Asian Games 2023 Today Day Highlights: India rode on a mega medal rush at the Asian Games 2023 on Wednesday to be placed at a great spot in the medal tally. After a great show by the shooters in the first half of the day, with seven medal wins, wushu star Roshibina Devi ensured that she will at least get a silver with a final entry into the women's 60kg final. India's tennis men's double pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan/Saketh Myneni assured the country of another medal by entering the semi-finals. With 22 medals already won, India are realistically placed at a great spot to surpass their 2018 tally of 70 medals. Out of the seven medals in shooting, the gold medals came from Sift Kaur Samra (Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions) and Women's 25m Pistol Team. Vishnu Saravanan added to the tally by winning a bronze medal in sailing.
Here are the Highlights of Asian Games 2023, September 27:
- 18:51 (IST)Asian Games 2023 Live: News from tennis court!In Mixed Doubles, Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale, who are the second seeded pair, are playing Japan's Shimizu Ayano and Shinji Hazawa. The have won the first set. In another match, Ankita Raina and Yuki Bhambri lost to Philippines' Alex Eala/Francis Casey Alcantara in tiebreakers.
- 17:05 (IST)Asian Games 2023 Live: Good wins in TTSo far India have got three wins in TT. In Men’s Doubles, Manav /Manush beat Thailand's Napat/Sitisak 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10 in Round of 64 match. In Mixed Doubles, Manika Batra/G Sathiyan beat Napat/Suthasini of Thailand 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 in Round of 32. Also, Sreeja/ Harmeet defeated Cheong/ Seak of Macau 12-10, 11-7, 11-7 in Round of 16
- 16:13 (IST)Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 4: Equestrian stars shineIndia's Hriday Vipul Chheda and Anush Agarwalla are in medal contention after qualifying for the individual dressage final in equestrian. Astride rse Chemxpro, Hriday topped the qualification round with total score of 73.883, while Anush, riding Etro, finished fourth with score of 71.706.
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- 13:27 (IST)Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: Good show by Naruka!Anantjeet Singh Naruka has been performing great in the men's skeet final so far. He is leading the field and is going neck to neck with Kuwait's top shooter Al-Rashidi, who won his second Olympic bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo