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India won 12 medals today.
Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Kumar Jena won the gold and silver medals respectively in men's javelin throw.
The other four medals from athletics were – gold in men's 4x400m relay, silver in women's 4x400m relay, silver for Harmilan Bains in women's 800m, and silver for Avinash Sable in men's 1500m.
Boxers Lovlina Borgohain and Parveen Hooda won the silver and the bronze medals respectively.
Compound archers Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale clinched gold in the mixed team event.
Race walking duo of Manju Rani and Ram Baboo won a bronze in the 35km mixed team event.
Squash duo of Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh ended up with a bronze after losing in mixed doubles semi-final.
Wrestler Sunil Kumar won a bronze medal in men's Greco-Roman 87kg category.
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Kabaddi: India thumped Thailand 63-26 to record their second successive win with a margin of 37 points. They had defeated Bangladesh on Tuesday with the same difference.
Archery: In the compound mixed team semifinal, India duo of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale have defeated Kzakh pair of Kazakh pair of Adel Zhexenbinova and Andrey Tyutyun 159-154 and are through to the finals.
Badminton: India's PV Sindhu is up against Indonesia's Putri Wardani in Women’s Singles Round of 16. She has won the first game 21-16.
Athletics: Indian pair of Manju Rani and Ram Baboo have finished third in the 35km mixed team race with a timing of 5:51:14s to win a bronze for India.
With this bronze, the Indian delegation has equaled its medal total of 70 from the 2018 Asian Games, which was the most ever won in a single edition.
Wrestling: India's Sunil Kumar has defeated Peng Fei of China 4-3 to advance to the men's 87kg Greco-Roman quarterfinals.
However, compatriot Neeraj was defeated by Uzbek Makhmud Bakhshilloev in the round of 16 at 67 kg. Now, if Neeraj advances to the repechage round, he will be in the running for the bronze medal.
Badminton: PV Sindhu has defeated her Indonesian counterpart Putri Wardani 21-16, 21-16 to book a spot in the women's singles round of 8.
PV Sindhu reacts during womens singles badminton pre-quarterfinal match against Putri Kusuma Wardhini of Indonesia at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
PV Sindhu reacts during womens singles badminton pre-quarterfinal match against Putri Kusuma Wardhini of Indonesia at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
PV Sindhu reacts during womens singles badminton pre-quarterfinal match against Putri Kusuma Wardhini of Indonesia at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
PV Sindhu reacts during womens singles badminton pre-quarterfinal match against Putri Kusuma Wardhini of Indonesia at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
PV Sindhu reacts during womens singles badminton pre-quarterfinal match against Putri Kusuma Wardhini of Indonesia at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Atchery: Indian compound archery pair of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale are up against South Korea's So Chaewon and Joo Jaehoon in the gold medal match.
Badminton: HS Prannoy has defeated Dmitriy Panarin of Kazakhstan 21-12, 21-13 to advance to the men's singles round of 8.
Archery: Indian compound archery pair of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale have defeated South Korean opponents 159-158 to clinch gold medal in compound archery mixed team final.
With this gold, India's medal tally have surpassed their highest medal haul of 70 medals in a single edition.
Indias Manju Rani cools herself during the mixed teams 35-kilometer race walk at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Indias Ram Babo cools himself as he competes during the mixed teams 35-kilometer race walk at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Athletes compete during the mixed teams 35-kilometer race walk at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
India have achieved it's best ever medal tally by winning 71 medals so far at the 2023 Asian Games, surpassing previous best of 70 medals in 2018 Asian Games.
Wrestling: With a VSU (win by technical superiority) over Tajik wrestler Sukhrob Abdulkhaev, India's Sunil Kumar has advanced to the final-four round in the 87 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling.
Meanwhile, compatriot Gyanender suffered a defeat in his pre-quarterfinal 1-7 to Iran's Meysam Dalkhani and Vikas went down to China’s Liu Rui in the 77kg quarterfinals via VSU.
Indias Ojas Pravin Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam compete against Koreas Chaewon So and Jaehoon Joo in the final of mixed team compound archery event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. India won the gold.
ndias Jyothi Surekha Vennam competes against Koreas Chaewon So and Jaehoon Joo in the final of mixed team compound archery event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. India won the gold.
Indias Ojas Pravin Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam pose with their gold medal during presentation ceremony of the mixed team compound archery event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Indias Ojas Pravin Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam pose with their gold medal during presentation ceremony of the mixed team compound archery event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Indias Ojas Pravin Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam compete against Koreas Chaewon So and Jaehoon Joo in the final of mixed team compound archery event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. India won the gold.
Gold medal winner Indias Ojas Pravin Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam with silver medal winning Korean team and bronze medalist team of Chinese Taipei during presentation ceremony of the mixed team compound archery event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Wrestling: In the men's 87 kg Greco-Roman semifinal, Sunil Kumar has lost to Iran's Naser Alizadeh 1-5 and will now compete for the bronze medal which will take place at 2:30pm.
Badminton: Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are in action now in their women's doubles round of 16 match against South Korea's Kim S and Kong H.
The South Koreans take the first game 21-15.
Meanwhile, in the round of 16 for mixed doubles, the duo of Tanisha Crasto and Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad lost to Malaysia's Toh Ee Wei and Chen Tang Jie in straight games (18-21, 18-21).
Squash: India's Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu are in action against Hong Kong in their mixed doubles semifinals.
Hong Kong won the first games 11-7.
India won the second game 11-7.
Decider underway!
Squash: Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu have defeated the Hong Kong duo 11-9 in the decider match to advance to the mixed doubles final event.
Badminton: India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have won their second game against South Korea's Kim S and Kong H 21-18 in women's doubles round of 16 match. Decider underway!
Badminton: India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have lost their decider to South Korean pair of Kim S and Kong H 13-21 in women's doubles round of 16 match.
Squash: Indian duo of Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh are up against Malaysian pair in the mixed doubles semifinal.
If they win this, they'll face fellow Indian pair of Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu in the final event.
Squash: It's just going to be the one Indian team in the mixed doubles final with Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh losing their semi-final to Malaysia's Aifa Binti Azman and Mohammad Syafiq. The defeat though still means they win a bronze in the mixed team event.
15-year-old Anahat and Abhay, 25, started the match strong winning the first game 11-8. But the Malaysian pair then fought back and needed just 5 minutes to close out the second game 11-2. The third game was more competitive but the Indians conceded it at 11-9 to lose the match 11-8, 2-11, 9-11.
Just the one squash match left for India later today with Saurav Ghosal in the men's singles semi-final against Hong Kong's Henry Chi Hin. That match starts at 3:30pm IST
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal in action against Hong Kongs Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him Wong during mixed doubles squash semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal in action against Hong Kongs Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him Wong during mixed doubles squash semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal in action against Hong Kongs Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him Wong during mixed doubles squash semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal in action against Hong Kongs Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him Wong during mixed doubles squash semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal in action against Hong Kongs Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him Wong during mixed doubles squash semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal in action against Hong Kongs Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him Wong during mixed doubles squash semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal in action against Hong Kongs Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him Wong during mixed doubles squash semifinal match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Boxing: India's Parveen Hooda is up against Chinese Taipei's Yu Ting Lin in women’s 54-57kg semifinal. Lin receives a perfect score of 10 from all five judges to win the first round.
Boxing: In the second round, too, the judges give the decision in Lin's favor. Score: Chinese Taipei 5-0 India
Boxing: Chinese Taipei's Yu Ting Lin wins the final bout 5-0 against India's Parveen Hooda. Parveen will end up with a bronze medal.
Parveen had earlier booked her Paris Olympic berth by reaching the semis.
Archery: Indian duo of Recurve archers Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat are squaring off against Indonesian pair of Diananda Choirunisa and Riau Salsabilla in the mixed team quarterfinal.
Archery: Recurve archers Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat have lost 4-5 to their Malaysian opponents in the mixed team quarterfinals.
Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are up against Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin in men's doubles round of 16.
Diving: Siddharth Pardeshi is placed eleventh out of thirteen divers in the men's 10m platform qualification round with a score of 234.55 and has advanced to the final, which will be held at 5:00pm IST.
India's Parveen Hooda and Chinese Taipeis Lin Yu Ting during the women's 54-57kg semifinal boxing match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
India's Parveen Hooda during the women's 54-57kg semifinal boxing match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
India's Parveen Hooda and Chinese Taipeis Lin Yu Ting during the women's 54-57kg semifinal boxing match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
India's Parveen Hooda and Chinese Taipeis Lin Yu Ting during the women's 54-57kg semifinal boxing match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
India's Parveen Hooda and Chinese Taipeis Lin Yu Ting during the women's 54-57kg semifinal boxing match at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
1:15 PM - Boxing-Women's 75 KG Final - Lovlina Borgohain
1:30 PM - Kabaddi-Women's Team - India v Thailand
1:30 PM - Hockey-Men's Semi-Finals - India vs. South Korea
3:30 PM - Squash-Men's Singles Semi-Final - Sourav Ghoshal
4:30 PM - Men's High Jump - Anil Kushare, Sandesh Jesse
4:35 PM - Men's Javelin Throw - Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Kumar Jena
4:40 PM - Women's Triple Jump - Sheena Nellickal
4:55 PM - Women's 800M - Harmilan Bains / KM Chanda
5:10 PM - Men's 5000M - Gulveer Singh / Avinash Sable
5:45 PM - Women's 4*400M relay
6:05 PM - Men's 4*400M relay
Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won the first game 24-22 against Leo Rollycanrnando and Daniel Marthin in the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals.
Roller-skating: Indian duo of Jinesh Satyan Nanal and Shreyasi Joshi finished last out of seven teams in mixed inline freestyle skating slalom pair final, with China claiming gold. Meanwhile, Japan clinched silver and Chinese Taipei took bronze.
Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have lost the second game 17-21 against Leo Rollycanrnando and Daniel Marthin in the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals. Decider underway!
Boxing: India's Lovlina Borgohain is taking on China's Li Qian in women's 75kg final.
Boxing: China's Li Qian takes the first round 3-2 against India's Lovlina Borgohain in women's 75kg final.
Boxing: The second round of the women's 75kg final goes in Li's favor as the judges give 5-0 to the Chienese boxer.
Boxing: The third round goes in China's Li Qian's favor by a unanimous decision from the judges.
Li wins gold, Lovlina will take home the silver.
Badminton: The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won the final game 21-12 against Indonesia's Leo Rollycanrnando and Daniel Marthin in men's mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals to advance to the quarterfinals.
Hockey: India are taking on South Korea in the semifinal.
Score: India 2-0 Korea
The scoreline in hockey semi-final is now 3-2 in favour of India!
After Hardik Singh opened the scoring, Mandeep Singh and Lalit Kumar got their names on the scoresheet to give India a significant advantage.
However, South Korea have since clawed their way back into the game, with Jung Munjae scoring twice to make the scoreline 3-2.
After conceding two goals in quick succession, India have once again built a cushion for themselves in the semi-final tie against South Korea. Amit Rohidas scored the fourth goal for India in the dying stages of the second quarter.
The Indian women's kabaddi team are victorious in their last group stage game. They defeated Thailand 54-22 to ensure they finish as the group toppers. In the semi-finals, India will be up against Nepal.
In the men's hockey semi-final, India need to hold on to their lead for a few minutes more. Credit should be given to South Korea for how they have fought so far, as a third Jung Manjae goal makes the scoreline 4-3.
India score their fifth goal!
And with this, it will be safe to say that India are all but through to the final of the competition, with only six minutes left in the clock. The fifth goal scored by the 24-year-old forward from Haryana, Abhishek.
In Other News:
Bangladesh have pulled off a hard-fought win against Malaysia, securing a place in the semi-final by successfully defending 5 runs in the final. They will face India in the semis.
Indian men's hockey team will fight for a gold medal!
Craig Fulton's boys have qualified for the final, with a challenging but deserving triumph over South Korea in the semi-final. India had five different goal-scorers in Hardik Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Amit Rohidas and Abhishek.
South Korea, the four-time Asian Games gold medallists, put up a valiant fight, but India's resolve got them through to the final. In the gold medal match, India will compete against the winners of the second semi-final between China and Japan.
The semi-final of men's individual squash is currently underway, where Saurav Ghosal, who recently won the gold medal in the men's team event, is competing against Hong Kong's Leung Chi Hin Henry.
Saurav Ghosal is into the final!
The 37-year-old Indian top seed is through to the final of men's singles squash, having just got the better of his semi-final opponent from Hong Kong, Leung Chi Hin Henry.
Saurav had no troubles whatsoever in this fixture, securing a straight set win by a 3-0 margin (11-2, 11-1, 11-6). In the final, winning which will earn Saurav his first-ever singles gold medal at the Asian Games, he will be up against Malaysia's Ng Eain Yow.
FINALLY!
This is what the fans have been waiting for, with great patience, since the early hours of today. Neeraj Chopra, the golden boy of the nation, is in action in men's javelin throw.
While we'll bring you live updates from Neeraj Chopra's event, there are a couple of other events in athletics currently underway.
Jesse Sandesh and Sarvesh Kushare are competing in men's high jump.
Sheena Varkey is competing in women's triple jump.
First Medal in Wrestling!
Sunil Kumar becomes the first Indian wrestler to win a medal at the 2023 Asian Games. The 24-year-old grappler defeated Kyrgyzstan's Atabek Azisbekov 2-1 in the bronze medal match of Greco-Roman men's 87kg category.
Neeraj Throws 82.38m.
But wait, the figure does not portray the real picture, for a lot has happened. His actual first throw was much better, and as per the broadcasters' pictures, it had cleared the 85m-mark quite clearly.
But for some reason, that throw was voided after a lengthy delay and plenty of discussions. Why? We don't know, yet. Maybe, the computers had shut down.
Second Medal for Harmilan Bains!
Harmilan Bains has won a silver medal in women's 800m. The 25-year-old athlete from Punjab, who had previously won a silver medal in women's 1500m, has now added a second Asian Games medal to her tally by clocking a timing of 2:03.75.
Neeraj Chopra's second attempt is better than his first!
The Olympic gold medallist comes up with a 84.49m throw in his second attempt. He has already taken a huge lead, but the promising news for India is that Kishore Kumar Jena is also comfortably in the second position.
SILVER FOR AVINASH SABLE!
Avinash Sable has finished second in the men’s 5000m race. He wins India's second track & field medal of the day by clocking a timing of 13:21.09.
This is Avinash's second medal in Hangzhou, after he has previously shattered the Games Record in the men's 3000m steeplechase event, winning a gold medal.
Meanwhile, Gulveer Singh comes up with a Personal Best time of 13:29.93, which keeps him in fourth position.
Kishore Jena has overtaken Neeraj Chopra!
Yes, you read that right. Neeraj had a poor third attempt, following which he intentionally walked over the white line to void the throw. However, Kishore Jena has come up with an absolute wonder throw of 86.77m, which keeps him first on the leaderboard for now.
Remember, this is also Jena's best-ever figure!
Update from women's triple jump:
Sheena Varkey is unfortunately out of medal contention. The 30-year-old from Kerala records a best attempt of 13.34m, which came in her first attempt. Sheena could not better her number since then, and finds herself in sixth position after completing all of her six throws.
How dare one even harbour the thought of Neeraj Chopra missing out on the gold medal?
He comes up with an excellent fourth attempt, recording 88.88m, which is also his Season Best (SB) figure. At the same time, Kishore Kumar Jena deserves a special mention, as he is giving the Olympic medallist a run for all his worth. The javelin thrower from Odisha beats his Personal Best (PB) yet again, and betters his own figure by recording 87.54m.
Ninth Medal of Day 11!
The women's 4x400m relay team, comprising Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Subha Venkatesan and Prachi, have won a silver medal.
There was a neck-and-neck battle for the gold medal with Bahrain, who stood first with a timing of 3:27.65. Meanwhile, the Indian quartet clocked a timing of 3:27.85.
Meanwhile in men's high jump, both Sarvesh Kushare and Jesse Sandesh are out of medal contention.
ANOTHER GOLD!
The Indian men's 4x400m relay race team, comprising Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh, have won the gold medal. The quartet clocked a timing of 3:01.58, which happens to be a National Record (NR).
India's 'Golden Boy' continues to deliver, as Neeraj Chopra added another gold medal to his tally today. With an 88.88m throw at Hangzhou, he is now a two-time Asian Games medallist. This is how his résumé looks like:
Olympics – 1 Gold Medal
World Championships – 1 Gold Medal, 1 Silver Medal
Asian Games – 2 Gold Medals
Diamond League – 1 First Place, 1 Second Place
Commonwealth Games – 1 Gold Medal
Asian Championships – 1 Gold Medal
South Asian Games – 1 Gold Medal
World Junior Championships – 1 Gold Medal
Asian Junior Championships – 1 Silver Medal
Javelin? COMPLETED. ✅
That's the end of Day 11!
What a remarkable day it was for the Indian contingent. With 12 medals, India have bettered the 2018 tally of 70 medals, to currently stand at a best-ever figure of 81 medals – 18 gold, 31 silver and 32 bronze.
Remember, there are plenty of important events tomorrow. We'll bring you all the live coverage as usual, but till then, good night!