Asian Games 2023 Live Updates, Day 5: Thursday began on a great note for India with shooters Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal winning the country’s sixth gold medal of the Asian Games 2023 after finishing at the top of Men’s 10m Air Pistol Team event. Earlier, Wushu star Roshibina Devi won a silver medal in the Women’s 60 kg final. However, there was no succcess for shooter in individual events. Later in the day, Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla will compete in the individual Dressage final in equestrian. Also, Ramkumar Ramanathan/Saketh Myneni will play in the men’s doubles semi-final. India will be assured of another medal if Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale enter the mixed doubles semi-final.
Towards the evening we’ll witness some high-voltage men’s hockey action between India and Japan and before that Sunil Chhetri and his boys face a mighty challenge against Saudi Arabia in the round of 32 clash. After claiming a historic gold in equestrian team event, the focus now shifts to Dressage individual freestyle round, where Hriday Chheda and Anush Agarwalla are in contention for medals.
Catch the Live Updates of all the action on Day 5 of the Asian Games:
Results-
Wushu: Roshibina Devi wins SILVER in women’s 60kg category
Shooting: India clinch GOLD in men’s 10m air pistol team event
India finishes 7th in mixed skeet team final
Sarabjot Singh 4th in men’s 10m air pistol final
Table tennis: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manika Batra lose to China’s Zhe Yu Clarence Chew, Jian Zeng in mixed doubles team event
Harmeet Rajul Desai, Sreeja Akula lose to Thailand’s Phakpoom Sanguansin and Orawan Paranang, in the mixed doubles round of 16
Manika Batra beats Nepal’s Nabita Shrestha 4-0 in women’s singles round of 32
Golf: Aditi Ashok T2 in women’s individual round 1, Sharath T17 and Prashant T21
India finish in fifth place in women’s team round 1
