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India won five medals on Day 5 of the Asian Games with Mirabai Chanu ending a 12-year wait for her first ever Asiad podium finish.
Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event with a total lift of 198kg (87kg snatch, 111kg clean and jerk), giving India its first Asian Games weightlifting medal since Karnam Malleswari’s silver at Bangkok 1998. North Korea’s Ri Song-gum took gold with a world-record total of 215kg, retaining the title she has held since 2018. (PTI Photo)
Another productive day for India at the Asian Games. The contingent added five medals with Mirabai Chanu finally ending her 12-year wait for an Asian Games podium finish. The men’s and women’s skeet teams also won bronze, while Jay Meena created history with India’s first soft tennis medal. The men’s badminton team secured another team medal, and Roshibina Devi advanced to the wushu final, keeping gold within reach.
India’s medal count has risen to 12 (1 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze).
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Mirabai Gets her Asiad Medal
Chanu’s long wait for an Asian Games medal ended with a silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event, completing one of the few missing pieces in her decorated career.
The Tokyo Olympic silver medallist lifted a total of 198kg, comprising 87kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk. North Korea’s Ri Song Gum won gold with a Games record 215kg, while Indonesia’s Luluk Diana Tri Wijayana took bronze with 191kg.
Chanu, who finished ninth at her Asian Games debut in 2014 and missed the 2018 edition through injury, had come agonisingly close in Hangzhou three years ago before a hip injury left her fourth.
She made all three of her snatch attempts, progressing from 83kg to 87kg, before successfully lifting 107kg and 111kg in the clean and jerk.
On the other hand, Gyaneshwari Yadav finished eighth in the women’s 53kg final.
Jay Makes Soft Tennis History
Jay Meena became the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in soft tennis after reaching the men’s singles semifinals. The 26-year-old lost 2-4 to Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka, but his bronze was assured by his semifinal appearance. Meena had earlier edged past the Philippines’ Sherwin Nuguit 4-3 in a seven-game quarterfinal thriller.
Meena fought back after losing the first three games to Kurosaka, taking the fourth 4-1 and the fifth 6-4, before the Japanese player closed out the contest 4-1 in the sixth.
Two Skeet Bronzes Add To Shooting Haul
India collected two more shooting medals as both the men’s and women’s skeet teams finished third. Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal combined for 331 points to win the women’s team bronze behind China and Kazakhstan. The medal was India’s first in the women’s team skeet event at the Asian Games.
Raiza and Parinaaz also reached the individual final, but neither could finish on the podium. Raiza was fourth with 23 points, while Parinaaz finished eighth.
The men’s team of Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Bhavtegh Singh Gill also took bronze with a combined 346. Anantjeet, who qualified for the individual final, finished fourth after scoring 25. The two medals took India’s shooting tally to seven, comprising four silver and three bronze medals.
Badminton Team Wins Another Medal
India’s men’s badminton team secured a second consecutive Asian Games team medal despite losing 1-3 to China in the semifinal. Lakshya Sen went down 16-21, 18-21 to world No. 6 Shi Yu Qi in the opening singles, but Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty levelled the tie by defeating reigning world champions Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang 21-11, 22-20.
Ayush Shetty then lost 19-21, 13-21 to Li Shi Feng before Hariharan Amsakarunun and MR Arjun were beaten 16-21, 21-17, 9-21 by He Ji Ting and Liu Yi.
The result gave India its second successive Asian Games men’s team medal and back-to-back podium finishes for the first time since the 1982 and 1986 editions.
Roshibina In Wushu Gold-Medal Bout
Roshibina Devi Naorem moved one win away from an Asian Games gold medal after defeating Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas 2-0 in the women’s 60kg semifinal.
The Indian will face China’s Xiaoyu Zhang in the final. Roshibina has already won silver and bronze medals at the previous two editions of the Asian Games and now has an opportunity to add gold.
She was brought into the squad as a late replacement after Divyanshi Choudhary was ruled out with an injury.
Ankush A Win Away From Securing Medal
Indian boxing continued its unbeaten start as Commonwealth Games gold medallist Ankush Panghal reached the men’s 80kg quarterfinals. The 21-year-old defeated Bahrain’s Hamsa Vogel 5-0 in the round of 16 on his Asian Games debut. He will meet Tajikistan’s Nekruz Salimov in the quarterfinals, with victory guaranteeing a medal.
All four Indian boxers who have competed so far have won their opening bouts.
Kabaddi Teams Maintain Winning Runs
The Indian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams both registered convincing victories. The women defeated 2018 champions Iran 37-23, building on their opening win over Bangladesh. The men overwhelmed Bangladesh 48-25 to make it three wins from three matches after earlier victories over Japan and South Korea.
Both teams won gold at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou. The women’s final group match is against Japan, while the men will face Chinese Taipei.
Hockey Stars Keep Rolling
India’s women’s hockey team produced another huge victory, beating Thailand 20-1 to make it three wins from three in Pool B. Deepika Sehrawat was the standout, scoring a record nine goals, all from penalty corners. Navneet Kaur added four and Rutuja Dadaso Pisal scored a hat-trick as India led 11-0 at half-time.
India had previously beaten Uzbekistan 19-0 and Indonesia 17-1 and will next face hosts Japan.
Manu Bhaker’s Big Miss
India’s medal hope Manu Bhaker finished a stunning fifth in the women’s 10m air pistol final after qualifying third with 579. She was the only Indian to reach the eight-shooter final, with Esha Singh finishing 15th and Suruchi Inder Singh 26th in qualification.
India also missed the team bronze, losing out to Vietnam on the inner-10 count after both teams finished on 1719.
For Bhaker, the disappointment came after she had already established herself as one of India’s leading Olympic shooters, winning individual and mixed-team bronze at the Paris Games. She will now turn her attention to the 25m pistol event, where she is the defending Asian Games champion.
Squash Players Advance
Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani and Tanvi Khanna all moved into the round of 16. Second seed Abhay dropped only three points while beating Thailand’s Arkaradet Arkarahirunya 11-1, 11-0, 11-2. Chotrani defeated Sri Lanka’s Shamil Wakeel 11-8, 11-3, 11-3, while Tanvi beat South Korea’s Dami Kim 11-5, 11-7, 11-5.
Other Major Results
India’s hopes in men’s sepaktakraw ended despite a 2-1 win over the Philippines, as the team needed a 3-0 victory to reach the semifinals. Japan progressed on the tiebreak.
In fencing, Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma reached the pre-quarterfinals of men’s sabre before losing 11-15 to Kazakhstan’s Artyom Sarkissyan. Karan Singh had earlier exited in the round of 32. In women’s foil, Mina Devi Naorem and Ashitha Stalinraj Joys also bowed out in the round of 32.
Swimmer Rohit Benedicton missed the men’s 100m butterfly final after finishing 13th overall in 53.08 seconds, while Sajan Prakash did not start. In men’s 200m freestyle, India’s Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Gowda also didn’t qualify for the finals.
Canoe Sprint Results
- Men’s Kayak Four 500m Heats – Oinam Arun Singh, Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, Naocha Singh Laitonjam (qualified for finals)
- Women’s Canoe Single 200m Heats – Megha Pradeep (qualified for semis)Women’s Kayak Double 500m Heats – Parvathy Geetha, Soniya Devi Phairembam (qualified for semis)
- Men’s Kayak Double 500m Heats – Prohit Baroi, Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash (qualified for semis)
- Women’s Canoe Double 500m Heats – Neha Devi Leichonbam, Megha Pradeep (qualified for semis)
Eventing
- Team Cross Country (Medal Round) – Fouaad Mirza, Arjan Singh Nagra, Ashish Limaye (eliminated)
- Individual Cross Country (Medal Round) – Fouaad Mirza (retired), Arjan Singh Nagra, Ashish Limaye (12th)
Rowing
- Men’s Single Sculls Heats – Balraj Panwar (qualified for final)
- Men’s Double Sculls Heats – Satnam Singh, Salman Khan (qualified for final)
- Men’s Pair Heats – Jaswinder Singh, Nitin Kumar (qualified for final B)
- Women’s Four Heats – Poonam, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam, Gurbani Kaur (qualified for final A)
- Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls Heats – Ajay Tyagi (qualified for final B)
- Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls Heats – Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Rohit (qualified for final)
- Men’s Quadruple Sculls Heats – Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan (qualified for final A)
- Men’s Four Heats – Vipul Ghurde, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, Yogesh Kumar (Eliminated)
Table Tennis
- Mixed Doubles, Round of 32 – Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Mohamed Ismail/Fathimath Ali (India won 3-2)
- Mixed Doubles, Round of 32 – Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuwawadu/Bimandee Swarna (Sri Lanka) – (India won 3-0)
- Mixed Doubles, Round of 16 – Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade, Manush Shah/Diya Chitale – (India defeated Hong Kong, China 3-1)
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