Asian Games 2023 Day 3 Highlights: India win equestrian gold, collect three medals in sailing

20:14 (IST)

That brings us to the end of our coverage of Day 3 of the 19th Asian Games, with India winning another four medals today — a historic gold in equestrian along with a silver and two bronze in sailing!

Do join us tomorrow morning for our coverage of Day 4 of the Hangzhou game. Till then, goodbye!

20:09 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: WUSHU

Khalid Hotak wins the quarter-final against Suraj Yadav. The Afghan delivers a powerful kick in the second round that knocks the Indian out cold and leads to the medical officials bringing the stretcher out to the mat.

Yadav though is back on his feet shortly after, though his journey in Hangzhou comes to an end.

India's campaign on Day 3 of the Asian Games ends with back-to-back defeats in Wushu.

20:02 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: WUSHU

Right then… its been a while since the last event involving an Indian athlete took placed. And we’re down to the final event of the day.

Varanasi native Suraj Yadav faces Afghanistan’s Khalid Hotak in the men’s 70kg sanda quarter-final bout.

19:15 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: WUSHU

Surya Bhanu Partap Singh’s journey at Hangzhou ends with a 2-0 defeat against South Korea’s Minsoo Kim in the Men’s 60kg Sanda quarter-finals.

That's not all as far as Indians in Wushu is concerned, with Suraj Yadav facing off against Khalid Hotak in the men's 70kg quarter-finals in the final event of the day.

19:00 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: BOXING

India’s Narender Berwal delivers a first-round knockout to Kyrgyzstan’s Elchoro Uulu Oomatbek in a bout that lasts a little over a minute.

With that, he progresses into the Men’s +92kg quarter-finals. 

18:45 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: SWIMMING

Srihari Nataraj, Likith Selvaraj Prema, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew finish fifth in the men’s 4x100m medley relay final with a combined time of 3:40.20 — which is two seconds more than what the Chinese Taipei team took to finish fourth.

China (3:27.01) take gold in the event and are followed by Korea (3:32.05) and Japan (3:32.52)

18:30 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: SWIMMING

Men’s 1500m freestyle fast heat final: Aryan Nehra (15:20.91) and Kushagra Rawat (15:44.61) finish seventh and eighth respectively, occupying the last two slots.

China’s Liewi Fei takes gold, with Korea’s Woomin Kim and Japan’s Shogo Takeda taking silver and bronze respectively.

18:15 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: CHESS

Round 7

Men:

— Vidit Gujarathi loses to China’s Yi Wei
— Arjun Erigaisi defeats Indonesia’s Novendra Priasmoro

Women:

— Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli register draws against Kazakhstan’s Zhansaya Abdumalik and Mongolia’s Munkhzul Turmunh respectively. 

18:04 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Squash

India lead Qatar 2-0, with Sourav Ghosal handing Abdulla Altamimi a 3-1 (11-1, 5-11, 11-5, 11-3) defeat.

Mahesh Mangaonkar had defeated Ahmad Altamimi 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-1) in Game 1.

17:32 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Volleyball

Pakistan complete a 3-0 triumph over India in the men’s volleyball 5th/6th classification match!

Pakistan win the three games 25-21, 25-20 and 25-23, with the aggreggate score reading 75-64 in their favour.

Disappointing conclusion to the Indian men’s team’s campaign. They defeated Cambodia (3-0), South Korea (3-2) and Chinese Taipei (3-0) before suffering back-to-back losses against Japan (0-3) and Pakistan (0-3).

17:27 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Squash

After blanking Singapore 3-0 earlier today, India face Qatar in their second Men’s Team Pool A fixture of the day in squash.

And Mahesh Mangaonkar puts India in the lead against Qatar, defeating Ahmad Altamimi three games to nil.

17:14 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Volleyball

Pakistan are leading the 5th/6th classification match against India, leading two sets to nil, and are ahead 15-12 in the final set!

Walking away with the fifth spot following a victory over their arch-rivals appears a simple formality for Pakistan now.

16:57 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Tennis

Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Raina are through to Round 3 of the mixed doubles tennis event with a straight-forward 6-0, 6-0 victory over Aqeel Khan and Sarah Ibrahim Khan.

The Indians take just 15 minutes to swat aside the Khans.

16:30 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE

Bhambri and Raina take the first set against Pakistan 6-0! In volleyball, however, it’s the other way round with Pakistan taking the first set 25-21 and surging ahead of their arch-rivals.

16:26 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Volleyball

It’s not just tennis mixed doubles that’s witnessing an India vs Pakistan contest at the moment. The two nations are also fighting out for the fifth spot in men’s volleyball at the moment.

16:22 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Tennis

An Indo-Pak contest is currently underway in tennis, with Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Raina taking on Pakistan's Aqeel Khan and Sarah Khan.

India are currently leading the first set four games to nil, and are expected to breeze their way to victory the way they're going about business at the moment.

15:51 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Tennis

Sumit Nagal is into the quarterfinals of the men's singles event in tennis. He beats Zhukayev 7-6, 6-4 in just over two hours

15:47 (IST)

A gold medal winning moment coupled with the anthem ringing around = bliss!

Don't need the sound to sing the national anthem along as the tricolour goes up. A feeling that is always the most difficult to beat. #Equestrian #AsianGames #India pic.twitter.com/LpBMBsu7L1— Jaspreet Singh Sahni (@JaspreetSSahni) September 26, 2023

15:40 (IST)

Moment to cherish for India and the equestrian team

15:37 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Tennis

Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Thandi go down to Hong Kong's Eudice Chong and Hong Wong 4-6, 1-6 in straight sets in the women's doubles competition in tennis

Sumit Nagal is up a set in his men's singles contest against Zhukayev of Kazakhstan. He leads 7-6, 4-3. Nagal led by a break but buckles on the fifth break point chance

15:10 (IST)

Asian Games LIVE: Gold medal in equestrian

Bit of a breather to reflect properly on India's monumental and historic gold medal performance in Equestrian Dressage event. Etro [ridden by Anush Agarwala], Chemxpro Emerald [ridden by Hriday Chheda] and Adrenalin Firfod [ridden by Divyakriti Singh] with the yellow metal.

India's first-ever Asian Games gold in dressage

India's first equestrian gold medal since 1982

India with 209.205 points ahead of China (204.882) and Hong Kong (204.852)