India at Asian Games, Sept 28, live blog: Gold in shooting, silver in Wushu; Jaismine wins in boxing
Live updates of Day 5 of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Key updates
Wushu: Roshibina Devi Naorem won the silver medal in the women’s 60kg event.
Shooting: Shiva Narwal, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema win gold in the men’s 10m air pistol team event.
Live updates
Table Tennis, women’s doubles R32: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee are through to the Round of 16. They beat Kazakhstan’s Zauresh Akasheva and Anastassiya Lavrova 11-7, 11-4, 11-7.
Table Tennis, women’s doubles R32: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee are now up 2-0. They won the second game 11-4 against the Kazakhs. Now just a game away from a spot in the Round of 16.
Table Tennis, women’s doubles R32: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee win the first game 11-7 against Kazakhstan’s Zauresh Akasheva and Anastassiya Lavrova.
Squash, men’s Pool A: Mahesh Mangaonkar makes it 2-0 for India, winning 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 against Arhant Keshar Simha, also in 17 minutes.
Tennis, Men’s doubles, semi-final, IND vs KOR: Another tough match coming up for the second seeds from India Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni. They take on South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon and Seongchan Hong. The Indians are already guaranteed a medal, but a win here will take the to the gold-medal match.
Table Tennis, women’s doubles R32: Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale beat Vietnam’s Ngoc Mai Tran adn Nga Thi Nguyen 11-8, 15-13, 11-6 in their women’s doubles match. They now move into the Round of 16.
Squash, men’s Pool A: India take a 1-0 lead in the Pool tie against Nepal as Singh beats Thapa 11-2, 11-4, 11-1 in just 17 minutes.
Table Tennis, women’s doubles R32: Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale are now 2-0 up, winning the second game 15-13 against the Vietnam team.
Table Tennis, women’s doubles R32: Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale win the first game 11-8 against Vietnam’s Ngoc Tran Mai and Nga Thi Nguyen.
Squash, men’s Pool A: India begin their final team Pool encounter against Nepal with Abhay Singh first up against Amrit Magar Thapa.
Bridge, Round Robin 1-6: The Indian men’s team lose 10.97-9.03 to Japan, while the mixed team hold Chinese Taipei to 10-10 draw. India beat Indonesia 11.28-8.72 in the women’s match.
Gymnastics, Women’s Vault Final: Pranati Nayak finishes 8th with a score of 12.350. India’s wait for a second Asian Games medal in gymnastics will stretch longer. Ashish Kumar’s bronze in men’s floor from the 2010 Games remains India’s only gymnastics medal at the continental games.
Gymnastics, Women’s Vault Final: Pranati scored high on difficulty with her first vault, but the blip in execution means that she is placed fourth with an average of 12.350 after both attempts.
Gymnastics, Women’s Vault Final: Much better from Pranati Nayak in her second attempt and she has a smile on her face.
Gymnastics, Women’s Vault Final: Pranati Nayak fails to execute her first vault properly. She falls while attempting a double twist
Cycling, Women’s Sprint 1/16 Final Repechage: Triyasha Paul loses to South Korea’s Hwang Hyeonseo by +0.056s. She is out of contention for a medal.
Cycling, Men’s Sprint: David Beckham finishes last in 5th-8th classification. He ends his sprint campaign at 8th position.
Squash: The Indian women’s team finishes second in pool B behind Malaysia and reach the semi-final where they will play the undefeated Hong Kong, China. By reaching the last-four, the Indian team has assured itself of a medal!
MEDAL ASSURED- WOMEN'S SQUASH TEAM🇮🇳
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India gave their all in a fierce battle against Malaysia in their Group A match which ended 0-3 in favor of Malaysia
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Boxing: Jaismine wins by RSC in the second round! Ashour had already gotten a standing eight count in this round too and Jaismine just proved to be too strong to keep up with. Great start of a campaign for the Indian.
Boxing: The Saudi boxer’s inexperience is showing against Jaismine. Major difference in quality between the two. Ashour gets a standing eight count in the first round. Jaismine takes round one on all five cards including a 10-7.
Boxing: In action now is Jaismine against Ashour Hadeel Ghazwan in the women’s 60kg Round of 16. Jaismine will be hoping to keep the positive results for the Indian female pugilists coming.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Despite saving over three match points, Anahat Singh goes down in straight games 7-11, 8-11, 12-14 in the final match against Rachel Mae Arnold and Malaysia win the tie 3-0.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Arnold dominating for the most part in the second game and takes a 2-0 lead in the match. Anahat coming in with some good plays but unfortunately trails 7-11, 8-11 against the Malaysian.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Anahat Singh had the lead early in the game but Rachel Mae Arnold takes the opening game 11-7. Malaysia lead the tie 2-0.
Squash, women’s Pool B: A good final game but Khanna loses 11-9, 1-11, 11-8, 11-13, 5-11 to Azwan and Malaysia take a 2-0 lead in the tie. Next up Anahat Singh against Rachel Mae Arnold.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Khanna constantly had the lead but a gripping game sees Aifa Azwan level the match at two games all and into a deciding game. Khanna 11-9, 1-11, 11-8, 11-13 Azwan.
Table Tennis, men’s doubles R32: Quick work by Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan to win the match 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 against Mongolia’s Ser-Od Gankhuyag and Manlaijargal Munkh-Ochir and move into the Round of 16.
Table Tennis, men’s doubles R32: Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan clinch the second game 11-3 to take a 2-0 lead over the Mongolians. One more game and they’re through to the Round of 16.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Tanvi Khanna retakes the lead in the match, winning the third game 11-7. Khanna leads 11-9, 1-11, 11-7 while Malaysia lead 1-0 in the tie.
Table Tennis, men’s doubles R32: Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan win the first game 11-5 against Mongolia’s Ser-Od Gankhuyag and Manlaijargal Munk-Ochir.
Squash, women’s Pool B: The Malaysian levels the match at 1 game all in quick time. Malaysia currently lead the tie 1-0.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Aifa Azman gives a good fight but India’s Tanvi Khanna takes wins the opening game in the second match of the group tie against Malaysia.
Table Tennis, men’s doubles R32: Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar are through to the men’s doubles Round of 16 after an 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-2 over Maldives team Moosa Ahmed and Mohamed Ismail.
Golf, women’s event: Aditi Ashok finishes the first round tied in 2nd place with five other golfers, with a score of 67. Pranavi Sharath URS is tied 17th on 71, and Avani Prashanth is tied 21 on 72 at the end of the day’s play. The Indian team is placed fifth in the team standings.
Table Tennis, men’s doubles R32: Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar win the third game 11-3. They’re up 2-1 and need one more game to win the match.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Chinappa gave a closer fight in the third game, but Sivasangari makes no mistake and gives Malaysia a 1-0 lead in the tie, winning the opening match 11-6 11-2 11-8.
Table Tennis, men’s doubles R32: The team from the Maldives level’s the match, winning the second game 11-9.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Sivasangari quite quick in her rallies and not allowing Chinappa much room as the Malaysian takes a two-game lead in the match, winning the second game 11-2.
Table Tennis, men’s doubles R32: The young team of Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar win the first game 11-8 against Maldives’ Moosa Munsif Ahmed and Mohamed Shaffan Ismail.
Squash, women’s Pool B: Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam, the world No 18, takes the first game 11-6 over Joshna Chinappa. Both teams are unbeaten so far in the Pool.
Squash: The Pool encounters for both the men’s and women’s teams will end today. India will take on Malaysia in the Women’s Pool B at 10AM IST and Nepal in the men’s Pool A at 1:30PM IST.
Table Tennis, women’s singles R32: Manika Batra takes 20 minutes to beat Nepal’s Nabita Shrestha 11-5, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2 to move into the Round of 16.
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay team is through to the final.
Shooting, Skeet mixed team qualification: India finish their shooting events for the day as Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Ganemat Sekhon finish seventh with a total score of 138 and fail to qualify for the final.
Table Tennis, women’s singles R32: Manika Batra wins the first game 11-5 against Nepal’s Nabita Shrestha.
Shooting, 10m air pistol individual men’s final: A good recovery in the end from Sarabjot, but the Korean shooter proves just a tad better and Sarabjot finishes in 4th place with a total score of 199.0.
Table Tennis, women’s singles R32: Manika Batra in action next. She takes on Nepal’s Nabita Shrestha.
Swimming, Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1: The quartet of Denidhi Desinghu, Shivangi Sarma, Vritti Agarwal, and Hashika Ramchandra clock 8:39.64s. This is a Best Indian time with a massive improvement of 14 seconds.
Shooting, 10m air pistol individual men’s final: Sarabjot survives the elimination shootoff against Malaysia and is on level scores with the Chinese shooter Zhang Bowen.
Cycling, Men’s Omnium: India’s Niraj Kumar has a DNS (did not start) against his name in the Tempo Race.
Shooting, 10m air pistol individual men’s final: With final shots of 9.1 and 8.5, Arjun Singh Cheema is the first to be eliminated and finishes eighth with a total score of 113.3
Table Tennis, women’s singles R32: Sreeja Akula loses 6-11, 4-11, 13-15, 9-11 to North Korea’s Songgyong Pyon
Shooting, 10m air pistol individual men’s final: Not the best round of shots from both Indians as Sarabjot slips to fifth place after shooting a couple of sub 10 scores. Arjun Singh Cheema is in eighth spot.
Swimming, Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2: The Indian quartet of Mathew Tanish George, Grewal Vishal, Anilkumar Shylaja Anand, and Srihari Natraj clock 3:21.22 to finish third in their heat. They are also the fifth fastest overall and are through to the Final with a Best Indian Time.
Shooting, 10m air pistol individual men’s final: Still early days but Sarabjot Singh gets a good start after five shots and is in second place. Arjun Singh Cheema is in seventh place.
Table Tennis, women’s singles R32: Much tighter third game, but the North Korean still manages to get the better of Sreeja Akula. Songgyong Pyon wins the third 15-13 to go 3-0 up against the Indian.
Shooting, 10m air pistol individual men’s final: The final is about to get underway with Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema in contention to win a medal for India after having won gold in the team event.
Bridge, Round Robin 1-5: The Indian men’s team registers a 16.72-3.28 win over South Korea, while the mixed team wins 14.85-5.15 against Indonesia.
Cycling, Women’s Sprint 1/16 Final: Triyasha Paul loses to Sato Mina of Japan. The Indian moves into 1/16 Repechage rounds.
Table Tennis, women’s singles R32: Sreeja Akula now trails 0-2, losing the second game 11-4.
Table Tennis, women’s singles R32: Sreeja Akula loses the opening game 6-11 to North Korea’s Songgyong Pyon.
Cycling, Men’s Sprint Quarter-Final: Japan’s Ota Kaiya wins the second race against David Beckham. The Indian fell short by +0.046s this time. This was after Beckham endured a bad fall and the race had to be restarted.
Golf, women’s event: Aditi Ashok is tied 2nd now while Pranavi Sharath URS is tied 17 and Avani Prashanth is tied 21. India is fourth in the team event.
Cycling, Women’s Sprint Qualifying: Triyasha Paul clocks 11.616s and is the 15th fastest. She is through to the next round. On the other hand, Mayuri Dhanraj Lute finishes last with 11.787s. Lute is the only cyclist to be eliminated from the qualifying round.
Table Tennis, mixed doubles: Big upset here. The world No 8 team of G Sathiyan and Manika Batra let go of a 2-0 lead to lose 2-3 to Singapore’s Clarence Chew and Jian Zeng, the world No 28 team. They lose 11-7, 11-9, 11-13, 10-12, 3-11.
Shooting, Skeet mixed team qualification: India continue the fight for that coveted sixth place spot with Thailand as both teams are on 92 points.
Golf: The men’s event gets underway. Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, Khalin Joshi and SSP Chawrasia will be in action.
Table Tennis, mixed doubles: Clarence Chew and Jian Zeng win the fourth game 12-10 to take this match into the decider against G Sathiyan and Manika Batra. 2-2!
Cycling, Men’s Omnium: Niraj Kumar is placed ninth after the scratch race with 24 points. Omnium is a combination of four types of races - scratch, tempo, elimination, and points race. Niraj will compete in the tempo race around an hour from now.
#AsianGames #HangzhouAsianGames #Shooting
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GOLD NO 6 FOR INDIA!
Shiva Narwal, Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema win gold in the 10m air pistol men's team event.
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Table Tennis, mixed doubles: Clarence Chew and Jian Zeng win the third game 13-11. The Singaporeans deny G Sathiyan and Manika Batra a straight-games wins. Sathiyan and Batra are 2-1, needing just one more game to move to the quarter-final.
Table Tennis, mixed doubles: Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula lose 4-11, 6-11, 10-12 to Thailand’s Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang in the Round of 16 match.
Swimming, Men’s 50m Butterfly Heat 5: Virdhawal Khade finishes seventh with a time of 24.67s. He is 19th fastest overall and is out of contention for the final.
Shooting, 10m air pistol men’s qualification: Brilliant comeback from Sarabjot Singh to qualify in fifth place for the final of the individual event. Arjun Singh Cheema makes it two Indian shooters in the final, finishing in eightth place. Shiva Narwal misses out by finishing the qualification event in 14th place. However, because of the combined efforts of the three, India win GOLD in the 10m air pistol men’s team event! The total score for India was 1734-50x, just one point ahead of China. It’s the first medal for India in shooting today and the second medal overall.
Cycling, Men’s Sprint Quarter-final: David Beckham loses Race 1 of the Quarter-final to Japan’s Ota Kaiya. He has two more races left to turn things around.
Table Tennis, mixed doubles: Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula trail Thailand’s Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang 0-2. The lost the first two game 4-11, 6-11.
Table Tennis, mixed doubles: G Sathiyan and Manika Batra win the second game 11-9. They lead 2-0 against the duo from Singapore.
Swimming, Women’s 50m Freestyle Heat 2: Shivangi Sarma clocks 26.92s to finish seventh. She is 18th fastest overall and is out of contention for a spot in the final.
Shooting, Skeet mixed team qualification: Thailand have edged ahead as Naruka and Sekhon are now placed seventh with a total score of 57.
Golf: Aditi Ashok climbs to Tied 4, Pranavi Sharath URS is tied 14 and Avani Prashanth is tied 21. India is tied 4th in the team event at the moment.
Table Tennis, mixed doubles: G Sathiyan and Manika Batra win the opening game 11-7 over Singapore’s Clarence Chew and Jian Zeng.
Badminton, Women’s Team R16: India are through to the quarter-finals. Anupama Upadhyaya wins the third match 21-0, 21-2 to help India take an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Table Tennis, mixed doubles: G Sathiyan and Manika Batra take on Singapore’s Clarence Chew and Jian Zeng for a spot in the quarter-final.
Shooting, 10m air pistol men’s qualification: Arjun Singh Cheema continues to be the only Indian shooter in contention for a finals spot, currently ranked in 7th place after 4.5 series completed. Sarabjot Singh is in 12th place after four series rounds and Shiva Narwal is in 15th place after 3.5 rounds. India are currently ranked third in the team standings.
Wushu, Women’s 60kg: The 2018 Jakarta bronze medallist, Naorem Roshibina Devi upgrades to silver in Hangzhou. She loses 0-2 to home favourite Wu Xiaowei after a rather close fight in the second round. India’s medal tally moves up to 23.
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Naorem Roshibina Devi wins 🥈
The 2018 bronze medallist loses to China's Wu Xiaowei in the women's 60kg wushu final. pic.twitter.com/kaxvjLSEZK
Badminton, Women’s Team R16: Ashmita Chaliha follows in PV Sindhu’s footsteps and registers a 21-2, 21-3 win in 21 minutes. India take a 2-0 lead and are just a match away from entering the quarter-finals.
Shooting, Skeet mixed team qualification: Naruka and Sekhon are currently tied for 6th place along with Thailand; both teams are on 45 points each.
Shooting, 10m air pistol men’s qualification: Arjun Singh Cheema is now up in 6th place after three series with scores of 97, 96, 97. The top eight qualify for the final. Sarabjot Singh and Shiva Narwal are 22nd and 36th halfway through their third series.
Golf: Aditi Ashok is Tied 7 at the moment, Pranavi Sharath URS and Avani Prashanth are Tied 17.
Badminton, Women’s Team R16: PV Sindhu concedes just five points in the match. She wins 21-2, 21-3 in just 20 minutes to help India to a 1-0 lead in their tie against Mongolia. Ashmita Chaliha will take on Kherlen Darkhanbaatar next.
Shooting, Skeet mixed team qualification: India are currently in 6th place with Naruka and Sekhon having scores of 16 and 13 to equal a team total of 29.
Shooting, 10m air pistol men’s qualification: Arjun Singh Cheema has completed his first series and is currently 15th with a score of 97 so far. Both Sarabjot Singh and Shiva Narwal are halfway through their first series, ranked 37th and 52nd with scores of 47 and 45 respectively.
Badminton, Women’s Team R16: PV Sindhu races to a 16-0 lead before winning the first game 21-2. A cakewalk, as expected for the two-time Olympic medallist against the unheralded shuttler from Mongolia.
Golf: The women’s golf event is already underway. Aditi Ashok, Pranavi Sharath URS and Avani Prashanth are competing for the Indian team.
Badminton, Women’s Team R16: The Indian shuttlers start their campaign against Mongolia. PV Sindhu is the first in action against Myagmartseren Ganbaatar.
Shooting: In the 10m air rifle men’s team event, we have Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal. The skeet mixed team will see yesterday’s silver and bronze medallist Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Ganemat Sekhon represent India.
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Medal Tally: At the beginning of Day 5, India has 5 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze medals for a total of 22. Expect these numbers to go up in a few hours.
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On Wednesday, India added seven medals to take the medal tally to 22. The shooters were the stars of the day with sailor Vishnu Saravanan also adding one to the tally.
On Thursday, all eyes will be on Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla in Individual Dressage, skeet shooters Anantjeet Singh and Ganemat Sekhon, gymnast Pranati Nayak, wushu star Naorem Roshibina Devi.
Meanwhile, Indian shuttlers will be in action for the first time. All Indian paddlers, including heavyweights Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal Achanta, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, will be in action as well.
The Indian men’s hockey team will look to continue their winning spree when they take on Japan. The Indian men’s football team will take on Saudi Arabia in the Round of 16.
Meanwhile, in tennis, the men’s doubles pair of Saketh Myneni-Ramkumar Ramanathan will aim to make it to the gold medal match. Additionally, the mixed doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale will look to assure a medal by winning the quarter-final.
In boxing, Jaismine, Deepak and Nishant Dev will compete in their respective R16 bouts.
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