Asian Games Highlights, Day 7: IND thrash PAK in hockey, Squash; medals- 38

Asian Games 2023, Day 7 Highlights: India thrashed Pakistan 10-2 in hockey and beat them 3-2 in Squash to win the men's team gold. The contingent finished with 10 Gold, 14 Silver and 14 Bronze medals

6:56 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s 10,000m race- Indians secure personal best timings

 

India’s Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh won the silver and bronze in the men’s 10,000m race with their personal best performances. 

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6:50 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Boxing- India’s Nishant Dev ousted

 

India’s Nishant Dev has been ousted in the quarterfinal of the men’s 63.5-71 kg quarterfinal. He failed to join the four Indians in the semi-final. Two more Indians remain in the fray for the semi-final contention.

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6:46 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Women’s Heptathlon- Swapna Barman and Nandini Agasara in action

 

Two Indian players Swapna Barman and Nandini Agasara couldn’t get going in the shotput part of the Heptathalon. 

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6:40 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Men’s Hockey- India 2-0 Pakistan

 

The Indian team was in the lead at the end of the first quarter as Mandeep Singh and Harmanpreet scored to keep India way ahead of their opponents. 

 

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6:38 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

The match is now headed into the final round where Kidambi Srikanth will be in action as India lost their second men's doubles featuring MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila against South Korea to to bring the tie down to 2-2. India's HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen won their ties in singles to give India a 2-1 lead. India's top-rated doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Rankireddy lost unexpectedly as well. 

 

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6:31 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Women’s 3x3 Basketball- India out in quarterfinal

 

India lost to Chinese Taipei in the women’s 3x3 Basketball quarterfinal 21-10. Their medal campaign ends here. 

 

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6:27 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Weightlifting- India’s Bindayarani Devi finishes 5th in women’s 55kg

 

After the disappointment of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category, Sorokhaibam Bindiyarani Devi finished with a total of 196 kg- 83 in snatch and 113 in clean and jerk to remain 3rd in women’s 55kg category. She will finish fifth. 

 

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6:22 PM

Asian Games LIVE | India win silver and bronze in men’s 10,000m race

 

India’s Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh finished second and third in the men’s 10,000m race to give India their second and third medals in athletics. Bahrain finished first. 

 

6:09 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Indian divers finish 5th in springboard competition

 

The Indian duo of Siddarth Pradesi and Heman Lonson Singh finished fifth in the men’s 3 m synchronized springboard final. 
 

 

6:01 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

India's Laksya Sen kept the team ahead at 2-1 after an easy win. 

 

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5:59 PM

Asian Games LIVE | India’s Aishwarya Mishra finish 4th in women’s 400m race

 

India’s Aishwarya Mishra finished fourth in the women’s 400m race. She finished with a timing of 53.50 seconds. 

 

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5:54 PM

Asian Games LIVE | India’s Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi finish 5th in men's 400m

 

India’s Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi finishes fifth in the men’s 400m race. He finished with a timing of 45.97 which was way off the mark of his personal best timing of 45.36 seconds. Had he merited his best, India would have surely been among the medals. 

 

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5:39 PM

Asian Games 2023 LIVE | Men's Badminton Team Semi-Final, India vs South Korea

 

After Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireedy dropped their game, Lakshya Sen brought India into the lead, taking the first game and taking the lead in the second one.  

 

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5:31 PM

Asian Games LIVE | History created by India in women’s doubles table tennis

 

The world number 16 pairing of Ahykia and Suthritha Mukherjee have defeated the world number two Chinese pairing of Chen Meng and Wang Yidi to give India their first-ever medals in women’s doubles table tennis and only third overall in the game. 

 

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5:25 PM

Asian Games LIVE | Table Tennis Women’s Doubles QF, IND 3-1 CHN

 

India’s pairing of Suthritha Mukherjee and Ahyika Mukherjee is just two points away from creating history against the leading Chinese pair, but just like Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar in the men’s doubles, they are also making unforced errors and the Chinese have saved two match points. But not anymore say the Mukherjees as they qualify for the semi-final and secure India’s first-ever medals in women’s doubles. India have had only two medals in table tennis and both of them came in the 2018 edition.