Hangzhou: On the opening day of the 19th Asian Games, India did not do badly when the medals were awarded. Five Medas with three silvers and two bronzes on the first day of medal competitions Looks are savings. He got two silver medals in rowing and one silver medal in shooting. India won bronze in both. India secured a medal in women’s cricket and entered the final. Men’s football reached the pre-quarters while the women’s group staged. Rathai. Bright performance by India who started with a big win in men’s hockey Mai earlier fell in the quarter finals in volleyball. Hosts China (30) are seventh in the medal tally. Love India.
India started with goals in hockey
India began the year with a goal of reclaiming the Asian Games hockey gold and securing a direct ticket to the Paris Olympics. In the first match of Pool A, Olympic bronze medalists and third-ranked India crushed Uzbekistan by 16 goals without reply. Varun Kumar and Mandeep Singh, who scored four times and Lalit Upadhyay, who scored three times, scored a hat-trick for India, who dominated the game throughout the game. Abhishek, Amit Rohidas, Sukhjeet, Shamsher Singh and Sanjay scored the other goals for the winners who were leading by seven goals in the first half.
The Uzbeks, who are ranked 66th in the world, did not pose any serious challenges, except for the fact that India had to wait seven minutes for the first goal, without captain Harmanpreet Singh, who was India’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
The Indians, who constantly attacked the Uzbek goal, won 14 penalty corners, but only five of them went into the goal. One was scored on a penalty stroke while all ten were field goals. P.R., a Malayali who did not wait for the goal circle for India. Yesterday was a complete rest day for Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak. India will face Singapore in their next pool match on Tuesday.
Out in the quarter in men’s volley
Hangzhou: The Asian Games men’s volleyball team, which advanced in hopes of a medal, returns in the quarter-finals. Defending champions Japan beat India in three straight sets. Score: 25-16 25-18 25-17. Japan’s Keihan Takahashi scored 21 points in an hour and 11 minutes long fight. Erin Varghese contributed eight points and was India’s top scorer. India will face either Pakistan or Qatar in the fifth-place match. China is Japan’s semi-final opponent.
Shock for Gujarati in Chess; Hampi and Harika with victory
Kazakhstan’s Kazybek Nogerbek upset Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujarati in men’s chess second round. The Gujarati had defeated Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh in the first round. Another Indian player, Arjun Erigaysi, tied with Vietnam’s Le Thuan Minh. Among women, Koneru Hampi and D. Harika also continued to win. Vietnam’s Pham Le Thao Nguyen and Harika defeated UAE’s Alali Rauda in the second round.
Boxing: Nikhat and Preeti advance
Nikhat Sareen, India’s gold hope in boxing, entered the pre-quarters in the women’s 50 kg event. Two-time world champion Nikhat defeated Vietnam’s Thi Tam Nguyen 5-0. Meanwhile, India’s Preeti Pawar entered the quarterfinals in women’s 54 kg. Jordan’s Selena Al Hasanat was replaced.
Backlash in TT, fencing and rugby
Big setback for India in table tennis. The men’s team lost in the quarterfinals and the women in the prequarters. India narrowly missed out on a medal in women’s fencing. Tanishka Khatri lost to Hong Kong’s Wai Vivian Kong 7-15 in the quarterfinals. Tanishkaka would have got a medal if she had entered the semi-finals. India crashed out of the women’s rugby sevens after losing 0-38 to Hong Kong and 0-45 to Japan respectively. Sunil Singh also lost to Arnal Mandal of the Philippines in the Wushu men’s 56 kg 1/8 final.
Double brilliance in the shooting range
The women’s 10 m scored a total of 1886 in the shooting range where the Chinese dominated. Air rifle Indian team won silver. The team consisted of Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal and Ashi Chooksi. China (1896.6) took the gold with an Asian record. India also won its second medal in shooting through Ramita. The junior world champion finished third with a score of 230.1. Mehuli (208.43) was also in the final but finished fourth. In this event, gold and silver went to China.
In the rowing medal
Arjun Lal and Arvind Singh, who won silver in the lightweight men’s double sculls, became India’s first medalists this year in rowing. They finished in 6 minutes 28.18 seconds. The Chinese team won the gold in 6 minutes 23.16 seconds. The team of Neeraj, Naresh Kalwania, Nitish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Puneet Kumar and Ashish (5:43.01) also won silver in the men’s coxed eight. China has more gold than this. India’s Babulal Yadav and Lekh Ram rowed to bronze in the men’s pair with a time of 6 minutes 50.41 seconds.
2023-09-24 18:00:16
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