Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: India Win 3 Medals on Day 5, Victory in Hockey
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates: India won three medals today, with yet another gold medal in shooting.
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India won another gold medal in shooting on Day 5, as Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal and Arjun Singh Cheema win the 10m Air Pistol team event.
In Wushu, Roshibina Devi won a silver medal in women's 60kg event.
Anush Agarwalla won India's second Equestrian medal, bagging a bronze medal in Individual Dressage.
Badminton trio of PV Sindhu, Ashmita & Anupama have advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Mongolia 3-0 in women's team round of 16.
The men's football team lost their round of 16 tie against Saudi Arabia 0-2.
In men's hockey, India won their third group stage match against Japan by a 4-2 margin.
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Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Ni Hao! Welcome to our live blog on the Day 4 of the 19th Asian Games at Hanghzhou. Stay tuned for live updates!
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Shooting Schedule
6:30 am: 10m Air pistol Men's qualification
6:30 am: Skeet Mixed team qualification
9:00 am: 10m Air pistol Men's Final; Medal Match
10:30 am: Skeet Mixed team Final; Medal Match
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: A Recap Of Day 2
Check this out to find out what happened on Day 4 of the 19th Asian Games:
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Shooting Update
Starting at 6:30 AM, Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema will compete in the individual and team competitions of the Men's 10m Air Pistol event.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Ganemat Sekhon will be present at the same time for the skeet mixed team competition.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: PV Sindhu In Action
Badminton: Shuttler PV Sindhu is in action against her Mongolian counterpart Myagmartseren Ganbaatar in the Round of 16 match.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Series 1
Shooting: The Indian trio of are competing in 10m Air Pistol Team Men and here's what their score looks like after completion of the first series:
Sarabjot Singh: 95
Arjun Cheema: 97
Shiva Narwal: 92
They are currently placed 8th in the standings.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Series 2
Shooting, Scores after series 2:
Sarabjot Singh: 76
Arjun Cheema: 96
Shiva Narwal: 96
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: PV Sindhu Win
Badminton: PV Sindhu has defeated her Mongolian opponent Myagmartseren Ganbaatar 21-2, 21-3 in the Round of 16 match. Indian has taken a 1-0 lead over Mongolia in the women's team event.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Series 3
Shooting, Scores after series 3:
Sarabjot Singh: 97, Rank 21st
Arjun Cheema: 97, Rank 6th
Shiva Narwal: 97, Rank 27th
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Roshibini Devi In Action
Wushu: India's Roshibini Devi is up against Chinese counterpart Wu Xiawei in women's 60 kg final. After first round, the Chinese has taken a 1-0 lead.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Silver For Roshibini
Wushu: The second round, too, has come to an end and it goes to Wu again. And that would be it. Roshibini gets a silver medal as she is defeated by Wu in both the rounds.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Series 4
Shooting, Scores after series 4:
Arjun Cheema: 96, Rank 8th
Sarabjot Singh: 98 Rank 12th
Shiva Narwal: 99
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Badminton Update
Ashmita Chaliha has defeated Kherlen with a score of 21-2, 21-3 as. 18-year-old Anupama Upadhyaya, too, has thumped her opponent K Baatar with a score of 21-0, 21-2.
India have cruised to the quarterfinals as they have defeated Mongolia 3-0 in the opener.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: India On Top
Shooting: With a total score of 1734-50x after 6 series, the trio of Arjun, Sarabjot and Shiva are sitting at the top of the standings in the men’s 10m air pistol team event.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Another Gold!
Shooting: Yet another medal in shooting and it is a gold!
With a combined score of 1734, the Indian team of Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal, and Arjun Singh Cheema finished ahead of China to clinch the first gold of the day. What a comeback this; a few minutes ago, they didn't even appear to have a chance of making it to the individual final, but now things have flipped around, with two of the shooters easily making it.
Arjun (578) and Sarabjot (580) finished fifth and eighth, respectively, and have advanced to the individual final event which will take place at 9:00am IST.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Loss For Beckham
Cycling: David Beckham has been defeated by Kaiya Ota of Japan in heat 2 of the men's sprint quarterfinal.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: India Eliminated
Table Tennis: After losing to Thailand's Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang 0-3 (4-11, 6-11, 10-12) in the round of 16 , India's Sreeja Akula and Harmeet Desai have been eliminated from the mixed doubles competition.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Another TT Loss
Table Tennis: The Singaporean duo of Clarence Chew and Zheng Jian defeated Indian pair of Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (13-11, 12-10) in their round-of-16 match. The Indian team was up 2-0 and appeared to be headed for the quarterfinals, but the Singaporeans made an unexpected comeback to secure the victory.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Wushu Final In Pictures
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Team Winners!
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Cycling Update
With a timing of 11.616 seconds, Triyasha Paul placed 15th overall in the women's sprint qualifying round and has qualified for the 1/16 finals.
On the other hand, compatriot Mayuri Dhanraj Lute's campaign came to an end as she came in last in the event.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Final Underway
Shooting: Men's 10m air pistol individual event is underway. After 5 shots, Sarabjot Singh is second on the table with 49.5 while 22-year-old Arjun Cheema is at 7th position with 47.8 points.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Series 2
Shooting, Scores after 2nd series
Sarabjot Singh: 98.4, 5th Place
Arjun Cheema: 86.4, 7th Place
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Series 3
Shooting, Scores after 3rd series
Sarabjot Singh: 118.4, 5th Place
Arjun Cheema: 104.8, 8th Place
Arjun has been eliminated.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: 10m Air Pistol Final Underway
Shooting: Sarabjot's score after 4th series: 158.8, 4th Place
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: 10m Air Pistol Final Underway
Shooting: Sarabjot's has finished fourth with 199 points to his name in men's 10m air pistol final.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: 10m Air Pistol Final Underway
Shooting: Sarabjot's score after 6th series: 4th Place
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: 10m Air Pistol Final Underway
Shooting: Sarabjot Singh has finished fourth in the men's 10m air pistol individual final with a score of 199.0. Vietnam’s Huy Quang bagged the gold, Korean shooter Wonho Lee clinched the silver while Uzbek shooter Vladimir Svechnikov finished with bronze.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Skeet Mixed Team Update
Shooting: The Indian pair of Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Ganemat Sekhon failed to qualify for the bronze medal match after finishing seventh in the skeet mixed team's qualifications.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Sreeja Defeated
Table Tennis: India's Sreeja Akula has been defeated by Republic of Korea's Pyon Songgyong 0-4 in the women's singles round of 32.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Women's Swimming Quartet Into The Final
With a timing of 8:39.64s, the Indian quartet of Dhinidhi Desinghu, Shivangi Sarma, Vritti Agarwal, and Hashika Ramachandra have been placed eighth overall in the heats and have earned the final qualifying berth for the 4x200m freestyle relay final, which will be held today at 6:36pm IST.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Men's Swimming Quartet Into The Final
Tanish George, Vishal Grewal, Anand Anilkumar Shylaja, and Srihari Nataraj have been placed fifth overall in the heats with a time of 3:21.22s and have qualified for the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final.
The final will be held today at 6:18pm IST.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Manika Batra Wins
Table Tennis: In the women's singles competition, Manika Batra has defeated Nabita Shrestha of Nepal winning 4-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2). She now moves on to the round of 16.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Roshibina Devi's Medal Ceremony
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Squash Update
Malaysia's Subramanium Sivasangari has defeated India's Joshana Chinappa 0-3 (6-11, 2-11, 8-11) in the opening round of the Pool B match.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Golf Update
Golfer Aditi Ashok is tied for second place in round one of the women's individual golf competition after shooting 67, -5 to par. Avani Prashanth (72) and Pranavi Urs (71) are in the T17 and T21 positions, respectively. After the first round, the Indian women's golf team's score of 138 places them in fifth place.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Our Medalist
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: India Lose
Squash: In Pool B, Malaysia established a 2-0 lead over India and took the group title. Aifa Azman defeated India's Tanfi Khanna in the second singles match with a dramatic score of 3-2 (9-11, 11-1, 7-11, 13-11, 11-5), overcoming a 1-2 lead at one point.
The third singles match, a dead rubber, will feature Anahat Singh versus Rachel Mae Arnold.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: India Lose
Squash: In the last game of the Women's Team Pool B match, Anahat Singh has lost to Rachel Mae Arnold 0-3 (7-11, 7-11, 12-14) despite saving five match points.
India have lost the Pool B match to Malaysia 0–3.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Jasmine Wins
Boxing: Jaismine has won women's 57-60kg R-16 bout against Hadeel Ghazwan Ashour via RSC. (RSC - Referee Stops the Contest)
She's now advanced to women's 57-60Kg quarterfinals.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Cycling Updates
In the 1/16 Final Repechage Heat 2, Triyasha Paul came in second place, +0.056 seconds behind the victor Hyeonseo Hwang of South Korea.
Meanwhile, David Beckham has finished at the eighth place in men’s sprint at the cycling track event after finishing fourth in the 5th - 8th place race.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Gymnastics Final Underway
India's Pranati Nayak is in the final of the women's vault and will be in action super soon.
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 5: Gymnastics Final Underway
Pranati's has a score of 12.350 after her second attempt and has finished on the fourth position, which means she's out of medal contention.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Pranati Finishes Eighth
Pranati Nayak dropped down to the eighth position in the final of women's vault. She recorded an aggregate score of 12.350, registering 12.100 on her first attempt and 12.600 on her second attempt.
Pranati Nayak finished eighth.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Hriday Chedda Eliminated
In Equestrian, Intermediate I Freestyle of the individual dressage event is currently underway, where team dressage's gold medallist Hriday Vipul Chedda has just been eliminated. Fellow gold medallist Anush Agarwalla remains in the hunt to win a medal.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Anush Agarwalla Currently Third
Anush Agarwalla is currently third on the Individual I Freestyle event of individual dressage in Equestrian. He has recorded a total score of 70.030 – 69.900 in technical and 76.160 in artistic.
Anush Agarwalla is currently third in the third event of individual dressage.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Saketh-Ramkumar's Tennis Pair in Action
Meanwhile in tennis, the semi-final of men's doubles has started. Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who comprise the India 2 team, are up against the South Korean pair of Seong-chan Hong and Soon-woo Kwon.
India have won the first set 6-1.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Anush Wins Bronze
SECOND MEDAL FOR INDIA IN EQUESTRIAN!
Anush Agarwalla has won India's second equestrian medal by bagging a bronze medal in the individual dressage event. He finishes third in Intermediate I Freestyle, with a score of 73.030.
Anush Agarwalla wins bronze.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Victory in Squash
More good news!
The men's squash team are victorious in their last group stage match, making a much-needed comeback after being defeated by Pakistan. They have secured a 3-0 triumph over Nepal, with all of Abhay Singh, Mahesh Mangaonkar and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu winning their respective fixtures.
Indian men's squash team beats Nepal.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Ayhika-Sutirtha Through to Round of 16
The Indian table tennis contingent might have had a disappointing start to the day, with defeats in two mixed doubles matches, but it is now beginning to look promising.
In the Round of 32 of women's doubles, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee have defeated Kazakhstan's Zauresh Akasheva and Anastassiya Lavrova 3-0 to qualify for the Round of 16.
They will now face the Thai pairing of Wanwisa Aueawiriyayothin and Jinnipa Sawettabut.
Ayhika-Sutirtha victorious.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Achanta Sharath Kamal Wins
Great news all around in TT!
In men's singles, two-time Asian Games bronze medallist Achanta Sharath Kamal has qualified for the Round of 16 by beating Maldives' Mohamed Shaffan Ismail 4-0. In his next match, he will be up against Chinese Taipei's Chih-Yuan Chuang.
Sharath Kamal defeated Mohammed Shaffan Ismail.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Diya-Sreeja Also in Round of 16
Double delight in women's doubles!
Not only the Mukherjee² pairing of Ayhika and Sutirtha, but Diya Chitale and Sreeja Akula have also qualified for the Round of 16 of women's doubles. They defeated Vietnam's Ngoc Tran Mai and Nguyen Thi Nga by a 3-0 margin in their Round of 32 bout.
In the next round, they will be up against the Japanese pairing of Miya Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara.
Diya-Sreeja qualified for the Round of 16.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Sathiyan Victorious
Following the steps of his Indian TT compatriots, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran have also thrown his hat into the ring by securing a place in the Round of 16 of men's singles. He did so by beating Saudi Arabia's Turki Lafi H Almutairi in the Round of 32 by a 4-0 margin.
In his next match, Sathiyan will be up against Chuqin Wang of China.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won his Round of 32 tie.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Saketh-Ramkumar to Fight For Gold
Triumph in Tennis!
Good news keep pouring for the Indian contingent, as in tennis, the men's doubles pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan have just qualified for the final. In their semi-final match, they defeated the South Korean pair of Seong-chan Hong and Soon-woo Kwon by a 6-1, 7-6, (10)-(0) margin.
In the gold medal bout, Saketh and Ramkumar will be up against Chinese Taipei's Yu-Hsiou Hsu and Jason Jung.
Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan qualified for the final of men's doubles.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Football Action Underway
Football action is currently underway, where the men's team is facing Saudi Arabia in a Round of 16 tie. This will be stern challenge for India, considering the Saudis have the upper hand in every area of the pitch. Albeit, Sunil Chhetri and his team has given the nation enough reasons to be optimistic about.
Big 90 minutes coming up.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: India Surviving So Far
30 minutes into the men's football Round of 16 contest, it will be safe to say that India are surviving by the skin of their teeth. The Saudi Arabian forwards, led by Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr teammate Mohammed Maran, have been all over the Indian defence so far. But fortunately for Igor Stimac's side, the Saudi Arabians have been unsuccessful in breaking the deadlock.
Score: India 0-0 Saudi Arabia
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Bopanna-Bhosale Into Semis
What has been an excellent day for the Indian tennis contingent, concludes with yet another victory, as Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale have qualified for the semi-final of mixed doubles. In theur quarter-final tie, they defeated Kazakhstan's Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigoriy Lomakin 7-5, 6-3.
Bopanna-Bhosale's next challenge will be up against Chinese Taipei Hao-Ching Chan and Yu-Hsiou Hsu.
Rutuja Bhosale and Rohan Bopanna won their quarter-final tie.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Defeat in Boxing
Boxer Deepak's campaign at the 2023 Asian Games has come to a premature end, as he has lost his Round of 16 tie in men's 46-51kg category. Up against Japan's Tomoya Tsuboi, the bronze medallist from this year's World Champions suffered a 1-4 defeat on points.
Deepak defeated.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Swimmers Aryan, Kushagra Finish 7th & 8th
Update from swimming:
Aryan Nehra and Kushagra Rawat, who had qualified for the final of men's 800m freestyle, have finished in the 7th & 8th positions respectively. Aryan clocked a time of 8:04.06, finishing 18.03s behind the gold medallist, South Korea's Woomin Kim. Meanwhile, Kushagra finished eighth with a timing of 8:14.01.
Aryan & Kushagra finished 7th & 8th.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: India Concede
BIG BLOW!
India are a goal down in the Round of 16 football tie against Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Abu Al Shamat floated in a sublime cross from the right flank, before Al Nassr's Mohammed Marran placed his header past a helpless Dheeraj Singh.
India have a mountain and a half to climb now.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: India 0-2 Down
India concedes again!
A brilliant pass from Saad Fahad Al Nasser founds Mohammed Marran in space, and having broken the deadlock only a few minutes ago, the young strikes does brilliantly well to go past Dheeraj Singh before placing his shot into an empty net.
India 0-2 Saudi Arabia.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Hockey Underway
Meanwhile in hockey, the Indian men's team is competing against Japan in their second group stage match. Craig Fulton's team has been flying so far in this competition, having beaten Uzbekistan and Singapore by 16-0 and 16-1 margins respectively.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Hockey Team Leading
GOAL!
India have taken the lead in the hockey contest against Japan. Abhishek, the 24-year-old forward from Haryana, opens the scoring in the 13th minute of the game.
India 1-0 Japan
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Defeat in Football
FULL-TIME!
Igor Stimac's boys huffed and puffed, and toiled hard for every ball, but ultimately, Saudi Arabia were too good a team to get the better of. India have lost the match by a 0-2 margin, with Al Nassr striker Mohammed Marran scoring both teams.
With this defeat, India's campaign in football comes to an end, with the women's team having made a group stage exit earlier in the tournament.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: 2-0 Up in Hockey
Meanwhile in hockey, the men's team is exercising their superiority over Japan. Experienced campaigner Mandeep Singh, who was a part of the bronze medal-winning team from 2018, makes the scoreline 2-0 in the 24th minute.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Nishant Wins
Victory in boxing!
Nishant Dev has qualified for the quarter-final of men's 63.5-71kg category by beating Vietnam's Bui Phuoc Tong in his Round of 16 bout. The World Championships bronze medallist secured a win via knockout, and will now face Japan's Sewon Okazawa.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Rohidas Makes it 3-0
Third goal for India!
Odisha's Amit Rohidas, one of the more experienced players in the current Indian squad, makes the scoreline against Japan 3-0 by scoring in the 34th minute. Craig Fulton's boys are now sailing towards their third victory.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Fourth Goal For India
India score again!
Abhishek scores his second, and India's fourth goal in the 48th minute of the game, as Japan are now going through the motions in the last few minutes of the game.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: India Finish 6th & 8th in Last 2 Swimming Events of Today
SWIMMING UPDATE:
India's swimming campaign today did not yield a medal, but there have been some impressive performances.
The men's 4x100m freestyle relay team of Srihari Nataraj, Anand Anilkumar, Vishal Grewal and Tanish George finished in the sixth position.
In women's 4x200m freestyle relay, the quartet of Dhinidhi Desinghu, Vritti Agarwal, Shivangi Sarma and Hashika Ramachandra finished eighth with a timing of 8:37.58.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Victory in Hockey
VICTORY!
Japan had a late flurry, with Genki Mitani and Ryosei Gato scoring in the dying moments of the game, but those two goals bring nothing more than consolation as India have secured yet another victory, beating the gold medallists of 2018 by a 4-2 margin.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Curtain Call
And with the victory of the hockey team, we have come to the conclusion of the Day 5 of 2023 Asian Games.
India have won three medals today, one of which was a gold medal, won by the trio of Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal and Arjun Singh Cheema in men's 10m Air Pistol team event.
In wushu, Roshibina Devi Naorem won a silver medal, after losing his gold medal bout of women's 60kg category. The third medal of the day came in equestrian, with Anush Agarwalla winning a bronze in individual dressage.
With 25 medals, India end the day on the fifth position of medals tally
There will be more medals up for grabs tomorrow, with finals scheduled for multiple events. Like always, we will be bringing you all the live updates. But for now, let us call the curtains!
2023 Asian Games: Medals Tally after Day 4.
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