India won eight medals on Day 4 of the 2023 Asian Games.
Shooter Sift Kaur Samra won a gold medal in women's 50m 3 Positions, whilst creating a new world record. Ashi Chouksey won a bronze medal in the same event.
The other gold medal of the day came in women's 25m Air Pistol Team, secured by the trio of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan.
Esha then won a silver medal in women 25m Air Pistol individual.
Anant Jeet Singh Naruka won two medals – a silver in men's skeet individual, and a bronze in men's team skeet, alongside Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjoat Siingh Khangura.
Sailor Vishnu Saravanan won a bronze medal in Men's Dinghy ILCA7.
Boxer Nikhat Zareen won her Round of 16 bout, while in Wushu, Roshibina Devi Naorem qualified for a gold medal bout.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 4: Curtain Call
And with this, we have come to the conclusion of Day 4.
Albeit it ended with a defeat in squash, it has been an exemplary day for India with eight medals added to the tally. Seven of those medals came in shooting – two gold, three silver and two bronze.
The highlight was Sift Kaur Samra, the student of medicine from Punjab, creating a new world record in the women's 50m 3P individual event.
Barring the shooters, there was another medal in sailing, taking India's tally to three on what was the last day for the sport in this competition. Vishnu Saravanan won a bronze medal in Men's Dinghy – ILCA7, courtesy of overall points, after his medal race was cancelled owing to inadequate wind for providing racing conditions.
Elsewhere, Nikhat Zareen continued her flawless run, while Roshibina Devi Naorem qualified for the final of women's 60kg category in Wushu.
She will be competing for a gold medal tomorrow, and so will be many other athletes. Like always, we will be bringing you all the live updates. But for now, call the curtains!
2023 Asian Games: Medals Tally after Day 4
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 4: Squash Team Defeated by Pakistan
The news coming from squash is not what Indian fans would have wanted to hear, as the men's team has been defeated by Pakistan.
Noor Zaman gave Pakistan the lead by beating Abhay Singh, albeit Saurav Ghoshal restored parity by getting the better of Muhammad Asim Khan. However, Nasir Iqbal won the last game against Mahesh Mangaonkar to secure a 2-1 triumph for Pakistan.
With this defeat, India are second in Group A, as Pakistan are occupying the first position. In their last group stage game, India will be up against the bottom-ranked Nepal.
India lost to Pakistan in squash.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 4: 5x5 Basketball Team Starts Campaign on A High
The Indian women's 5x5 basketball team have started their campaign exactly as they would have wanted to with a 66-46 victory over Indonesia in their first group stage encounter. Star player Shireen Vijay Limaye was India's show-stopper, scoring 13 points, while Pushpa Senthil Kumar contributed 12 points.
India will now compete against Mongolia and China in their next two group stage matches.
India's women's 5x5 basketball team started their campaign with a win.
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Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 4: Handball Team Draws
Update from handball – The women's team have drawn their second group stage match against Hong Kong 26-26. Menika scored in the dying stages of the game to salvage a point for India. Having started their campaign with a defeat to Japan, India are currently third in their group. Their last two group stage matches will be against China and Nepal.
India 26-26 Hong Kong.
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