India vs China, Asian Games Women’s Hockey Semifinal

China were clinical throughout the extent of 60 minutes as they defeated India 4-0, who looked to end their 41-year-long wait for a second Asian Games goal.

China went one goal up at half-time, India looked to fight back and put in their best efforts between the third and fourth quarters with a range of attacks and gained a flurry of penalty corner opportunities as well, but eventually failed to equalize, as China doubled up.

In the final few minutes of the match, China found the back of the net two more times to secure their place in the final for the sixth time in Asian Games. India will now fight for the bronze Medal.

Two more gold medals for India in archery

India’s Parneet Kaur, Aditi Gopichand Swami and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won Gold by beating Chinese Taipei 230-229 in the archery women’s team compound event to give India its 19th gold at the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou on Thursday.

Later, India’s men’s compound team of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar secured another archery gold medal after its 235-230 win against South Korea.

This win took the gold medal tally for India at the Asiad to 21, its best showing ever.

Ghosal takes silver in Squash

Saurav Ghosal added to India’s silver tally after losing 1-3 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 7-11) to Eain Yow Ng of Malaysia in the men’s singles final.

The Indian squash pair of Dipika Pallikal and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu beat Malaysia in the mixed doubles event to win India’s 20th gold at the Hanghzou 2022 games.

Asian Games 2022, Day 11: Historic 1-2 for India! Neeraj Chopra grabs gold, Kishore takes silver in javelin, 4x400m men’s relay team clinches gold for India

Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal with a monstrous 88.88m throw while compatriot Kishore Kumar finished with the silver medal in the javelin throw final on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Rajesh Ramesh beat Qatar to take gold in the men’s 4×400 relay while the women’s team of Vithya, Aishwarya, Prachi, Subha bagged silver.

Avinash Sable continued his top form with another silver in the men’s 5000m final.

Earlier, the Indian men’s hockey team avoided a potential banana peel to defeat South Korea in the semi-final of the men’s hockey event at the Asian Games on Wednesday.  Lovlina Borgohain lost in the 75kg final to claim a silver medal on a day.

India clinched gold in the compound archery mixed team final on Day 11 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Pravis Ojas Deotale’s performance took India its best Asiad medal tally.

India Medals Tally at the Asian Games 2022

With a total of 81 medals so far (18 gold, 31 silver and 32 bronze), India is currently placed fourth in the medals tally at the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022.

India’s current tally is 81, better than their previous best in Jakarta 2018 (70). India also bagged bronze in the 35km race walk mixed team final.

Current medal standings:

Olympian Lovlina Borgohain takes silver

While Lovlina Borgohain won silver after losing 0-5 in women’s 75 kg boxing final. Parveen settled for bronze after going down in the 57kg women’s boxing semifinal. Sunil Kumar won a bronze in men’s Greco-Roman 87Kg wrestling after. He beats Kyrgyzstan Atabek Azisbekov 2-1.

Harmilan Bains clocked 2:03.75 to finish second in women’s 800m finals and won her second silver medal at the event. She had won a silver in women’s 1500m earlier this week. Avinash Sable too added another silver to India’s tally, finishing second in men’s 5000m final. He had won a gold medal in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event. The Indian women’s 4x400m relay team clinched silver, losing gold to Bahrain in a neck-and-neck contest. Meanwhile, the men’s team won a gold in the 4x400m relay. Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Kumar Jena won the gold and silver respectively in the men’s javelin throw final.

Dipika Pallikal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu defeated Hong Kong’s Ka Yi Lee, Chi Him Wong in mixed doubles semifinal and assured India of at least a silver. An all-Indian squash mixed doubles final was prevented as Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh lost to Malaysia’s Aifa Binti and Mohammad Syafiq in the other semifinal. The pair had to settle for bronze. Saurav Ghosal dished out an authoritative performance in men’s singles squash semifinals, defeating Hong Kong’s Leung C.H.H in straight games.

India’s first-ever individual gold medal in archery is confirmed on Day 10 at the Asian Games 2022, as archers Ojas Pravin and Abhishek Verma set up an all-Indian final in Men’s Compound Individual event. 

This will be India’s first-ever individual gold medal in archery at the Asian Games since the sport was introduced at the event. 

Jyoti Surekha Vennam is in the final of women’s compound individual archery event as well, meaning India will definitely add three medals to its overall tally.

India earned its first medal of the day through Canoeing, where Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam finished third in Men’s Canoe Double 1000m event.

Preeti Pawar bowed out with a bronze medal in boxing, as China’s Yuan Chang defeats her in the women’s 54kg semi-final on points. The Indian will have to bow out with a bronze medal.

Olympian Lovlina Borgohain takes on Thailand’s Baison Maneekon in Women’s 75kg event

Tejaswin Shankar is also in contention for a gold medal finish in men’s decathlon event.

India at Hangzhou 2022: Shooting

The men’s team of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Sunil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran added to India’s gold medal tally, taking the top of the podium in the men’s 50m rifle 3P team event.

Aishwary Pratap later went on to win a silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3P individual event as well.

India’s 10m air pistol women’s team of Esha Singh, Palak Gulia and Divya Thadigol also clinched silver in the team event at the ongoing Asian Games on Friday.

The Indian team finished second a cumulative 1731 points, behind China which clinched gold with 1736 points. Chinese Taipei came third with 1723 points to win bronze.

In the women’s 10m air pistol individual final, the podium belonged to India as Indian shooters won both gold and silver medals.

Palak Gulia, who finished 242.1 points clinched gold while her compatriot Esha Singh won silver with 239.7 points.

Bronze for India in Squash

Later, Indian women’s squash team consisting of Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh bagged bronze after losing 1-2 to Hong Kong in the semifinals.

Anush Agarwalla won the first-ever bronze medal for India in the equestrian individual dressage event at the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou. China on Thursday.

Anush and his horse Etro finished with a score of 73.030, while Malaysia’s Qabil Ambak and Hong Kong’s Jacqueline Siu won the gold and silver with 75.780 and 73.450, respectively.

Day 5 for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022

India won another gold medal in shooting on Day 5, as Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal and Arjun Singh Cheema win the 10m Air Pistol team event.

In Wushu, Roshibina Devi won a silver medal in women’s 60kg event.

The badminton trio of PV Sindhu, Ashmita & Anupama have advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Mongolia 3-0 in women’s team round of 16.

Meanwhile, boxer Jasmine stormed into the women’s 60kg quarterfinals. In squash, the women’s team defeated Malaysia 3-0 to enter the semifinals, and have been assured of a medal.

Towards the evening we’ll witness some high-voltage men’s hockey action between India and Japan and before that Sunil Chhetri and his boys face a mighty challenge against Saudi Arabia in the round of 32 clash.

Day 4 for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022

Shooters ushered in a golden morning for India at the Asian Games 2023 on Wednesday, as India’s gold medal tally increased to 5.

Indian shooters got two more gold medals at the Asian Games 2023 on Wednesday morning, taking India’s gold medal tally increased to 5 at the Asian Games 2022.

In 50m rifle 3-position, Sift Kaur Samra shot a world record score of 469.6 to clinch the gold while another Indian shooter Ashi Chouksey won the bronze medal in the event.

Earlier, the triumvirate of Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan clinched the the gold medal in the women’s 25m pistol team.

Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh are competing in the individual event too.

The men’s skeet team won a bronze medal too.

Earlier, the Indian equestrian dressage team won gold at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 on Tuesday, taking India’s gold medal to three on Day 3 of the Games.

This was India’s maiden podium finish in the event at the Games. The team featuring Sudipti Hajela, Divyakriti Singh, Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla finished with a score of 209.205, pipping China and Hong Kong who completed the podium.

All four Indian contestants have qualified for the individual event final, that will happen today.

The podium:

1. India – 209.205 points

2. China – 204.882 points

3. Hong Kong, China – 204.852

Neha Thakur opened India’s medal account on the day with a silver in sailing

Thakur placed second in the girl’s dinghy event, taking India’s overall medal tally at the Asian Games to 12 earlier on Day 3.

India had a rather uneventful start on the third day of the Asian Games, as we missed out on medals in shooting and fencing so far.

How the Sailing event is judged

In sailing, the competitor’s lowest score from all the races is deducted from the total points to calculate the net score. The participant with the lowest net score is declared the winner.

In the girls’ dinghy ILCA-4 category, there were a total of 11 races, and Neha accumulated a total of 32 points. Neha’s least favorable performance was in the fifth race, where she earned five points, resulting in a net score of 27.

Shooting results on Day 3

Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita lost closely to Korea (18-20) in the bronze medal match of 10m air rifle mixed event, while star fencer Bhavani Devi faced a 7-15 defeat in the women’s sabre quarterfinals to China’s Shao Yuqi.

Hockey Results on Day 3

The Indian men’s hockey team, however, continued on its goalscoring exploits with a brilliant 16-1 win over Singapore.

Squash Results

India cruised past Pakistan in the women’s squash team event, while the 4x100m medley team also qualified for final in swimming, creating a new Indian record for best timings at the event.

Results Summary for Day 3

SILVER MEDAL: Neha Thakur (Sailing) in Girl’s Dinghy ICLA4

Men’s Hockey: India beat Singapore 16-1 in Pool A match

Shooting: Manu Bhaker (1st), Esha Singh (3rd), Rhythm Sangwan (11th) at the end of Precision stage in Women’s 25m Pistol event. Rapid stage takes place tomorrow.

Tennis: Ankita Raina wins in round 3, Rutuja Bhosale loses

Swimming: Shivangi Sarma finishes 17th in Women’s 100m Freestyle qualification; fails to reach final

Shooting: Divyansh Singh Panwar/Ramita lose to Korea in bronze medal match in 10m air rifle mixed team event.

Fencing: Bhavani Devi loses 7-15 in quarterfinals to China’s Shao Yuqi

India wins double gold on Day 2

After securing five medals (three silver, and two bronze) on the opening day of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, India continued their splendid show on Day 2 at the continental event. While few faced defeats, but the Indian women’s cricket team and the men’s 10m Air Rifle team secured gold medals for the country. Apart from the two gold, India added four more bronze medals to the tally taking it to 11.

Asian Games 2022 schedule: 5 October (Timings in CST):

All times China Standard Time (UTC +8 hours) and subject to change. Events are listed by sport.

Archery

• 11:10 – Compound women’s team bronze medal match
• 11:35 – Compound women’s team gold medal match
• 16:00 – Compound men’s team bronze medal match
• 16:25 – Compound men’s team gold medal match

Athletics

• 07:00 – Men’s marathon final
• 07:10 – Women’s marathon final

Basketball

• 16:00 – Women’s bronze medal game (PRK vs KOR)
• 20:00 – Women’s gold medal game (CHN vs JPN)

Boxing

• 19:00 – Women’s -57kg final
• 19:15 – Women’s -66kg final
• 19:45 – Men’s -51kg final
• 20:15 – Men’s -57kg final
• 20:45 – Men’s -80kg final
• 21:15 – Men’s +92kg final

Cycling road

• 10:00 – Men’s road race

Dragon boat

• 10:41 – Men’s dragon boat 500m final
• 10:55 – Women’s dragon boat 500m final

Handball

• 13:00 – Women’s bronze medal match (CHN vs KAZ)
• 15:00 – Men’s bronze medal match (JPN vs KUW)
• 17:00 – Women’s gold medal match (KOR vs JPN)
• 19:00 – Men’s gold medal match (BRN vs QAT)

Ju-jitsu

• 15:00 – Women’s -48kg bronze medal contests
• Followed by – Men’s -62kg bronze medal contests
• Followed by – Men’s -69kg bronze medal contests
• Followed by – Women’s -48kg final
• Followed by – Men’s -62kg final
• Followed by – Men’s -69kg final

Karate

• From 08:30 – Men’s individual kata
• Followed by – Women’s individual kata
• Followed by – Men’s kumite -75kg
• Followed by – Women’s kumite -68kg

Roller skating

• 10:22 – Women’s inline freestyle skating speed slalom consolation final (bronze)
• 10:30 – Women’s inline freestyle skating speed slalom final
• 16:02 – Men’s inline freestyle skating speed slalom consolation final (bronze)
• 16:06 – Men’s inline freestyle skating speed slalom final

Soft tennis

• Not before 17:30 – Mixed doubles final

Squash

• 14:00 – Mixed doubles final
• 16:00 – Women’s singles final
• 17:00 – Men’s singles final

Weightlifting

• 10:00, 15:00 – Men’s 96kg
• 19:00 – Women’s 76kg

Wrestling

• From 17:00 – Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg medal matches
• Followed by – Men’s Greco-Roman 130kg medal matches
• Followed by – Women’s freestyle 50kg medal matches
• Followed by – Women’s freestyle 53kg medal matches
• Followed by – Women’s freestyle 53kg medal matches

India at the Asian Games through the years

India is fielding a 655-member Indian contingent at the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.

The 19th edition of the continental multisport event officially began on September 23 and will conclude on October 8.

The ongoing edition of the quadrennial meet was originally scheduled for 2022 but was postponed by a year due to COVID-19.

At the last edition in Jakarta back in 2018, a 570-strong Indian squad racked up a best-ever Asian Games haul of 70 medals – 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze.

With an increase in the contingent strength, a bump in the medals count is also expected.

Over the years, athletics have accounted for the majority of India’s medals at the Asian Games – 254 from a total of 672. Track and field events will once again be the focus at Hangzhou, with India fielding 68 athletes, the country’s largest contingent in any sport.

The Indian athletics squad in Hangzhou features top names like men’s javelin throw ace Neeraj Chopra, the reigning world, Olympic and Asian Games champion, Commonwealth Games men’s 3000m steeplechase silver medallist Avinash Sable and women’s hurdles sensation Jyothi Yarraji.