Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: Roller skating wins two bronze medals and Vithya Ramraj matches PT Usha’s 400-meter hurdles national record

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9: The Mukherjee siblings are aiming for India’s first appearance in the Asian Games table tennis final, and they could make history in the process. In the meantime, India’s competitors keep up their tireless chase of gold in the ongoing athletics competitions, displaying the country’s spirit of competition and tenacity.

Asian Games 2023 Live Updates Day 9 Medal Tally

Asian Games 2023 Updates Medal Table
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	147	81	42	270
2	Japan	33	44	45	122
3	Republic of Korea	31	39	63	133
4	India	13	24	23	60
5	Chinese Taipei	12	10	17	39
6	Uzbekistan	11	14	18	43
7	Thailand	10	7	16	33
8	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	7	10	5	22
9	Hong Kong China	6	15	23	44
10	Bahrain	6	1	4	11

Indian Mixed Archery Teams Have a Successful Opening Round

Ankita Bhakta and Atanu Das, representing India in the mixed recurve archery team, defeated Malaysia 6-2 in the Asian Games 2023 1/8 elimination round. After suffering initial defeat, India won the next three sets. Also, Ojas Deotale and Jyoti Vennam defeated UAE in compound mixed team archery with three flawless sets by scoring 159-151. The quarterfinals are scheduled for October 4 at 6:10 AM IST, and both teams have advanced.

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Roller Skaters win two bronze medals in the 3000m speed skating relay

India won the country’s first roller skating medal with a timing of 4:34.861 in the women’s 3000m speed skating relay final at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou. In the same competition, the Indian men’s team stood third with a time of 4:10.128. Anup Kumar Yama had earlier won two bronze medals in artistic skating at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, taking India’s total roller sports medals at the Asian Games to four.

Vithya Ramraj Equals PT Usha’s National Record in the 400-meter Hurdles in Athletics

At the Asian Games 2023 Updates, Indian athlete Vithya Ramraj set a personal best time of 55.42 seconds in the women’s 400-meter hurdles heats, securing a spot in the final and tying the previous national record held by PT Usha. In a prior competition, Vithya came close to breaking the record. Sinchal Kaveram Theetharamada Ravi could not advance, placing last in her heat, and will fight in the final at 4:50 PM IST.

Mukherjees loses to DPR Korea in the table tennis women’s doubles semifinals

At the Asian Games 2023 Updates, Cha Suyong and Pak Sugyong of the DPR Korea defeated Indian teammates Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee 4-3 in a thrilling women’s doubles table tennis semifinal. India defeated their opponents to go to the gold medal match by winning the first, third, and sixth games.

Cha and Pak, however, won the second, fourth, and fifth games and dominated with an 11-2 triumph in the seventh to earn a spot in the championship match. The “spin queens,” the Mukherjees, previously defeated the defending world champions in the quarterfinals, bringing India its third medal from an Asian Games, a bronze.

Squash Champions Anahat and Abhay Win in Pool A for the Third Time in a Row

In their third Pool A encounter at the Asian Games 2023, the Indian squash mixed doubles team of Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh easily defeated Thailand’s Anantana Prasertratanakul and Arkaradet Arkarahirunya, winning 11-5, 11-6. They had already defeated Pakistan and the Philippines in a sweep. Anahat had won a bronze in the women’s team competition, while Abhay was a member of the men’s squash team that won the gold medal. The next matchup pits them against Tong Tsz Wing and Tang Ming Hong of Hong Kong China.

Team India wins the men’s quadrant match against Singapore in sepak takraw

Asian Games 2023 Updates Day 9: India comfortably defeated Singapore by the scores of 21-7, 21-15 in just 38 minutes in the Men’s Quadrant Sepaktakraw match at the Asian Games 2023. Despite losing their opening match to Japan, India remained in Group B along with Philippines, Japan, Korea Republic and Singapore. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals. India will play two more matches against Philippines today at 12:30 PM IST and against Korea Republic tomorrow at 6:30 AM IST.

Kidambi Srikanth and Satwik-Chirag win their opening matches in badminton

Asian Games 2023 Updates Day 9: In the round of 64 of the men’s singles, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth defeated I Duc Phat of Vietnam in quick succession, setting up a clash with Yun Gyu Lee of Korea Republic in the round of 32. World No. 3 men’s doubles team, Satwik-Chirag defeated Chow Hin Long and Louis Chun Wai of Hong Kong in the Round of 32.

Now they will face Indonesia’s Leo Roli Carnando and Marthin Daniel. While PV Sindhu prepares for her women’s singles round of 32 match against Chinese Taipei’s Su Wen-chi, HS Prannoy has advanced to the round of 32. Unfortunately, the opening doubles matches of the Asian Games 2023 had to be abandoned between Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy and Arjun MR/Dhruv Kapila.

Indian and Chinese Taipei’s Kabaddi match ends in a draw

Asian Games 2023 Updates Day 9: Two-time defending champions Indian women’s Kabaddi team played out a 34-34 draw with Chinese Taipei in their opening Group A match at the Asian Games 2023. Chinese Taipei won the bronze medal in Jakarta in 2018.

For the Indian Kabaddi team, this was their first-ever tie in a continental competition. Chinese Taipei got 13 bonus points, one all-out and a crucial super tackle, while India got 12 bonus points and one all-out. India had taken the lead in the match, but a late bonus point from Chinese Taipei’s raider tied the match.

Hockey Victory: India Beats Bangladesh and Wins All Five Pool A Games

Asian Games 2023 Updates Day 9: the Indian men’s hockey team suffered a 12-0 defeat to Bangladesh in their last Pool A match. The team, captained by Harmanpreet Singh, finished with an excellent record of five wins in the group stage, scoring 58 goals and conceding only five goals. Mandeep Singh also scored three goals and Harmanpreet Singh completed a hat-trick on the penalty corner.

Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Neelkanth Sharma and Amit Rohidas also scored, of which Abhishek scored two goals. With their win, India booked their place in the semi-finals, while their arch-rivals Pakistan were eliminated and Japan finished second in Pool A. On Wednesday, October 4 at 1:30 PM IST, India will play the losers. Pool B semi-finals.

Saurav Ghosal advances to the singles quarterfinals in squash

Asian Games 2023 Updates Day 9: India’s rising squash player Saurav Ghoshal defeated Kuwait’s Ammar Altamimi by the scores of 11-4, 11-4 and 11-6 in the Asian Games 2023. After this victory, the 37-year-old player’s incredible medal tally in the Asian Games has now reached eight. Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukuyu also won his pre-quarterfinal match against Mahesh Mangaonkar and will now play Ghoshal tomorrow at 4:30 pm.

Update on archery: Women’s Individual Recurve Challenge is over, Men’s Recurve Duo advances to quarterfinals

Indian archer Atanu Das defeated Tajik archer Robert Nam 7-1 in the men’s recurve pre-quarterfinals at the Asian Games 2023. He will face China’s Qi Jiangshuo in the quarter finals. Dheeraj Bommadevara also reached the quarter-finals after defeating Mohammad Hakim Ahmed of Bangladesh in the shootout, where he will face Ilfat Abdullin of Kazakhstan. Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakta, regrettably, were unable to advance in the women’s recurve competition. Bhajan Kaur lost 7-3 to Korea’s San An and Ankita Bhakta lost 6-5 to Indonesia’s Reza Octavia.

Athletics: Parul Chaudhary won silver in the 3000m steeplechase, and Priti Lamba brings home bronze

At the Asian Games 2023, Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary finished second in the women’s 3000 meters steeplechase final with a timing of 9:27.63. With a personal best time of 9:43.32, Preeti Lamba won the bronze medal, giving India a double podium. Yawi Winfried Mutil of Bahrain won the gold medal at the Asian Games with a record time of 9:18.28. These are India’s 13th and 14th athletics medals in Hangzhou. Tomorrow at 5:20 pm IST, Parul Chaudhary, who currently holds the national record of 8:57.19, will also run in the women’s 5000m.