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India had a great run on Friday at the Asian Games as their athletes continue to lead the charge towards the 100-medal mark.

After shooters, India sealed medals in squash, athletics and tennis too. Kiran Baliyan won bronze in women's shot put to win India's first medal in athletics at Asian Games 2023.

With a good outing on Friday, India's medal tally rose to 33 (8 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze). Saturday will be an interesting day as India will look to extend their medal tally.

On Saturday (Day 7), Mirabai Chanu will be in action in women's 49kg weightlifting event. On the other hand, Bindyarani Devi will fight for a medal in women's 55kg event.

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The Indian men's bridge team will be competing in the final of the event on Thursday while squash star Saurav Ghosal will also be competing in the men's singles final among the other Indian stars who will be in action across different medal events. India will aim to continue its record-breaking medal spree at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Wednesday was a momentous day in Indian sport. The Indian athletes ushered in the historic day as the country ended on 81 medals - its highest-ever medal tally in the history of the competition.
All eyes will be on stars like Neeraj Chopra and Avinash Sable, who will be competing in the javelin throw and 5000m finals, respectively, as India is set to break its all-time medal record at the history of the continental event. India is on course for its biggest ever medal haul as it already reached to 69 medals, just one less than the 2018 edition of the event. On Tuesday, athletics led India's charge in the second half of the day while in the morning it was archery.
India's decathlon star Tejaswin Shankar and boxing sensation Lovlina Borgohain will be among the stars in spotlight on October 3 at the Asian Games 2023. Meanwhile, the Indian men's cricket team will also kick off its campaign at the continental event with a quarter-final match against Nepal. India touched the 60-medal mark at the Asian Games 2023 on Monday. Athletics continued to contribute heavily to the tally as India won three silver and one bronze in the discipline on Monday.
India's decathlon star Tejaswin Shankar and boxing sensation Lovlina Borgohain will be among the stars in spotlight on October 3 at the Asian Games 2023. Meanwhile, the Indian men's cricket team will also kick off its campaign at the continental event with a quarter-final match against Nepal. India touched the 60-medal mark at the Asian Games 2023 on Monday. Athletics continued to contribute heavily to the tally as India won three silver and one bronze in the discipline on Monday.
India will aim to continue its superb form at the Asian Games 2023 on Monday too. The way the Indian athletes shone on Sunday, those, who will be in action on the following day, will definitely be in the spotlight. India has had a medal spree in athletics on Sunday by claiming a total of two gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched a top podium finish in shot put event while Avinash Sable won a gold medal in the men's 3000m steeplechase with an Asian Games record. Star Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji's bronze medal in the women's 100m hurdles was upgraded to silver after China's Wu Yanni, who finished at the second spot, was disqualified for a false start. Meanwhile, the Indian badminton team clinched a historic silver after losing to China in the gold medal match.
India's Murali Sreeshankar on Sunday won a silver medal in the Men's Long Jump Final with a best finish of 8.19 meters at the ongoing 19th Asian Games.  Meanwhile, Jeswin Aldrin finished in 8th position in the same event with a best jump of 7.76m.  China's long jumpers took home gold and bronze as Wang Jianan finished at the top of the podium with best jump of 8.22m, while Shi Yuhao bagged third spot with 8.10m.  Sreeshankar started his event with a failed attempt however he recovered well and in his second attempt, with a jump of 7.97 metres.  Sreeshankar with a fantastic jump crossed the 8-metre mark and landed a jump of 8.01m. With this leap, he jumped up to the second position.

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