Singapore clinches historic xiangqi Asian Games medal with bronze for Ngo Lan Huong
HANGZHOU: Singapore xiangqi (Chinese chess) player Ngo Lan Huong clinched a bronze in the women’s individual event at the Asian Games on Saturday (Oct 7).
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Asian Games: India Win Bronze In Women's Hockey, Beat Defending Champions Japan 2-1
Coming into the tournament as favourites, a wounded Indian women's hockey team rose from the shock semifinal loss to edge past defending champions Japan 2-1 and claim the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. The Indians, ranked seventh in the world, were the favourites to win the gold here but one bad match cost them dearly as hosts China thrashed them 4-0 in the semifinal on Thursday. The Indian women thus avenged their 0-1 defeat against Japan in the last edition of the Games in Jakarta in 2018. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
Individual silver and bronze, team bronze for UAE show jumpers at Asian Games
Following a bronze medal for the UAE show-jumping team, rider Omar Al-Marzouqi has taken silver and Abdulla Al-Marri secured bronze in the individual championship at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Asian Games 2023 Day 14 Live Updates: Jyothi Vennam Wins Individual Archery Gold, Aditi Swami Gets Bronze
Asian Games 2023 Day 14 Live Updates: India's march towards 100 medals kicked off with Aditi Swami clinching a bronze in Compound Women's Individual archery event. Jyothi Vennam, who defeated Aditi in the semi-final, then won a gold medal in the same event to take India's tally to 97.
Asian Games 2023: Bajrang Punia Makes Medal-less Exit; Aman Wins Bronze
Bajrang Punia, who entered the Asian Games after escaping the selection trials, suffered embarrassing defeats to make a medal-less exit from Hangzhou even as three other Indian wrestlers, including the talented Aman Sehrawat, won bronze medals on Friday. An under-prepared Bajrang, who spent a major part of this year protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, began with two easy wins but appeared clueless against the formidable Iranian Rahman Amouzadkhalili and Japan's Kaiki Yamaguchi.(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Enter Final, HS Prannoy Signs Off With Bronze At Asian Games 2023
An error-prone HS Prannoy signed off with an Asian Games bronze, India's first medal in men's singles in 41 years, but Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept alive the country's hopes of a first-ever badminton gold after cruising into the men's doubles final on Friday. Satwik and Chirag, ranked world no. 3, dished out a badminton master-class to outclass Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, Tokyo bronze medallists and former world champions, 21-17, 21-12 in 46 minutes of dominance.
Indian Archers Win Silver, Bronze In Recurve Team Events, End 13-Year Wait
A 13-year wait ended in archery on Friday when the Indian men's and women's teams surpassed expectations to clinch a silver and bronze respectively, their first medals since 2010, at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Battling injuries, the recurve team of Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur defied odds to clinch a bronze medal in the morning session. The fifth-seeded women's trio dropped just one set to down their Vietnamese rivals 6-2 (56-52, 55-56, 57-50, 51-48) and secure their first-ever Asian Games medal in the Olympic-discipline category since Guangzhou 2010. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
India Win First-Ever Asian Games Medal In Women's Sepaktakraw, Clinch Bronze In Regu Team Event
India clinched their first-ever medal in women's sepaktakraw at the Asian Games with the regu team winning a bronze after losing to powerhouse Thailand in the semifinals on Friday. The Indian women's team of Ayekpam Maipak Devi, Oinam Chaoba Devi, Khushbu, Elangbam Priya Devi and Elangbam Leirentombi Devi lost 10-21, 13-21 in the semifinals. India had finished second in their group behind Vietnam to make it to the semifinals. Thailand are the defending champions in the event. The two teams took a photograph together after the match. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)