Asian Games 2023 Day 8, October 1, Updated Results: Athletics bring galore to India's medal tally

India has won a total of 52 medals till date in the continental event

On a dramatic eighth day at the Asian Games 2023, India had an impressive haul of 15 medals, including three gold, seven silver, and five bronze. Athletics took the spotlight in this remarkable success.

Avinash Sable set a new Asian Games record as he comfortably claimed India's first men's 3000m steeplechase gold medal at the continental meet. Tajinderpal Singh Toor successfully defended his men's shot put crown in Hangzhou. Jyothi Yarraji secured a dramatic silver in the women's 100m hurdles, benefitting from China's Wu Yanni's disqualification for a false start.

Harmilan Bains and Murali Sreeshankar won silver in women's 1500m and men's long jump, respectively. Ajay Kumar Saroj and Jinson Johnson achieved second and third place in the men's 1500m event. Discus thrower Seema Punia and heptathlon athlete Nandini Agasara both settled for bronze medals in their respective events, adding to India's impressive medal tally at the Asian Games.

Detailed results of all Indian events in Asian Games 2023 Day 8, October 1

Archery

Tushar Shelke, Atanu Das, Mrinal Chauhan, Dhiraj Bommadevara (Recurve Men’s Individual Qualification Round) – Atanu Das finishes 4th, Dhiraj Bommadevara finishes 6th, Tushar Prabhakar 15th and Mrinal Chauhan finishes 17th

Jyothi Vennam, Parneet Kaur, Avneet Kaur, Aditi Swami (Compound Women’s Individual Qualification Round) – Jyothi Vennam finishes 1st, Aditi Gopichand finishes 4th, Parneet Kaur finishes 12th, and Avneet Kaur finishes 17th

Prathamesh Jawkar, Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan (Compound Men’s Individual Qualification Round): Ojas Deotale finished 3rd with 709, Abhishek Verma finished 4th with 708, Prathamesh Jawkar finished 10th with 700, Rajat Chauhan finished 16 with 298

Prachi Singh, Simranjeet Kaur, Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat (Recurve Women’s Individual Qualification Round): Ankita Bhakat finished 14th with 649, Bhajan Kaur finished 18th with 640, Simranjeet Kaur finished 19th with 640, Prachi Singh finished 55th with 593

Athletics

• Sahib Singh, Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Men’s Shot Put final) - Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins gold
• Jeswin Aldrin, Murali Sreeshankar (Men’s Long Jump final) - Murali Shreeshankar wins silver
• Avinash Sable (Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final) - Avinash Sable win gold
• Seema Punia (Women’s Discus Throw Final) -Seema Punia wins bronze
• Harmilan Bains, Deeksha (Women’s 1500m final) - Harmilan Bains wins silver
• Jinson Johnson, Ajay Saroj (Men’s1500m final) - Ajay Saroj wins silver and Jinson Johnson wins bronze
• Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj (Women’s 100m Hurdles final) - Jyothi Yarraji wins silver

Badminton

India 2-3 China (Men's team final) - India wins silver

Boxing

Nikhat Zareen vs. Chuthamat Raksat (THA) (Women’s 45-50kg semi-final) - Nikhat Zareen wins bronze

Parveen 5-0 Sitora Turdibekova (UZB) (Women’s 54-57kg quarter-final)

Jaismine (IND) lost by RSC Ungyong Won (PRK) (Women’s 57-60kg quarter-final)

Basketball

China vs. India (Women’s Preliminary Round Group A) - India lost 111-53

Canoeing

• Megha Pradeep (Women’s Canoe Single 200m Heat1): finished 5th
• Soniya Phairembam (Women’s Kayak Single 500m Heat 2): finished 4th

Chess

• Indian women's team beat Indonesia 3.5-0.5
• Indian men's team won 3.0-1.0 against Kazakhstan

Equestrian

Ashish Limaye and horse Willy Be Dun, who led on Saturday, faced elimination in the equestrian eventing cross-country round 

Apurva Dabhade finished sixth with 29.60 penalty points while Vikas Kumar was ranked 16th with 41.20 penalty points. The Indian team are fifth, the last position, in the standings. 

Golf

Team India (Women’s Team Round 4) – finish 4th. Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Sharath, Aditi Ashok (Women’s Individual Round 4) – Aditi Ashok clinches silver, Pranavi Sharath finishes 13th and Pranavi Prasanth T18

Team India (Men’s Team Round 4) – finishes 7th. Anirban Lahiri, S.S.P Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi, Shubhankar Sharma (Men’s Individual Round 4) – Anirban Lahiri finishes T12, Hitesh finishes T27, and Chawrasia finishes T28

Hockey

India 1-1 Korea (Women's team pool match)

Kurash

Aditya Dhopaokar 0-10 Hassan Rasgooli (AFG) (Men 81kg Round of 16 Bout 7)

Sepak Takraw

• India 0-2 Lao P.D.R. (Women’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B)
• Japan 2-0 India (Men’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B
• China 2-0 India (Women’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B)

Squash

• India 2-0 South Korea (Mixed Doubles Pool A)
• India 2-0 Philippines (Mixed Doubles Pool D)

Shooting

• Kynan Darius Chenai, Joravar Singh Sandhu and Prithviraj Tondaiman (Men's Trap Team) wins gold
• Rajeshwari Kumari, Preeti Kongara, Manisha Keer (Women's Trap Team) wins silver
• Men's Trap Individual- Kynan Chenai bagged the bronze medal

Volleyball

Indian women's volleyball team lost 75-27 against China in the Pool A match