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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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10:31 PM , 01 Oct

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!

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7:51 PM , 01 Oct

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.

7:32 PM , 01 Oct

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.

7:03 PM , 01 Oct

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.

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Published: 01 Oct 2023, 5:57 AM IST
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