Medals Tally: Three medals have come in today from the Indian contingent. Here’s a look at the overall standings as of 11.30 am IST.

Boxing: In action shortly will be Parveen against Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova in the women’s 57kg quarter-final. parveen, a 2022 Worlds bronze medallist must win this bout to become the third female Indian boxer to confirm a medal. It won’t be easy as Turdibekova is a World 2021 Youth Championships bronze medallist and a 2021 Asian Championships gold medalist.

Shooting, women’s individual trap: Manisha Keer qualifies for the final in fifth place with a score of 114. Preeti Rajak in ninth place misses out with her tally of 112, as does Rajeshwari Kumari, who finished in 11th place with a score of 111.


Golf, men’s event: The Indian men’s contingent end their campaign. Anirban Lahiri is tied 12 on 274, Khalin Joshi is tied 27 on 281, SSP Chawrasia is in 29th place with 2828, and Shubhankar Sharma is in 32nd position with 286. Together, the men’s team finishes seventh in the team standings.

Squash: Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh need only 15 minutes to win 11-7, 11-5 against Dalida and Pelino of the Philippines.
Later on in the day at 1.30pm, Pallikal and Sandhu will go up against Noor Zaman and Mehwish Ali of Pakistan.

Squash: Nice and easy does it for Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh as India take the opening game 11-7 against the Filipino pair. The mixed doubles match is a best of three game tie.

Shooting, Men’s Trap: The Indian team of Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Sandhu, and Prithviraj Tondaiman take home the gold with a score of 361 ahead of Kuwait.

Shooting, Women’s Trap: The Indian team of Manisha Keer, Rajeshwari Kumari, and Preeti Rajak win silver medal. They notched up a total score of 337 to finish behind China.

Golf, women’s event: Aditi Ashok becomes the first Indian woman to win a golf medal at the Asian Games, clincing the silver in the women’s individual event. Aditi started the fourth and final day of the contest in first place, with a seven-stroke lead over Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol. But she did not have a good final day, as she let the lead slip and eventually finished with 271, two more than Yubol who clinched gold, and one less than bronze-medallist Yoo Hyunjo of South Korea.

That would be the only medal for Aditi, as she and Avani Prashanth and Pranavi URS finished fourth in the women’s team event.

Kurash: Aditya Sanjay Dhopaokar loses to Baiqara Hassan Rasooli of Afghanistan 0-10 in the men’s -81kg Round of 16.

Sepaktakraw, Women’s Quadrant Preliminary Group B: India lose 14-21, 16-21 in their group encounter against Laos.

Squash: An easy win for the duo of Pallikal and Sandhu who wrap up their opening mixed doubles encounter with a 11-2, 11-3 win against the Koreans in 22 minutes.

Later on at 10am, Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh will be up against Yvonne Alyssa Dalida and David William Pelino of the Philippines.

Golf, women’s event: Aditi Ashok started the day with a strong seven-stroke lead. But she’s had a rough day so far, and now she trails Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol by one shot after 16 holes. Two more to go.

Equestrian, Eventing Cross Country Individual and Team: Ashish Limaye and Willy Be Dun are eliminated from the competition. Apurva Dabhade riding on Valtho Des Peulpliers ends the day at the fifth position, while Vikas Kumar astride Noreway Harry is 15th.

Archery, Women’s Compound Qualification: Jyothi Surekha Vennam tops the qualification round with a score of 704 - no other archer touched the 700 mark. Aditi Swami finishes fourth with 696, while Parneet Kaur (687) and Avneet Kaur (685) end up at 12th and 15th respectively.

Archery, Men’s Recurve Qualification: Atanu Das finishes as the top ranked Indian in the fourth position with a score of 678. Dhiraj Bommadevara shoots 675 and is seventh, while Tushar Shelke takes the 15th place with 669.

Athletics, women’s heptathlon: After the javelin throw, Swapna Barman climbs to fourth place while Nandini Agasara drops to fifth. The duo will be in a five-way battle for bronze with China’s Liu Jingyi and the Japanese pair of Karin Odama and Yuki Yamasaki in the final discipline, the 800m in the evening today

Shooting: At the end of the penultimate round in women’s skeet, the Indian team is placed third with a score of 267. Manisha Keer leads in individual competition for India with 91 shots on target in the fifth position.

Rollerskating, Men’s 1000m Sprint Final: Vikram Ingale finishes fifth with 1:29.952s, while Aryanpal Ghuman comes home eighth clocking 1:30.466s. Ingale led the race for a brief while, before tapering off towards the end.

Squash: After the team events ended yesterday where India won gold in the men’s and bronze in the women’s events, we continue with singles and doubles events from today.

First up in action for India is the duo of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, both of whom did not play the medal matches in their respective team events.

Pallikal and Sandhu are facing South Korea’s Eum Hwayeong and Yoo Jaejin.

Golf, women’s event: Aditi Ashok’s lead has been cut down to two strokes now with five holes to go. The Indian is on 248, just two better than second placed Thai golfer Arpichaya Yubol. Meanwhile, the Indian team – Ashok, Avani Prashanth and Pranavi Sharath – have slipped down to fourth place in the team event.

Rollerskating, Women’s 1000m Sprint Final: A credible show from India’s Karthika Jagadeeswaran as he finishes fifth in the competition, clocking 1:40.395s.

Athletics, men’s 200m heat: Amlan Borgohain finishes third in heat 4 with a time of 21.08s to qualify for the semi-finals which will be held later in the evening.

Rollerskating, Men’s Speed Skating 1000m: India’s Vikram Ingale and Aryanpal Ghuman have advanced to the Final. While Ingale clocked 1:26:100s in Semifinal Group 2 to finish third, Ghuman finished behind him with 1:26.222s.

Shooting: The Indian men’s skeet team is placed second after the fourth round. Zoravar Sandhu has climbed up to third position in the individual section with a perfect 25. He is ahead of Kynan Chenai on countback.

Equestrian, Eventing Cross Country Individual and Team: Apurva Dabhade on Valtho Des Peulpliers is placed third with 29.60 penalty points, while Vikas Kumar astride Noreway Harry is 11th with 41.20 penalty points. Ashish Limaye riding on Willy Be Dun is yet to perform.

Golf, Men’s Individual and Team: Anirban Lahiri climbs up six spots to be tied 11th. SSWP Chawrasia and Hitesh Joshi are down to T27. The Indian team is placed T7.

Athletics, women’s 200m heat: Jyothi Yarraji misses out on a place in the final! Yarraji’s time of 23.78s is not enough for her to qualify as one of the two next best finishers. China’s Guifen Huang with 23.54s and Vietnam’s Thi Nhi Yen Tran with 23.74s qualify for the final ahead of Yarraji.

Archery, Women’s Compound Qualification: Jyothi Surekha Vennam leads the chart at the halfway mark with a score of 355. World champion Aditi Swami is ninth at 346. Parneet (343) and Avani (340) are 13th and 19th respectively.

Archery, Men’s Recurve Qualification: India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara (344) and Atanu Das (344) are third and fourth respectively at the half way mark. Tushar Shelke is 12th with a score of 335.

Canoeing, Women’s 500m Kayak Single: Soniya Devi finishes fourth with a timing of 2:17.351s. She is through to semi-finals

Athletics, women’s heptathlon, long jump: Agasara and Barman better their marks with their final jumps. Agasara posts 5.94m to finish third while Barman posts 5.71m to finish seventh. Barman unhappy with her attempt as she did not utilise the whole of the jumping board. After the long jump events, Agasara climbs to third while Barman stays sixth.


Golf, women’s event: At the end of 10 holes, leader Aditi Ashok has a three-stroke lead over Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, and a five-stroke lead over third placed Lin Xiyu of China. Pranavi URS is Tied 11 and Avani Prashanth is 19th.

Canoeing, Women’s Sprint 200m: India’s Megha Pradeep clocks 56.705s to finish fifth in Heat 1. She moves into semi-finals.

Athletics, women’s 200m heat: Jyothi Yarraji finishes third in the women’s 200m heat 1 with a time of 23.78s and misses out on an automatic qualification spot. She’ll have to wait to see if she qualifies as one of the two next best finishers.

Athletics, women’s 200m heat: India’s Jyothi Yarraji will be in action in the women’s 200m heats. Yarraji will also be in action later in the evening in the 100m hurdles final

Athletics, women’s heptathlon, long jump: Agasara does not better her best jump, registering 5.77m with her second. Barman fails to take off and is anguished. The defending champion under huge pressure now. With leader Zheng Ninali jumping over 6m, Agasara drops to third while Barman drops to sixth.

Archery, Women’s Compound Qualification: Besides, the women’s compound qualification rounds also starts at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre. Reigning world champion Aditi Ashok, veteran Jyothi Surkeha Vennam, and Parneet Kaur, and Avneet Kaur are in contention for India.

Archery, Men’s Recurve Qualification: The Indian archers start their campaign in Hangzhou with the men’s recurve stars in action up first. The Indian challenge in the competition will be led by breakout star Dhiraj Bommadevara, veteran Atanu Das, and the young Tushar Prabhakar Shelke. Qualification rounds in archery are just for deciding the seedings of the archers before heading into individual knockout rounds.

Athletics, women’s heptathlon, long jump: Agasara comes up with a season’s best jump of 5.91m with her first attempt! That puts her in second place behind Uzbekistan’s Ekaterina Voronina who jumped 5.95m. Barman jumps from the end of the jumping board and registers a 5.63m jump and she does not look really pleased about it. Agasara is second while Barman is joint fourth.

Shooting, Skeet Individual: In the men’s section, Kynan Chenai and Zorawar Sandhu are placed well to qualify for the final with two rounds left. On the other hand, in the women’s section Preeti Rajak – placed sixth, is the only one in contention. Top six shooters at the end of the qualification rounds make it to the final.

Shooting, Skeet Finals: In what is the final day of shooting competitions in Hangzhou, Indian shooters are well placed to bag more medals. The men’s skeet team start their day placed second behind Kuwait, while the women’s team is placed joint third.

Golf, Men’s Individual and Team: Anirban Lahiri is the top placed Indian at tied 13. SSP Chawrasia and Hitesh Joshi are tied 19th. The Indian team is placed tied fifth. All of them look virtually out of the medal race.

Golf, Women’s Individual and Team: Aditi Ashok continues to lead the individual ranks with just four more holes to play in the competition. She did have a bogey – her first in Hangzhou, with the third hole today but continues to enjoy a 7-shot lead over Thailand’s Yubol Arpichaya. Pranavi URS is tied 11th currently, while Avani Prashanth is 19th. The Indian team is placed second behind Thailand by seven shots.

Medal Tally: Here’s what it looks like at the start of Day 8. India are in fourth place in the medal tally with 38 medals – 10 gold, 14 silver and 14 bronze. How much will that tally change by today?

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At the close of play on Saturday, the Indian contingent had so far won 38 medals across competitions. That tally included 10 gold medals, 14 silver and just as many bronze. It kept India fourth in the overall leaderboard behind China, Japan and South Korea.

There will be more medals in the offing on Sunday, including a possible gold medal in the men’s team badminton event, where India play China in the final.

The Indian archers, who have had a good season, will be in action in the individual qualification rounds, while Tajinderpal Singh Toor (in men’s shot put), long jumpers Sreeshankar Murali and Jeswin Aldrin, steeplechaser Avinash Sable, and many more, will be competing in athletics.

And of course, Nikhat Zareen will be in action in the boxing semi-final.

Stay tuned for all the action on Day 8 of the Asian Games!

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