajeet Singh, Venkappa Kengalgutti, Niraj Kumar, Dinesh Kumar – 7th in Heats – 7th place playoff
Judo
Women – Round of 16
- Indubala Devi LOST TO Ikumu Oeda
Quarterfinal
- Tulika Mann LOST TO Tomita Wakaba
Repechage
- Tulika Mann BEAT Wen Jia Tsai – 10-0
Bronze medal play-off
- Tulika Mann LOST TO Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan
Men – Round of 16
- Quarterfinal – Avtar Singh LOST TO Dzhafar Kostoev
- Repechage – Avtar Singh LOST TO Jonghoon Won
Tennis
Women’s Singles
Ankita Raina BEAT Patali Karunaratne – 6-1, 6-2
Rutuja Bhosle LOST TO Alex Eala – 6-7, 2-6
Men’s Singles
Ramkumar Ramanathan LOST TO Yosuke Watanuki – 5-7, 7-6, 5-7
Women’s Doubles
Ankita Raina/Prarthana Gulbarao LOST TO Punnin Kovapitukted/Anchisa Chasa – 5-7, 2-6
Karman Kaur Thandi/Rutuja Bhosale LOST TO Yi Hong Wang /Wong Chong – 4-6, 1-6
Men’s Singles
Sumit Nagal BEAT Beibit Zhukayev – 7-6, 6-4
Mixed Doubles
Yuki Bhambri/Ankita Raina BEAT Aqeel Khan/Sarah Khan – 6-0, 6-0
Boxing
Men
Sachin BEAT Asri Udin – 5-0
Narender vs Oomatbek Elchoro – 6.15 PM
Chess
Round 5, 6 & 7 – 12.30 PM Onwards
Men
Arjun Erigaisi & Vidit Gujarathi
Women
Round 5 – Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli
Volleyball
5th Place Play-off
India LOST TO Pakistan – 0-3
Wushu
Suraj Yadav vs Khalid Hotak – 7 PM
Surya Banu Pratap vs Kim Minsoo – 7 PM
Hockey
After clinching a thumping 16-0 win against Uzbekistan, India will face Singapore in their second group game in Hockey. Singapore meanwhile enter the contest after being humbled by Pakistan. India, the top-ranked side in Asia yet again will look to continue their dominance in the upcoming contest.
Squash
Indian Squash squad will get their campaign underway in the team event. Indian Men’s team led by Saurav Ghosal will face Singapore. The match is scheduled to begin at 7.30 AM.
India Women meanwhile will be facing Pakistan in their opening group encounter. Later in the day, Indian Men’s team will be facing Qatar in their second group match.
Volleyball
In the Volleyball too the arch-rivals are set to take on each other. Both India and Pakistan lost in the quarterfinal. Despite being out of medal contention, they will be fighting for the fifth spot in the tournament.
Where to watch Asian Games LIVE?
Asian Games will be LIVE Streamed on Sony Sports Network. The events will be telecast LIVE across Sony Sports Network Channels: Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 2, Sony Sports Ten 3, Sony Sports Ten 4, Sony Sports Ten 5 channels. Fans can also watch it LIVE on Sonyliv App.
