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Asian Games 2023: Harmilan Bains Claims Second Silver After Dramatic Finish In Women's 800m Final

Indian runner Harmilan Bains clinched another silver in athletics after finishing second in the women's 800m final in the ongoing Asian Games on Wednesday. In the final moments of the race, it seemed as if Harmilan was destined to finish fourth, outside medal contention. However, she found another gear in the closing moments of the race to move past the Chinese duo of Chunyu Wang and Xinyu Rao and clinch silver. Harmilan clocked 2:03.75s to claim the second position, falling 0.55s short of Sri Lanka's Tharushi, who topped the chart and won gold with a timing of 2:03.20s.

Chess At Asian Games: India Women Outclass Uzbekistan; Men Share Honours With China

Indian women crushed Uzbekistan 4-0, while the men were held to a 2-2 draw by China in the sixth round of the chess team competition in the Asian on Wednesday. Against China, the top-seeded Indian men saw games on all four boards ending in draws. The country's top player D Gukesh and Chinese GM Wei Yi played out a draw, while R Prgannanandhaa held Xiangzhi Bu on the second board. Vidit Gujarathi and P Harikrishna, playing on boards three and four respectively, shared honours with Qun Ma and Xiangyu Xu.

Asian Games 2023: India On Course For Best Ever Squash Show After Saurav Ghosal Reaches Men's Singles Final

India's Saurav Ghosal outclassed Henry Leung of Hong Kong in the men's singles semifinals to remain firmly on course for a second gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday. Having played his part in the men's team triumph, the world number 19 from India was far too good for the 52-ranked Henry and completed a dominating 11-2, 11-2, 11-6 victory in 33 minutes. India could end up with an unprecedented three gold medals from the squash courts with the mixed doubles duo of Dipika Pallikal and Harinderpal Sandhu also reaching the title clash, to be played on Thursday. Second seed Ghosal will meet top seed Eain Yow Ng in the final on Thursday. The Indian had beaten his Malaysian rival in four games in the team semifinals.

Asian Games 2023: Did Chinese Officials Try To 'Cheat' With Neeraj Chopra? India Great's Big Accusation

A huge controversy erupted during Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's javelin throw event at the Asian Games when his first attempt was not measured, prompting legendary Anju Bobby George to accuse the Chinese officials of "trying to cheat" and "deliberately targeting the Indians". It seemed Chopra had comfortably cleared the 85m mark but to his surprise the effort was not recorded by the officials and he was not given any reason for that. "I don't know why they did not measure my first throw. Just after me, the second and third competitors had their throws and their distance were measured. I kept on asking what happened to my first throw," Chopra told reporters after winning gold medal on his fourth attempt.

"Kya Yaar...": Rohit Sharma Shuts Down Journalist Over Question On 2019 Cricket World Cup Final

Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma is well known for his witty responses and over the years, a number of his sharp replies during press conferences have gone viral. During the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Captains' Day on Wednesday, a reporter asked Rohit about the contentious ending of the 2019 World Cup where England and New Zealand were completely even after 100 overs of action and the match was finally decided on the number of boundaries scored. Rohit left everyone in splits as he was baffled by the question and he went on to say that deciding the winner was "not his job".

Asian Games 2023: Indian Men's Hockey Team Storms Into Final, Defeats South Korea 5-3

Continuing its dominating performance, India men's hockey team defeated South Korea 5-3 in the semi-final to set up a summit clash at the Asian Games. Hardik Singh (5'), Mandeep Singh (11'), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (15'), Amit Rohidas (24') and Abhishek (54') scored to guide the Indian men's hockey team to the final. Jung Manjae (17', 20', 42') scored a hat-trick for South Korea. The Indian men's hockey team will face the winner of the other semi-final match between China and Japan in the gold medal match on Friday.

Avinash Sable Wins Silver In Men's 5000m At Asian Games 2023

India's long-distance runner Avinash Sable continued his impressive run, securing a silver medal in men's 5000m at the Asian Games on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Indian produced an effort of 13:21.09 to finish second in a spectacular race. Bahrain's Birhanu Yemataw Balew came up with a Games record effort of 13:17:40 to win the gold, while his compatriot Dawit Fikadu Admasu bagged the bronze with a season best of 13:25:63.

Klasemen Medali Asian Games 2023: Indonesia Bergeming di Posisi 12

Indonesia tidak menambah medali emas di Asian Games 2023 pada hari Rabu (4/10). Tambahan lima perak dan tiga perunggu masih menempatkan Indonesia di urutan 12.

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Asian Games 2023: Harmilan Bains Claims Second Silver After Dramatic Finish In Women's 800m Final

Chess At Asian Games: India Women Outclass Uzbekistan; Men Share Honours With China

Asian Games 2023: India On Course For Best Ever Squash Show After Saurav Ghosal Reaches Men's Singles Final

Asian Games 2023: Did Chinese Officials Try To 'Cheat' With Neeraj Chopra? India Great's Big Accusation

"Kya Yaar...": Rohit Sharma Shuts Down Journalist Over Question On 2019 Cricket World Cup Final

Asian Games 2023: Indian Men's Hockey Team Storms Into Final, Defeats South Korea 5-3

Avinash Sable Wins Silver In Men's 5000m At Asian Games 2023

Klasemen Medali Asian Games 2023: Indonesia Bergeming di Posisi 12