Indian players pose for photos after winning the gold medal in the women's cricket event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, Monday, September 25. Photo: PTI
Asian Games | Day 2: India's medal tally rises to 11; women's cricket team wins gold
India on Monday (September 25) raised its medal tally by six including a gold on the second day of the Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou.
India’s total medal count now stands at 11 – two golds, three silvers and six bronzes. On the first day, Sunday, India won 5 medals.
Host nation, China, is leading in the medal race with 69 in its kitty, followed by Korea (33) and Japan (31).
On Monday morning, India’s 10m men’s rifle team of Rudrankksh Patil, Divyansh Panwar, and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched a gold medal with a world-record score of 1893.7 points.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar then went on to beat his teenaged-compatriot Rudrankksh Patil for the bronze medal in the men’s 10m rifle individual event.
India also secured two bronze medals in Men's Four Rowing event and in Men's Quadruple Sculls.
The Indian team comprising Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish, and Adarsh Singh bagged the bronze medal in the 25m men’s Rapid Fire Pistol event with a score of 1718 points.
(With inputs from agencies)
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- 25 Sep 2023 1:18 PM GMT
Chess: Gujrathi scores 2 wins, women players stutter
Third-seeded Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi bounced back from a shock loss to post victories in the third and fourth rounds of the men's individual event.
The 28-year old Gujrathi beat Prin Laohawirapap of Thailand in the third round before defeating Le Tuan Minh of Vietnam in the next to take his tally to three points. He is currently placed sixth.
Along with compatriot Arjun Erigaisi, the fourth-seed, Gujrathi is on three points, half a point behind leaders – Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan and top-seed Wei Yi of China after four rounds.
The 20-year old Erigaisi beat Vietnam's Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son in round three before settling for a draw with Iran GM Tabatabeai Seyedmohammadami.
In the women's event, India's top players Koneru Humpy and D Harika slipped after starting with wins in the first two rounds. They were able to score only half point from the two rounds on Monday.
- 25 Sep 2023 12:42 PM GMT
Jemimah urges Indian men's cricket team to aim for gold
India’s Jemimah Rodrigues on Monday urged the men’s team to aim for the gold after the women’s team created history in the final of the Asian Games.
India Women’s side beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final to clinch the gold medal here on their maiden appearance.
Batting first, India posted 116 for seven on a difficult batting track before the Titas Sadhu-led bowling attack restricted Sri Lanka to 97 for eight in 20 overs.
“We have spoken to the men's team. We have told them that we are bringing the gold; you guys also bring it,” an elated Rodrigues told reporters here.
"(It) feels great. Just to win the gold is special, and being the first Indian cricket side to win the gold will make people go back in history and see that this was the team that actually won the first-ever gold in cricket in the Asian Games. It's an amazing feeling," she added.
- 25 Sep 2023 9:20 AM GMT
Cricket: India women win gold medal
The Indian women's cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final to claim the gold medal.
- 25 Sep 2023 7:35 AM GMT
Tennis: Shock exit for top seeds Rohan Bopanna-Yuki Bhambri in doubles
In a huge upset, gold medal favourites and top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were on Monday (September 25) knocked out of the Asian Games after being stunned by lower-ranked Sergey Fomin and Khumoyun Sultanov from Uzbekistan.
Bhambri struggled with his serve and strokes in the latter part of the match while the Uzbeki players raised their game against their superior opponents to walk away with a 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 win in the second round.
The defeat will rankle the Indian pair all the more as Bopanna is a top-10 player in doubles while Bhambri too is ranked among the top-100. The Uzbekis are not even in the top-300.
India coach Zeeshan Ali said that Bopanna did not get the required support from Bhambri in the match.
"At this level and being an experienced player, one cannot afford to make many errors at crucial moments of the match. You have to be able to grab any opportunity that presents itself," Zeeshan told PTI.
"Not taking anything away from the Uzbekistan players, they probably played the best match of their lives, with nothing to lose. We had chances in the second set with a couple of break points at 3-all and, had we won that game, the outcome of the match would have been different.
The Indians could not convert 12 of the 16 break-points in the match.
"Rohan played a good match but unfortunately did not get the required support needed to win today from his partner who otherwise has been having a very good doubles season," added Zeeshan.
Bopanna, at 43, is playing his last Asian Games. He had won gold in the 2018 edition with Divij Sharan.
Both Bopanna and Bhambri will now compete in the mixed doubled. Bhambri and Ankita Raina are top-seeded while Bopanna and Bhosale are seeded second.
- 25 Sep 2023 6:59 AM GMT
Tennis: Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bhosale progress to pre-quarterfinals
India's top singles tennis player Ankita Raina was off to a flying start while Rutuja Bhosale struggled past lower-ranked Aruzhan Sagandikova to move into the women's singles pre-quarterfinals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday (September 25).
Raina did not lose a single game in her second-round match and required just 51 minutes to send packing 17-year-old Sabrina Olimjonova from Uzbekistan 6-0, 6-0.
Ranked 198th in singles and winner of a bronze medal from the 2018 edition, third seed Raina will now clash with Adithya P Karunaratne from Hong Kong for a place in the last-eight stage.
Sagandikova is ranked as low as 746 but it was far from an easy match for Bhosale, who needed two hours and one minute to go past her rival from Kazakhstan7-6(2), 6-2.
The 13th seed Indian's next opponent is fourth seed left-hander Alex Eala from the Philippines.
In the men's singles, Ramkumar Ramanathan did not have to move a sinew to move to the next round. His rival from Tajikistan Sunatullo Isroilov did not turn up for the contest, giving a walkover to the Indian.
Ramkumar then combined with his second-seed partner Saketh Myneni to move to the men's doubles quarterfinals, beating the Indonesia pair of Ignatius Anthony Susanto and David Agung Susanto 6-3, 6-2 in 68 minutes.
25 Sep 2023 6:33 AM GMTAsian Games | Swimming: Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj, men’s 4x200m freestyle team enter finals
Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj finished sixth in the men's 50m backstroke heats to progress to his second consecutive final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday (September 25).
Nataraj, who finished sixth in the men's 100m backstroke final on Sunday (September 24), clocked 25.43s to finish third in his heat 4 and sixth overall.
Likith Selvaraj also progressed to the men's 100m breaststroke competition. He finished with a timing 1:01.98 to just make the cut for the final.
The Indian quartet of Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda, Kushagra Rawat and Tanish George Mathew too progressed to the final in the men's 4x200m freestyle event.
The Indian team finished sixth overall with a timing of 7:29.04 in the heats.
All three finals will be held later in the day.
Medals won
Earlier in the day, India’s 10m men’s rifle team of Rudrankksh Patil, Divyansh Panwar, and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won India’s first gold medal with a world-record score of 1893.7 points.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won a bronze medal in the men’s 10m rifle individual event.
India also secured two bronze medals in the Men’s Four Rowing event and the Men’s Quadruple Sculls.
Failed to enter the finals
Former bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade (men's 50m freestyle), Olympian Maana Patel (women's 50m backstroke), Anil Kumar Shylaja Anand (men's 50m freestyle), Desinghu Dhinidhi (women's 200m freestyle) and Hashika Ramachandra (women's 200m individual medley) all failed to enter the finals in their respective events.
(With inputs from agencies)
