New Delhi: India had a mixed day on day 7 of the Asian Games 2023, which is being held in Hangzhou, China.
India opened their medal tally once again by shooting on Saturday. Indian shooting mixed team of Sarabjot and Divya clinched silver to give India their 19th medal in shooting at Asian Games 2023, extending their record run.
Indian star tennis player Rohan Bopanna ended his Asian Games career with a gold in the mixed doubles event with his teammate Rutuja Bhosale.
India’s biggest win of the day came when the men’s squash team defeated Pakistan in the mixed doubles finals and gave India their 10th gold medal.
Boxer Preeti, Lovlina and Narender won their respective quarterfinal match, ensuring at least one bronze each in every event.
India’s biggest upset of the day came when the Olympics and Commonwealth Games medallist Mirabai Chanu failed to win her first Asian Games medal after finishing fourth in the women’s 49 Kg weightlifting event.
Indian Medal Tally- (Gold-10), (Silver-13), (Bronze-13): (Total-36)
Key moments from day 7:
15:29: Gold number 10
And its GOLD medal for India 🔥 🔥 🔥
Squash: India BEAT Pakistan 2-1 in FINAL of Men’s Team event.
Down by 2 match points, Abhay Singh won the deciding match 3-2 after Saurav Ghosal had equalized the tie at 1-1 #IndiaAtAsianGames #AGwithIAS #AsianGames2023 pic.twitter.com/dkp0UiNOLz
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 30, 2023
Indian men’s squash team clinched a gold medal after beating the arch-rivals Pakistan in the gold medal match of the squash men’s team event by 2-1.
14:30: Boxing update (Men’s 92 Kg)
Update: #Boxing🥊 at #AsianGames2022
It’s time we see @berwal_narender‘s #PunchKaDum as he makes his way into the semi-finals!
He defeated 🇮🇷’s Ramezanpourdelavar in the QF 5-0
Many congratulations & best wishes for the semis💪🏻#Cheer4India#HallaBol#JeetegaBharat… pic.twitter.com/qkC4s5USwR
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 30, 2023
Indian boxer Narender defeats Iran’s Iman by 5-0, in the quarterfinals of the men’s 92 Kg category to confirm India’s fourth medal in boxing at the Asian Games 2023.
14:04: Biggest upset of the tournament
Major upset. No medal from #Mirabaichanu ..
Hope She is fine.🙏 #AsianGames2022 pic.twitter.com/X8fR1u81YH
— 𝑮𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒗 𝑹𝒂𝒊 (@IacGaurav) September 30, 2023
India’s star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu fails to win her first-ever Asian Games medal after finishing fourth in the women’s 49 Kg category.
She finished with a best of 83 Kg in snatch and 108 in clean and jerk with a total of 191 Kg, which was 8 Kg less than the eventual bronze medal winner Thailand’s Thanyathon.
12:57: Golden Ace
And its a GOLD MEDAL 🔥
Rohan Bopanna & Rutuja Bhosale win Gold medal in Mixed Doubles.
The Indian duo beat Taipei pair 2-6, 6-3, 10-4 in Final. #IndiaAtAsianGames #AGwithIAS #AsianGames2023 pic.twitter.com/NPZ2mn8HHx
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 30, 2023
Indian table tennis pair Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale defeated Chinese Taipei’s pair Liang and Huang in the mixed doubles finals to give India their first gold medal of day 7.
India now has 9 gold medals in Asian Games 2023.
12:31: Another gift from boxing
Indian world champion boxer Lovlina Borgohain confirms yet another medal for India after defeating Korea’s Suyeon Seong in the women’s 75 Kg category, to qualify for the semifinals by 5-0.
Lovlina joins Nikhat Zareen and Preeti Pawar on the list of qualified for the semifinals of their respective weight categories at the Asian Games 2023.
12:21: Another heartbreak
Indian table tennis veteran Manika Batra’s Asian Games 2023, campaign comes to an end after losing out to China’s Yidi Wang in the quarterfinals of the women’s singles division by 4-2.
India’s only challenge for a medal in table tennis is another veteran, Sharath Kamal, who will play his quarterfinal match later today.
11:43: Another medal confirmed
Medal assured ✅
Paris Olympic Spot ✅Boxing: Preeti Pawar advances into Semis (54kg) of Asian Games.
🥊 Preeti beats 3-time World Championships medalist in QF. #IndiaAtAsianGames #AGwithIAS #AsianGames2023 pic.twitter.com/qI2MaWhuY5
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 30, 2023
Indian boxing star Preeti Pawar confirms another medal for India after defeating Kazakhstan’s Zhaina in the women’s 54 Kg category quarterfinals by 4-1.
11:21: 3×3 Basketball update
Indian men’s team goes down fighting against Iran by 17-19, in the round of 16, ending India’s men’s team challenge.
11:19: Goes down fighting
BREAKING:
Table Tennis: Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah gave their absolute best before going down fighting to World No. 1 & reigning World Championships medalists Jang Woo-jin & Lim Jong-hoon 2-3 in QF of Men’s Doubles. #IndiaAtAsianGames #AGwithIAS #AsianGames2022 pic.twitter.com/hYpcF0QtN5
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 30, 2023
Indian table tennis pair Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar bows out of the Asian Games 2023, after losing out to world No. 1, Woojin Jang and Jonghoon Lim of South Korea in the quarterfinal match.
9:49: Kuresh update
Asian Games 2022
India Updates 🇮🇳
🚨Kurash Update:
Women’s 52Kg Category,
Elmorodova Sitora of Uzbekistan Defeated Pincky Balhara in the Quarterfinal.The match ended on 0-0 score but the uzbek won the match because she got the caution(point) First.#AsianGames2022 #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/NkvQHAgUxe— Raj Zambre (@Raj30453) September 30, 2023
India’s Kuresh Pincky Balhara lost her quarterfinal bout to Uzbekistan’s Sitora in the women’s 52 kg, to bring curtains to India’s kuresh challenge on day 7.
9:27: Medal alert
🇮🇳 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗚𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦! Sarabjot Singh & Divya TS clinch the 🥈 in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event after a thrilling fight (14-16) against China in the final. With this medal, our campaign in standard pistol & rifle events has ended.
👉 Shooting will… pic.twitter.com/AfqW4dyJvM
— Team India at the Asian Games 🇮🇳 (@sportwalkmedia) September 30, 2023
Indian mixed team pair Sarabjot Singh and Divya Thadigol opened India’s account on day 7 with a silver medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
India goes down fighting against China by 14-16, in the gold medal match.
8:55: Golf update (Women’s)
Now this update will amaze you folks 😍
At end of 3 rounds:Aditi Ashok is LEADING the fray | India LEADING the fray in Team event
Final round scheduled for tomorrow where medals will be decided #IndiaAtAsianGames #AGwithIAS #AsianGames2022 pic.twitter.com/zEwJCKulaU
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 30, 2023
Indian star Aditi Ashok currently sits comfortably at the top spot after Women’s golf round 3 with a 20 under-par score.
The Indian team also sits at the top with 27 under-par total.
8:23: Into the quarterfinals
Asian Games 2022 🏟️ | Kurash
🚨 Pinky Balhara Advances to Quarterfinals 🚨
R32 vs 🇹🇲 5:0 ✅
R16 vs 🇰🇷 5:3 ✅She was silver medalist at 2018 edition #AsianGames2022 #TeamIndia#AsianGames2023 #IndiaAtAG22 pic.twitter.com/UTVGxP12Ub
— The Khel India (@TheKhelIndia) September 30, 2023
India’s Kuresh Pincky Balhara defeats South Korea’s Ye Joo Lee in the round of 16 of the women’s 52 Kg division to qualify for the semifinals
