Page 3 - Asian Games

Asian Games: Indian men's kabaddi reclaim title after controversial final

The Indian men's kabaddi team emerged victorious after an hour of arguments to reclaim its Asian Games title, beating defending champions Iran 33-29 in a controversial final, which was temporarily suspended, here on Saturday. The women's team survived by the skin of its teeth as it beat Chinese Taipei 26-25 in a dramatic final for the country's 100th medal. There was hardly anything separating the two teams in the men's summit clash at 28-28 with one minute and five seconds left on the clock. But controversy erupted in the last minute when Indian skipper Pawan Sehrawat went in for a do-or-die raid. Sehrawat went into the lobby (out of bound) without a touch. However, Amirhossein Bastami and three other Iranian defenders rushed towards the Indian in an attempt to push him out, leading to confusion and mayhem. It was unclear whether Sehrawat had been successfully tackled or not and there was also confusion as to which rule was to be applied -- the old one or the new one. According

Asian Games: Satwik-Chirag achieve glory with first-ever badminton gold

Star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earned India's first-ever badminton gold medal at the Asian Games with a straight-game win over South Korea's Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho here on Sunday. World number 3 Satwik and Chirag, who had become the first Indians to win the Asian championships in 58 years in March this year, extended their sensational run with a 21-18 21-16 win over Choi and Kim, ranked 15th, to achieve their crowing glory. It was also India's first medal in men's doubles in 41 years since Leroy D'sa and Pradeep Gandhe won a bronze in 1982 edition. The medal ensured India's best-ever performance at the continental champions as they ended with three medals -- a men's doubles gold and a men's team silver and a men's singles bronze. India had won a silver and bronze in the 2018 edition at Jakarta, while bagging five bronze at the 1982 edition. Satwik and Chirag will become world no. 1 team when BWF releases the ranking chart on Tuesday. The .

We join India in celebrating milestone of 100 medals in Asian Games: Kharge

The Congress joins the nation in celebrating the remarkable milestone of Indian athletes clinching 100 medals at the Asian Games, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday. The Indian contingent claimed the unprecedented 100th medal at the Asian Games in China's Hangzhou as the women's kabaddi team beat the Chinese Taipei 26-25 in a thrilling encounter. In a post on X, Kharge said, "We join the nation in celebrating the remarkable milestone of clinching 100 medals in the Asian Games." Indian sportspersons deserve all accolades and felicitations for their phenomenal performances, the Congress chief said. It is a tribute to the hard work and talent of our athletes, Kharge said. "We take immense pride in their glory and wish them many more wins in the future. Jai Hind," he said. In a post on X, the Congress said Indian players have created history by their excellent performance in the Asian Games 2023. "Indian players have won more than 100 medals. The entire country is proud

PM Modi to host Asian Games contingent on Oct 10; hails winning 100 medals

India reaching the unprecedented milestone of 100 medals at the ongoing Asian Games is a momentous achievement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, announcing that he will host the country's contingent on October 10. "Every awe-inspiring performance has made history and filled our hearts with pride. I look forward to hosting our Asian Games contingent on the 10th and interacting with our athletes," he posted on X. The people of India are thrilled that it has reached a remarkable milestone of 100 medals, he said. "A momentous achievement for India at the Asian Games! I extend my heartfelt congratulations to our phenomenal athletes whose efforts have led to this historic milestone for India," he added. The Indian contingent claimed the unprecedented 100th medal at the Asian Games as the women's kabaddi team beat the Chinese Taipei 26-25 in a thrilling encounter.

Asian Games: India wins gold in women's kabaddi to reach 100 medals mark

The Indian raiders scored six bonus points in the first half

Asian Games: Aditi Swami bags bronze in compound archery women's individual

Aditi dominated the game from the very first set while the Indonesian trailed and eventually fell out of medal contention

Asian Games: Jyothi Surekha wins gold in women's compound archery

The rising Indian archer defeated South Korea's Chaewon So by a margin of 149-145

Asian Games: India to hit a ton with medals from cricket and kabaddi

Day 13 ends with a hockey gold, multiple medals in archery, wrestling

Asiad 2023: Milk vendor's daughter, shot-putter win precious recurve medal

Ankita Bhakat, daughter of a milk vendor, and Bhajan Kaur, who took to archery after trying her hand in shot put, were right on target when India won their first medal, a bronze, in women's recurve event after 13 years at the Asian Games on Friday. Ankita and Bhajan, the youngest of the trio at 18, teamed up with Simranjeet Kaur to overcome some crunch moments to bring the bronze, the country's first in Olympic recurve section since Guangzhou Games 2010, where they had won three medals. "This medal will rank at the top. I've won many medals at the World Cup but to win at the Asian Games is different and definitely this will rank higher," the senior most member of the team Ankita, who suffered a heartbreak in Jakarta Games 2018, told PTI. The daughter of a milk vendor in Bidhan Park area near Baranagar, Kolkata, Ankita struggled for six years and could not afford to buy a recurve bow. "I shot with an Indian bow and won the Nationals too, but my family could not afford a recurve bow.

Asian Games 2023: Bajrang makes medal-less exit; Aman wins wrestling bronze

Bajrang Punia, who entered the Asian Games after escaping the selection trials, suffered embarrassing defeats to make a medal-less exit from Hangzhou even as three other Indian wrestlers, including the talented Aman Sehrawat, won bronze medals here on Friday. An under-prepared Bajrang, who spent a major part of this year protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, began with two easy wins but appeared clueless against the formidable Iranian Rahman Amouzadkhalili and Japan's Kaiki Yamaguchi. Vishal Kaliraman had won the Asian Games trials but the IOA ad-hoc panel, led by Bhupender Singh Bajwa, had handed Bajrang a direct entry, a decision which invited criticism from the wrestling fraternity. Sending defending champion Bajrang, someone who was terribly short of competition time this year, in the tough men's 65kg competition proved to be a mistake by the Bajwa-led panel. Even Vinesh Phogat, a leading face of the wrestlers' protest, was spared from the trials but, as luck

Asian Games 2023: India men, women teams remain in second spot in Chess

Indian men and women's teams put up a strong show, posting convincing wins in the eighth round of the chess team competition at the Asian Games here on Friday. The men outplayed South Korea 3.5-0.5 while the women thrashed Hong Kong 4-0. After eight rounds, both the teams are in second spot with a round to play. In the India-South Korea match, D Gukesh went past Junhyeok Lee on the top board, while Praggnanandhaa got the better of Se Hyun Kwan. Arjun Erigaisi's win over In-Jung Gu came after a stiff fight with the Korean having gained an advantage before slipping up. The experienced P Harikrishna salvaged a draw against Ahn Hongjin on the fourth board from what seemed a lost position. The top-seeded men's team meets the Philippines on Saturday in the final round while Iran comes up against South Korea. In the women's match, India did not have any trouble with the quartet of D Harika, R Vaishali, Vantika Agarwal and B Savitha Shri winning easily. With none of the Hong Kong playe

Asian Games 2023: Satwik-Chirag enter final, keep maiden Gold hopes alive

An error-prone HS Prannoy signed off with an Asian Games bronze, India's first medal in men's singles in 41 years, but Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept alive the country's hopes of a first-ever badminton gold after cruising into the men's doubles final here on Friday. Satwik and Chirag, ranked world no. 3, dished out a badminton master-class to outclass Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, Tokyo bronze medallists and former world champions, 21-17, 21-12 in 46 minutes of dominance. The Indian pair thus became the first Indian men's doubles pair to assure of a silver at the Asian Games. The duo was also part of India's silver-medal winning men's team last week. Satwik and Chirag, the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallists, will face Korea's Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho in the final on Saturday. The Indians have a 2-0 record against the Koreans. While the doubles pair was simply sensational, Prannoy, who was playing with a back niggle, succumbed in a pool of error

Hockey team not only won game but also hearts of countless Indians: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Indian men's hockey team for winning the gold medal in the Asian Games, saying their unwavering commitment, passion and synergy have not only won the game but also the hearts of countless Indians. "An exhilarating Gold Medal triumph by our Men's Hockey Team at the Asian Games! Congratulations to the team for this outstanding performance. This team's unwavering commitment, passion and synergy have not only won the game but also the hearts of countless Indians. This victory is a testament to their spirit. Best wishes for the endeavours ahead," he posted on X. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh led admirably as the Indian men's hockey team mauled defending champions Japan 5-1 to reclaim the Asian Games gold in Hangzhou in China, their fourth in the continental showpiece, after nine years and qualify for next year's Paris Olympics on Friday. The prime minister congratulated several medal winners for their excellent show in the games. Praising Aman Sehrawat fo

Indian women roller-skaters stay in medal contention at Asian Games

Roller-skaters Greeshma Dontara and Sai Samhitha Akula kept their hopes alive of earning laurels for India, as they were placed fourth and sixth respectively in the ladies artistic single free skating short program final at the Asian Games here on Friday. Greeshma was ranked fourth with a segment score of 20.94 (9.81 in element, 11.13 in component), while Samhitha had a segment score of 16.95 (6.95 in element, 11 in component, and a one point deduction). Chinese Taipei's Hsiao-Ching Hung and Japan's Miki Fujikura were placed first and second with segment scores of 38.76 and 27.41, respectively. Both Indian skaters will be looking to improve their performance in a bid to strengthen their chances of winning medals in the final round at the Qiantang Roller Sports Centre on Saturday. Earlier, all other Indian roller-skaters had lost in their respective events. Indian roller-skaters had won two bronze medals at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.

Asian Games: India men's archery recurve team finishes with silver medal

Korea needed a perfect 10 on the last shot to finish it off and win it, and their archers delivered it perfectly

Asian Games: 'Bindaas maro' was the women's archery team's mantra

'Bindaas maro' (shoot fearlessly) was the mantra the underrated Indian women archers followed as they ended India's 13-year wait for a medal in the Olympic discipline recurve section by returning with a bronze at the Asian Games. Seeded fifth, India defeated lower-ranked Japan 6-2 before going down to top-seeded South Korea 2-6 to get into the bronze playoff where they emerged 6-2 winners against Vietnam. Indian recurve archers failed to win a medal in the last two edition of the Games and, this time too, all the focus in the Olympic section was on the men's team that had rising archer Dhiraj Bommadevara, who is on a career-high ranking of world No 15, double Olympian Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke. "Nobody gave us a chance, so I told them (Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur) 'bindaas maro' as if it's your practice match. We had nothing to lose," women's team coach Purnima Mahato told PTI from Hangzhou. Before the Vietnamese could shoot their last three arrows, the bronze

Asian Games: Indian men go down against HK, settle for silver in bridge

The Indian men's team stumbled on the final hurdle against Hong Kong, and settled for a silver medal in the bridge competition at the Asian Games here on Friday. India, a gold and two bronze-medal winner at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, lost to Hong Kong 152-238.1 in the gold-medal match at Hangzhou. The Indian team consisting of Sandeep Thakral, Jaggy Shivadasni, Raju Tolani and Ajay Prabhkar Khare could not challenge the Hong Kong outfit at any point during the six sessions, spread over two days. Indian men were trailing 1-2 after the first two sessions, and they made a woeful start, losing the day's first session 32-42 to Hong Kong. Trailing 1-3, India needed to win the second session on the day, but Hong Kong emerged a clear 38-17 winner to all but seal the gold with a 4-1 lead.

Asian Games Highlights: India win Gold in Men's Hockey; Meal tally - 95

Asian Games 2023 highlights: India assured Silver in men's cricket by defeating Bangladesh by 9 wickets in the semifinal. Archers win Silver; India's medal tally: 95 - 22 Gold, 34 Silver & 39 Bronze

Asian Games: India win Gold medal after 9 years; qualify for Paris Olympics

A dominant Indian men's hockey team thrashed defending champions Japan 5-1 to reclaim the Asian Games gold medal after nine years and qualify for next year's Paris Olympics here on Friday. The Indians, who had to be content with a bronze medal in the last edition in Jakarta, thus won their fourth Asian Games gold and first since the 2014 Incheon edition. India's other gold medals came in 1966 and 1998, both times in Bangkok. Harmanpreet Singh (32nd, 59th minutes) scored a brace through penalty corners, Amit Rohidas (36th) also sounded the board from a set-piece, while Manpreet Singh (25th) and Abhishek (48th) found the net from field efforts to register the famous victory for India. Seren Tanaka converted a penalty corner for Japan in the 51st minutes.

Asian Games October 7 schedule: Cricket- IND vs AFG; Kabaddi team finals

Check the India Asian Games 2023 schedule on Day 14 (October 7), which includes India vs Afghanistan cricket final & India vs Iran Kabaddi final among other medal events