Asian Games 2023, Day 1: Rowers & Shooters Bag 5 Medals for India, Nikhat Wins
Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates: India won five medals on the first day of the 19th Asian Games.
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India's medal count at the 2023 Asian Games was opened by the women's 10m Air Rifle team of Ramita, Mehuli and Ashi won a silver.
Ramita returned to win an individual bronze in the 10m Air Rifle event.
The rowing contingent was the most successful on Sunday, winning three medals – two silvers and a bronze.
The women's cricket team is assured a medal after entering the final with a big win over Bangladesh.
World champion Nikhat Zareen started her campaign with a comfortable win.
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Asian Games 2023 Live News Updates, Day 1: Good morning! Hello and welcome to our live blog on Day 1 of the 19th Asian Games from Hangzhou. Stay tuned for live updates!
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India vs Bangladesh Toss Update
India vs Bangladesh Women's Cricket Semifinal 1 Toss Update: Cricket action is about to begin in Hangzhou as Bangladesh Women have won the toss and have opted to bat first again India in the Semifinal at the Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: A Look At The Events
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Table Tennis
Live action from Table Tennis begins with India's D.P. Chitale up against Nepal's Sikka Suwal Shreshtha. India has the lead.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Mehuli Kickstarts For India
3 Indian shooters take part in the women's 10m air rifle - Mehuli Ghosh, Ashi Chouksey, and Ramita - Mehuli Ghosh is now ranked fifth in the standings after scoring 105.7 in her second series after scoring 104.6 in her first. She is now the only Indian in the top eight.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Ramita In Action
Ramita jumps to the second spot. She's second during her third series with her average being 10.550/shot.
India now have two shooters in top-8.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Series 1 scores
Mehuli Ghosh - 104.6
Ramita - 104.3
Ashi Chouksey - 103.2
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Series 2 scores
Mehuli Ghosh - 105.7
Ramita - 106.7
Ashi Chouksey - 104.5
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Series 3 scores
Mehuli Ghosh - 105.2
Ramita - 10.5 - 10.6 - 10.6 - 10.6 - 10.5 - 10.4 - 10.1
Ashi Chouksey - 104.9
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Standings
10m Air Rifle Team Event - India’s is in the second spot in the India is in second place in the women's team competition. Mongolia is in third place, with China in first.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Series 4 scores
Ramita - 104.3
Mehuli Ghosh - 105.1
Ashi Chouksey - 104.8
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: China Clinch First Gold Medal
Kiran and Anshika Bharti of India come in at position 9 in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls with a time of 7:40:84, which is 13.93 seconds slower than Thailand, who took first place in Final B.
China clinched the first gold medal in the women's lightweight doubles sculls. With a remarkable 9.71 seconds, Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping outran their rivals and crossed the finish line first.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Indian Women In Rowing
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Shooting Scores, Series 5 scores
Ramita - 105.4
Mehuli Ghosh - 104.9
Ashi Chouksey - 102.5
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: IND vs BAN Women Updates
After 7 overs, Bangladesh are 4 wickets down with just 23 runs on board. What a start from the bowlers from team India. Pooja Vastrakar has scalped 3 wickets while Titas Sadhu has one wicket to her name.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Our Shooters In Action
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Men's Shooting Kickstarts
Men's 25-meter Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification starts. The final will consist of the top six shooters. For India, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh, and Anish will compete.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Rowing Men's Update
Arjun Lal & Arvind Singh in action now in final of Men's Light weight Double Sculls.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Shooting Scores, Series 6 scores
Ramita - 106.0
Mehuli Ghosh - 105.9
Ashi Chouksey - 103.4
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Open Account With Silver
The Indian trio of Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Ashi Chouksey have won a silver in the women's 10m Air Rifle Team event with a total tally of 1886.0.
Ramita was the top shooter for India in the round, finishing second overall in the qualifier with a score of 631.9. Mehuli finished fifth with 630.8 points and Ashi ended with 623.3.
Mehuli and Ramita have also qualified for the final of the individual event that will get underway at 9:15am IST today.
The India trio bags silver.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Win Second Silver
The Indian rowing duo of Arjun Lal & Arvind Singh have won the first Indian medal in rowing at the 2023 Asian Games. The pair have bagged a silver in Men's Light Weight Double Sculls with a timing of 6:28:18.
China won the gold ahead of the Indian pair while Uzbekistan bagged the bronze.
Arjun Lal & Arvind Singh in the final of the Men's Light Weight Double Sculls
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Bangladesh Bowled Out
Women's Cricket: Team India have bowled Bangladesh out for just 51 run in 17.5 overs. Pooja Vastrakar bagged four wickets while Titas Sadhu, Amanjot Kaur, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Devika Vaidya took a wicket each.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Finish Last
India finish last in Men's Double Sculls Final with a timing of 6:40.90. China (6:21.54) bagged the gold medal, Uzbekistan (6:26.25) took the silver while Indonesia (6:27.83) took the bronze.
We still have 3 more rowing medal events left in the day.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Women's Four Final A
Rowing: India's Padinjarayil Babu Aswathi, Salgaonkar Mrunmayee Nilesh, Thangjam Priya Devi and Rukmani are competing in the Women's Four Final A.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Another Gold For China
China has done it yet again! 5 Gold medals in a row in rowing. They have secured the first place in Women's Four Final A. The second place is bagged by Japan (6:47.04) and the third by Vietnam (6:52.35).
Meanwhile, India have finished second-last with a timing of 7:12.40s.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Beat Bangladesh In Semifinal
Cricket: With a decisive semifinal victory over Bangladesh by eight wickets, India's women's team confirm their first-ever medal in cricket at the Asian Games.
India will face either Pakistan or Sri Lanka in the final.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Table Tennis Updates
The Indian women's Table Tennis team is currently playing Thailand in the Round of 16 . While Manika Batra lost the opening round to Orawan Paranang 3-0, Ayhika Mukherjee beat Suthasini Sawettabut 3-1 in the second round. Having won the first two games already, Ayhika was just 1 game away from winning the match but couldn't successfully claim three match points as Suthasini took away the third game by 15-13. However, she established her victory in the fourth round after beating her Thailand opponent 9-11 and leveled India's score against Thailand.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Bronze For India
With a timing of 6:50.41s, India's Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram take home bronze in the men's pair final. Gold goes to Hong Kong, China (6:44.20), and silver to Uzbekistan (6:48.11).
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India vs Uzbekistan
Lalit Upadhyay and Varun Kumar got on the board as India end the first quarter of their Pool A match against Uzbekistan with a 2-0 lead.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Another Silver For India
The Indian rowers have done it again! Another silver in rowing for India. The Indian team of nine rowers finished second with a timing of 5:43.01 in Men's Eight Final A.
China (5:40.17) won the gold, yet again and Indonesia (5:45.51) bagged the bronze medal.
India's Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish celebrate at the podium after winning silver medal in Men's Coxed Eight event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Swimming Updates
Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the final by finishing fifth overall in the men's 100-meter backstroke heats. The final will take place at 6:17pm.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Shooting Final
Shooting finals are underway and India's Ramita got things going with a 10.5 and a 10.3 respectively. Mehuli got off to a 10.0 start. Following that, she moved up the leaderboard with a 10.8 and a few 10.6s.
Ramita has a 52.7 off her first five shots, placing her at number three, while Mehuli is sitting at the fourth place.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Ramita In The Hunt
Ramita has sprung up to the third spot and she's currently tied with Korea's Lee, while Mehuli sits at the 5th place, she keeps herself alive in the contest with a 10.8 and 10.6.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Korean Eliminated
Mehuli Ghosh is spot on! A 10.2 from her and a 10.0 from Ramita in the first of the elimination shots. The Korean shooter has been eliminated.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India vs India
Ramita affirms that at least a bronze is coming in India's kitty. Meanwhile, Mehuli takes the fourth place.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Ramita Bags A Bronze
With a total of 230.1 India's Ramita bags a bronze medal. Huang Yuting triumphs 1-2. With 252.7, breaking the previous Asian Games Record. Han Jiayu, the silver medalist scores 251.3 in total.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Swimming Final
After placing sixth overall in the heat, the Indian team competing in the women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay event advances to the final which will take place today at 6:41pm where Dhinidhi, Rajiv Maana, Janhvi and Shuvangi will compete.
For Men's, Srihari Nataraj is through to final of 100m Backstroke event.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: A 10-0 Lead For India
Hockey: Team India got off to a flying start in their in their Pool A match against Uzbekistan. With each passing minute, India's performance grew stronger. As of now, they have a 10-0 lead.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: A Look At India's Medal Tally
Women's 10m Air Rifle Team event: Silver
Men's Lightweight Double Sculls: Silver
Men's Pair event Rowing: Bronze
Men's 8 Pair Rowing: Silver
Women’s 10m Air Rifle event: Bronze
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Level 2-2 With Thailand in Table Tennis
India vs Thailand: Ayhika Mukherjee of India falls short against Orawan Paranang 12-10, 4-11, 11-5, 4-11, 3-11. The contest will be between Manika Batra vs Suthasini Sawettabut and the winner advances to the quarterfinals in this square-2-2 tie.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India In Absolute Control
Hockey: India have been dominating Uzbekistan right from the beginning of the match. They now have a 15-0 lead with six more minutes remaining in the match.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Thrash Uzbekistan In Hockey
Team India have registered a massive 16-0 victory over Uzbekistan to kickstart their 2023 Asian Games Hockey campaign. Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Varun Kumar scored a hat-trick each.
Their next group match is against Singapore on Tuesday, 26 September.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Sathiyan Defeats Aidos
Table Tennis: Sathiyan has defeat Aidos Kenzhigulov by a score of 3-0 (14-12, 11-8, 11-4) to put India back in the tie against Kazakhstan as the scores are now level at 1-1.
In the third singles rubber, Harmeet Desai will face Alan Kurmangaliyev.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Thailand Knock Team India Out
Table Tennis: The Indian women's team have been knocked out in the Round of 16 after losing 3-2 to Thailand. Manika Batra lost both her women's singles rubbers while Ayhika Mukherjee won one and was defeated in one. Sutirtha Mukherjee who played just the one rubber won her match 3-2.
Eventually it was 2-2 by the end of the first four rubbers and it was on Manika to take India into the next round but she lost 12-10, 8-11, 7-11, 6-11 to Suthasini Sawettabut.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Suraj, Anjul Finish At 5th and 6th Places
Wushu: In the Men's Changquan Final, India's Suraj Singh Mayanglambam and Anjul Namdeo finished at the fifth and sixth places respectively. Suraj had a score of 9.730 while Anjul was behind him with a score of 9.710.
The first place was secured by China (9.840), Indonesia (9.786) came second while Macao, China (9.760) bagged the third place.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Sumit Nagal Into The Pre-Quaterfinals
Tennis: India's top tennis player Sumit Nagal smashed Macau's Ho Tin Marco Leung -0, 6-0 in just 45 minutes and moved into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games without losing a single game. He will compete against the winner of the other second-round match between Firuz Mukhidinov of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan's Beibit Zhukayev.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Preeti Through to 54KG Quarterfinals
Boxing: In the round of 16 match for the women's 54kg division, Preeti triumphs after defeating Jordan's Silina by Refree Stopped Contest. In the quarterfinals, she will play Z Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India vs Japan Volleyball
India vs Japan Men's Classification 1st-6th are underway. Japan dominated the first set and closed it at 25-16. Currently, they are leading the second set with a score of 12-9.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Beat Kazakhstan To Enter Quarterfinals
Sharath Kamal has done it for India and how! The seasoned player came back from being down 2-0 to defeat Kazakhstan's Kenzhigulov 3-2 (5-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9) to advance to the quarterfinals, where they will take on South Korea today at 4:00pm.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Men’s Volleyball Quarterfinal
Japan still have an edge over team India. They are currently leading the 3rd set by 15-12 in the quaterfinal.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Japan Beat India To Enter Semifinal
Volleyball: Japan beat team India as they win the third set 25-17. And with this defeat, team India's campaign comes to an end.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India vs Thailand Women
Football: India lost their last match 1-2 to Taipei but with a victory over Thailand today, they may just be able to advance to the round of eight.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: No Goals in Women's Football Yet
The first 20 minutes of the women's football match between India and Thailand has been played, with both teams not being able to challenge the opposition's backline. So far, the Thai women have looked lively, with Shreya Hooda being forced to make a save.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Great Start in Chess
Meanwhile, the Indian chess players are currently in action, and they have started on the perfect note.
In women's rapid, both of India's participants won their first round matches. Harika Dronavalli defeated the United Arab Emirates' Rouda Essa, whilst Koneru Humpy defeated Mobina Alinasab of Iran.
In men's rapid, Vidit Gujarathi defeated Bangladeshi IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, whilst Arjun Erigaisi got the better of Philippines' Paulo Bersamina.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: 0-0 at Half-Time in Women's Football
At the end of the first half in women's football, neither India nor Thailand have managed to break the deadlock. In all fairness, however, the latter have looked likelier to score, as Thomas Dennerby's girls are currently being made to toil hard by the Thai attackers.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Concede
BIG BLOW!
The Indian women's football team have conceded a goal in their match against Thailand. Nipawan Panyosuk finds Saowalak Pengngam with a delightful through ball, who in turns finds Parichat Thongrong, before the latter blasted her shot into the net.
After 55 minutes, it is India 0-1 Thailand.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Offside!
India have the ball in the back of the net, but it is OFFSIDE!
Anju Tamang thinks she has equalised for the Blue Tigresses, but she could not time her run to perfection, falling into the offside trap. After 66 minutes, India are still trailing by a goal.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Fencer Taniksha Khatri in Action
Meanwhile in fencing, Taniksha Khatri is competing in the quarter-final of women's individual epee. She is facing a stern challenge against Hong Kong's Vivian Kong, who has won four bronze medals in this competition.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Taniksha Defeated
The young Indian fencer, Taniksha Khatri did well to qualify for the quarter-final of women's individual epee, but her run ends with a 7-15 defeat against Vivian Kong. The three-time Asian Championships gold medallist proves to be too strong an opponent.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Women's Football Team Eliminated
FULL-TIME!
The Indian women's football team's journey comes to a disappointing conclusion, as Thomas Dennerby's girls bow out of the competition with a 0-1 defeat to Thailand. Earlier in their first group stage campaign, the Blue Tigresses went down fighting against Chinese Taipei, losing that game 1-2.
They finish at the bottom of Group B.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Defeat in Rugby
The Indian women's rugby sevens team has succumbed to a 0-45 defeat against a much stronger opponent in Japan. Earlier, they had lost 0-38 against Hong Kong. In their last group stage encounter, the team will be up against Singapore.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Strong Start For Nikhat
Nikhat Zareen – one of India's prime candidates for a gold medal, and two-time World Championships gold medallist – has made a strong start. Up against Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Tam, she has had the upper hand over the first couple of rounds.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Nikhat Wins
VICTORY!
Nikhat Zareen brushes her opponent aside in the most effortless of manners, securing a 5-0 triumph on points in the round of 32 match of women's 45-50kg category.
With this triumph, she has qualified for the round of 16, where she will be up against the winner of the bout between Laos' Vilayphone Vongphachanh and Jordan's Hanan Nassar.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Action Underway in TT, Football
What's happening right now?
There's action in Table Tennis. The men's team are competing against a formidable South Korea in the quarter-final, where they have not got off to an ideal start. Up against An Jae-hyun, Harmeet Desai has lost the first two games.
Meanwhile, the men's football team is up against Myanmar in their third and final group stage game. After 20 minutes, the scoreline remains 0-0.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Sunil Chhetri Breaks Deadlock
GOAL!
Who else to answer India's prayers, but a 39-year-old Sunil Chhetri? The Indian skipper delivers yet again, calmly dispatching his penalty past the helpless goalkeeper from Myanmar. The chance was earned by Rahim Ali, who was brought down inside the box.
India 1-0 Myanmar.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: End of First Half
HALF-TIME!
Every Indian player has been made to run for their worth by the Myanmar side, who did look menacing on numerous occasions, but ultimately, India have the upper hand on the scoreline. Sunil Chhetri's penalty keeps India head, albeit by the most slender of margins.
Second half coming up soon.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Nearly A Second
ALMOST!
Two huge opportunities for the Indian team to extend their advantage, and both are not capitalised upon, courtesy of sublime saves from the Myanmar goalkeeper, Zin Nyi Nyi Aung. Gurkirat Singh and Rahim Ali had the chances for Igor Stimac's side.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Trouble in TT
And while the men's football team are doing a decent job against Myanmar, the Indian men's Table Tennis team is on the verge of a defeat against South Korea in their quarter-final encounter.
Harmeet Desai lost the first match against Jae-hyun An 0-3, whereas Sathiyan Gnanasekaran succumbed to a 2-3 defeat against Ganghyeon Park, despite having taken a 2-0 lead.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Srihari Nataraj Finishes Sixth
Swimmer Srihari Nataraj has finished sixth in the final of men's 100m backstroke, with a timing of 54.48s. He finished 2.25s behind the gold medallist, China's Jiayu Xu.
Men's 100m backstroke final standings.
(Photo: Asian Games website)
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Myanmar Equalise
GOAL!
Calamity for India, euphoria for Myanmar. Despite having very little joy in the second half, Myanmar have dealt India with a body blow by netting the equaliser, making the scoreline 1-1. Yan Kyaw Htwe meets a cross from the right flank, before directing his header past Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem.
Scoreline after 78 minutes – India 1-1 Myanmar.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: India Draw, But Qualify For Next Round
FULL-TIME!
India have been held to what has been a disappointing 1-1 draw by Myanmar, but the result will not matter in the grand scheme of things, as the Blue Tigers have qualified for the next round. Tied on both points and goal difference, India topple Myanmar on the basis of goals scored.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: TT Team Knocked Out
Meanwhile, the Indian men's TT team's hopes of winning a medal will not be materialising, as they succumbed to a 0-3 defeat in their quarter-final tie against South Korea. After Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost their respective games, Achanta Sharath Kamal put up a thrilling fight against Oh Junsung. However, it was not enough, as he lost the tie 2-3.
With this, both the men's and women's table tennis teams have been knocked out on the same day.
India lost 0-3 against South Korea.
(Photo: Asian Games website)
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Women's Swimming Team Finishes Seventh
The last swimming event of the day – women's 4x100m freestyle relay – sees India finishing in the seventh position. The quartet of Maana Patel, Shivangi Sharma, Jahnvi Choudhari and Dhinidhi Desinghu clocked a time of 3:54.66. They were 20.70s behind the gold medal-winning team from China.
India finished in seventh position.
(Photo: Asian Games website)
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: FIFA Pair Suffer Defeats
The Indian Esports contingent started their campaign today with FIFA Online, wherein both Charanjot Singh and Karman Singh have been handed defeats. Charanjot, who made it to the round 4 of losers' bracket, lost 0-2 against China's Jiacheng Liu. Karman Singh, meanwhile, lost in the second round of losers' bracket against Kuwait's Meshari Aldhafiri.
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Defeat in Wushi
In wushu, Sunil Singh Mayanglambam suffered a defeat against Philippines' Arnel Mandal in the quarter-finals of men's 56kg. Mandal secured victory by points gap.
Sunil Singh Mayanglambam lost his match.
(Photo: Asian Games website)
Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 1: Curtain Call
THAT'S IT, FOLKS!
It has been a fairly satisfactory day from the Indian perspective, with many highs, but a few lows as well. Courtesy of shooters and rowers, India have five medals to their tally.
Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita and Ashi Chouskey's women's 10m air rifle team secured a silver medal, whilst Ramita secured an individual bronze in women's 10m air rifle.
In rowing, the pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh won a silver medal in men's lightweight double sculls, whilst Babulal Yadav and Lekh Ram won a bronze medal in men's coxless pair. The team of men's coxed eight also won a bronze medal.
Elsewhere, Nikhat Zareen won her first bout, while the men's football team are also through to the round of 16. The women's cricket team breezed past Bangladesh to assure a medal. In table tennis, however, both the men's and women's teams were knocked out.
We will be back with live action tomorrow morning, with events starting as early as 6am! Till then, good night.