Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: With Gold in Cricket, India Win 6 Medals on Day 2
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: India won six medals today.
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India’s gold medal count at the 2023 Asian Games was opened by the 10m Air Rifle team of Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh, Divyansh Singh Panwar, who created a new world record.
The Indian women's cricket team added to the gold tally by beating Sri Lanka in the final.
Shooters earned two more bronze medals – Aishwary in men's 10m Air Rifle, and the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol team.
India ended their rowing campaign with 5 medals.
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Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Good Morning!
Hello and welcome to our live blog on the Day 2 of the 2023 Asian Games taking place ing Hangzhou, China. Stay tuned for live updates.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Shooters To Be In Action
Day 2 for the Indian athletes will kickstart with the first event being shooting – men's 10m air rifle and 25m rapid fire pistol. Divyansh Singh Panwar and Rudrankksh Patil will be up in action soon.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Firing Points, Bib Numbers
Indian shooters have been assigned the following bib numbers and firing points:
1. Divyansh Singh Panwar: FP 18, BIB 1131
2. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar: FP 54, BIB 1133
3. Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil: FP 57, BIB 1132
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: A Look At Today's Schedule
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Rudrankksh Patil In Action
Rudrakkansh's first 5 shots:
10.7 - 10.5 - 10.9 - 10.4 - 10.7
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Divyansh Singh Panwar Stars
Divyansh Singh Panwar after 6 shots:
10.1 - 10.7 - 10.3 - 10.3 - 10.7 - 10.5
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Aishwary Tomer Begins
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomer after 2 shots:
10.6 - 10.0
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Misfire From Rudrakansh
Oh no! Rudrakkansh was looking too good before he misfired that shot and slipped all the way down to the 12th place from the second spot! What a bummer! His sixth shot of the first series was a lowly 9.6.
Meanwhile, his scores in the second series:
10.7 -10.5 - 10.9 - 10.4 - 9.6 - 10.6 - 10.8 - 10.5 - 10.1
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: A Look At The Scores
Scores after 1st series:
Rudrankksh: 104.8
Divyansh: 104.8
Tomar: 104.1
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Divyansh's Scorecard
Divyansh's scores in 2nd series:
10.1 - 10.7 - 10.3 - 10.3 - 10.7 - 10.5 - 10.4 - 10.5 - 10.5 - 10.8
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Aishwary's Scorecard
In the second series, this is what Aishwary's scorecard looks like:
10.6 - 10.0 - 10.7 - 10.0 - 10.9 - 10.3 - 10.4 - 10.7 - 10.6 - 9.9
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Balraj In Action
Men's single sculls is underway with Balraj Panwar in action for India.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Divyansh Concludes His 2nd Series
Meanwhile, Divyansh Panwar's scorecard after the 2nd series:
10.5 - 10.6 - 102. - 10.6 - 9.8 - 10.6 - 10.6 - 10.5 - 10.7 - 10.2
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Balraj At 4
India's hope for medal in the men's single sculls final comes to an end as Balraj Pawar has secured the fourth spot with a timing of 7:08.79. He's behind by a huge margin of 11.73 seconds.
Liang Zang of China won the race in 6:57.06, while Ryuta Arakawa came in second (6:59.79), and Hin Chun Chiu of Hong Kong took third place (7:01.55).
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Shooters' Scoreboard Update
After the second series, this is how the the scorecard of India looks like in the men’s 10m air rifle qualification:
Divyansh Singh Panwar
10.5 - 10.6 - 102. - 10.6 - 9.8 - 10.6 - 10.6 - 10.5 - 10.7 - 10.2
Rudrankksh Singh Patil
10.3 - 10.6 - 10.6 - 10.9 - 10.6 - 10.9 - 10.5 - 10.5 - 10.8 - 10.6
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
10.6 - 10.3 - 10.7 - 10.3 - 10.7 - 10.6 - 10.7 - 10.6 - 10.6 - 10.4
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Score Updates
After four rounds, India currently sit third in the men's team 10m air rifle competition. China is leading the chart while Korea is on the second spot.
Scores in 4th series:
Rudrankksh Patil - 105.3
Aishwary Pratap Singh - 105.5
Divyansh Singh Panwar - 104.7
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: India On Top
The combined score of Indian trio that comprises of Divyansh, Rudrankkash and Aishwary have put us on the first position on the points table. India have moved past both Korea (3rd place) and China (2nd place). Yay!
Indian shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (R) competes in the qualification round of mens 10m Air Rifle event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
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Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Series 5 Scores
Scores of Indian shooting trio in 5th series:
Rudrankksh Patil - 106.7
Aishwary Pratap Singh - 105.7
Divyansh Singh Panwar - 106.3
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Men's Four Final
Rowing: In the men's four final event which is currently taking place at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre, India's Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish are participating.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: India Win Gold
India's first gold medal of the 2023 Asian Games has come as the Indian shooting trio of Rudrankkash Patil, Aishwarya Pratap Singh and Divyansh Singh Panwar have finished with a world record score of 1893.7 in the 10m air rifle team event.
Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh have advanced to the 10m air rifle final which will be held at 9am IST, however Divyansh Singh Panwar was tied with Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan for eighth place and will be missing out as the Asian Games rules allow only two shooters to compete in the final.
Indian shooters Rudrankksh Patil (R) and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (C) and Divyansh Singh Panwar during the qualification round of mens 10m Air Rifle event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
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Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Rowers Win Bronze
Another medal in India's kitty - In the men's four final event, team India comprising Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish have clinched the bronze medal.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Another Bronze In The Bag
The men's quadruple sculls final team of Satnam, Parminder, Jakar and Sukhmeet have brought another bronze home with a timing of 6:08.61. The gold medal is bagged by China (6:02.65), Uzbekistan (6:04.64) take home the silver.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Swimming Updates
Women's 50m backstroke swimmer Maana Patel places sixth in her heat and 18th overall, missing out on the final.
Having placed outside of the top eight in their respective heats, Anand AS and Vikram Khade have also failed to qualify for the men's 50 freestyle final.
Srihari Nataraj clocked a time of 25.43 to qualify for the men's 50m backstroke final. He came in sixth place all around.
Likith Selvaraj qualified for the men's 100-meter breaststroke final with a time of 1:01.98.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Women's Eight Final
In women's eight final, the Indian team of Sonali Swain, Ritu Kaudi, Priya Devi, Thangjam, Varsha Baiju, Awasthi Babu, Mrunmayee Nilesh, Tendenthoi Devi, Rukmanee and Geetanjali came in the last place.
China, Japan and Vietnam won the gold, silver and bronze respectively.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Rugby Update
India suffered an embarrassing 0-15 defeat at the hands of Singapore in their women's rugby sevens Pool F fixture.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Shooting Final Begins
India's Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh are participating in the 10m air rifle shooting final. The duo will be longing to add another gold to India's tally.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Tennis Updates
Tennis: Third seeded at the 2023 Asian Games, Ankita Raina of India defeated Sabrina Olimjonova of Kazakhstan 6-0, 6-0 in the second round of the women's singles.
Meanwhile, Sunatullo Isroilov of Tajikistan was defeated by Ramkumar Ramanathan in their round 2 men's singles match.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: A Tie
India's Aishwary and Rudrakkansh are tied at the third place.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Medal Confirmed
The Mongolian shooter has been eliminated. Both Indians are in the final. Medal confirmed!!!
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: India vs India
It's down to the two Indians as the final reaches the top three stage. Rudrankkash has been in the lead so far but both shoot 208.7 in the round and it goes to a shootoff. Aishwary manages to outshoot his higher ranked compatriot and its the 22-year-old who enters the top three of the 10m Air Rifle final. Rudrankkash has been eliminated in the fourth position
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Aishwary Wins A Bronze
Aishwary Singh Tomar finishes with a final shot of 9.8 and a bronze medal. What an outing for the young shooter!
Meanwhile, China's Lihao Shang broke the world record with 253.3 winning the gold and silver was clinched by Korea's Hajun Park with 251.3.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Rowing Heroes
Bronze medal winning Indian team rowers Ashish (R), Punit Kumar (2nd R), Jaswinder Singh (L) and Bheem Singh pose for photographs during the award ceremony of the Mens Four event of rowing at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: More Updates
Cricket: Bangladesh women (65/5 in 18.2 overs) beat Pakistan women (64/9) by 5 wickets to claim bronze in cricket.
Tennis: Rutuja Bhosale defeated Kazakhstan's Aruzhan Sagandykova 7-6(2), 6-2 in two hours to get to the third round.
Ankita Raina defeated Sabrina Olimjonova of Uzbekistan. 6-0, 6-0
Judo: In the Women's 70kg Round of 16, Indian judoka Garima Choudhary was defeated by Philippine Ryoko Salinas by Ippon.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Another Bronze
One more bronze for India! With 1718 points, the Indian team of Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish, and Adarsh Singh have won a bronze.
Vijayveer, who won the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Qualifications with 582 points, including 18 inner 10s, has advanced to the final, which will start at 11:30am IST.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Our Gold Medalists
Indian shooters Rudrankksh Patil (right), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (centre) and Divyansh Singh Panwar pose for photos with their gold medals during the presentation ceremony of Mens 10m Air Rifle team event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
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Gold medallist Indian shooters Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Divyansh Singh Panwar with silver medallist South Korean shooters and bronze medallist Chinese shooters pose for photos during a presentation ceremony of Mens 10m Air Rifle team event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
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Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: IND vs SL
Team India have won the toss and have decided to bat first against Sri Lanka in the gold medal math. Harmanpreet Kaur resumes captain duties after two match suspension.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Playing XI
India: Smriti Mandhana(c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Kanika Ahuja, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Anjali Sarvani, Bareddy Anusha, Uma Chetry
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu(c), Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Imesha Dulani, Kaushani Nuthyangana
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: All Set For The Final
It's time! Sidhu starts with his first set of shot in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's Final, missing three and scoring two.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Bashir On 2nd
Pakistan's Ghulam Mustafa Bashir moves past Sidhu to take the second spot in the standing, Sidhu slips to the sixth.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Ind vs Pak
It's Bashir vs Sidhu now. Bashir (8/4) has taken the lead while Sidhu has sprung up to the third spot. He gets 3/5 in Series 2. Sigh!
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Series 3
In the 3rd series, Sidhu manages to score four out of the five.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Series 4
Five out of five for India's Sidhu while Pakistan's Bashir misses two shots and gets three right.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Bashir Gone
Pakistan's Ghulam Mustafa Bashir has been eliminated. He had a total score of 13.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Series 5
In the 5th series, Sidhu gets four shots right out of five. He's 18 points to his credit and is sitting 3rd on the table.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Series 6
Sidhu picks up the pistol for the 6th series and gets 3/5. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s Anang Yulianto has been eliminated.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Sidhu Eliminated
India's Vijayveer Sidhu has been eliminated in the 7th series. He had a total score of 21.
Hangzhou: Indian shooter Vijayveer Sidhu reacts as he competes in the Mens 25M Rapid Fire Pistol event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Ind vs SL
Team India have reached the 50-run mark in the 9th over of the game. Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues batting at 25 and 17 respectively. India lost Shafali Verma to Sugandika Kumari at just 9.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: India Women Defeated In Basketball Opener
In their opening group stage encounter against Uzbekistan, the Indian women's 3x3 basketball team was defeated 19–14. On September 27, India will play China in their final Pool A encounter. The women's 3x3 team will participate in the quarterfinal or qualify for the quarterfinal round on September 30, depending on the outcomes.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Uzbekistan Stun India
Tennis: The Uzbek pair of Sergey Fomin and Sultanov have pulled a major upset as they defeated the Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri in Men's Double Round 2. The Indian pair prevailed in the opening set before losing in the second set and tiebreaker. Uzbekistan won the game 2-6, 6-3, and 10-6 in its favor. The defending champions have been knocked out!
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: India Win
Starting off their Asian Games 2023 campaign with a 20-16 victory over Malaysia in 3x3 basketball, India men defeated Malaysia.
On September 27, they will play Macao China in their second men's round-robin Pool C match; on September 29, they will face China. The teams who placed second and third in the pool will compete in cross-pool matches for a position in the quarterfinals, while the pool winners will advance directly there.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: More Tennis Updates
Rutuja Bhosale advanced to the third round with a 7-6, 6-2 victory in the women's singles round 2. The 27-year-old Rutuja defeated Kazakhstan's Aruzhan Sagandykova after a tough opening set, which lasted 121 minutes.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Ind vs SL
India women post a target of 116-7. Top batters for India were Smriti Mandhana(46) and Jemimah Rodrigues(42) while for Sri Lanka Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari and skipper Chamari Athapaththu performed well with the ball as they scalped two wickets each.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2:Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Rutuja & Karman Advance To Round 2
Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Kaur Thandi of India advanced to the second round with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Zhanel Rustemova and Aruzhan Sagandykova of Kazakhstan. Rutuja will now compete in Round 2 of the Mixed Doubles tournament partnering Rohan Bopanna, who previously lost in the men's doubles second-round match.
The Indian pair will be up against Uzbekistan.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Sadhu Strikes Twice
Sri Lanka lose two wickets as Titas Sadhu strikes twice in the third over to remove Anushka Sanjeewani and Vishmi Gunaratne. A much needed respite for India.
Score - Sri Lanka 14-2
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 2: Defeat in Handball
Meanwhile in handball, the Indian women's team have started their campaign with a defeat. Up against Japan, Madanagurusami Karthikeyan's team suffered a 13-41 defeat. For India, 25-year-old Menika was the most influential player, scoring four goals.
India lost to Japan
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Sri Lanka Lose Fourth Wicket
WICKET!
This might be the biggest wicket of the lot. Sri Lanka lose their fourth, but more importantly, have they lost the gold medal too?
Hasini Perera was looking in sublime touch, but trying to play the slog-sweep against Rajeshwari Gayakwad's bowling, she has picked out Pooja Vastrakar in deep mid-wicket.
After 11 overs, Sri Lanka are 54/4.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Judoka Defeated
ICYMI – Judoka Garima, who won a gold medal in South Asian Games back in 2019, was defeated in her round of 16 tie of women's 70kg category. Philippines' Ryoko Salinas won by ippon.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: India Near Cricket Victory
The women's cricket team is on the verge of winning the gold medal, courtesy of a fine bowling performance. Chasing a target of 117 runs, Sri Lanka are 78/4 after 16 overs, requiring 39 runs from the last four overs.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: 25 To Defend in 1 Over
The job is not done yet, but you can start celebrating. India need to defend 25 runs in the final over. After 19 overs, Sri Lanka's score reads 92/7.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Women's Cricket Team Wins Gold
VICTORY!
India have their second gold medal in the 2023 Asian Games, and it has arrived in women's cricket. Harmanpreet Kaur's side has been exemplary in the final, beating a spirited Sri Lanka team by 19 runs.
After opting to bat first, India scored 116 runs on what was an extremely difficult surface for the batters, courtesy of Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues' contributions.
With the ball, youngster Titas Sadhu was India's most influential player, scalping three wickets by conceding only six runs. Barring Amanjot Kaur, who only bowled an over, every Indian bowler was among wickets, as Sri Lanka could score merely 97 runs.
Indian women's cricket team won gold medal.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Chess Update
With shooting, cricket and rowing now done, let's turn our attention to what has been happening in chess.
Currently, the fourth round of men's and women's individual competition is underway. In the third round, which happened earlier today, Vidit Gujarathi defeated Thailand's Prin Laohawirapap, while Arjun Erigaisi got the better of Vietnam's Nguyen Ngoc Troung Son.
The women's pair of Harika Dronavalli and Koneru Humpy were immaculate yesterday, but they haven't replicated the same form today. Koneru drew against China's Zhu Jiner, while Harika lost against Hou Yifan.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Three Medals Up For Grabs in Swimming
In swimming, Indian athletes will be seen competing in three medal events later in the day. We've got you covered:
5pm – Men's 50m Backstroke (Srihari Nataraj)
5:43pm – Men's 100m Breaststroke (Likith SP)
6:24pm – Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Aryan Nehra, Tanish George, Kushagra Rawat, Aneesh Gowda)
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Chess Update
Right then, the fourth round of men's and women's individual rapid has concluded. Here's how Indian GMs fared:
Arjun Erigaisi drew against Iran's M Amin Tabatabaei.
Vidit Gujarathi defeated Vietnam's Tuan Minh Le.
Koneru Humpy lost to China's Hou Yifan.
Harika Dronavalli drew against Nilufar Yakubbaeva.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Chess Standings
So, after four of the nine rounds of men's and women's individual rapid, here's how the standings look in chess:
In men's section, Arjun Erigaisi is third with 3.0 points. With the same number of points, Vidit Gujarathi is sixth.
Men's individual standings.
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In women's section, both Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli have 2.5 points to their name. Whilst Koneru is placed in sixth position, Harika is seventh on the standings.
Women's individual standings.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Defeat in Boxing
Boxer Arundhati Choudhary has suffered a defeat in her round of 16 tie in the women's 60-66kg category. Up against China's Liu Yang, the 21-year-old pugilist, who hails from Rajasthan's Kota and has impressive records in youth level, went down 0-5 on points.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Roshibina Devi Assures Medal
Great news coming from Wushu!
Roshibina Devi Naorem has advanced to the semi-final of women's 60kg by defeated her Kyrgyz opponent, Aiman Karshyga, in the quarter-final tie. The bronze medallist of 2018 Commonwealth Games secured a win by gap point (WPD).
With this victory, she has assured at least another bronze medal, but will certainly be determined to qualify for the final. In the semi-final contest, Roshibina will be facing Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Srihari Finishes Sixth
The final round of men's 50m backstroke in swimming has just concluded, with India's Srihari Nataraj finishing on the sixth position. The four-time South Asian Games gold medallist clocked a timing of 25.39s, finishing 1.01s behind the first ranked Jiayu Xu.
Srihari Nataraj finished sixth.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Deepak Victorious
Boxer Deepak has breezed into the round of 16 of men's 46-51kg with a comfortable victory to start his campaign in Hangzhou. The 26-year-old, who is coming into this competition high on confidence, having recently won a bronze medal at the World Boxing Championships, defeated Malaysia's Muhammad Abdul Qaiyum Bin Ariffin 5-0 on points.
The road to a medal in this competition, however, will not be easy, as Deepak will face a stern challenge in the next round, where he will be up against Japan's Tomoya Tsuboi – the 2021 World Boxing Championships' gold medallist.
Deepak qualified for the round of 16.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Another Win in Wushu
Another victory in wushu, and once again, it is a bronze medallist from the 2018 Asian Games who has emerged victorious.
Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh, the 27-year-old from Jammu & Kashmir, has defeated Uzbekistan's Islambek Khaydarov 2-1 to qualify for the quarter-final of men's 60kg category.
Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh won his 1/8 final match.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Swimmer Likith Finishes 7th
In the penultimate swimming event of the day, which was men's 100m breaststroke final, Likith Selvaraj Prema has finished seventh with a timing of 1:01.62. He finished 3.86s behind the gold medallist, China's Haiyang Qin.
Likith finishes 7th
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Men's Swimming Quartet Finishes 7th
Another seventh-placed finish in swimming.
The men's 4x200m freestyle relay team of Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda, Kushagra Rawat and and Tanish George have finished seventh with a timing of 7:29.23. They were 27.50s behind the gold medal-winning team from South Korea, who created a new Asian Record.
And with this, swimming events have concluded for the day.
Men's Swimming Quartet Finishes 7th
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Vikrant Baliyan Defeated
In wushu, Vikrant Baliyan has been handed what could be said as a rather unexpected defeat. The bronze medallist of 2019 Wushu World Championships, who was competing in the 1/8 final tie of men's 64kg category, lost out to Indonesia's Samuel Marbun 1-2.
Vikrant Baliyan's campaign came to an untimely end.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Boxer Nishant Breezes Into Round of 16
Another win in boxing!
After Deepak, his Indian compatriot and fellow bronze medallist of 2023 World Boxing Championships, Nishant Dev breezed into the round of 16. In his round of 32 tie in men's 63.5-71kg category, the 22-year-old youngster from Haryana's Karnal defeated Nepal's Dipesh Lama 5-0.
In the round of 16, Nishant will be up against Vietnam's Bui Phuoc Tung.
Nishant Dev poses after his victory.
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Nishant Dev defeated Nepal's Dipesh Lama.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 2: Curtain Call
And with Nishant's victory, India's campaign on Day 2 of the 2023 Asian Games come to a fruitful conclusion. India won six medals today, which also included two gold medals, taking the nation's tally to 11.
The trio of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar secured India's first gold medal – at the men's 10m Air Rifle team event.
Later in the day, Aishwary, the 22-year-old prodigy who recently won a gold medal in World Championships, added a bronze medal to his tally in the men's 10m Air Rifle individual event.
India's rowing campaign concluded with five medals, with a couple of additions today – bronze medals in men's coxless four (Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar, Bheem Singh, Ashish) and men's quadruple sculls (Satnam Singh, Jakar Khan, Parminder Singh, Sukhmeet Singh).
The second gold medal came in women's cricket, where Harmanpreet Kaur's girls defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final tie.
Besides that, Roshibina Devi Naorem assured at least a bronze medal by qualifying for the semi-final of women's 60kg category in Wushu.
In boxing, Nishant Dev and Deepak, two bronze medallists from the 2023 World Boxing Championships, qualified for the next round, although Arundhati Choudhary was eliminated in her first bout.
There will be more medals up for grabs tomorrow – the first of which will be as early as 5:30am, in Equestrian. India's star fencer, CA Bhavani Devi will also be in action.
Like always, we will be bringing you all the live coverage, from the first event, till the last. Till then, good night!
2023 Asian Games: Medals Tally After Day 2
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