Page 11 - Asian Games

7-member golf team including Lahiri, Ashok eyes Asian Games medals

The seven-member Indian golf team, comprising the likes of Anirban Lahiri and Aditi Ashok, will be hoping to carry forward its recent superb form when the event commences at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Lahiri will be leading an experienced set of Indian golfers including Shubhankar Sharma, Khalin Joshi and SSP Chawrasia, while the women's team has the likes of Olympian Aditi, Pranavi Urs and Avani Prashanth. While Lahiri and Sharma have been given automatic berths in the men's section, Aditi has been given the same honour among women. Joshi and Chawrasia among men and Pranavi and Avani in women came through the qualifiers conducted for amateurs and pros by the Indian Golf Union (IGU). Lahiri, the only one in this group to have won a medal at the Asian Games, did so way back in 2006 when he clinched a team silver as an amateur. "That was an amazing feeling," he recalled. He said, "For me, it is very exciting; obviously to have the opportunity to play again in the Asian Games

Nagal, Raina progress to quarterfinals; Ramkumar, Bhosale exit from singles

Counter-puncher Sumit Nagal blunted the challenge of big-serving Beibit Zhukayev with his perseverance while Ankita Raina outgunned Adithya P Karunaratne without fuss as the two Indians inched closer to singles medals by reaching the quarterfinals at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. Kazakhstan's Zhukayev served big but Nagal controlled the points better for a 7-6 (9) 6-4 in a riveting men's singles third round while Raina cruised to a 6-1 6-2 win over her Hong Kong's opponent in the third round of the women's singles event. The semifinalists are assured of bronze medals in the tennis event at the Games. However, the singles challenge of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rutuja Bhosale came to a halt at the Asian Games. Nagal's movement on the court and the immense retrieving ability was a delight to watch as several times Zhukayev went for drop shots but Nagal reached the ball to fire winners. Zhukayev was sending down powerful serves and his ground strokes too packed a lot of power were bu

Delayed Asian Games tournament blessing for Indian sailor Neha Thakur

When the Asian Games was delayed by a year owing to the COVID-19 situation in China, it wreaked havoc with the schedule of many athletes, but for Indian sailor Neha Thakur, it proved to be a blessing in disguise. Neha won a silver in girl's dinghy ILCA-4 event to open the country's medal count in the sport at the Hangzhou Games here on Tuesday. But, if the Games were held last year, as per the original schedule, Neha would not have been a part of the Indian team, as Ritika Dangi was the country's number one in her event at that point in time. However, Ritika, who was originally the Indian qualifier for the Asian Games, exceeded the age limit and was rendered ineligible as ILCA-4 class is meant for U-17 girls. So the rising Neha, who had clinched a bronze in Asian Championships in Abu Dhabi last year, became the automatic choice. "Ritika was set to take part in the Asian Games, but she was unfortunate to go out of the age bracket after turning 18 this year," National Sailing School

Volleyball at Asian Games: India lose 0-3 to Pakistan, finish sixth

The Indian men's volleyball team finished sixth at the Asian Games after going down 0-3 to arch-rivals Pakistan here on Tuesday. The Pakistani team dominated all three sets and outplayed India 25-21 25-20 25-23 in just one hour and 14 minutes. It was a mixed campaign for the men's team, who had topped their pool after beating Cambodia by 3-0 and stunning 2018 silver medallist South Korea 3-2. India also defeated 2018 bronze medallist Chinese Taipei in the top 12 match by 3-0. However, in the top six match, India lost to Japan 0-3 and was knocked out of medal contention. In the previous edition in Jakarta, India had finished in 12th place. The Indian women's team will begin its campaign against North Korea on Saturday.

Judo at Asian Games: Indian Tulika Maan loses in bronze medal match

Indian judoka Tulika Maan missed out of a chance to win a medal after going down to Mongolia's Amaraikhan Adiyasuren in the bronze-medal play-off of the women's +78kg event at Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 25-year-old from Delhi, a silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, lost to Adiyasuren 0-10 by ippon at Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium here. Earlier, Tulika knocked out Macao's Qing Lam Lai 10-0 in just 15 seconds with an ippon. But in the quarterfinal, she lost to Japanese Wakaba Tomita who thrashed her 10-0 with an ippon. However, she stayed alive to fight for the bronze after beating Chinese Taipei's Jia Wen Tsai with an ippon by 10-0 in the repechage round. The losers in the quarterfinal rounds enter the repechage round. Earlier, Indubala Devi Maibam lost to Thai Ikumi Oeda by 0-10 in women's under 78 kg category where the winner made an ippon in round of 16. India were unfortunate to miss a medal in men's 100kg where Avtar Singh sustained an injury and conceded his ..

Historic win for team India in equestrian: Union Sports Minister Thakur

Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Vipul, Divyakriti and Sudipti Hajela won the gold medal after scoring 209.205 points in the Team Dressage event at the Asian Games 2023

Indian dressage team wins 1st Asian Games gold, 1st yellow metal in 41 yrs

India's dressage team cantered to its first ever Asian Games gold and only second in this discipline in the history of the sport with the quartet of Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Vipul Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla living up to expectations, here on Tuesday. The Indian quartet was performing well in the selection trials as their scores either matched or were better than the Asian Games medal winners from the previous editions. It was more about the colour of medal they would win and they grabbed the top place on the podium by aggregating 209.205 percentage points, leaving behind China (204.882 %) and Hong Kong (204.852%). The last time the sport of equestrian contributed to India's Asian Games tally was in 1986 when the country won a dressage bronze. In the 1982 edition in New Delhi, the Indian team had grabbed three gold medals in Eventing and Tent Pegging competitions. Raghubir Singh had won a gold in individual Eventing in 1982 and then added another yellow metal in Tea

Asian Games 2023: Pranati enters vault and all-around gymnastics finals

India's Pranati Nayak on Monday qualified for the finals of the vault and all-round competitions in gymnastics at the Asian Games here. Nayak took the sixth position among top eight qualifiers in the women's vault event earning a total of 12.716 points. The Indian gymnast also secured a position in 18 competitors selected to compete in the women's all-round final which will take place on Wednesday, September 27. She was placed 23rd overall in the all-round competition but qualified due to the fact that a country can have only a maximum of two gymnasts in the final. Among the countries that had three gymnasts each were China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, North Korea and Republic of Korea.

Asian Games 2023: Indians sail past Pakistan and Singapore in Squash

The Indian squash contingent began its Asian Games campaign with comfortable victories over Singapore and Pakistan, respectively, in the men's and women's team competitions here on Tuesday. The women's team comprising 15-year-old Anahat Singh, veteran Joshna Chinappa and Tanvi Khanna blanked Pakistan 3-0 in its opening Pool B match. The first singles saw Asian Games debutant Anahat getting past Sadia Gul 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 in 16 minutes. Joshna, playing the first match of her sixth Asian Games, took 13 minutes to beat Noor Ul Huda Sadiq 11-2, 11-5, 11-7. India, silver medallists in the previous edition, completed their dominance when Tanvi thrashed Noor Ul Ain Ijaz 11-3, 11-6, 11-2. Top two teams in Pool A and Pool B progress to the semifinals. Third seeds India are paired in Pool B alongside Malaysia, Macau, China, Pakistan and Nepal. In the men's event, top seeds India outplayed Singapore 3-0. Harinder Pal Sandhu, back to playing singles after a long injury lay-off, had to figh

Asian Games 2023: Bhavani Devi bows out in quarterfinal in fencing

Star Indian fencer Bhavani Devi's impressive run at the Asian Games came to an end in the quarterfinals, suffering a 7-15 loss to local favourite Yaqi Shao in the women's sabre individual category here on Tuesday. One win shy from a maiden Asian Games medal, Bhavani Devi managed three touches in the first period of the quarterfinals. But her Chinese opponent was superior as she took an 8-3 lead and needed just seven more touches to qualify for her successive semi-final at the continental showpiece. Bhavani managed four more touches in the second period but that proved to be insufficient. The fencer, who makes 15 touches first in a knock-out round, is adjudged winner and Shao sealed the issue in the second period without breaking a sweat. Semifinalists are assured of at least a bronze medal in fencing, and the Tokyo Olympian would consider herself 'unlucky' pitted against the 2018 Asian Games silver medallist in the last-eight. In pursuit of a maiden Asian Games medal in fencing, t

Asiad 2023: India's Divyansh-Ramita miss 10m mixed air rifle bronze medal

India's Divyansh Panwar and Ramita Jindal missed the 10m mixed air rifle bronze medal by the skin of the teeth as the country's shooters hit a bump on Tuesday after cruising for two consecutive days at the Asian Games, here. South Korea won the bronze after an engrossing contest, which saw both the teams come up with breath-taking effort and giving it their all in the fight for third place. The Korean pair of Park Hajun and Lee Eunseo finally won 20-18. A scintillating performance was predicted for the crack pair of 20-year-old Divyansh, and teenager Ramita, but the start didn't quite go as expected as the pair qualified for the finals placed sixth and last after the qualification round. Unlike the individual 10m air rifle event, where eight shooters qualify for the finals, in mixed team six pairs make the medal round. Here too, the top two placed teams compete for the gold, while the remaining four pairs are divided into two groups and compete for two bronze medals. While Korea

Asian Games 2023: Neha Thakur's silver in sailing adds to India's tally

Indian sailor Neha Thakur grabbed a silver in girl's dinghy ILCA-4 event to open the country's medal count in the sport on day three of the Asian Games here on Tuesday. A rising sailor from National Sailing School Bhopal, Neha finished with a total of 32 points but her net score of 27 helped her earn the second spot behind gold medallist Noppassorn Khunboonjan of Thailand. Singapore's Kiera Marie Carlyle settled for a bronze with a net score of 28. In sailing, the competitor's worst score from all the races is subtracted from the total points to determine the net score. The one with the lowest net score is adjudged the winner. The girl's dinghy ILCA-4 category consists of 11 races and Neha finished with 32 total points. Neha's worst race was the fifth one where she got five points to end with a net score of 27. The ILCA-4 is defined as a one-design dinghy class in the laser series and is a one-design class of sailboat.

Asian Games Day 3 Highlights: Gold in Equestrian, IND 6th in medal's tally

Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Highlights: Indian team comprising Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Hridaya Vipul and Anush Agarwalla won gold in the Equestrian dressage event. India secured 3 sailing medals

Asian Games: Men's 4x100m medley team smashes national record; enters final

The Indian men's 4x100m medley relay team swam a sensational heat, obliterating the national record to enter the final of the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likhith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew clocked 3:40.84 to finish behind Japan in heat 1. They bettered the national record of 3:44.94 set by Nataraj, Sandeep Sejwal, Prakash, Aaron D'Souza in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta. They finished fourth overall to advance to the final, which will be held later in the day. The two other Indian swimmers competing in the day -- Palak Joshi and Shivangi Sarma -- failed to progress to the finals of their respective events. While Shivangi finished 17th in the women's 100m freestyle event, Palak was (2:25.81) ranked 14 among 19 swimmers in the women's 200m backstroke (58.31).

Asian Games 2023 September 26 schedule: India event timings, streaming

Indian shooters will once again be the main source of medal hopes on Tuesday, September 26, the third Day of the Asian Games 2023 competition. Indian men's hockey team will also play

Asian Games football: India holds training session ahead of Saudi clash

Stimac earlier appreciated the Blue Tigers for qualifying to the round of 16 of the tournament even after completing their recovery sessions at a park in China

Asian Games 2023: Harmanpreet scores 4 goals as India maul Singapore 16-1

The Indian Team went into this match with immense confidence, having recorded a resounding 16-0 victory in their tournament opener against Uzbekistan on Sunda

Asian Games: Indian Wushu players disappointed after Chinese visa denial

The young Wushu players were given a warm welcome at the Naharlagun Railway station by the well-wishers, wushu association and family members on Tuesday as they returned home.

Asian Games: India to face Pakistan in men's volleyball match for 5th-place

According to Olympics.com, the match between India and Pakistan will start at 4:00 PM Indian Standard Time

I had tears in my eyes: Smriti Mandhana on winning Asian Games gold medal

Mandhana said that it was a very special moment for her and was happy to contribute to India's medal tally in the multi-sport event