At the Asian Games, finishing fourth hurts for Singapore’s swimmers, but bodes well for future
HANGZHOU: In the end, the years of labour are often distilled to the most minuscule of margins: A touch, a fingernail, or a hundredth of a second.
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Teong Tzen Wei bags Singapore’s first swim medal of Asian Games with silver in 50m butterfly
HANGZHOU: After a disappointing Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia earlier this year, swimmer Teong Tzen Wei had a simple message to send.
Asian Games 2023: Swimmers Advait Page, Sajan Prakash Qualify For Finals Of Respective Events
Indian swimmers Advait Page and Sajan Prakash made it to the final of men's 200 m backstroke and men's 200 m butterfly events at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. In men's 200 m backstroke, with the timings of 2:03.01, his new personal best, Advait managed to come within the list of top eight swimmers qualifying for the final, finishing seventh. Srihari however, finished 14th with timings of 2:07.19, which was not enough to help him reach finals.
Zhang's brilliant Asian Games continues with fifth gold medal
HANGZHOU, China: Asian Games poster-girl Zhang Yufei pipped Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey in a thrilling sprint for the 50 metres freestyle gold medal on Thursday (Sep 28) while former Olympic champion Ye Shiwen turned back the clock to claim a breaststroke title.
Equestrian Star Anush Aggarwalla Wins India's First Ever Individual Medal In Dressage
India's Anush Agarwalla secured another medal in the Equestrian event at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday. He bagged a bronze medal in Dressage Individual Intermediate I Freestyle scoring 73.030 points. This is also the first individual medal for India in Equestrian. Malaysia's Fathil Mahamad clinched gold with 75.780 scores and Hong Kong's Jacqueline Wing Ying claimed silver by scoring 73.450 points. Indian rider Hirday Chedda had also qualified for the medal event, but he was eliminated.
Asian Games 2023 September 29 Schedule: Indians In Action, Events And Timing
The gold rush continued for India at the Asian Games 2023 as shooters Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal clinched the top prize in Men's 10m Air Pistol Team event. Roshibina Devi also added a silver in Women's 60kg Wushu final and Anush Agarwalla made history by winning India's first medal in individual dressage equestrian event at Asian Games. The Indian athletes will continue their journey on Friday (September 29) as Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni will take part in the tennis men's doubles final. The men's and women's squash teams will also be in action in semi-final match while the athletics contingent will finally begin their campaign in the competition.
World champions Qin and Zhang light up Asian Games pool
HANGZHOU, China: World-record holder Qin Haiyang barrelled to the Asian Games 200m breaststroke title on Thursday (Sep 28) as Chinese teammate Zhang Yufei edged Siobhan Haughey in a blockbuster showdown to clinch her fifth gold in Hangzhou.
Games-Zhang's brilliant Asian Games continues with fifth gold medal
HANGZHOU, China :Asian Games poster-girl Zhang Yufei pipped Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey in a thrilling sprint for the 50 metres freestyle gold medal on Thursday while former Olympic champion Ye Shiwen turned back the clock to claim a breaststroke title.