New Delhi: India won 9 medals on day 13 and confirmed 7 more and is now confirmed to cross the 100 medals mark at the Asian Games 2023.
India started their day with women’s and men’s recurve archery teams winning bronze and silver medals, respectively.
HS Prannoy also secured a bronze medal after losing his semifinal bout but was successful in becoming the first Indian man to win a singles medal at the Asian Games in 41 years.
Indian women’s sepaktakraw team and men’s bridge team also won bronze medals to add two more medals to the medal tally.
Indian wrestlers finally stepped up and won three more bronze medals to ensure India of crossing the 100 medals mark.
India ended their day on high by winning the gold medal in men’s hockey and confirming their place in the 2024 Prais Olympics.
Indian Medal Tally- (Gold-22), (Silver-34), (Bronze-39): (Total-95)
Key moments from day 13:
17:27: Golden era of hockey returns
🥇 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗸 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲 🥇 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗸 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴 🥇 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰 🥇 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘇𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮.Congratulations to Harmanpreet Singh and the boys on clinching the FOURTH ASIAN GAMES GOLD for 🇮🇳 Indian Men’s Team in the Asian Games and punching their ticket to the… pic.twitter.com/gnRMMAIdBw
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian men’s hockey team have once again established Indian hockey supremacy after they beat Japan by 5-1 in the Asian Games 2023 finals, giving India their 22nd gold medal.
With this win, India has also booked their tickets for the Paris Olympics 2024.
16:40: First medal from bridge
🇮🇳 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦! The men’s team win India’s one and only medal in Bridge at this year’s Asian Games. The men’s team upgraded to 🥈 from a 🥉 they won in 2018.
👏 Congratulations to the team!
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— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian men’s bridge team secured a silver medal to take India’s medals tally to 94.
16:37: Raining medals from wrestling
🤼♂ 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗡’𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘! An excellent 🥉 victory to cap off a wonderful campaign at the Asian Games 2022 for Aman Sehrawat.
👏 He deserves the medal for the way he fought throughout the tournament.
➡️ Follow @sportwalkmedia for schedule, results, medal and… pic.twitter.com/3A4eBwmuZz
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat defeated Chiana’s Liu Minghu by 11-0 in the men’s 57 Kg freestyle category to secure one more bronze medal for India.
16:04: Number 92
🤼♀ 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗞𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗡! Kudos to the wrestler on putting on an excellent performance against Ariunjargal Ganbat of Mongolia🇲🇳 to clinch the 🥉 in her category.
👏 Well done!
➡️ Follow @sportwalkmedia for schedule, results, medal and record alerts.@19thAGofficial… pic.twitter.com/P4ASjxTtZx
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian wrestler Kiran Bishnoi secured another bronze medal for India from wrestling after defeating Mongolia’s Ganbat by 6-3 in women’s 76 Kg freestyle.
15:22: ‘Sau ke Paar,’ confirmed
💯 𝗜𝗧’𝗦 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟! For the first time in Asian Games history, India will end the campaign with the medal count in triple digits. (https://musclemx.com/)
🎖️ 𝙄𝙎𝙎 𝘽𝘼𝘼𝙍 100 𝙋𝘼𝘼𝙍 𝙄𝙎 𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙄𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇!
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— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
With Sonam giving India their 91st medal, India is all set to touch 100 medals mark, with 9 medals already confirmed.
14:42: bronze from wrestling
🤼♀ 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚! Sonam Malik bags the 🥉 in her category. She defeats Jia Long of China🇨🇳 to assure India of yet another medal.
➡️ Follow @sportwalkmedia for schedule, results, medal and record alerts.@19thAGofficial… pic.twitter.com/DgEmvuJ4gv
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian wrestler Sonam secured a bronze medal after defeating China’s Jia Long in the bronze medal match by 7-5.
14:11: Silver from archery
🏹 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡! The trio of Atanu Das, Tushar Shelke, and Dhiraj Bommadevara achieve India’s first 🥈 in the Recurve events across both the Men’s & Women’s categories. 𝘼 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚… pic.twitter.com/MHdPObdns7
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian men’s recurve team of Atanu, Dhiraj and Tushar secured a silver medal, taking the Indian medal tally to 90.
13:36: Road to redemption
🇮🇳😍 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗨𝗦! The Indian men’s Kabaddi team storms into the finals with an unbeaten winning streak throughout the tournament, overpowering Pakistan in the semifinals.
🗓️ They will play the Final against Iran or Chinese Taipei tomorrow.
➡️ Follow… pic.twitter.com/F2spi0ULdh
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian men’s kabaddi team defeated Pakistan in the semifinals by 61-14 and booked their ticket for the gold medal match
13:31: Historic bronze
INDIA WIN A HISTORIC BRONZE IN SEPAKTAKRAW TO INCH CLOSER TO THE 100 MARK
🇮🇳 Women’s Team lost their SF match against the most successful team in the history of the sport Thailand 🇹🇭 10-21 13-21.
With this historic 🥉, India win their 2nd ever medal in the sport after ’18 ♂️ 🥉 pic.twitter.com/1fGXDm69bA
— SPORTS ARENA🇮🇳 (@SportsArena1234) October 6, 2023
Indian women’s sepaktakraw team secured a historic bronze medal in the women’s regu category.
13:27: Medal assured
🏹 𝗔 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬! The trio of of Atanu Das, Tushar Shelke, and Dhiraj Bommadevara create history by becoming the first Indian team to qualify for the Recurve Men’s Team final. India’s first 🥇 or 🥈 awaits us.
💙 The Recurve team has answered its critics… pic.twitter.com/mvDRyPiQ92
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian men’s recurve archery team confirmed another medal for India as they defeated Bangladesh in the semifinals by 5-3.
India will play Korea in the finals later today.
12:09: Historic medal
🇮🇳🥉 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗬! HS Prannoy breaks the 4️⃣0️⃣-year medal drought and wins Bronze in Men’s Singles, emerging as only the 2nd Indian to achieve this feat.
💥🔥 This marks his 2nd medal at this year’s Asian Games, following a silver win in the Men’s Team… pic.twitter.com/o3Ef1jk1DM
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) October 6, 2023
Indian star shuttler HS Prannoy clinched a bronze medal in the men’s singles event, becoming the first Indian man to win a singles medal at Asian Games in 41 years.
10:51: Wrestling update
News Flash: Bajrang Punia loses to former World Champion Rahman Amouzadkhalili of Iran 1-8 in SEMIS (FS65kg).
Will fight for Bronze medal later today. #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames2022
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 6, 2023
Wrestling Update: Kiran loses in Semis (76kg) to 3-time World medalist.
Will fight for Bronze medal later today #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames2022
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 6, 2023
Wrestling: Sonam loses in Semis (62kg) to North Korean pugilist 0-7.
Will fight for Bronze medal later today #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames2022
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 6, 2023
Wrestling: Aman Sehrawat go down fighting to World medalist Toshihiro Hasegawa of Japan 10-12 in Semis (57kg).
Aman was trailing 1-6 at half-time. #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames2022 https://t.co/2j8bRm56Mf— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 6, 2023
Indian wrestlers flattered in the semifinals and will now all be playing a bronze medal match later today.
In the women’s division, Sonam and Kiran, and in the men’s division, Bajrang Punia and Aman will be playing the bronze medal match.
9:15: Another finalist confirmed
A formidable 9️⃣-wicket win over Bangladesh and #TeamIndia are through to the #AsianGames Final! 👏🏻👏🏻
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/75NYqhTEac#IndiaAtAG22 pic.twitter.com/SsRVenSNmu
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 6, 2023
Match highlights
Indian men’s cricket team made easy work of the Bangladesh team as they defeated them with 9 wickets and 64 balls to spare.
Sai Kishore, with three wickets, and Tilak Varma, with 55 runs, were India’s stars in the semifinals.
9:05: First medal of the day
🥉BRONZE GLORY FOR OUR RECURVE WOMEN🥉
🇮🇳 #TOPScheme Archers Ankita Bhakat, and #KheloIndiaAthletes Simranjeet and Bhajan Kaur clinch the Bronze medal🥉, defeating Vietnam at the #AsianGames2022🏹🥳
Proud of you all🤩 Keep Shining🌟#Cheer4India#JeetegaBharat#BharatAtAG22… pic.twitter.com/kTjWf5KxLM
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 6, 2023
Indian recurve women’s archery team of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Simranjeet Kaur has secured the bronze medal in the women’s recurve archery team event, after beating Vietnam 6-2, in the bronze medal match.
7:57: Into the finals
Women Kabaddi Update: Shocking defeat for defending Champion Iran in Semis.
Chinese Taipei beat Iran 35-24.
FINAL: India Vs Chinese Taipei at 7 AM tomorrow #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames2022 https://t.co/XwT4lP91VI— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 6, 2023
Indian women’s kabaddi team has qualified for the gold medal match after defeating Nepal by 61-17 in the semifinals with ease. Indian team is now only one win away from reclaiming their Asian Games throne from Iran, who defeated them in 2018 to win the gold medal.
