Asian Games 2023 Day 6, September 29, Updated Results: Kiran Baliyan and men's badminton team clinch historic medals

India has won a total of 33 medals till now in the continental meet.

On the sixth day of the Asian Games 2023, Indian shooters shone brightly, securing several medals. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kushale, and Akhil Sheoran achieved a world record to clinch the men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting team gold medal. Aishwary also added an individual silver to his tally, amassing four medals in Hangzhou. In the women's 10m air pistol shooting, teenagers Palak Gulia and Esha Singh impressed with a one-two finish, and along with Divya TS, they secured the team silver.

In tennis, Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan settled for silver in the men's doubles final, while Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale advanced to the mixed doubles final. Kiran Baliyan earned India's first athletics medal, a bronze, with a superb throw. Indian squash witnessed mixed results, with the women's team securing a bronze, and the men's team reaching the final against Pakistan.

In boxing, Nikhat Zareen secured an Olympic quota and an Asian Games 2023 medal for India in the women's 50kg category, with a quick victory over Jordan's Hanan Nassar. Indian badminton had a noteworthy day as the men's team, featuring Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, secured their first Asiad medal since 1986. However, the PV Sindhu-led women's team exited in the quarter-finals against Thailand.

The Indian women's hockey team continued their impressive form, winning 6-0 against Malaysia following a massive 13-0 victory against Singapore in the opener.

Detailed results of all Indian events in Asian Games 2023 Day 6, September 29

Athletics

• Vikash Singh (Men’s 20km race walk final) – finishes 5th with a timing of 1:27.33
• Sandeep Kumar (Men’s 20km race walk final) – Disqualified
• Priyanka Goswami (Women’s 20km race walk final) – finishes 5th with a timing of 1:43.07
• Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik (Women’s 400m Round 1) - Aishwarya qualifies for the final
• Tanya Chaudhary, Rachna Kumari (Women’s hammer throw final) Tanya Chaudhary finishes seventh with 60.50m. Rachna Kumari finishes 9th with a best throw of 58.13m.
• Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal (Men’s 400m Round 1) - Md. Ajmal qualifies for the final
• Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur (Women’s Shot Put Final) - Kiran Baliyan wins bronze in women's shot put. Manpreet Kaur finishes fifth

Badminton

• India 0-3 Thailand (Women’s Team Quarter-final)
• India 3-0 Nepal (Men’s Team Quarter-finals)

Basketball 3x3

India 15-18 China (Men’s Round Robin Pool C)

Basketball

India 68-62 Mongolia (Women’s Preliminary Round Group A)

Boxing

• Parveen (IND) vs. Xu Zichun (CHN) (Women’s 57kg round of 16): Parveen won 5-0 against Xu Zichun (CHN)
• Lakshya Chahar (IND) vs. Bekzhigit Uulu Omurbek (KGZ) (Men’s 80kg round of 16): Lakshya Chahar lost 1-4 to Bekzhigit Uulu Omurbek (KGZ)
• Nikhat Zareen (IND) vs. Nassar Hanan (JOR) (Women’s 50kg quarter-finals): Nikhat Zareen won via RSC against Nassar Hanan (JOR)

Bridge

Indian Team (Men’s, women’s and mixed team round robin 1)

• Men’s Team round-robin (1-9): 20-9 (PAK), (1-10) 15.26-4.74 (TPE), (1-11) 15.26-4.74 (HKG)
• Women’s Team round-robin (1-6): 4.74-15.26 (HKG), (1-7) 10.33-9.67 (SGP)
• Mixed Team round-robin (1-9): 10.66-9.34 (PAK), (1-10): 16.72-3.28 (THA), 14.64-5.36 (SGP)

Chess

• Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (Men’s Team Round 1): India beat Mongolia (3.5-0.5)
• Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B (Women’s team round 1): India beat Philippines (3.5-0.5)

Cycling (Track)

• Niraj Kumar, Harshveer Singh Sekhon (Medal event: Men’s madison)
• David Beckham, Esow Alben (Medal event: Men’s keirin) - Esow Alben and David Beckham Elkatohchoongo raced in the men's keirin 7th-12th final to finish 10th and 11th

Esports

• India 0-1 Kyrgyzstan (Dota 2 Group A match)
• India 0-1 Philippines (Dota 2 Group A match)

Golf

Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi (Men’s individual and team round 2)

• Team: India finished 6th with 405
• Individual: Anirban Lahiri finished 9th with 132, Shubhankar Sharma finished 21th with 137, Khalin Joshi & SSP Chawrasia finished 29th with 139

Aditi Ashok, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs) (Women’s individual and team round 2)

• Team: India finished 3rd with 272
• Individual: Aditi Ashok finished 2nd with 133, Pranavi Urs finished 10th with 139, Avani Prashanth finished 15th with 141

Handball

India 30-37 China (Women’s preliminary round Group B)

Hockey

India 6-0 Malaysia (Preliminary women’s Pool A)

Shooting

• Divya TS, Palak, Esha Singh Medal event: 10m air pistol women’s team clinch silver
• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran (Medal event: Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team clinch gold with a score of 1769
• Palak (women’s 10m air pistol) – clinches gold
• Esha Singh (women’s 10m air pistol) – clinches silver
• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions): clinches silver with a score of 459.7
• Swapnil Kusale (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions): finishes 4th with a score of 438.9

Squash

• Team India (Women’s Team Semis) lost to Hong Kong (1-2) wins the bronze
• Team India (Men’s Team Semis) won 2-0 Malaysia

Swimming

• Nina Venkatesh (Women’s 50m butterfly heats and final) – finishes 5th in heat 2 with a timing of 27.80
• Vritti Agarwal (Women’s 800m freestyle slow and fast heats) – finishes 5th in heat 2 with a timing of 9:15.99
• Advait Page (Men’s 200m backstroke heats) – finishes 3rd in heat 1 with a timing of 2:03.10
• Srihari Nataraj (Men’s 200m backstroke heats) – finishes 5th in heat 3 with a timing of 02:07.19
• Kushagra Rawat (Men’s 400m freestyle heats) – finishes 8th with a timing of 4:01.28
• Aryan Nehra (Men’s 400m freestyle heats) – finishes 5th with a timing 3:51.18
• Aneesh Gowda, Sajan Prakash (Men’s 200m butterfly heats and final): Aneesh Gowda finished 5th at 2:05.21 time, Sajan Prakash finished 3rd at 1:58.40 time
• Team India (women’s 4×100m medley relay heat 1): India finished 5th at 4:23.46
• Men’s 200 m backstroke final: Advait Page finished 7th at 2:02.67
• Men’s 200 m butterfly final: Sajan Prakash finished 5th at 1:57.44

Table Tennis

• Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar - won 3-11, 11-9,11-6, 5-11, 11-8 (3-2)
• Sathiyan/Sharath Kamal (Men’s doubles round of 16) lost 5-11, 4-11, 7-11 (0-3)
• Manika Batra (Women’s singles round of 16) beat Suthasini (4-2) - Won 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6
• Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale and Sutirtha/Ayhika Mukherjee (Women’s doubles round of 16) - 11-3, 11-5, 11-8 (0-3)
• Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan (Men’s Singles) Sathiyan lost 11-3, 11-3, 11-6, 11-3 (0-4), Sharath Kamal lost 7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10, 11-6, 8-11 (3-4)

Tennis

• Ramkumar Ramanathan/Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Jason Jung/Yu-hsiou Hsu (TPE) (Men's doubles final) – lost (4-6, 4-6) finishes at 2nd to win silver
• Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs Chan Hao-ching/Yu-hsiou Hsu (TPE) (Mixed doubles semi-finals): won (6-1, 3-6)