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'Lost my medal to a transgender': Swapna Barman after losing in Heptathlon

Swapna Barman finished fourth in the women's heptathlon event with 5708 points, losing out on bronze by only four points

Harmanpreet, Mandeep score hat tricks as India storms into semifinals

Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh slammed a hat-trick each as India mauled Bangladesh 12-0 to storm into the semifinals of the men's hockey competition at the Asian Games here on Monday. Harmanpreet (2nd, 4th, 32nd minutes) converted three penalty corners, while Mandeep (18th, 24th, 46th) also found the net thrice as India remained unbeaten in Pool A. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (23rd), Amit Rohidas (28th), Abhishek (41st, 57th), Nilakanta Sharma (47th) and Gurjant Singh (56th) were the other goal getters for India. India will play the second-best team of Pool B in the semifinal on Wednesday. It was complete dominance by India from start to finish as they scored goals from both penalty corners and field play. The Indians pumped in seven field goals and converted five out of 11 penalty corners earned in the match. India mounted continuous raids throughout the match to pump in six goals in each half. It took India two minutes to take the lead when Harmanpreet converted the firs

Ghosal progresses into quarterfinals, Joshna exits from Asian Games

Star Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa made a shock exit from the women's singles event but veteran Sourav Ghosal sailed into the quarterfinals of men's singles at the Asian Games here on Monday. Taking the court first, Chinappa lost 1-3 to lower-ranked Heo Mingyeong of South Korea in the pre-quarterfinals. The 37-year-old, who received a first-round bye, went down 4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 8-11 in 37 minutes to the South Korean, ranked 158th, in the round of 16. The result is a major upset as Joshna was a medal favourite. The Chennai player had won a singles bronze in the 2018 edition. She also has two silver medals and as many bronze in team events at the Asian Games, including the one she picked up in this edition last week. She has been hit by injuries recently and lack of game time has pushed Joshna to as low as 70 in the world rankings. The other Indian in the fray, Tanvi Khanna progressed to the quarterfinals with an easy 11-1, 11-3, 11-2 win over Arichaya Chujit of Thailand.

Asian Games: Indian women's kabaddi team plays out 34-34 draw against China

In an unexpected start to its campaign, the Indian women's Kabbadi team was on Monday held to a surprise 34-34 draw by Chinese Taipei in a group A match at the Asian Games here. The Indians were made to work hard throughout the contest by their opponents, who earned a bonus point on the last raid of the match to force a draw. The women side's next assignment will be on Tuesday against South Korea, while the men's team will take on Bangladesh in their Group A match. The Indian women's team did not have an ideal start but recovered well to finish ahead at the end of the first half. Defender Hsiu-Chen Feng troubled the Indians, who scripted a late recovery to finish 17-15 after the first half. For India, Ritu Negi earned the first defensive point through an ankle hold, while Pooja Hathwala took the bonus point in the second half. India managed to extend their lead by five points at 23-17 before grabbing a 26-20 lead at one stage but there after the Chinese Taipei side came back roar

Asian Games: India women campaign ended, men hopes alive in Sepaktakraw

The Indian men's team kept their hopes alive after winning two straight matches in group B but it was curtains for women's side in quadrant sepaktakraw at the Asian Games here on Monday. The men's side thrashed Singapore 2-0 (21-7, 21-15) in just 38 minutes before beating Philippines 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) at the Jinhua Sports Centre Gymnasium. India will next face South Korea on Tuesday in their last group match. The top two teams from both groups qualify for the semi-finals and Japan are currently at the top with three wins. However, the women's side ended its campaign finishing last in the group. The women's team suffered a third straight defeat, losing to the Philippines 0-2 (18-21, 15-21) in just 39 minutes. Earlier, the men's side lost to world number six Japan 0-2, while the women's team lost to Laos 0-2 and China 0-2. India have won only one bronze in the sport at the Asian Games a bronze in men's regu at Jakarta in 2018.

Asian Games: 20 cuts and 26 stitches later, Aarathy Raj rises to win medal

Things looked gloomy for Aarathy Kasturi Raj after a nasty fall in May that required 26 stitches to treat more than 20 cuts, including few deep ones on her forehead. But, with her physician mother by her side, the Indian roller skater recovered in time to win a historic bronze medal at the Asian Games. Her goal achieved, Aarathy, who has completed her MBBS, will rejoin her mother in running the hospital they own. Aarathy suffered the injury during training exactly four months before the start of the continental showpiece. The 29-year-old said it was scary but she took the injury in her stride and recovered quickly after rehabilitation with her physician mother taking care of her. "I had a scary incident on May 26 this year and I had 26 stitches. There were deep cuts on my forehead," Aarathy told PTI after playing a part in the bronze medal win in the women's 3000m team relay. "I started training on the bike, did rehab." Daughter of a businessman father C Kasturi Raj and gynaecolo

Asian Games: Srikanth, Satwik-Chirag enter Badminton tournament's 2nd round

India's Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the men's singles second round with a comfortable straight-game win over Vietnam's Phat Le Duc in the badminton competition of the Asian Games here on Monday. Srikanth, a 2021 world championships silver medallist, outclassed Le Duc 21-10 21-10 in 29 minutes to set up a clash with Korea's Lee Yun Gyu. Commonwealth Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also sailed into the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals with a 21-11 21-16 win over Hong Kong's Chow Hin Long and Lui Chun Wai. The Indian duo, ranked world no. 3, will next face Indonesia's Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin. In mixed doubles, K Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto prevailed 21-18 21-14 over Macau's Leong Iok Chong and Weng Chi NG to make a winning start. They will square off against Malaysia's Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei in the round of 16. However, the Indian camp was grappling with injuries and health issues with MR Arjun pulling out due to a back injur

Asian Games 2023: India bag 3 silver and 4 bronze medals on Day 9

The Indian contingent added seven medals, with three silver and four bronze, on Monday as it retained its fourth position on the overall tally

Asian Games: Vithya equals PT Usha's national record in women's 400m hurdle

India's Tejaswin Shankar produced a season best effort in shot put to be placed fifth in the overall standings with two events left in men's decathlon at the Asian Games here on Monday. The 24-year-old, who had won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in high jump last year, came up with an effort of 13.39m in shot put to be at the fifth place. He also produced a personal best effort of 11.12m to register a fourth place finish in the 100m race, while topping the standings in long jump with an effort of 7.37m. Tejaswin now has 2428 points in the overall standings. He amassed 903 points from long jump, 834 from 100m race and 691 in shot put. He will participate in high jump and 400 race events later in the day. India had a good outing with Vithya Ramraj equalling PT Usha's 400m hurdle national record, which was set in 1984, with a personal best effort of 55.42s to top her heat and directly qualify for the women's final. Ravi Sinchal Kaveram Theetharamada, however, missed out after ..

Asian Games 2023: Indian men firm in 2nd position, womens' team languish

Indian men's team firmly encamped themselves in the second position but the mixed and women's sides continued to produce underwhelming efforts in the bridge competition at the Asian Games here on Sunday. The Indian men garnered a total of 252.35 points after having played 238 boards, and they are only behind Hong Kong who have 277.53 points. The men's team began the day with a commanding 19.47-0.53 win over South Korea, and in the second round they received a walkover. But in the round robin 2-7 phase match, India slipped against Hong Kong 3.62-16.38. However, they came back into their own with a closely fought 11.28-8.72 victory over China in the day's last match, and the result also helped them maintain their second position on the table. The women's outfit started the proceedings with a 16.21-3.79 victory over Chinese Taipei. They also won against Thailand 13.96-6.04 but their aggregate did not improve with those two results. They carded 99.27 points from 168 boards to remain

Asian Games 2023: Parul, Priti bag silver and bronze in 3,000m steeplechase

India's Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medal respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games here on Monday. Parul clocked 9:27.63 sec to claim the silver medal ahead of compatriot Priti, who made a strong finish to clinch the bronze with a personal best time of 9:43.32 sec. Winfred Mutile Yavi of Bahrain won the gold with a Games record timing of 9:18.28 sec. In August this year at the World Championships held in Budapest, Parul registered a national record in 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:15.31 sec, and in the process qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Asian Games: Learnt a lot from Dhoni but I have my own style, says Gaikwad

He has learnt a lot from the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni but Ruturaj Gaikwad on Monday said he will lean on his own leadership style as he prepares to lead the Indian men's team in its maiden Asian Games cricket campaign. India will be favourites for another gold medal here after the women's team had clinched the ultimate prize a few days ago. Gaikwad and Co. will play their quarterfinal on Tuesday. Gaikwad, who has established himself as a vital cog in Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, said he would like to give players freedom to express themselves. "I got to learn a lot of things from him (Dhoni) but every person has a different style. His style is different, his personality is different and my personality is a bit different," Gaikwad told the media here ahead of India's first game. "I will try to be myself and not really look at what he usually does. Obviously, yes you have to pick out some things which he does really well, how he handles situations and h

Yarraji Race: AFI president promises to take up matter to highest level

Jyothi Yarraji was first disqualified, then allowed to run and eventually finished third, all these happened in a span of few minutes during a farcical women's 100m hurdles race at the Asian Games here on Sunday. Drama unfolded in the last event of the day at the 'Big Lotus' stadium when the women's 100m hurdles was stopped after the gun was fired. Replays clearly showed that Chinese runner Wu Yanni was responsible for the false start as she got off the blocks even before the gunshot was taken. The judges reviewed the start of the race at the on-field screen and then disqualified Yanni. But to the surprise of the Indian camp, Yarraji was also told that she would be out due to false start. Yarraji stood her ground for a while and protested and the race was held up for a few minutes. In sprint races, under 100 millisecond rule, any athlete who reacts within 100 milliseconds (0.100 second) of the gun going off is considered to have false started. Later, the judges allowed both of th

Das-Ankita fight to oust Malaysia; Indian archers make quarters in 4 events

The Indian recurve mixed pair archery duo of Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat showed tenacity to defeat Malayasia in a three-setter and sail into quarterfinals at the Asian Games here on Monday. Indian archers stormed into last-eight in three team events -- recurve mixed, compound mixed, compound men's team -- when the elimination round got underway at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre here. As of now, India are in medal contention in four events with the top-seeded women's team compound archers getting a bye into the quarters. Fifth seeded Indian duo of Das and Ankita rallied to beat Malaysian team of Syaqiera Binti Mashayikh, Muhamad Zarif Syahir Bin Zolkepeli 6-2 (39-38, 37-36, 39-33). The Malaysia duo enjoyed a 2-0 lead with three 10s including one X in the first set. But the experienced Indian duo bounced back with two 10s and went on to level as the Malaysians crumbled under pressure. The Malaysians hit the red-ring (8) once and went on to lose the second by a slender one-point ...

Asian Games: Sutirtha-Ayhika pair settles for historic bronze in TT

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Auhika Mukherjee's giant-slaying run ended with a historic bronze medal at the Asian Games after the Indian duo lost the closely-fought women's doubles semifinal 3-4 to North Korea here on Monday. Sutirtha and Ayhika lost 3-4 (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 2-11) to Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak but grabbed the bronze following a sensational victory over world champions from China on Saturday. With the result, the Indian challenge ended at the Games. The medal came from an unexpected event with the Indian duo had earlier beating the Chinese pair of Meng Chen and Yidi Wang in the quarterfinals. In 2018, India made history by picking up an unprecedented men's team and mixed doubles bronze. The difference in the contest on Monday from the quarterfinal match was the fact that the North Koreans were not as troubled in the game by the anti-spin rubber of Ayhika unlike the rattled Chinese pair. The Indians needed to sustain the attack in the last game but were no

Asian Games Day 9 highlights: India tally at 60 after 4 medals in Athletics

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: Paddlers Sutirtha and Ayhika lost SF vs North Koreans & settle for a bronze in women's doubles Table Tennis. India have 60 medals - Gold- 13, Silver - 24; Bronze - 23

Asian Games 2023: China is relentless in its domination of medal tally

China is simply relentless in its domination of the Asian Games. At the games five years ago in Jakarta, Indonesia, the country won 132 gold medals and 287 medals overall. This time, into Day 9 with five full days remaining, China has already broken its mark for gold medals and is very close to matching the overall total from five years ago. With 290 gold medals awarded, China has won almost half 141. Its overall total stood at 255, just short of the 287 mark set in 2018. Host nations typically get a home field bounce when hosting the Olympics or a large multi-sport event like the Asian Games. ROLLER SKATING Skater Jung Cheolwon crossed the line in Monday's 3,000-meter relay and began to celebrate thinking he'd won the gold medal for South Korea. But he was shocked when the scoreboard showed South Korea had finished second to Taiwan, which clocked 4 minutes, 05.692 seconds. South Korea finished in 4:05.702. Jung apologized to his teammates for his costly error. I made a rather

Asian Games 2023, men's cricket: India full schedule, match timings, squad

India will begin their campaign in the Asian Games on the October 3 in the quarterfinals given they have higher seeding.

Asian Games 2023: Indian men's, women's teams bag bronze in roller skating

Indian roller skaters clinched two bronze medals in men's and women's 3000m team relay events to match their best ever performance at the Asian Games here on Monday. The women's team of Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aarathy Kasturi Raj opened India's account on the ninth day of competitions, finishing with a timing of 4:34.861s. The Indian quartet finished behind gold medallists Chinese Taipei (4:19.447) and South Korea (4:21.146). Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble and Vikram Ingale then sealed a second bronze with a timing of 4:10.128 in men's team relay. Chinese Taipei (4:05.692) and South Korea (4:05.702) took the top-two spots. Indian roller skaters had won two bronze medals at the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games in men's free skating and pairs skating events.

Asian Games: Three Gold, 15 total; India fourth in medals tally on day 8

India won 15 medals across sports on the day, their biggest haul in a single day of the Asian Games over all editions and athletics was the biggest contributor in that