Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: Athletes Bring Glory, 7 Medals on Day 9
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates: India won seven medals today.
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India won seven medals today.
Table-tennis pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee secured a bronze medal after losing their semifinal match to the North Korean pair.
Four medals came in athletics. Parul Chaudhary & Priti won a silver and a bronze medal respectively in women's 3000m steeplechase, while Ancy Sojan Edappilly won a silver medal in women's long jump.
The 4x400 mixed relay team of Muhammed Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan won a silver medal.
Sanjana Bhatula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aarathy Kastury have won a bronze medal in women's speed skating 3000m final.
Aryanpal Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble, Vikram Ingale have bagged a bronze medal in men's speed skating 3000m final.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Ni Hao! Welcome to our live blog on Day 9 of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Catch all the updates here. Stay tuned!
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Roller-Skating
Athletics: India’s Aryan Pal, Anand Kumar, Siddhant, Vikram finished at the second place in heat 2 with a time of 4:15.126 to advance to the final of the Men’s Speed Skating 3000m relay race.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Tejaswin Shankar Strats Well
Athletics: In the long jump category, India's Tejaswin Shankar jumped a 7.37m, 17 cm away from the footboard's safe distance.
Earlier, starting from lane 8, he finished fourth in the 100m race with a personal and season best performance of 11.12.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: It's A Bronze Medal
The team of Sanjana Bhatula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aarathy Kastury have won a bronze medal in the women's speed skating 3000m after finishing the race in 4:34:861.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Tejaswin's Second Jump
Athletics, Men's Long Jump: Tejaswin finishes with 7.23m jump in his second attempt which is 18.9cm off the footboard.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Afsal Into The Final
Athletics: In the second heat of the 800 meter race, Mohammed Afsal P finishes at the first spot with a timing of 1:46.79 and has qualified directly for the final.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Krishan Qualifies
Athletics: Another Indian makes the cut as Krishan Kumar has finished the race with a timing of 1:49.45 in the third heat of the 800 meter race.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Another Bronze
Speed-Skating: India's Aryanpal Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble and Vikram Ingale finish third to win a bronze in men's speed skating 3000m with a timing of 4:10.128.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Santosh Through To Final
Athletics: Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan of India finished second with a timeing of 49.28s in 400-meter hurdles men's race, he has automatically qualified for the final.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: More Qualifications
Athletics: In the men's high jump final, the duo of Jesse Sandesh and Sarvesh Anil Kushare have qualified. Both athletes had 2.10m qualifying distances and placed ninth. The top 12 or an automatic 2.26m mark advance to the final.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: India Win
Archery: The trio of Ojas Pravin Deotale, Abhishek Verma and Prathamesh Jawkar has defeated the Singaporean team with a 235-219 scoreline in the 1/8 elimination round.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Palaksha Into The Final
Athletics: Yashas Palaksha’s has also qualofied for the finals as he finished second with a timing of 49.61 in men's 400m hurdles.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Vithya Through To Final
Athletics: In women's 400m hurdles, Vithya Ramraj has finished first in the heat with a personal best of 55.42 seconds and has earned an automatic qualification for the final round.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: India Defeated
Kurash: India's Yash Chauhan has been thumped 10-0 by Iran's Sadegh Azarang in men’s 90 kg quarters quarterfinals.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Tejaswin At 5th
Athletics: After kickstarting his shotput performance with a season best throw of 13.39, India's Tejaswin registered a 13.26 in his second attempt and a 12.88 in the third.
Tejaswin finished at the fifth spot.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Another Loss For India
Kurash: India's Jyoti Tokas has lost the women's 87kg quaterfinals 0-3 to Iran's Melika Omid Vandchaly.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: What's Next For the Qualifiers?
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Archery Update
Recurve: The 1/8 elimination round ties for the men's and women's recurve teams have been completed with the women's team defeating Thailand 5-1, while the men's team have thumped Hong Kong China 6-0.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: India vs Macao
Badminton: Indian duo of Krishna Prasad and Tanisha Crasto is up against Macao China’s Leong and NG WC in mixed doubles round of 32 match.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Abhay and Anahat in Action
Squash: Indian pair of Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh will square off against Thailand’s Ananta Prasertratanakul and Arkaradet Arkarahirunya in the mixed doubles first round pool match.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Abhay and Anahat Win
Squash: India have defeated Thailand 2-0 in mixed doubles. Score: 11-5,11-6
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: India Register Another Win
Badminton: Indian duo of Krishna Prasad and Tanisha Crasto have defeated Macao China’s Leong and NG WC 2-0 in mixed doubles round of 32 match. Scores: 21-18, 21-14
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Table-Tennis Semifinal Underway
Table-tennis: India's Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee are up against North Korea’s Cha Suyong and Pak Sugyong in the semifinal clash..
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: TT Update
Table-tennis: India have won the third game 11-7. They are 2-1 up in the semifinal battle against North Korea.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Badminton Highlights
India's Sai Pratheek Krishnaprasad and Tanisha Crasto in action against Macao Chinas Iok Chong Leong and Weng Chi NG during mixed-doubles badminton match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sai Pratheek Krishnaprasad and Tanisha Crasto in action against Macao Chinas Iok Chong Leong and Weng Chi NG during mixed-doubles badminton match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sai Pratheek Krishnaprasad and Tanisha Crasto in action against Macao Chinas Iok Chong Leong and Weng Chi NG during mixed-doubles badminton match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sai Pratheek Krishnaprasad and Tanisha Crasto in action against Macao Chinas Iok Chong Leong and Weng Chi NG during mixed-doubles badminton match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Bronze It Is
Table-tennis: The Indian duo of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee will have to settle for a bronze medals as they have lost to the North Korean pair of Cha Suyong and Pak Sugyong in the semifinal match. Scores: 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 2-11
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Archery Update
Following are India's compound archers who have advanced to the round of 16 for individuals:
Abhishek Verma defeated Saudi Arabia's Ayman Alawadi 147-139.
Pravin Deotale beat Ahmad Alshatti of Kuwait 148-138.
Jyothi Vennam defeated Sri Lanka's Anuradha Wijsinghe 145-132.
Aditi Swami beat Imayung Rai of Nepal 149-137
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: TT Highlights Through Pictures
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee (R) and Ayhika Mukherjee during womens doubles semifinal match of table tennis against Korean pair of Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee (R) and Ayhika Mukherjee during womens doubles semifinal match of table tennis against Korean pair of Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee (R) and Ayhika Mukherjee during womens doubles semifinal match of table tennis against Korean pair of Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee (R) and Ayhika Mukherjee during womens doubles semifinal match of table tennis against Korean pair of Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee (R) and Ayhika Mukherjee during womens doubles semifinal match of table tennis against Korean pair of Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
India's Sutirtha Mukherjee (R) and Ayhika Mukherjee during womens doubles semifinal match of table tennis against Korean pair of Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Srikanth In Action
Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth is up against Vietnam's Le Duc Phat in his singles opener. If he wins this, he will secure a place in the round of 32.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: India Lose
Squash: Joshana Chinappa has lost to South Korea’s Heo Mingyeong 1-3 (4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 8-11) in their Women’s Singles Round of 16 match.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: India vs Bangladesh Underway
Hockey: Harmanpreet Sing-led India are up against Bangladesh in their last group match.
Scores after first quarter: India 2-0 Bangladesh
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: India Lose
Sepaktakraw: Philippines women hand India a defeat in their tie match. Scores: 21-18, 21-15.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Srikanth Through To Final
Badminton: India's Kidambi Srikanth has advanced to the round of 32 after registering a 2-0 defeat over Vietnam's Le Duc Phat. Scores: 21-10, 21-9.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Retirement Alert
Badminton: After Rohan-Sikki, Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun have also reitred against Japanese pair of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in men’s doubles round of 32.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Another Win
Badminton: The duo of Satwiksairaj Rakireddy and Chirag Shetty has advanced to the pre quarter after a 21-11, 21-16 win over Hong Kong's Chow Long and Lui Wai.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Squash Update
Squash: Tanvi Khanna has defeated Arichaya Chujit of Thailand 3-0 in women's singles round of 16. Scores: 11-1 11-3 11-2
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Archery Update
Archery: Recurve archer Bhajan Kaur has emerged victorious in her round of 32 match over Yemen's Atheer Alhusaini 6-0.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Draw in Kabaddi
Astonishing update from Kabaddi!
The Indian women's kabaddi team has been held to a 34-34 draw by Chinese Taipei, in what was an enthralling fixture which went right down to the wire. India's remaining group stage fixtures are against South Korea and Thailand.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Hockey Team Wins
Meanwhile in hockey, there's no stopping the juggernaut of the Indian men's team. Craig Fulton's boys have won their last group stage fixture in style, handing Bangladesh a 12-0 drubbing.
Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh netted hat-tricks, while Abhishek, the young forward from Haryana, scored a couple of goals. The other goals were scored by Gurjant Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Amit Rohidas and Lalit Upadhyay.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Squash Update
A mixed day at the office for the Indian contingent concludes on a positive note, with Saurav Ghosal storming into the quarter-final. In his Round of 16 tie in men's singles, the eight-time Asian Games medallist defeated Kuwait's Amman Altamimi 3-0 (11-4,11-4, 11-6).
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Athletics Events Underway
The Indian athletic contingent had a remarkable day at the office yesterday, securing 9 medals. Can we expect something along similar lines today?
Well, the events have started. Currently, women's pole vault, women's steeplechase and women's long jump is underway. Meanwhile, Tejaswin Shankar is competing in the high jump event of men's decathlon, which is the fourth of the ten events.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Double Podium Alert!
Two Medals in Steeplechase!
Parul Chaudhary was won a silver medal in women's 3000m steeplechase by clocking a timing of 9:27.63, while fellow Indian steeplechaser, Priti won the bronze medal with a timing of 9:43.32. Both athletes recorded their personal best figures.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Amlan Borgohain Finishes 6th
In men's 200m, Assam's Amlan Borgohain finishes in the sixth position. The 25-year-old National Games gold medallist recorded a timing of 20.98s – finishing 0.38s behind the gold medallist, Japan's Koki Ueyama.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Pavithra's Campaign Ends
Update from women's pole vault – Pavithra Vengatesh's campaign has come to its conclusion. The 21-year-old cleared the 4m-mark, but after three unsuccessful attempts at 4.10m, she bows out of the competition.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: London Singh Finishes 12th
Diving Update – Hemam London Singh has finished in the 12th position in men's 1m springboard event. He accumulated a total of 207.80 points, finishing 251.70 points behind the gold medallist, China's Wang Zongyuan.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Ancy Wins Silver
The third athletics medal of the day comes in women’s long jump, where Ancy Sojan Edappilly has won the silver medal. The 22-year-old, who hails from Kerala’s Thrissur, recorded a best attempt of 6.63m, which also happens to be her personal best figure.
Ancy started the event with a 6.13m, before taking a long leap to 6.49m in her second attempt. Her third attempt was 6.56m, which ultimately would have been enough to earn a silver medal, but she bettered the figure with a 6.63m jump in her fifth attempt.
Meanwhile, fellow Indian long jumper, Shaili Singh finished in the fifth position with a best attempt of 6.48m.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Silver in Mixed Relay
India’s fourth athletics medal of the day is won by the quartet of Muhammed Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan. They clinch a silver medal in mixed 4x400m relay, recording a timing of 3:14.34.
The Indian team was initially assigned the bronze medal after finishing third in the race, but following the disqualification of the silver medal-winning team of Sri Lanka, they had their medal upgraded.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Tejaswin Leads in Decathlon
A medal can certainly be expected in Decathlon, where Tejaswin Shankar is leading the pack after the first four of ten events. He finishes first in high jump by recording 2.21m, which is also his season best figure.
As for the overall standings, Tejaswin Shankar is on pole with 3430 points, with his nearest competitor being 169 points behind.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Curtain Call
So, we have come to the end of Day 9 of the 2023 Asian Games.
With 7 medals earned today, India are fourth on the medals tally with 60 medals – 13 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze.
Like always, we will be back with all the live coverage tomorrow. Till then, good night!