Asian Games 2023 Day 9, October 2, Updated Results: Medal rush continues in Athletics, historic bronze in table tennis

India has won a total of 60 medals till date in the continental meet.

India made a significant addition of seven medals to its Asian Games 2023 medal tally, comprising three silver and four bronze medals, with athletics once again taking center stage. Parul Chaudhary secured silver, and Priti Lamba claimed bronze in the women's 3000m steeplechase, resulting in a double podium triumph. Ancy Sojan emerged with the women's long jump silver, bouncing back from her Asian Championships setback earlier this year.

The 4x400m mixed relay team not only broke the national record but also captured a silver medal in Hangzhou. Vithya Ramraj, on her way to the final, equalled the national record set by Indian track and field legend PT Usha in the 400m hurdles during the heats. Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee achieved a historic milestone by winning India's first women's doubles table tennis bronze at the Asian Games following their semi-final battle.

Additionally, the speed skating 3000m teams contributed two bronze medals to India's overall tally. In the realm of men's hockey, the Indian hockey team continued its attacking prowess, overpowering Bangladesh 12-0 in the final Pool A match, setting their sights on the upcoming semi-finals led by Harmanpreet Singh.

Badminton players Kidambi Srikanth, along with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, marked their preliminary matches with victorious performances. Indian archers demonstrated their prowess by reaching the quarterfinals in nearly every event, with the exception being the women's individual recurve.

Saurav Ghosal and Tanvi Khanna also advanced to the squash singles last eight stage. The surprise of the day unfolded in kabaddi as Chinese Taipei held India to a 34-34 tie in their women's kabaddi opener, securing a point in the final raid.

Detailed results of all Indian events in Asian Games 2023 Day 9, October 2

Archery

• India 6-2 Malaysia (Recurve Mixed Team 1/8 elimination)
• India 159-151 UAE (Compound Mixed Team 1/8 elimination)
• Singapore 219-235 India (Compound Men’s Team 1/8 elimination)
• India 5-1 Thailand (Recurve Women’s Team 1/8 elimination)
• India 6-0 Hong Kong, China (Recurve Men’s Team 1/8 elimination)
• Abhishek Verma 147-139 Belal Alawadi (KSA) (Compound Men’s Individual 1/16 elimination)
• Ojas Parvin Deotale 148-138 Ahmad Alshatti (KUW) (Compound Men’s Individual 1/16 elimination)
• Imayung Rai 137-149 Aditi Swami (Compound Women’s Individual 1/16 elimination)
• Jyothi Vennam 145-132 Wijensinghe (SRI) (Compound Women’s Individual 1/16 elimination)
• Atheer Alhusaini (YEM) 0-6 Bhajan Kaur (Recurve Women’s Individual 1/32 Elimination)
• Ankita Bhakat 5-6 Rezza Octavia (Recurve Women’s Individual 1/16 Elimination)
• Atanu Das 6-4 Anuar Khairul (MAS) (Recurve Men’s Individual 1/16 Elimination)
• Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-2 Lam Dorji (BHU) (Recurve Men’s Individual 1/16 Elimination)

Athletics

• Tejaswin Shankar (Men’s Decathlon 100m): Finished 4th with 834 points
• Jesse Sandesh (Men’s High Jump Qualification Group A): Finished 6th
• Sarvesh Kushare (Men’s High Jump Qualification Group B): Finished 4th
• Tejaswin Shankar (Men’s Decathlon Long Jump): Finished 1st with 903 points
• Mohd Pulikkalakath (Men’s 800m Round 1 – Heat 2): Finished 1st at 1:46.79
• Krishan Kumar (Men’s 800m Round 1 – Heat 3): Finished 2nd at 1:49.45
• Santhosh Tamilarasan (Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 1): Finished 2nd
• Yahas Palaksha (Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 3): Finished 2nd
• Tejaswin Shankar (Men’s Decathlon Shot Put): Finished 5th with 691 points
• Vithya Ramraj (Women’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 1): Finished 1st
• Sinchal Theetharamada (Women’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 2): Finished 5th
• Pavithra Vengatesh (Women’s Pole Vault final): Finished 6th
• Shaili Singh, Ancy Edappilly (Women’s Long Jump final): Ancy Edappilly clinched silver, Shaili Singh finished 5th
• Athletics – Parul Chaudhary, Priti (Women’s 3000m Steeplechase final): Parul Chaudhary clinched silver, Priti clinched bronze
• Team India (4×400 Relay Mixed final): Clinched silver

Badminton

Kidambi Srikanth won 21-10, 21-19 in 29 minutes against Vietnam's Ie Duc Phat (Round of 64)

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the world No. 3 men's doubles pair, beat Chow Hin Long and Lui Chun Wai of Hong Kong China 21-11, 21-16 in the round of 32.

Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto won in straight games 21-18, 21-14 versus Macao China's Leong lok Chong and Ng Weng Chi

Mixed doubles pair Rohan Kapoor / Sikki Reddy and men's doubles pair Arjun MR / Dhruv Kapila retired from their opening doubles matches 

Basketball

India lost 96-57 to North Korea (Quaterfinals)

Bridge

India qualified second for the men's team semi-finals with 278.93 points 

Indian women's and mixed teams failed to make the bridge semi-finals. India finished seventh with 106.83 points in the women's bridge team event. The Indian mixed team scored 234.57 points, only 15.66 points shy of a semi-final berth, to finish fifth.

Canoeing

• Niraj Verma (Men’s Canoe Single 1000m final): Finished 7th at 4:36.314
• India (Women’s Canoe Double 500m final): Finished 9th at 2:17.614
• India (Women’s Kayak Double 500m final): Finished 9th at 2:07.440
• India (Men’s Canoe Double 500m final): Finished 8th at 1:54.723

Chess

• India beat Kyrgyzstan 3.5-0.5 in round 4
• India lost 1.5-2.5 against China

Diving

London Hemam (Men’s 1m Springboard Final): Finished 12th with 207.80

Equestrian

Indian team finished fifth in Eventing Jumping

Hockey

India 12-0 Bangladesh (Men’s Pool A)- Match Report

Kabaddi

India 34-34 Chinese Taipei (Women’s Team Group A)

Kurash

• Jyoti Tokas 0-3 Melika Vandchaly (IRI) (Women’s 87kg quarter-final)
• Sadegh Azarang (IRI) 10-0 Yash Chauhan (Men’s 90kg quarter-final)

Roller Sports

• India clocked 4:34.861 in the women's 3000m speed skating relay final and bagged the bronze medal
• Indian men's team set a time of 4:10.128 in the 3000m speed skating relay final to win the bronze

Sepak Takraw

• Singapore 0-2 India (Men’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B)
• Philippines 0-2 India (Men’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B)
• Philippines 2-0 India (Women’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B)

Squash

India 2-0 Thailand (Mixed Doubles Pool D)

Tanvi Khanna won 11-1, 11-3, 11-2 vs Arichaya Chujit in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals 

Saurav Ghosal cruised to an 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 round of 16 victory against Ammar Altamimi 

Table Tennis

Suyong Cha/Sugyong Pak (PRK) 4-3 Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee (Women’s Doubles semi-final)- won bronze - Report