Asian Games Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold, Kishore Jena Bags Silver

Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates, Day 11: Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal, with Kishore Kumar Jena winning silver

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Asian Games Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra in Action, Avinash Wins Silver Medal

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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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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Ni Hao! Welcome to our live blog on the 11th Day of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Stay tuned for live updates!

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Early Morning Updates

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Jyothi-Ojas Through To Final

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Sindhu In Action

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: It's a Bronze 

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: India Win

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: PV Sindhu Wins

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Compound Archery Mixed Team Final

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: HS Prannoy Into The Quarterfinal

Badminton: HS Prannoy has defeated Dmitriy Panarin of Kazakhstan 21-12, 21-13 to advance to the men's singles round of 8.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: It's a Gold

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Our Bronze Medalists 

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Historic Medal Tally

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Wrestling Updates

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Our Gold Medalists

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Sunil Loses

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Gayatri-Treesa In Action

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).

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Mixed Doubles Semifinal

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!

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Mixed Doubles Semifinal

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Gayatri-Treesa In Action

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!

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Gayatri-Treesa Lose

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Abhay-Anahat In Action

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Abhay-Anahat Lose Semis

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

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Dipika-Harinder Into The Finals

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Women’s 54-57kg Semifinal

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Women’s 54-57kg Semifinal

Boxing: In the second round, too, the judges give the decision in Lin's favor. Score: Chinese Taipei 5-0 India

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Women’s 54-57kg Semifinal

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Mixed Team Quarterfinal

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Mixed Team Quarterfinal

Archery: Recurve archers Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat have lost 4-5 to their Malaysian opponents in the mixed team quarterfinals.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Men's Mixed Doubles 

Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are up against Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin in men's doubles round of 16.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Siddharth Into The Final

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: A Boxing Recap Through Pictures

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: What's Up Next?

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

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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Men's Mixed Doubles 

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: India Finish Last

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Men's Mixed Doubles 

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!

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Women's 75kg Final

Boxing: India's Lovlina Borgohain is taking on China's Li Qian in women's 75kg final.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: 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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: 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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Women's 75kg Final

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Men's Mixed Doubles 

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Hockey Semifinal Underway

Hockey: India are taking on South Korea in the semifinal.

Score: India 2-0 Korea

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: 3-2 in Hockey Semi-Final

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Two-Goal Advantage Restored

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Victory in Kabaddi

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.

Women's Kabaddi Standings

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Last Few Minutes in Hockey

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Fifth Goal for India

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Cricket Update

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Victory in Hockey

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Saurav in Action

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Saurav Wins, Qualifies For Final

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Neeraj's Event Underway

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Two Other Events Going On in Athletics

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Sunil Wins Bronze

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Strange Start

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Harmilan Wins Silver

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Neeraj Comes Up With a Better Attempt

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Avinash Sable Wins Silver

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Kishore Leads, Neeraj Second

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!

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Sheena Varkey Out of Medal Contention

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Neeraj FIRST!

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Silver in Women's 4x400m Relay

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.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: High Jumpers Out of Medal Contention

Meanwhile in men's high jump, both Sarvesh Kushare and Jesse Sandesh are out of medal contention.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: GOLD in Men's 4x400m Relay

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).

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Neeraj Continues to Deliver

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. ✅

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 11: Curtain Call

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!

2023 Asian Games: Medals Tally After Day 11.

(Photo: The Quint)

Published: 04 Oct 2023,07:28 AM IST

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