In a historic triumph at the Asian Games, India clinched their inaugural gold in the equestrian event, marking their first equestrian gold in 41 years since the 1982 New Delhi Games. The team of Sudipti Hajela on Chinski, Divyakriti Singh on Adrenalin Firfod, Hriday Chheda on Chemxpro Emerald, and Anush Agarwalla on Etro displayed exceptional prowess, amassing a remarkable score of 209.25 in team dressage.
Indian sailor Neha Thakur, just 17 year of age, wins silver in the Girl’s Dinghy event with a total of 27 points in 11 races. Sailor Eabad Ali finishes third in the Asian Games Men’s Windsurfer RS:X event with a net score of 50.
In the mixed doubles tennis event, Ankita Raina and Yuki Bhambri showcased their dominance, overpowering Sarah Khan and Aqeel Khan of Pakistn with a flawless victory of 6-0, 6-0. Sumit Nangal advances to the next round .
In Squash team women the trio of Anahat Singh, Joshna Chinappa, and Tanvi Khanna emerged victorious against Sadia Gul, Noor Sadiq, and Noor Ijaz of Pakistan . Anahat a teenage sensation and future of Indian Squah just 15 year old. Indian men team of Squash also beat Singapore with a margin of 3-0 and also Qatar with the same margin of 3-0.
India was convincingly defeated by Pakistan in Men’s Volleyball team by 3-0. India will be placed at 6th position. India could not repeat thier performance of against South Korea, but definitely better last games performance where India were at 12th position.
In boxing match, Narender Berwal knocked out Kyrgyzstan’s Oomatbek Elchoro Uulu, in just one minute and five seconds . He moves in to the quarterfinals in the super heavyweight category.
And what a thrilling shootout for Bronze in the 10m mixed team shooting , India’s Ramita Jindal and Divyansh Panwar secured an imposing 8-0 lead, only to witness a comeback by South Korea’s Eunseo Lee and Hajun Park, leveling the score at 9-9. The match went into shootout, with both teams consistently hitting identical scores. Lee and Park eventually emerged victorious with a nail-biting score of 20-18.
In Hockey Indian men team drubbed Singapore by 16-1.In first quarter Singapore team was totally different by just conceding 1 Goal where Indian team just could not score through penalty corner. In next 3 quarter India scored 15 and also conceded one goal with lapses in defence.
In chess Indian men and Women team performed well. Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun erigaisi,Koneru Humpy and harika Dronavalli all of them on medal hunt. Tomorrow is the day we will get some medal in the chess. Vidit Gujrathi seems to be in the contention of medal.
Heartbreaks in Wushu, Surya Bhanu pratap Singh lost in quarterfinal against Korea’s Minsoo. Suraj Yadav lost his bout against Afghanistan’s Khalid Hotak as he was injured and got technical knockout.
Asian Games 2022-Indian medal winner so far (Gold-3, Silver-4, Bronze-7)
Gold
Shooting- 10 M Air Rifle Team(Men)- Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
Cricket- Indian Women Team -Captain Harmanpreet Kaur
Equestrian- Dressage team- Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla,Divyakriti Singh and Sudipti Hajela
Silver Medal
Rowing-Men’s Light weight Double Sculls- Arjun Lal and Arvind Singh
Rowing-Men’s Eight Team –
Shooting-10meter Air Rifle (Team)- Ashi Chowksey, Mehuli Ghosh and Ramita
Sailing- Girls Dinghy ILCA4 – Neha Thakur
Bronze Medal
Rowing- Men’s pair Rowing- Babulal and Lekh Ram
Shooting- 10 meter Air Rifle (Individual)- Ramita
Shooting- 10 M Air Rifle Individual- Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
Shooting- 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team – Adarsh Singh, Anish, and Vijayveer Sidhu
Rowing- Men’s Four-Jainder Singh,Bheem Singh,Punit Kumar, Ashish
Rowing-Men’s Quadruple Sculls-Satnam Singh,Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan,Sukhmeet Singh
Sailing- Men’s windsurfer RS:X- Eabad Ali
