Asian Games 2023 Highlights, September 29: Nikhat Zareen qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics, assures maiden Asiad medal

Asian Games 2023 Highlights, September 29: Indian athlete resume their search for medals on Day 6 of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou after the nation bagged its sixth gold medal earlier on Day 5. Medal Updates from the day below:

• Shooter Palak wins gold medal in Women's 10m Pistol Individual
• Shooters Swapnil Kushale, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, and Akhil Sheoran break the World Record to claim the gold medal in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Team event
• Shooters Esha Singh, Palak, and Divya Subbaraju claim the silver medal in the Women's 10m Pistol Team event
• Shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar claims silver medal in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position
• Tennis doubles pair Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan win the silver medal in the Men's Doubles
• Shooter Esha Singh wins silver medal in Women's 10m Pistol Individual event
• Squash players Tanvi Khanna, Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh, Dipika Pallikal wins bronze medal in the Women's team event.
• Kiran Baliyan claims bronze medal in Women's shot put
• Boxer Nikhat Zareen assures medal by reaching semifinals. She also qualifies for Tokyo Olympics 2023

Sep 29, 2023, 7:44 pm IST

Asian Games Live coverage ends

A day full of medals for India as shooters bagged two gold and two silver each while Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni bagged the first tennis medal in a silver. The medal surge is expected to increase further with athletics events starting. More of that tomorrow onwards as we call it a night!

Sep 29, 2023, 7:27 pm IST

Athletics: Kiran Baliyan claims bronze medal; opens India's account in track & field

Kiran Baliyan claims the last spot on the podium behind the two Chinese shot putters while her compatriot Manpreet Kaur finished fifth with an attempt of 16.25m! Baliyan also scripts history as she became the first woman shot putter to win a medal since 1951 Asiad!

Sep 29, 2023, 7:19 pm IST

Athletics: Women's Shot put

Kiran Baliyan puts herself in the medal position with a brilliant throw of 17.36m. Her personal best of 17.93m came earlier this month in Chandigarh meanwhile Chinese shot putters are dominating the event. Lijiao Gong is at the top with four 19+ throws out of five while leading at 19.58m while Jiayuan Song is at 18.92m!

Sep 29, 2023, 6:52 pm IST

Asian Games Swimming: Sajan Prakash finishes seventh in Men’s 200m Butterfly final

In the final of the Men's 200m Butterfly, Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash finished seventh with a timing of 1:57.44. Sajan was 4.29 seconds behind gold winner Tomoru Honda from Japan who finished in a Games record time of 1:53.15.

Sep 29, 2023, 6:45 pm IST

Asian Games Squash Men's Team: India Enter Final, IND beat MAS 2-0

After the women's team secured a bronze medal earlier in the day, Indian men's team has qualified for the final by defeating Malaysia in the semifinals. Senior Indian squash player Saurav Ghoshal defeated Eain Yow NG in the team event 3-1 and helped his team take an unassailable 2-0. Ghoshal bt Eain Yow - 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-3).

Sep 29, 2023, 6:33 pm IST

Asian Games Athletics: Women’s Hammer Throw - Indian athletes finish finish 7th and 9th

India's women hammer throwers Tanya Chaudhary and Rachna Kumari had ordinary performances to finish seventh and ninth respectively in the final of the Women’s Hammer Throw. Tanya threw a distance of 60.50 while Rachna managed a 58.13. Gold and silver went to China's Zheng Wang and Jie Zhao respectively. South Korea's Taehui Kim won bronze.

Sep 29, 2023, 5:55 pm IST

Squash: India 1-0 Malaysia in Men's Semifinal

Sourav Ghoshal is currently in action and leading the second game 5-3 after winning the first game against Yow Eain. India already have a 1-0 lead in the semifinal as Abhay Singh earlier defeated Addeen Idrakie 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6

Sep 29, 2023, 5:49 pm IST

Asian Games 2023 Hockey: India beat Malaysia 6-0 in Women's Pool A

India go top of the table with a big 6-0 win over Malaysia. The 6-0 victory comes after 13-0 mauling of Singapore in the first Pool match, which means India now have a +19 goal difference.

Sep 29, 2023, 5:37 pm IST

Athletics: Women's 400m heats

Aishwarya Mishra clocks her personal best of 52.73 seconds to qualify for the women's 400m final. She finished behind Bahrain's Asian record holder Salwa Eid Nasser, who clocked 52.52 seconds. Her compatriot Kemi Adekoya set the pace with a brilliant 50.53 seconds, which was also her personal best. India's Himanshi Malik failed to make the cut with a disappointing timing of 57.82 seconds

Sep 29, 2023, 5:28 pm IST

Athletics: Men's 400m heats

National record holder Muhammad Anas couldn't progress to the final as he clocked 46.29 seconds. Youngster Muhammad Ajmal sealed his among the top eight as an automatic qualifier with a timing of 45.76 seconds while finishing second in Heat 2. Japan's Kentaro Sato and Sri Lanka's Kalinga Kumarage dominated the heat with a timing of 45.57 seconds each!

Sep 29, 2023, 4:56 pm IST

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen through to semis; qualifies for Paris Olympics

Nikhat Zareen was unstoppable in her women's 50kg quarterfinal bout against Jordan's Nassar Hanan as India won the bout in just 53 seconds in the first round. The referee stopped the contest (RSC) sensing danger for the Jordanese boxer! With the win, Nikhat assures bronze at least but the World Champion won't settle for anything less than the gold medal with 2024 Paris Olympics spot at stake!

Sep 29, 2023, 4:53 pm IST

Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal loses in round of 16

Achanta Sharath Kamal loses to Chinese Taipei's CHUANG Chih-Yuan in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals 7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10, 11-6, 8-11. India's men's singles challenge ends with the loss

Sep 29, 2023, 4:46 pm IST

Hockey: India 5-0 Malaysia

India score just once in the next 15 minutes after scoring four in the 1st quarter! Sangita Kumari scored the sole goal from the penalty corner!

Sep 29, 2023, 4:36 pm IST

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen to compete soon!

Two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen will be in action soon as she competes against Jordan's Nassar Hannan in the women's 50kg quarterfinal!

Sep 29, 2023, 4:31 pm IST

Asian Games2023: Men’s Keirin Semifinal

David Beckham and Esow Alben are out of the medal run as they finished fifth and sixth respectively in the first heat of the Men’s Keirin Semifinal. The result wasn't enough to find a placce in the final as Beckham finish +0.922 seconds behind the leader while Esow was +2.980 seconds behind.

Sep 29, 2023, 4:25 pm IST

Asian Games 2023 Bridge: India's round robin results today

Men’s Team Round Robin 1-11: Hong Kong 4.74 - 15.26 India; Women’s Team Round Robin 1-7: Singapore 9.67 - 10.33 India; Mixed Team Round Robin 1-11: India 14.64 - 5.36 Singapore

Sep 29, 2023, 4:23 pm IST

Hockey: India 4-0 Malaysia at the end of Q1

Four different goalscorers for India as they completely dominate Malaysia in the first quarter of the Women's Pool A match! Deep Grace Ekka, Nisha, Monika and Vaishani Phalke give India a huge lead in the first 15 mintues.

Sep 29, 2023, 4:05 pm IST

Asian Games 2023 Badminton: India beat Nepal to reach Men's Team semis

India stormed into the semifinals with a comfortable 3-0 win over lowly Nepal in the semifinals. Results: Lakshya Sen beats Prince Dahal 21-4, 21-8; Kidambi Srikanth beats Sunil Joshi 21-4, 21-13; Mithun Manjunath beats Bishnu Katuwal 21-2, 21-7

Sep 29, 2023, 3:28 pm IST

Asian Games 2023 Tennis: Wang Chuqin beats Sathiyan in straight games

Wang Chuqin finally puts Sathiyan out of his misery with a straight-game victory in the pre-quarters. The Chinese wins in straight games 11-3, 11-3, 11-6, 11-3. That was last match for Sathiyan at the Asian Games 2023, who is out of every draws he entered.

Sep 29, 2023, 3:10 pm IST

Badminton: India vs Nepal Men's Team quarterfinal

Lakshya Sen comfortably beats Prince Dahal 21-5, 21-8 to give India 1-0 lead in the best-of-five tie. Dahal looked out of his depth against the former All-England bronze medallists. Next up is Kidambi Srikanth against Sunil Joshi in the second singles

Sep 29, 2023, 3:06 pm IST

TT: World No. 2 Wang Chuqin destroying G Sathiyan

Experienced Indian paddler G Sathiyan is no match to one of the giants of the game Wang Chuqin, rated as one of the best talent that TT leaders China has produced! The Chinese is mercilessly destroying the Indian as he takes the first two games 11-3, 11-3

Sep 29, 2023, 2:47 pm IST

TT: Sutirtha/Ayhika advances to quarterfinals

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee defeat their Thai opponents Wanwisa Aueawiriyayothin/Jinnipa Sawettabut in straight games 11-8, 11-7, 11-4

Sep 29, 2023, 2:43 pm IST

TT: Ayhika/Sutirtha dominate

Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee are spot on with their strategies and deceptive shot-making as they take the first two games in no time 11-8, 11-7

Sep 29, 2023, 2:34 pm IST

Chess: India vs Philippines Women's Team Round 1

Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, V Ramesh Babu, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal in action for India in the women's chess team event against the Philippines in Round 1.

Sep 29, 2023, 2:29 pm IST

TT: Women's Doubles Round of 16

Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhhika Mukherjee faces a tricky tie against Thailand's Wanwisa Aueawiriyayothin/Jinnipa Sawettabut.

Sep 29, 2023, 2:23 pm IST

Chess: India vs Mongolia in Men's Team Round 1

Vidit Gujarathi, Arjuk Erigaisi, P Ramesh Prabhu and G Dommanraju feature for India against Mongolia in Round 1. Other countries that India will face in subsequent rounds are China, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan

Sep 29, 2023, 2:07 pm IST

Asian Games 2023 TT: Sreeja/Diya loses in pre-quarters

Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale loses in straight games to Japan's Miwa Harimoto/Miyuu Kihara 3-11, 5-11, 8-11 in the women's doubles pre-quarters

Sep 29, 2023, 2:01 pm IST

Boxing: Lakshya Chahar out of medal run

Lakshya Chahar made a strong comeback in the last round and landed some good punches on the Kazakh boxer. However, Bekzhighit won the bout by a split verdict of 4:1! Chahar makes preliminary round exit at the Asian Games

Sep 29, 2023, 1:56 pm IST

Boxing: Bekzhigit lands heavy blows on Lakshya

The Kazakh boxer continues his onslaught with some strong punches. He takes the second round as well with a unanimous verdict. Lakshya needs a big round if he wants to keep his medal hopes alive

Sep 29, 2023, 1:51 pm IST

Boxing: Bekzhighit takes the first round

The Kazakh boxer came hard at Lakshya, who is on the red corner and landed some strong punches on the Indian! All five judges favour Bekzhighit in the first round.

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Asian Games 2023 Day 6 Schedule

3x3 basketball

Men's Round Robin Pool C: India vs China - 5:20 PM

Athletics

Men's 20km race walk final (Sandeep Kumar, Vikash Singh) - 4:30 AM
Women's 20km race walk final (Priyanka Goswami) - 4:40 AM
Women's 400m Round 1 (Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik) - 4:30 PM onwards
Women's hammer throw final (Tanya Chaudhary, Rachna Kumari) - 4:40 PM
Men's 400m Round 1 (Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal) - 4:55 PM onwards
Women's shot put final (Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur) - 6:15 PM

Badminton

Women's team quarter-finals (PV Sindhu, Ashmita Chaliha, Anupama Upadhyaya, Malvika Bansod, Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto): India vs Thailand - 6:30 AM onwards
Men's team quarter-finals (HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Mithun Manjunath, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun): India vs Nepal - 2:30 PM onwards

Basketball

Women's Preliminary Round Group A: India vs Mongolia - 5:30 PM

Boxing

Women's 57kg round of 16: Parveen (IND) vs Xu Zichun (CHN) - 12:00 PM
Men's 80kg round of 16: Lakshya Chahar (IND) vs Bekzhigit Uulu Omurbek (KGZ) - 1:45 PM
Women's 50kg quarter-finals: Nikhat Zareen (IND) vs Nassar Hanan (JOR) - 4:45 PM

Bridge

Men's, women's and mixed team round robin 1 (Indian teams) - 6:30 AM onwards

Chess

Men's team round 1 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) - 12:30 PM onwards
Women's team round 1 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) - 12:30 PM onwards

Track cycling

Medal event: Men's madison (Niraj Kumar, Harshveer Singh Sekhon) - 7:30 AM onwards
Medal event: Men's keirin (David Beckham, Esow Alben) - 7:30 AM onwards

Esports

Dota 2 Group A match: India vs Kyrgyzstan - 11:30 AM
Dota 2 Group A match: India vs Philippines - 12:30 PM

Golf

Men's individual and team round 2 (Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi) - 4:00 AM onwards

Women's individual and team round 2 (Aditi Ashok, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs) - 4:00 AM onwards

Handball

Women's preliminary round Group B: India vs China - 3:30 PM

Hockey

Preliminary women's Pool A: India vs Malaysia - 4:00 PM

Shooting

Medal event: 10m air pistol women's qualification round, team medals, and individual final (Divya TS, Palak, Esha Singh) - 6:30 AM onwards

Medal event: Men's 50m rifle 3 positions qualification, team medals, and final (Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran) - 6:30 AM onwards

Squash

Women's team semi-finals (Team India) - 8:30 AM onwards
Men's team semi-finals (Team India) - 1:30 PM onwards

Swimming

Women's 50m butterfly heats and final (Nina Venkatesh) - 7:30 AM onwards
Women's 800m freestyle slow and fast heats (Vritti Agarwal) - 7:30 AM onwards
Women's 200m backstroke heats and final (Srihari Nataraj, Advait Page) - 7:30 AM onwards
Men's 400m freestyle heats and final (Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat) - 7:30 AM onwards
Men's 200m butterfly heats and final (Aneesh Gowda, Sajan Prakash) - 7:30 AM onwards
Men's 4×100m medley relay heats and final (Team India) - 7:30 AM onwards

Table tennis

Men's doubles round of 16 (Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar and G Sathiyan/Sharath Kamal) - 7:30 AM onwards
Mixed doubles round of 16 (G Sathiyan/Manika Batra and Harmeet Desai/Sreeja Akula) - 7:30 AM onwards
Women's singles round of 16 (Manika Batra) - 7:30 AM onwards
Women's doubles round of 16 (Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale and Sutirtha/Ayhika Mukherjee) - 1:30 PM onwards
Men's singles (Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan) round of 16 - 1:30 PM onwards

Tennis

Medal round: Men's doubles final: Ramkumar Ramanathan/Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Jason Jung/Yu-hsiou Hsu (TPE) - 7:30 AM
Mixed doubles semi-finals: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs Chan Hao-ching/Yu-hsiou Hsu (TPE) - after 9:30 AM