Asian Games 2023 Day 14 LIVE Updates: Satwik-Chirag brings India's 1st ever badminton gold; Women's and men's teams get silver in Chess

𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔 💙💙

For the first time in Asian Games history, it's one of the greatest days in Indian sports history. 🏅🇮🇳#AsianGames #IndianSports #GoldMedal pic.twitter.com/urCru3X3AD

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) October 6, 2023

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Women's and men's teams get silver in Chess

India's men's and women's teams have won silver medals in chess. Among the men, Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi, and Harikrishna Pentala won their Round 9 matches against the Philippines. While R Praggnanandhaa drew his match to finish second behind gold winners Iran. Whereas, among women, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri Baskar, Harika Dronavalli, Koneru Humpy and Vaishali Ramesh Babu won silver for the country.

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Deepak Punia wins silver

In the wrestling match of men's 86 kg weight category, Deepak Punia of India had to face defeat against Hassan Yazdanicharati of Iran. The Iranian player won on the basis of technical preference. With this Deepak had to be content with bronze.

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Women's team gets bronze in Hockey

Indian women's hockey team has defeated Japan 2-1. With this, the Indian team has won the bronze medal. This victory is a morale booster for India after the embarrassing defeat in the semi-finals against China.

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Men's Kabaddi team wins gold medal

After cricket, the Indian men's team has also won the gold medal in Kabaddi. India has defeated Iran in the final match with full of controversies. India won this match 33-29.

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻! 🇮🇳🥇#AsianGames2023 #Kabaddi #IndianSports # pic.twitter.com/j2F81XwUpZ

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) October 7, 2023

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Indian men's cricket team gets gold

Indian men's cricket team has also got the gold medal. India faced Afghanistan in the final match. Batting first, Afghan scored 112 runs losing five wickets in 18.5 overs. After this, further play could not be played due to rain and India was declared the winner on the basis of better seeding. Team India got the gold medal. At the same time, Afghanistan had to be content with silver.

𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 💙

Ruturaj Gaikwad led the Indian cricket team to its first-ever Gold medal in the Asian Games, creating a historic moment.#AsianGames2023 #RuturajGaikwad #CricketTwitter #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/L97bEtHtGQ

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) October 7, 2023

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Satwik-Chirag wins gold

Satwik-Chirag pair has won the gold medal in badminton men's doubles event. India has won the gold medal in badminton in the Asian Games for the first time. The pair had won gold at the Commonwealth Games and bronze at the World Championships last year. Now both of them have created history in the Asian Games 2023 also.

𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆/𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗸𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗷 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗱𝘆. 💪

For the first time in Asian Games history, India have badminton gold medallists. 😊💙#AsianGames2023 #ChiragShetty #SatwiksairajRankireddy #Badminton #GoldMedal pic.twitter.com/1pflgBKdRX

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) October 7, 2023

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Another medal confirmed in wrestling

Another medal is confirmed for India in wrestling. Deepak Punia defeated Javrail Shapiev of Uzbekistan by a close margin of 4-3 in the semi-finals. Deepak will face 2016 Olympic gold medalist, three-time world champion and current Asian Games champion Hazan Yazdani of Iran in the final.

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Women's Kabaddi team wins gold

Women's Kabaddi team has won the gold medal by defeating Chinese Taipei in the final. This is India's 25th gold and 100th overall medal in the Asian Games 2023. India has won 100 medals in the Asian Games for the first time. This time the Indian players have made the slogan of 100 innings come true.

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Ojas gets gold, Abhishek gets silver in Archery

India has got two medals in compound archery. Ojas Pravin Deotale has won the gold medal and Abhishek Verma has won the silver medal. There was a contest between the two Indian archers in the final. In such a situation, the country was sure to get both the medals, but both of them had to individually decide the color of the medal. Ojas won gold with a score of 149 and Abhishek won silver with a score of 147.

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Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins women's compound individual gold

Jyothi Surekha Vennam has won the gold medal in archery women's compound individual event. Creating a record in the Asian Games 2023, she won the final match by a margin of 149-145. Jyothi defeated So Chaewon of South Korea. India has won all the competitions in compound archery.

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Aditi Swami wins women's compound individual bronze

Aditi Swami gave the country its first medal on Day 14. She has won a bronze medal in the archery women's compound individual event. Aditi, who is participating in the Asian Games 2023 for the first time, has performed amazingly. She won against Ratih Zilizati Fadhly of Indonesia by a margin of 146-140.