Asian Games 2023 Day 10, October 3, Updated Results: Medals in athletics, boxing take India's total to 69

Parul Chaudhary and Annu Rani clinched historic gold medals.

India is making remarkable progress at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, with Day 10 proving to be a thrilling day for the nation. In the realm of athletics, Annu Rani and Parul Chaudhary secured historic gold medals for India in the women's javelin throw and women's 5000m events, respectively.

Tejaswin Shankar etched his name in history by not only breaking the national record but also clinching the men's decathlon silver, marking his debut Asian Games appearance with a well-deserved medal. Mohammed Afsal showcased his talent by securing the men's 800m silver, while Praveen Chitharavel, a national record holder in men's triple jump, contributed to the medal tally with a bronze. Vithya Ramraj displayed her prowess with a bronze in the women's 400m hurdles.

India's men's canoe double 1000m team, comprised of Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam, delivered a bronze medal, marking India's first canoe medal in nearly three decades. Lovlina Borgohain, a bronze medalist at Tokyo 2020, advanced to the women's 75kg gold medal bout, securing an Olympic quota for India in the category.

Additionally, boxers Preeti Pawar and Narender Berwal concluded their campaigns with well-deserved bronze medals.

In their debut appearance at the Asian Games, the Indian men's cricket team stormed into the semifinals with a thrilling 23-run victory over Nepal. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who notched his first T20I century, became the youngest T20I century-maker from India, leading the team to success. The women's kabaddi team secured a victory against the Republic of Korea, while the men's kabaddi team triumphed against neighbors Bangladesh in their opener.

Saurav Ghosal, along with the mixed doubles pairs Dipika Pallikal-Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Anahat Singh-Abhay Singh, assured squash medals for India. Moreover, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy had successful starts in their badminton singles campaigns.

With an impressive haul of two gold, two silver, and five bronze medals on this remarkable day, India is now just one medal short of matching its record of 70 medals at the 2018 Asian Games. With assured medals in squash and boxing, India is well on its way to setting a new record in Hangzhou.

Detailed results of all Indian events in Asian Games 2023 Day 10, October 3

Archery

• Jyothi Vennam 147-144 Adel Zhexenbinova (KAZ) (Compound Women’s Individual QF)
• Aditi Swami 149-143 Amaya Cojuangco (PHI) (Compound Women’s Individual QF)
• Abhishek Verma 147-147 Andrey Tyutyun (KAZ) (Compound Men’s Individual QF)
• Ojas Deotale 150-142 Akbarali Karabayev (KAZ) (Compound Men’s Individual QF)
• Jyothi Vennam 149-146 Aditi Swami (Compound Women's Individual SF)
• Abhishek Verma 147-145 Jaewon Joo (KOR) (Compound Men’s Individual SF)
• Ojas Deotale 150-142 Jaehoon Yang (KOR) (Compound Men’s Individual SF)
• Dhiraj Bommadevara 5-6 Abdullin Ilfat (KAZ) (Recurve Men’s Individual QF)
• Atanu Das 5-6 Xiangshuo (CHN) (Recurve Men's Individual QF)

Athletics

• Chanda (Women’s 800m Round 1 Heat 1): Finished 1st
• Harmilan Bains (Women’s 800m Round 1 Heat 2): Finished 1st
• Team India (Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 Heat 1): India finished 1st
• Rubina Yadav, Pooja (Women’s High Jump final) - Pooja finished sixth, Robina finished at ninth place
• Abdulla Narangolintevida, Praveen Chitharavel (Men’s Triple Jump final) - Praveen Chithravel wins bronze, Aboobacker finishes 4th
• Vithya Ramraj (Women’s 400m Hurdles final) Vithya wins bronze
• Yashas Palaksha, Santhosh Tamilarasan (Men’s 400m Hurdles final) - Yashas finished fifth Santosh finished sixth
• Parul Chaudhary, Ankita (Women’s 5000m final) - Parul Chaudhary wins gold, Ankita finishes fifth
• Annu Rani (Women’s Javelin Throw final) - Annu Rani wins gold
• Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Pulikkalakath (Men’s 800m final)- MD. Afsal Pulikkalakath wins silver, Krishan Kumar finishes fifth
• Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon) - wins silver

Badminton

• HS. Prannoy 2-0 Batdavaa Munkhbat (MGL) (Men’s Single Round of 32)
• V. Sindhu 2-0 Wen-Chi Hsu (TPE) (Women’s Singles Round of 32)
• Ashmita Chaliha 0-2 Gregoria Tunjung (INA) (Women’s Singles Round of 32)
• Tresa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand 2-0 Abdul Razzaq AN/Abdul Razzaq FN (MDV) (Women’s Doubles Round of 32)
• Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponappa 2-0 Fathuhulla Ismail/Rasheed AA (Women’s Doubles Round of 32)
• Kidambi Srikanth 2-0 Yungyu Lee (KOR) (Men’s Singles Round of 32)

Boxing

• Preeti 0-5 Yuan Chang (CHN) (Women’s 50-54kg SF) - wins bronze
• Narender 0-5 Kunkabayev (KAZ) (Men’s +92kg SF) - wins Bronze
• Sachin vs. Ping Lyu (CHN) (Men’s 51-57kg QF) - lost by RSC
• Baison Maneekon (THA) 0-5 Lovlina Borgohain (Women’s 66-75kg SF)

Bridge

The Indian men's bridge team scored 102.6 points in 48 boards against China, who scored 75, to finish on the ascendancy after three rounds in the semi-final

Canoeing

• Soniya Phairembam (Women’s Kayak Single 500m final): Finished 9th at 2:14.555
• Team India (Men’s Canoe Double 1000m final): Clinched bronze medal
• Team India (Women’s Kayak Four 500m final): India finished 8th at 1:55.420
• Team India (Women’s Canoe Double 200m final): India finished 8th at 51.479

Chess

• India beat Mongolia 4.0-0.0 in the women's chess team round 5 match
• Indian men's chess team, on the other hand, drew 2.0-2.0 against the table toppers Islamic Republic of Iran in a sound 5-match

Cricket

India vs. Nepal (Men’s QF): India won by 23 runs

Diving

Siddhant Bajrang Pardeshi finished 16th with a score of 236.35 in the men's 3m springboard preliminary round. London Singh Hemam, meanwhile, scored 207.00, ranking 17th, as both Indians did not make the final.

Hockey

India 13-0 Hong Kong, China (Women’s Pool A)

Kabaddi

India 55-18 Bangladesh

Sepak Takraw

India 1-2 South Korea (Men’s Quadrant Group B)

Soft Tennis

The Indian men's and women's soft tennis teams finished fourth and third, respectively, in the group stages. India beat Cambodia 3-0, while they lost against Thailand, Chinese Taipei and the Republic of Korea in Group A of the men's soft tennis event. The Indian women's soft tennis team, meanwhile, beat Mongolia and Vietnam while losing to Japan and China.

Squash

• India 2-0 Hong Kong, China (Mixed Doubles Pool D)
• India 2-0 Japan (Mixed Doubles Pool A)
• Saurav Ghosal won 11-5, 12-10, 11-3 against Japan's Ryunosuke Tsukue in the men's singles quarter-finals

Sports Climbing

• Dhiraj Birajdar, Aman Verma (Men’s Speed Qualification): Aman Verma finished 16th, Dhiraj Birajdar finished 20th
• Shivpreet Pannu, Anisha Verma (Women’s Speed Qualification): Anisha Verma finished 13th, Shivpreet Pannu finished 14th