India at Asian Games 2023, Day 4 schedule: Manu Bhaker and Co in medal contention as shooters take centerstage; Chhetri & co take on Saudi Arabia | Asian-games News
On Day 3, a horic equestrian dressage gold medal was the headline event for India on Tuesday in Hangzhou. The medalls from that event will be back in action as individual dressage medals are at stake. A lot of eyes will be on shooting events with quite a few medal events lined up on Wednesday.
It is a very busy shooting day. There are medal events in skeet (men and women), 25m pol women and 50m 3-positions women, all of which have team as well as individual medals available. Indians are involved in each of these events. Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh had a good first day in the 25m pol event and will be looking to finish strongly.
Football: Saudi test for Sunil & Co (5:00 pm)
all accounts, the men’s football team have already managed to at least meet the expectations they would have had for themselves in the circumstances in which they travelled to Hangzhou. In the round of 16, Sunil Chhetri and Co have a tough test coming up against Saudi Arabia and would be hoping to give a good account of themselves.
Women’s Hockey: Savita & Co begin gold quest (10:15 am)
In the hockey, Savita Punia and Co get their campaign underway with a match against Singapore. Indian Women’s Hockey Team has faced Singapore three times and won each time, with their most recent victory coming during the Women’s Asia Cup 2022.
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🥇 A horic medal for India at the Asian Games
The first ever Equestrian Dressage team gold medal and the first gold medal in any equestrian event since 1982.
Well done to Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela, Anush Agarwalla and Hriday Vipul… pic.twitter.com/s959qnsoPr
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Wushu sanda: Roshibina Devi (5.15 pm)
Roshibina Devi Naorem is guaranteed to add to India’s medal tally, as she takes part in the wushu women’s 60kg sanda quarterfinals. She is a bronze medall from 2018 edition as well.
Here a brief schedule of the main Indian events to track on Tuesday in Hangzhou:
Equestrian: Dressage individual, Intermediate 1 (5:30 am onwards)
Boxing (Round 2): Shiva Thapa (1:15 pm), Sanjeet (1::30 pm)
Fencing (Preliminary to Finals): Men’s Foil Team & (6:30 am onwards); Women’s Epee Team (10:30 am onwards)
Shooting: Women’s 50m rifle 3-position (Individual & Team) – Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik, Women’s 25m pol (Individual & Team) – Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh (2nd stage and medal rounds, 6.30 am onwards); Men’s and Women’s Skeet (Individual & Team) – Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Singh Khangura and Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshana Rathore (6:30 am)
Chess (medals to be decided, 12:30 pm onwards): Vidit Gujarathi and Arjun Erigaisi in Men’s Individual Event, Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli in Women’s Individual Event in the last couple of rounds.
Cycling: Men’s Sprint and women’s keirin (qualifying to medal rounds, from 7.30 am onwards)
Squash (pool stage): Women’s Team vs Nepal (7:30 am) and vs Macao (2:00 pm); Men’s Team vs Kuwait (7.30 am) and vs Pakan (4:30 pm)
Swimming (Round 1 to Finals): Srihari Nataraj, Tanish Mathew, Lineysha, Maana Patel
Table Tennis (early rounds): Harmeet Desai/Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra/ Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar (1:30 pm onwards)Most Read
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Women’s Handball: India vs Hong Kong (4:30 pm)
Women’s Basketball: India vs Indonesia (5:30 pm)
Women’s 3×3 Basketball: India vs China (4:55 pm)
Esports: League of Legends quarterfinal (11.30 am)
(This article will be updated later in the night with more details)
