Asian Games 2023 Day 5 All Update: India’s excellent performance continues in the Asian Games 2023. On the fifth day of the event, India won another gold in shooting. The men’s Indian team comprising Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal won gold in the 10 meter air pistol event. Roshibina Devi won the first medal for the country in the form of silver on the 5th day. Roshibina had to face defeat against China in Wushu in 60 kg weight category. In this way he won the silver.
India has won a total of 25 medals till the fifth day. These medals include 6 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze. There was a chance for India to win another gold through Sarabjot. In the 10 meter air pistol event, Sarabjot finished fourth after a good start. After this, the third medal of the 5th day for India came in the form of bronze in horse riding. Anush Aggarwal won this medal.
Hockey team registered its third consecutive win
Indian hockey team defeated Japan in the third match of the Asian Games. India defeated Japan 4-2. Earlier, India had defeated Singapore 16-1. In the first match, India had defeated Uzbekistan 16-0.
At least confirmed bronze in tennis
In tennis doubles, India’s Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale reached the semi-finals by defeating Kazakhstan’s Zhibek Kulam, Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigory Lomakin 7-5, 6-3. By making it to the semi-finals, the Indian pair has at least won bronze.
At least silver is confirmed in tennis itself
Men’s pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni defeated South Korea’s pair of Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon in the semi-finals. The Indian pair has ensured at least silver by making it to the finals.
Medal confirmed in Squash too, for both men and women
Indian women’s squash team has secured a place in the semi-finals by defeating Malaysia 3-0. In this way the women’s squash team has at least won a bronze medal. Now, the semi-final match will be against Hong Kong.
Apart from this, the men’s squash team has also made it to the semi-finals by defeating Nepal 3-0 in the group stage. In this way, at least bronze for the men’s squash team has also been confirmed.
Good performance in boxing
Indian boxer Jasmine won 5-0. Jasmine achieved a one-sided victory against the Saudi boxer in the first round of the game. After this, seeing his aggression in the second round, he was declared victorious.
Indian pair in last 16 in table tennis
In table tennis, India’s men’s pair of Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan have made it to the last 16 by defeating Mongolia’s Ser-Od Gankhuyag and Manlaijargal Munkh-Ochir 3-0 in the 32nd round match.
PV Sindhu in quarter finals
India’s star badminton women player PV Sindhu has secured a place in the quarter finals by winning the pre quarter finals.
India is out after defeat in football match, Saudi Arabia defeated
Let us tell you that in the Asian Games, the Indian football team lost the match against Saudi by 0-2. After this defeat, the Indian football team was out of the Asian Games. The Asian Games were not good for the football team captained by Sunil Chhetri.
India comes inside top-5 in medal tally
It is noteworthy that by the end of the fifth day, India has come at number 5 in the medal tally. Host China is at number one in the list. China has won maximum 90 gold medals so far. Republic of Korea is second in the list, Japan is third, Uzbekistan is fourth and India is fifth. Korea has won 24, Japan 18 and Uzbekistan and India 6-6 gold medals.
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