Hangzhou: Shooters led India’s medal haul on the fourth day of the Asian Games. Two gold, three silver and two bronze medals came to India’s account from the shooting range only yesterday. The performance of Sift Samra Kor, who won gold with a world record, was noteworthy. MBBS held a Games record in the 50m rifle 3 position individual event. Kor’s unpunished progress, who is also a student. Twenty-two-year-old Kore scored 469.6 in the final. In this event, India’s Ashi Chouksi won the bronze medal with 451.9 points. The silver is for the Chinese player.
India’s second gold was in the women’s 25m pistol team category. The team consisting of Manu Bhekar, Ritham Sangwan and Isha Singh came first.
India’s first medal yesterday was in the women’s 50m rifle 3 position team category. The team of Sift Kaur Sharma, Ashi Chowkse and Manini Kaushik bagged silver. Indian team got 1764 points.
India won bronze in the men’s skeet team category. The bronze was fired by a group of Angad Bajwa, Gurjot Singh Khangura and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka. India scored 355 points in the final.
Isha Singh won the silver in the women’s 25m pistol category after a close fight. Eighteen-year-old Isha scored 34 points. Chinese star Rui Liu won the gold. India’s medal hopeful Manu Bhekar finished fifth.
Nikhat Sarin, a medal hopeful in the women’s boxing 50 kg category, entered the quarters. Sarin’s progress was made by defeating Korea’s Chorong Bak. The victory of the Indian player is 5-0.
Women’s Taekwondo 67kg In the Kyorugi round of 16, Margaret Maria Regi lost 0-2 to Jui N Chang of Chinese Taipei. Shivansh Tyagi also tasted defeat in the men’s 80 kg category. The loss was 0-2 against the Korean player.
Anant Jeet Singh Naruka made history by winning the silver medal in men’s skeet. This is the first time an Indian athlete has won silver in the Asian Games in this event. Naruka scored 58 out of 60 points in the final. Abdulla Al Rasheed of Kuwait won the gold in the event with a world record of scoring all the points.
In the women’s skeet category, Darshana Rathore finished eighth, Parinas 11th and Ganemath 17th in the qualifying round. India missed out on a medal in the event after finishing fourth in the team event.
Yesterday, India won another bronze medal in sailing. Tamil Nadu’s Vishnu Saravanan bagged the bronze medal in the ILCA-7 category. Singaporean and Korean athletes won gold and silver in the event.
In swimming, India’s Nina Venkatesh finished fourth in the women’s 100m butterfly heats.
India beat Singapore by 13 goals in the women’s hockey pool match.
India defeated Macau 3-0 in the women’s squash Pool B team event.
Roshibina Devi entered the finals in Wushu women’s 60 kg category. Vietnam beat Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen 2-0. With this, at least silver will come to India’s account in this event. The final will be held today.
In men’s chess, Vidit Gujarati tasted defeat as India’s Arjun Erigaisi won in the ninth round. Arjun defeated Enamul Hussain of Bangladesh. Vidit finished fifth and Arjun sixth in the individual event. In women D. Harika came fourth. Koneru Hampi, who was a medal hope, has only 7th position.
India entered the pre-quarters in table tennis mixed doubles. The pair of Sathyan Jnjanasekaran and Manika Batra defeated Thailand. India’s victory was 3-1.
In mixed doubles, Sreeja Akula-Harmeet Desai have also reached the pre-quarters. Both of them advanced to the next round by defeating Macau’s Shi Xiong-Hui Siek pair 3-0.
India lost to China 8-22 in the women’s 3-3 basketball Pool A round-robin match.
2023-09-27 19:43:00
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