Asian Games 2023
Asian Games: 17-year-old Neha Thakur from land-locked M.P. bags silver; Eabad Ali claims bronze in sailing
Neha, the daughter of a farmer from Amaltaj village in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, opened India's account in the sailing competitions of the 19th Asian Games with a silver medal in the Girls' Dinghy -- ILCA4 at the Ningbo Xiangshan Sailing Centre in Ningbo, around 155 km away from Hangzhou near here on Tuesday.
Asian Games: India make history, claim gold medal in Team Dressage, first medal in Dressage after 4 decades
The Indian team of Sudipti (up on Chinski), Divyakriti (Adrenalin Firfod), Hriday (Chemxpro Emerald) and Anush (on Etro) scored 209.206 percentage points to finish ahead of hosts China, who scored 204.882. Hong Kong China won the bronze medal with a score of 204.852.
Asian Games: What is better than having a gold, says bowling coach after India’s historic achievement in women’s T20
Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues stitched a crucial 73-run partnership, followed by young fast-bowling all-rounder Titas Sadhu bowling a deadly spell of 3-6 in four overs to help India beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs for winning gold medal at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field.
Asian Games: Men shooters hit the mark with gold and two bronze medals; 10m rifle team sets world record
The men's team of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Rudransh Patil bagged the gold in the Men's 10m Air Rifle Team event with a world record score of 1893.7 at the 10m range here.
Asian Games: India strikes first gold at Hangzhou in 10m Air Rifle Team event with world record score
The Indian trio won gold with a score of 1893.7 with Rudransh Patil, who won the World Championship gold in the 10m Air Rifle Individual event last year, shooting 632.5, Panwar contributing 629.6 points and Tomar adding 631.6 to the score sa they topped the Team competition with a total of 1893.7.
Asian Games: Dominant Nikhat beats World Championship final rival in first round
Nikhat, who won the World Championship in 2021 and 2023 and the Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham in 2022, was expected to face a tough fight from the Vietnamese boxer as Nikhat had defeated the same boxer in the World Championships final in March this year.
Asian Games: With rowers, shooters claiming five medals, India placed 7th in medals tally
The rowers claimed two silver and one bronze medal while the shooters claimed a silver in the women's 10m Air Rifle Team Competition and a bronze in the 10m air rifle individual competition with Ramita Thapar finishing third.
Asian Games: Pan, Wang join the greats as China dominate the pool; bag 20 medals overall on Day 1
China also dominated shooting and rowing competitions on the day winning all but one gold medal in the offing in rowing and both medals in women's 10m Air Rifle shooting.
Asian Games: Indian men qualify for Round of 16 in football with 1-1 draw against Myanmar
The Indians failed to capitalise on a 1-0 advantage at half-time -- thanks to a goal scored by talismanic skipper Sunil Chhetri in the 23rd minute -- as they allowed Myanmar to score in the 74th minute through Kyaw Yan to level the scores. That's how things remained at the final whistle, the two teams thus getting one point each.
Asian Games: Rowers Arvind Singh, Arjun Lal Jat glide over hurdles to bag silver for India in Hangzhou
Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat finished second behind a Chinese pair in Men's Lightweight Doubles Sculls at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre here in Hangzhou on Sunday to open India's medal account at the Asian Games. After the win, Arvind said, they could have won a gold medal but for an old injury that has hampered him in recent times.
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