Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 8: 9 Medals in Athletics, Silver in Badminton
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates Day 8: India won 15 medals today.
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India won 15 medals today, nine of them coming in athletics.
Avinash Sable and Tajinder Singh Toor won gold medals in men's 3000m steeplechase and men's shot put respectively.
The other gold medal of the day was won by the men's trap shooting trio of Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Prithviraj Tondaiman.
Aditi Ashok became the first female Indian golfer to win an Asian Games medal, as she clinched a silver medal.
Nikhat Zareen won a bronze medal.
The men's badminton team lost their gold medal tie against China, subsequently securing a silver medal.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Ni Hao! Welcome to our live blog on day 8 of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Stick around to catch all the latest updates!
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Catch Day 7 Highlights
Here's everything what happened on the Day 7:
The day started exactly how it had always been starting for the last few days – with a shooting medal. The mixed 10m Air Pistol pair of Divya TS and Sarabjot Singh secured a silver medal, becoming the 19th medallists from the shooting contingent. Read the full story:
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: What Does The Table Look Like?
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Indians In Action
Equestrian: Vikas Kumar, Yusuke Nakajima, Apurva Kishor Dhabade, and Ashish Vivek Limaye are competing individually and in teams of the Eventing Cross Country Team and Individual Events in Equestrian.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Golfers Start Early
Golf: Men's individual Round 4 is currently underway where India's Anirban Lahiri, SSP Chawrasia, Hitesh Khalin and Shubhankar Sharma are in action.
Women's: Aditi Ashok, Pranavi Urs and Avani Prashanth are participating in the 4th round of women's individual and team.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Swapna, Nandini In Action
Athletics: Swapna Barman and Nandini Agasara are all set to begin India's day in athletics with the women's heptathlon Long Jump.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Archery Action Kickstarts
Archery, Compound Women's Qualification: Jyoti Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swamy, Parneet Kaur and Avneet Kaur are all set to start their 2023 Asian Games campaign
Recurve Men's Qualification: This category will feature Tushar Prabhakar Shelke, Mrinal Chauhan, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Atanu Das in action.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump
Swapna Barman starts with 5.63m jump and is placed fifth in the table. Meanwhile, Nandini registers her season best of 5.91m jump in her first attempt.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: India At 3
Golf: India have now slipped to the third place in the women's team event.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Recurve Men's Individual
Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara is second with 115 points on the grid, followed by Tushar Shelke and Atanu Das at positions 12 and 13 with 112 points each. Mrinal Chauhan, who score of 108, is ranked 36th.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Second Tries
Athletics, Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump: In her second attempt, Nandini finished with 5.77m and is placed second currently with 822 points overall. Swapna, on the other hand could only manage 3.36m as she had fallen before taking off. She is sitting at the sixth position with an overall score of 738.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Trap-50 Shots
Shooting: In both the individual and team events for the Trap-50 shots, Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, and Zoravar Singh Sandhu are competing.
The members of the women's team competing in the same event are Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, and Rajeshwari Kumari.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jyothi Yarraji In Action
Atletics: Jyothi Yarraji is all set to take part in the first round of the women's 200m race heats 1. She's through to the final now.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jyothi Finishes At Third
Athletics: Jyothi Yarraji finishes at the third place with a timing of 23.78 in the first round of the women's 200m race.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Compound Women's Qualification
Shooting: After 24 (of 72) arrows, Jyothi Vennam has shot to the top of the leaderboard with a score of 236. 17-year-old Aditi Swami sits in seventh place with a score of 232. Avneet Kaur is in 25th place with 225 points, while Parneet Kaur is in 15th with 227.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Attempt No. 3
Athletics, Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump: In her third attempt, Nandini finished with 5.94m. With 831 points to her names, the Indian is sitting at the third place in the standings. While Swapna jumps 5.71 meters in her final attempt, moving her up to seventh position in the rankings.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Megha Pradeep Into The Semis
Athletics: Megha Pradeep achieved a time of 56.705 to complete the women's canoe single 200m heat 1 and has advance to the event's Semifinal.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Aditi Remains in Golf Lead
Golf: Aditi Ashok’s 6 -shot overnight lead coming into the final round of women’s individual golf has been cut down to three after 10 holes with the Indian shooting two bogeys and one birdie so far this morning. She has just started the back nine and is in the lead at -21. However, Arpichaya Ubol is catching up and has shot a round of -3 for the day while China’s Xiyu Lin in third at -16 (-2 today).
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jyothi's Campaign Ends
Athletics: Jyothi's struggles at the 2023 Asian Games continue, after a poor run in the long-jump category, her 200-m race campaign has also come to an end.
Even though she finished at the third place with a timing of 23.78 in the first round of the women's 200m race, she won't be though to the finals as it's 2 fastest athletes from each heat and the next two fastest in all heats combined who get through to the finals.
Hence, China's Yuting Li and Vietnam's Veronica advance to the finals.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw
Athletics: Swapna Barman gets off the mark with a 43.78m throw while Nandini fumbles in her first attempt.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Amlan Into the Semis
Athletics: Amlan Borgohain finishes at the third position as he clocks a timing of 21.08 seconds in the men's 200m heats and has advanced to the semifinal that will be held at 5:35pm IST today.
To know more about Amlan's journey to the top, watch this documentary from our series Homegrown Heroes:
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Soniya Advances To Semis
Canoe & Kayak: India's Soniya Devi finished fourth in the heats of the women's 200-meter canoe competition and qualified for the semifinals with a time of 2:17.351.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw
Athletics: After 1st three attempts in women's javelin throw, India's Nandini Agasara stands at the ninth position with 665 points to her name while Swapna Barman is in the fifth spot with a total of 766 points.
Indias Nandini Agasara competes during the womens heptathlon at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Aditi Still In The Lead
Golf: Going into the final five holes of the women’s individual golf event, India’s Aditi Ashok continues to hold the lead, but only by two shots.
She’s had a rough round today, shooting three bogeys and one birdie to be 2 over for the day. But the six shot lead she held over the rest of the field after the third round on Saturday has proven to be a good enough cushion so far as she goes into the home stretch of this final.
There’s a 2 shot gap between Aditi (-20) and second placed Thai Arpichaya Yubol, and third placed Xiyu Lin (-18) from China.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: India In The Lead
Shooting: The trio of Zarovar Singh, Kynan Chenai and Prithviraj Thondaiman are leading the Men’s Trap Team event table with a total score of 289.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women’s Recurve Qualification Round
Shooting, scores after 72 arrows:
Jyothi Surekha Vennam - 704
Aditi Gopichand Swami - 696
Parneet Kaur - 687
Avneet Kaur - 685
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Men’s Recurve Qualification Round
Shooting, scores after 72 arrows:
Atanu Das - 678
Dhiraj Bommadevara - 675
Tushar Prabhakar Shelke - 669
Mrinal Chauhan - 667
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Aditi Drops to Second
Not the best news coming from the golf range in Hangzhou with Aditi Ashok dropping out of the lead. She’s had a rough round today and the it’s only gotten tougher for her after the double bogey on the 16th.
Aditi is now 5 over for the day and Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol has caught up, with a round of -4 and taken the lead. She (-19) in fact has a two shot lead over Aditi (-17) now.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Silver For Aditi
Golf: It’s a silver for Aditi Ashok. The overnight leader in the women’s individual golf event had a very, very rough day out in the greens today, shooting a 5 over to finish at -17.
She’d come into the final day with a comfortable seven shot lead but an error strewn round saw her shoot four bogeys, one double bogey and a single birdie. Arpichaya Yubol of Thailand capitalised of the Indian’s errors to grab the gold medal, by two shots, finishing the day at -4 (-19).
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Another Silver
Shooting: Having scored a total 337, the women's trap team of Manisha Keer, Rajeshwari Kumari and Preeti Rajak have finished at the second place to win a silver in the team event.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: It's A Gold in Men's Trap Team
Shooting: The men's trap shooting trio of Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai and Zoravar Singh Sandhu have won India the last team gold medal up for grabs at the 2023 Asian Games.
Kynan in fact scored a perfect 25/25 in the final round to catapult India's score to 361 and finish ahead of Kuwait.
Kynan Chenai and Zoravar Singh Sandhu have also qualified for the individual final that is at 1:30pm IST.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: India Win
Squash: Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Sandhu have defeated Republic of Korea's Eum Hwayeong and Yoo Jaejin 11-5, 11-2 in their mixed doubles Pool A match.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Our Silver Medalist
Indias Aditi Ashok waves after finishing second in the Women's Individual Golf Round 4 at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
Indias Aditi Ashok being congratulated by other participants in the Women's Individual Golf Round 4 at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
Indias Aditi Ashok competes in the Women's Individual Golf Round 4 at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Parveen In Action
Boxing: India’s Parveen is up against Turdikova from Uzbekistan in the women’s 57kg category quarterfinal.
A victory in this bout will assure her a medals as well as an Olympic quota.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Parveen Into The Semis
Boxing: Parveen has defeated Uzbek boxer Turdibekova to enter Women's 57kg semifinals. She has also earned a 2014 Paris Olympics ticket.
Indian Boxer Parveen
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women's Trap Final
Shooting: Women's trap final featuring India's Manisha Keer is all set to begin.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jasmine Wins Round 1
Boxing: Jasmine wins the first round against DRPK's Ungyong Won in women's 57-60kg quarterfinals.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jasmine Loses Round 2
Boxing: After a decent start in the first round, Jasmine suffers a loss in the bout by RSC (Referee Stops Contest).
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women's Trap Final
Shooting: Manisha Keer has gotten off the mark with getting three out five shots right in the women's trap final.
There are 25 shots in the final and the shooter with most targets wins.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women's Trap Final
Shooting: Manisha Keer is reeling at the moment; in the second series too, she misses two shots and is currently placed last at the table in the women's trap final.
In the third series, she could only get two shots right.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Women's Trap Final
Shooting: India's Manisha Keer is the first out of the six shooters in contention to get eliminated from the women's trap final.
She finished sixth after a score of 16/25.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Parveen Through To The Semis
India's Parveen Hooda (red) competes against Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova in the Women's 54-57kg Boxing Quarterfinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
India's Parveen Hooda (red) competes against Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova in the Women's 54-57kg Boxing Quarterfinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
India's Parveen Hooda (red) competes against Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova in the Women's 54-57kg Boxing Quarterfinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
India's Parveen Hooda (red) competes against Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova in the Women's 54-57kg Boxing Quarterfinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Men's Trap Final
Shooting: Men's trap final featuring Kynan Chenai and Zoravar Singh Sandhu is currently underway.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jaismine Defeated
Defeat for boxer Jaismine Lomboria!
The 22-year-old pugilist's campaign at the 2023 Asian Games has come to an end, following a defeat in the quarter-final bout of women's 57-60kg category. Up against DPR Korea's Won Ungyong, the Asian Championships bronze medallist was defeated via RSC (referee stops count).
(Photo: Asian Games website)
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Kynan Fourth, Zoravar Fifth
In the final of men's trap shooting individual, India's two shooters – Kynan Darius Chenai and Zoravar Singh Sandhu – are currently out of podium places. The former is presently in fourth position, with the latter in fifth.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Squash Players Continue to Impress
Mahesh Mangaonkar, a part of India's historic gold medal winning team from yesterday, has had a fantastic start to his individual campaign. He defeats Philippines' Jonathan Reyes 3-0 in a Round of 32 contest, and will now take on Ryunosuke Tsukue of Japan in the Round of 16.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: More Good News From Squash
Another win over Pakistan in squash!
In the mixed doubles Pool A contest, the Indian pair of Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinder Pal Sandhu has defeated Pakistan's Mehwish Ali and Noor Zaman by a 2-0 margin.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Kynan Wins Bronze
Another Medal in Shooting!
Kynan Darius Chenai, who had won a gold medal in the men's trap shooting event earlier today, has now bagged a bronze medal in the individual event. He finishes third with a score of 32, while fellow Indian shooter, Zoravar Singh Sandhu finished fifth.
With his achievement, the Indian shooting contingent's remarkable campaign at the 2023 Asian Games concludes with 22 medals – 7 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze!
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Lakshya Leads
Lakshya Sen has beaten Shi Yuqi in an enthralling first game, by a 22-20 margin. Can he provide India with an early lead?
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Draw in Women's Hockey
Meanwhile in women's hockey, India's winning run has been halted as Janneke Schopman's girls played out a 1-1 stalemate against South Korea. Cho Hyejin gave South Korea an early lead by scoring in the 11th minute, but Navneet Kaur, the 27-year-old forward from Haryana, restored parity in the 25th minute.
Despite the draw, India are occupying the first place on Pool A standings, with 7 points from 3 games.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Lakshya Wins, India Lead
Lakshya Sen makes it 1-0 for India!
India have an early advantage in the gold medal contest in men's badminton, courtesy of Lakshya Sen. Having won the first game 22-20, he went down fighting 14-21 in the second game, only to turn the tables with a 21-18 victory in the third set.
In the next match, the pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will face Liang Weikang and Wang Chang.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Bronze For Nikhat
Defending world champion, Nikhat Zareen has won a bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Games. The boxer was defeated by Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat 3-2 on points in the semi-final of women's 45-50kg category.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: 2-0 Lead in Badminton Final
India Lead 2-0 in Badminton Final!
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued from where Lakshya Sen left, beating Weikeng Liang and Chang Wang 2-0 to take India closer to the gold medal.
In the third match, Kidambi Srikanth is up against Li Shifeng.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Tajinder Likely to Win a Medal
Athletics action is also currently underway, where in the final of men's shot put, Tajinder Singh Toor is looking highly likely to win a medal. The gold medallist from 2018 is currently second, with a best attempt of 20.06m.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Gold For Tajinder
Tajinder Singh Toor has done it again!
The gold medallist of 2018 Asian Games will be standing at the top of the podium once again, as he has won a gold medal in men's shot put. After a difficult start, Tajinder made an exceptional comeback with a 20.36m throw in his final attempt, to clinch the gold medal.
After faulting his first two attempts, Tajinder recorded throws of 19.51m and 20.06m in his third and fourth attempt respectively. While that placed him second on the standings, and outstanding last attempt earned him the first place.
Meanwhile, fellow Indian shot putter, Sahib Singh finished eighth with a best attempt of 18.62m.
Tajinder Singh Toor wins gold medal.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Avinash Wins Gold
RECORD ALERT, MEDAL ALERT!
Avinash Sable wins the gold medal in men's 3000m steeplechase by creating a new Asian Games record. The 29-year-old finished first with a timing of 8:19.50.
After a Commonwealth Games silver medal, which arrived a year ago in Birmingham, the steeplechaser from Maharashtra now has a gold medal in his tally.
Avinash Sable wins gold medal.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Harmilan Wins Silver
Another Medal in Athletics!
Harmilan Bains wins a silver medal in women's 1500m. The 25-year-old from Punjab, who finished second at the Indian Grand Prix 5 in Chandigarh recently, recorded a timing of 4:15.74.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Ajay, Jinson Win Medals
Double Podium Alert!
Ajay Saroj and Jinson Johnson have won medals in men's 1500m. With a timing of 3:38.94, Ajay wins the silver medal. Meanwhile, a timing of 3:39.74 is enough for Jinson Jonson to win his third Asian Games medal, as he adds a bronze medal to his collection.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Superb Sreeshankar Secures Silver
It is raining medals in athletics!
Murali Sreeshankar wins a silver medal in men's long jump. The 24-year-old, who won a silver medal in the Asian Championships earlier this year, recorded a best attempt of 8.19m.
Meanwhile, fellow Indian long jumper Jeswin Aldrin finished in the eighth position.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Seema Punia Wins Bronze
Evergreen Seema Punia has done it again!
At 40 years of age, she adds yet another medal to her Asian Games tally. Seema wins a bronze medal in Hangzhou with a best attempt of 58.62m.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Bronze For Nandini Agasara
At only 20 years of age, Nandini Agasara is on the podium at the Asian Games!
The athlete from Telangana wins a bronze medal in women's heptathlon, accumulating a total of 5712 points. Fellow Indian heptathlete Swapna Barman finishes fourth.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jyothi Wins Bronze
India's remarkable medal haul in athletics continues, as Jyothi Yarraji wins a bronze medal in women's 100m hurdles. The 24-year-old athlete from Andhra Pradesh finishes third with a timing of 12.91s.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Jyothi's Medal Upgraded
Big Update!
Jyothi Yarraji will be returning from Hangzhou with a silver, not a bronze medal. Her medals gets upgraded after China's Yanni Wu, who finished first, was disqualified for a false start.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: Silver in Badminton
The gold medal contest against China ends in agony for the Indian men's badminton team, as they go down fighting in a 2-3 defeat. With a silver medal, they end the prolonged wait of 37 years by becoming the first men's team to win a medal at the Asian Games since 1986.
India had a fantastic start, with Lakshya Sen beating Shi Yuqi, before the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got the better of Weikeng Liang and Chang Wang.
However, the team of the host nation then clawed their way back into the tie, with Li Shifeng beating Kidambi Srikanth. In the second men's doubles match of the tie, Ou Xuanyi and Liu Yuchen had a comfortable win over Dhruv Kapila and Sai Pratheek.
In the deciding game, Weng Hongyang defeated Mithun Manjunath 2-0 to secure a gold medal for China.
This is India's best-ever finish in men's team contest, and the first medal in this category since the class of 1986's bronze triumph.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 8: See You Tomorrow
What a day it has been!
India won 15 medals today, which takes their medals tally to 53 and helps them retain the fourth position on the overall standings.
To know everything that happened today, read here.
We can certainly expect a similar, if not better returns tomorrow. Like always, we will bring you all the live updates. Till then, good night!
2023 Asian Games: Medals Tally after Day 8
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