Asian Games 2023 October 2 Highlights: India Touch 60-Medal Mark, Athletics Continue To Boost Campaign
Asian Games 2023 October 2 Highlights: Another good day for India at the Asian Games, as it touched 60 medal-mark with good show in athletics, table tennis and skating
Asian Games 2023 October 2 Highlights: India have touched the 60-medal mark at the Asian Games 2023 with the target of 100 medal wins firmly in sight. Athletics continued to contribute heavily to the Asian Games 2023 tally as India won three silver and one bronze in the discipline on Monday. India's Parul Chaudhary clinched the silver medal in women's 3000m steeplechase while Priti Lamba won bronze. Ancy Sojan Edappilly won silver in women's long jump while India also finished second on the podium in mixed relay. Earlier, Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee won the country's third-ever medal in table tennis at the Asian Games by clinching bronze in women's doubles. India also got two bronze medals in skating. The first was won by the women's team in speed skating 3000m relay while the second was won the men's team in the men's speed skating 3000m relay. Indian men's hockey team entered the semi-final following a 12-0 win over Bangladesh in its last Pool A match. (Asian Games Medals Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Asian Games 2023, October 2 Action:
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That's it for today! Do join us tomorrow for the live coverage of the Asian Games 2023 as India's charge towards 100 medals continue!
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Another medal! India mixed team 4x400m relay team has brought home the bronze medal. Bahrain took home the gold medal while Sri Lanka win the silver medal!
Ancy Sojan Edappilly betters her mark with a massive 6.63m jump in her fifth attempt. This is also her new personal best now! Shaili Singh improved her best jump to 6.48m but it is not enough to enter podium contention!
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The fourth attempts are going on and the Indians have not been able to improve upon their positions. Shaili Singh came up with a 6.31m attempt while Ancy's attempt was 6.30m
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Shaili Singh has moved down to the fifth spot. Her best jump is still the 6.38m that came in her first attempt. Ancy Sojan Edappilly is holding on to her 2nd place with a best jump of 6.56m that came in her third attempt.
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Meanwhile in women's long jump, Ancy Sojan Edappilly has risen up to the third spot with a jump of 6:49m while Shaili Singh is fourth with best effort of 6.38m. China's Shiqi Xiong is leading the charts with best jump of 6.62m
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Parul Chaudhary has successfully clinched the silver medal at the women's 300m steeplechase while Priti Lamba made a final dash at the closing stages to bring home the bronze medal. Parul's timing was 9:27.63 (personal best) while Prtiti timed 9:43.32 (personal best). Bahrain's Winfred Mutile set a Games record with a timing of 9:18.28
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Parul Chaudhary , Priti Lamba have also started their women's 300m steeplchase final. Parul has started strong and is among the top 3 while Lamba is also in the reckoning!
In long jump, India's Shaili Singh has come up with a 6.38m jump in her first attempt while Ancy Sojan has a modest 6.13m jump. China's Shiqi Xiong is on top with 6.62m jump.
Quite a few athletics events have already started or are starting. For the Indian fans, the ones to take note of are the pole vault final (Pavithra Vengatesh), women's long jump final (Shaili Singh , Ancy Sojan), women's 300m steeplechase (Parul Chaudhary, Priti Lamba). These events are on at the moment. However, there are quite a few events later in the evening too.
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The Indian men's team kept their hopes alive after winning two straight matches in group B but it was curtains for women's side in quadrant sepaktakraw. The men's side thrashed Singapore 2-0 (21-7, 21-15) in just 38 minutes before beating Philippines 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) at the Jinhua Sports Centre Gymnasium. India will next face South Korea on Tuesday in their last group match.
Major result coming in from kabaddi! The Indian women's kabaddi team drew 34-34 against Chinese Taipei in a Group A game. Considering India's dominance in the sport over the years, this is not the start that India would have wanted!
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India's Arjun Madathil Ramachandran and Dhruv Kapila also retired mid-match against Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in a men's doubles Round of 32 match. They were trailing 3-13 in the first game!
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Amit Rohidas scored the final goal of the second quarter as India go into half-time with a sizeabale 6-0 lead against Bangladesh in the Preliminary Pool A match
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And there's the third goal and fourth goals! Abhishek scores the third goal while Lalit Upadhyay scored the fourth one for India in the second quarter of the Men's pool A match against Bangladesh
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Harmanpreet Singh has given India a 1-0 lead in the first couple of minutes of the first quarter from a penalty corner. This has been a dominating start!
