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Asian Games 2023 Highlights, October 2: Ancy Sojan wins silver in long jump, Mixed 4x400m relay team bronze upgraded to silver

Asian Games 2023 Highlights, October 2: After a flurry of medals on Day 8, which saw India go past the 50-mark, India resumed their medals hunt on Day 8 of the 19th Hangzhou Games.

  • Ancy Sojan wins the silver medal in the Women's long jump
  • India mixed 4x400m relay team of Subha Venkatesh, Muhammed Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh wins the bronze medal
  • Parul Chaudhary wins silver medal in Women's 3000m steeplechase
  • Aryanpal Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble, and Vikram Ingale wins bronze medal in the men's speed skating 3000m relay.
  • Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aarathy Kasturi Raj win bronze medal in the women's speed skating 3000m relay.
  • Paddlers Ayhika Mukherjee, Sutirtha Mukherjee win bronze medal in the Women's TT doubles
  • Priti Lamba wins bronze medal in Women's 3000m steeplechase
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Oct 02, 2023, 7:21 pm IST

Asian Games Day 9 Live Coverage Ends

Mykhel

That's all from our Live coverage as India bagged plenty of medals today but none were gold medals! The likes of Ancy Sojan, TT duo Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee winning hearts with their stunning shows! We will return again tomorrow expecting more of such spectacular performances, good night till then!

Oct 02, 2023, 7:17 pm IST

Chess: Women's Team Individual Round 4 Result

Mykhel

India lose to China in the fourth round with Vaishali R losing her match while Koneru Humphy, Harika Dronavalli and Vantika Agarwal drew their respective matches!

Oct 02, 2023, 7:14 pm IST

Chess: Men's Team event Round 4

Mykhel

Indian chess team beats Kyrgyzstan with Gukesh D, Vidit Gujarathi, Pentala Harikrisha winning their respective matches while Arjun Erigaisi played a draw.

Oct 02, 2023, 7:03 pm IST

Asian Games 2023: Men's Decathlon Leaderboard at the end of first day

Mykhel

Tejaswin Shankar opens up a 250 points lead at the top ahead of China's Qihao Sun! He will be back again tomorrow morning at 6:30 AM IST for the 110m hurdles in Men's Decathlon Round 6! Before we wrap up for the day, updates from Chess for the day with both Indian women's and men's team in action!

Oct 02, 2023, 7:00 pm IST

Archery: Recurve Men's Individual 1/8 Elimination Round Results

Atanu Das beats Tajikistan's Robert Nam 7-1 to reach quarterfinals; Dhiraj Bommaradeva beats Bangladsh's Mohammad Hakim Ahmed Rubel 6-5

Oct 02, 2023, 6:48 pm IST

Men's Decathlon: TEJASWIN SHANKAR WINS 400M!

Mykhel

Tejaswin Shankar wins the 400m as well! A crucial win for him as he clocks 49.67 seconds! Slower than his personal best of 48.41s. Nevertheless a good results and increases his lead at the top before we move to Discus throw, pole vault and javelin throw tomorrow, where he has struggled in the past! The leaderboard to be shared next!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:41 pm IST

MEDAL UPGRADE!

India's mixed relay 4x400m bronze is upgraded to silver medal as Sri Lanka are disqualified for lane infringement!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:40 pm IST

Men's Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar takes lead

Mykhel

Tejaswin Shankar places himself at the top with round 5 to begin in 400m race! Tejaswin will look for a personal best to get the most out of the day before it closes!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:36 pm IST

Men's Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar jumps 2.21m in high jump!

Mykhel

What a response by the Commonwealth Games siver medallist, who bags 1002 points from his forte event! That should reflect well on his point haul and place him at the top! Overall result will be out next!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:26 pm IST

Asian Games 2023: Women's Long Jump

Mykhel

Official result

Oct 02, 2023, 6:25 pm IST

Asian Games 2023: 4x400m Mixed Relay Results

Mykhel

Indian athletics added another medal to their kitty but they can't be too happy with the result of this particular race as they were the defending champions.

Oct 02, 2023, 6:18 pm IST

MEDAL ALERT!

Indian mixed 4x400m relay team finishes third in the final race behind gold medallists Bahrain and Sri Lanka!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:14 pm IST

MEDAL ALERT!

Mykhel

Ancy Sojan fouls her last attempt but takes the silver medal in the Women's Long jump final with an attempt of 6.63m, which is also her personal best!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:12 pm IST

No medal for Shaili Singh on Asian Games debut!

Mykhel

The 19-year-old long jumper will have to settle for a fifth spot as her final attempt was a 6.23m! Shaili breaks down after her final attempt in disappointment while Ancy Sojan will take her last attempt for a gold medal while she holds the silver-medal spot at 6.63m!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:07 pm IST

Ancy Sojan with a new personal best!

Mykhel

A 6.63m! That's huge by Ancy Sojan, who now has a personal best. Kudos to the Kerala athlete for bringing her best at the Asian Games 2023! Will she go all the way to the gold with an attempt left? 6.73m is the mark!

Oct 02, 2023, 6:04 pm IST

Women's Long jump: Shaili Singh improves to 6.48m!

Mykhel

The jumper is still 0.3cm off the last medal spot held by Hong Kong China's Yue Nga Yan, who jumped 6.50cm! Shaili has one attempt left to get among medals!

Oct 02, 2023, 5:57 pm IST

Asian Games 2023: COMING UP NEXT!

Medal event: Mixed relay 4x400m finals (Team India) - 6:10 PM

Oct 02, 2023, 5:56 pm IST

Women's Long Jump: Shaili Singh jumps 6.31m in her 4th attempt

Mykhel

Shaili Singh jumps a 6.31m while Ancy Sojan manages a 6.30m in their fourth attempts. Sumire Hata meanwhile has improved to a 6.48m but 6.73m remains the mark to beat as the Chinese Shiqi Xiong leads the chart!

Oct 02, 2023, 5:46 pm IST

Women's Long jump: Leadersboard at halfway mark!

Mykhel

Shaili Singh is down at fifth with 6.38m while Ancy holds the second spot. Shaili does have a habit of finding a big jump in the later rounds. Let's hope that the pattern will follow this evening!

Oct 02, 2023, 5:43 pm IST

Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar jumps ahead of the pack!

Mykhel

Tejaswin Shankar separates himself from the pack in round 4 (his forte high jump) of Decathlon as he clears 2.09m while the rest of the pack are done with their attempts with overall leader Sun Qihao managing a 1.97m in second place! Tejaswin has a chance here to bag a lot of points and put himself at the top before events, where he has historically struggled!

Oct 02, 2023, 5:37 pm IST

Men's 200m final: Amlan Borgohain finishes 6th!

Mykhel

A far cry from his national record of 20.55 seconds, Amlan Borgohain clocks 20.98 seconds to finish sixth while Japan's Koe Ueyama (20.60s) took the gold medal!

Oct 02, 2023, 5:32 pm IST

Women's Long Jump: Ancy Sojan jumps 6.56m!

Mykhel

A big jump off her third attempt puts her back in the second spot behind China's Shiqi Xiong, who improved to a massive 6.73m! Shaili Singh, whose personal best is 6.76m, manages a disappointing 6.15m from her third attempt! Asian Champion Hata is struggling as well at 6.34m

Oct 02, 2023, 5:25 pm IST

Women's Pole Vault Pavithra V finishes fourth

Mykhel

A disappointing end for Pavithtra V, who couldn't breach the 4.10m height, her personal best from earlier in the season. Clearing as far as 4.00m meant she finishes fourth!

Oct 02, 2023, 5:12 pm IST

Women's Long Jump final: Ancy Sojan gets ahead of Shaili Singh

Mykhel

Ancy Sojan jumps a 6.49m of her second attempt to go ahead of Shaili Singh, whose second attempt was 6.34m. None of the Indians have attacked the jumping board yet as they are jumping before it! Meanwhile Yue Nga Yan jumps to second with a jump of 6.50m!

Oct 02, 2023, 5:08 pm IST

Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final

Mykhel

Official result

Oct 02, 2023, 5:03 pm IST

DOUBLE MEDAL ALERT!

Mykhel

Parul Chaudhary clinches the silver medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase as she finishes behind World Champion Wilfred Yavi, who also breaks the Asian Games record! Priti Lamba meanwhile finishes a distant third to take the bronze medal in a photo finish with Bahrain's Tigest Getent!

Oct 02, 2023, 4:57 pm IST

Women's 3000m steeplechase final gets underway!

Mykhel

High hopes of national record holder Parul Chaudhary in the event while compatriot Priti also runs with her. Asian record holder Winfred Yavi is the favourite for the gold medal but given Parul's record-breaking form this season, expect a fight from her!

Oct 02, 2023, 4:51 pm IST

Women's Long jump: Shaili Singh starts with 6.38m jump!

Mykhel

A good start by Shaili Singh for the night as her first of the six attempts, places her second behind China's Shiqi Xiong sets the standard high at 6.62m! Will Shaili Singh break the national record (6.83m) of her mentor Anju Bobby George tonight? Her compatriot Ancy Sojan opens with a 6.13m jump while Asian Champion Sumire Hata is yet to start!

Oct 02, 2023, 4:44 pm IST

Men's Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar competes in high jump

Tejaswin Shankar will resume at fifth spot on the leadersboard with China's Sun Qihao, who is just 57 points ahead of the Indian. A strong show here should surely propel the Indian to the top of the table as high jump is the forte of the Delhi-based athlete!

Oct 02, 2023, 4:40 pm IST

Athletics: Women's Pole vault and Long Jump in action

Expect medals gallore as athletics events get underway with Women's Pole Vault and Long jump finals taking place first! Vengatesh Parvathy is facing tough challenge from the two Chinese pole vaulters and Japan's Misaki Morota laying claims for medal but Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan will fancy their chances of winning medals in the women's long jump. Shaili Singh will be wary of Japan's Sumire Hata, who beat her to the gold medal during Asian Championships earlier this year while China's Shiqi Xiong can't be discounted in front of fans!

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Archery

Recurve and compound team (mixed, men and women) elimination matches - 6:30 AM onwards
Recurve and compound individual (men and women) elimination matches - 11:45 AM onwards

Athletics

Men's decathlon events (Tejaswin Shankar) - 6:30 AM
Men's high jump qualification (Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Jesse Sandesh) - 6:40 AM
Men's 800m round 1 heats (Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal) - 7:10 AM
Men's 400m hurdles round 1 heats (T Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha) - 7:45 AM
Women's 400m hurdles round 1 heats (Vithya Ramraj, Sinchal Ravi) - 7:45 AM
Medal event: Women's pole vault finals (Pavithra Vengatesh) - 4:30 PM
Medal event: Women's long jump finals (Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan) - 4:40 PM
Medal event: Women's 3000m steeplechase final (Parul Chaudhary, Preeti) - 4:50 PM
Medal event: Men's 200m finals (Amlan Borgohain) - 5:25 PM
Medal event: Mixed relay 4x400m finals (Team India) - 6:10 PM

Badminton

Men's singles round of 64 (Kidambi Srikanth) - 7:30 AM onwards
Men's doubles round of 32 (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun) - 7:30 AM onwards
Mixed doubles round of 32 (Rohan Kapoor/N Sikki Reddy, Sai Pratheek K/Tanisha Crasto) - 7:30 AM onwards

Basketball

Women's quarter-finals: India vs DPR Korea - 1:30 PM

Bridge

Men's, women's and mixed team round robin 2 (Indian teams) - 6:30 AM onwards
Canoeing

Medal event: Men's canoe single 1000m sprint final (Niraj Verma) - 7:40 AM
Medal event: Women's canoe double 500m sprint final (Megha Pradeep, Shivani Verma) - 8:20 AM
Medal event: Women's kayak double 500m sprint final (Binita Chanu Oinam, Parvathy Geeta) - 8:25 AM
Medal event: Men's canoe double 500m sprint final (Ribason Singh Ningthoujam, Gyaneshwor Singh Philem) - 9:15 AM

Chess

Men's team round 4 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) - 12:30 PM onwards
Women's team round 4 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) - 12:30 PM onwards

Diving

Medal event: Men's 1m springboard final (London Singh Hemam) - 4:30 PM

Equestrian

Eventing jumping team final and individual final (Apurva Kishor Dabhade, Vikas Kumar, Ashish Vivek Limaye) - 7:00 AM onwards

Hockey

Preliminary men's Pool A: India vs Bangladesh -1:15 PM

Kabaddi

Women's team Group A: India vs Chinese Taipei - 1:30 PM

Kurash

Medal event: Men's -90kg (Yash Kumar Chauhan) - 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)
Medal event: Women's -87kg (Jyoti Tokas) - 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)

Roller skating

Medal event: Men's speed skating 3000m relay heats and final (Vikram Rajendra Ingale, Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, Siddhant Rahul Kamble, Anandkumar Velkumar) - 6:30 AM
Medal event: Women's speed skating 3000m relay final (Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Sanjana Bathula, Heeral Sadhu, Aarathy Kasturi Raj) - 7:00 AM

Sepaktakraw

Men's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Singapore - 7:30 AM
Men's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Philippines - 12:30 PM
Women's quadrant preliminary Group B: India vs Philippines - 12:30 PM

Squash

Mixed doubles Pool D (Anahat Singh/Abhay Singh): India vs Thailand - 10:00 AM
Men's singles round of 16 (Mahesh Mangaonkar, Saurav Ghosal) - 12:30 PM onwards
Women's singles round of 16 (Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna) - 12:30 PM onwards

Table tennis

Medal event: Women's doubles semi-finals: Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) vs Suyong Cha/Sugyong Pak (PRK) - 10:15 AM

Medal event: Women's doubles final: If Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee qualifies - 4:00 PM

Story first published: Monday, October 2, 2023, 7:28 [IST]
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