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Yesterday's chess highlight: Mixed fortunes for Indian chess teams in Round 4
The Indian men crushed Kyrgyzstan 3.5-0.5 while the women tasted their first defeat in the fourth round of the chess competition of the Asian Games here on Monday.
While the top-seeded men's team saw their top players D Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi and P Harikrishna register victories, Arjun Erigaisi could only manage a draw in his match.
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Wrapup of yesterday's games
India's medal tally touched the 60 mark on Day 9 as the country added seven more medals to its tally. Parul Chaudhary (3000m steeplechase), Ancy Sojan (women's long jump) and the mixed 4X400m relay team clinched silver, while men's and women's rollerskating teams alongside women's TT doubles and Priti in long jump bagged the bronze medal. India currently sits fourth on the medal tally.
Aditi Gopichand making history
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Aditi Gopichand Swami shattered the Asian Games record score twice in the Individual Women Compound Event under 15 arrows at the Asian Games 2022! She scored a remarkable 149 during both her Round of 32 match yesterday and her QF match today against Adel from Kazakhstan!
First archery medal assured as Aditi and Jyothi move a step closer to gold
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Medal standings of Hangzhou Asian Games for Oct. 2, India on number 4
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List of all the gold events scheduled today
India's Ancy Sojan Edappilly, Silver medallist of the women's long jump final event
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India win bronze in men's canoe double 1000 m event, medal tally at 61
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India to play finals in Men’s 4X400m relay and women's 800 m race
Athletics Update
Women's 800m
Chanda finishes 1st in her heat with a timing of 2.07.38.
Harmilan Bains finishes 1st in her heat with a timing of 2.06.62.
With this, both Indian athletes qualify for the 800-meter final.
Men’s 4X400m relay
Team India finished first in the heats with a timing of 3.03.81 and qualified for the final.
Archery Women's Compound Individual Semifinal Update: Jyothi Surekha into the final, Aditi to complete for bronze
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In a nail-biting showdown, Jyothi Surekha Vennam advances to the final, defeating Aditi Gopichand by a scoreline of 146-149.
Aditi was leading until the 12th shot with a scoreline of 120-119, but a crucial 7-pointer in her 13th arrow set the stage for Jyothi's comeback. She will play for Bronze
Today's first gold goes to Team Uzbekistan's three-time Olympic medalist Zabelinskaya Olga in Cycling Road, Women's Individual Time Trial event.
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P V Sindhu enters women's singles pre-quarterfinals in badminton, women's hockey team to play semis
Shuttler P V Sindhu
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Archer Abhishek one step away from gold as he has secured place in Men's Individual Compound Final with a spectacular victory over Joo Jaehoon from Korea, with a scoreline of 147-145.
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Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma set up all-Indian men's compound final, assure country of 1-2 finish in archery at Asian Games
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India advance to semi-final in men's cricket; beat Nepal by 23 runs
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Bronze for Preeti in Boxing Women's 54 kg category
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Boxer Lovlina Borgohain marches into Boxing final in the 75 kg category
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China defeated the Republic of Korea in the final of Go, Women's Team event, at Hangzhou Asian Games.
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Indian men rout Bangladesh, women outwit South Korea in kabaddi
Indian kabaddi players had a good day in office as both the men's and women's teams notched up comprehensive victories in their group fixtures at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
The Indian men's team, who are a record seven-time champions, began their campaign with an emphatic 55-18 win over Bangladesh in a group A match.
Later in the day, the women's side recorded a 56-23 win over South Korea in their second group A game. India, last edition's silver medallist, were held to a surprise 34-34 draw by Chinese Taipei in their opening match on Monday.
In their bid to regain the Asian Games gold medal, the Indian men's team, which had slipped to a bronze at the 2018 edition, took a 24-9 lead at the half-time.
Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu assure India of medal by moving into mixed doubles semifinals
Sindhu, Prannoy, Srikanth enter pre-quarterfinals
Star Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the singles pre-quarterfinals with straight-game wins over their respective opponents in the badminton competition at the Asian Games.
Ghosal, Dipika-Harinder and Abhay-Anahat pairs reach semis, assure India of three medals
Sourav Ghosal was dominant in his men’s singles victory, while the mixed doubles pairs were also equally facile in their waltz to the semifinals of the squash competition, assuring India of three medals in the Asian Games on Tuesday.