India will be hoping for some more medals from its shooters on Day 4 in the Asian Games 2023. They got five medals on the first day of the competition, six on the second day and three on the third day. India is sixth in the medal table with a total of 21 medals. This includes five gold, six silver, and 10 bronze medals. Today two gold, two silver, and two bronze medals were won in shooting.

Follow live updates from Day 4 of the Asian Games 2023 below.

Asian Games 2023: India's Medal Tally

Asian Games 2023 Day 4 LIVE Updates

India's big victory in Squash: India achieved a big win in squash by defeating Macau 3-0. Anahat Singh defeated Wei Yung in straight sets 11-1, 11-6, 11-7. Earlier, Joshna Chinappa defeated Kwai Liu in straight sets. In the first match, Tanvi Khanna defeated Weng Yean 3-1.

Harika Dronavalli's victory in Chess: Harika Dronavalli registered a 1-0 win against table topper Zhu Jiner of China. Her victory is surprising to everyone.

Table Tennis team wins: The Indian Table Tennis men's pair of Manav Thakkar and Manush Utpalbhai Shah has reached the last-32. The Indian pair made a winning start to their campaign by defeating Thailand's Napat Thanmathikom and Sittisak Nuchart 3-2 <11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10>.

Basketball team wins: In the group match, India's Princepal Singh, Pratap Singh Sekhon, Pranab Prince and Lokendra Singh defeated Macau 21-12. They have qualified for the quarter-finals where they will face last edition's gold medal winners China on Friday. The Indian women's team will face China later in the day in the group match.

Anant Singh Naruka wins silver in the men's skeet event: Anant Singh has won another medal for the country in the skeet event. He hit 58 out of 60 shots right on target and won the silver medal. At the same time, Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait made a world record by hitting 60 correct targets out of 60 and won the gold medal.

Esha Singh wins silver medal in 25m Pistol event; sixth medal in Shooting: Esha Singh has won the silver medal in shooting. She scored 34 in the women's 25-meter pistol competition and stood second. This was India's 6th shooting medal at Hangzhou. Meanwhile, China's Liu Rui won the gold medal with a score of 38. Korea's Yang Jiin won the bronze medal by scoring 26.

Big win for Women's Hockey team: India's women's hockey team has achieved a big victory in its very first match. India defeated Singapore by a margin of 13–0.

India's victory in Fencing: The Indian women's team has performed brilliantly in fencing. Despite trailing in the match, India defeated Jordan 45-36. The Indian team has made it to the quarter-finals and will play South Korea for a place in the semi-finals.

Vishnu Saravanan wins bronze medal in Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan won the bronze medal in the Men's dinghy ICLA7 event with a net score of 34. Ha Jeemin of Korea won the silver medal with a score of 33, while Lo Jun Han Ryan of Singapore won the gold medal with a score of 26. In the women's single dinghy ILCA6, Nethra Kumanana finished fourth.

Men's Shooting team wins bronze medal: Indian shooters continue to perform brilliantly in the Asian Games 2023. India has won the bronze medal in men's team skeet event. Team India was tied with Kazakhstan at third place with a score of 355. After this, India made a comeback and secured the medal. Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Singh Khangura, and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the 19th medal for India. However, Anantjeet could not make it to the finals of the individual event.

Sift Kaur creates world record: Along with winning the gold medal, Sift has also created a new world record. She scored 469.6 which is 2.6 more than the previous record.

Sift Kaur Samara gets gold and Ashi Chouksey gets bronze: Indian players continue to perform brilliantly in shooting. Sift Kaur and Ashi have won gold and bronze medals respectively in the Women's 50m rifle 3 positions event. Kaur easily won the gold medal by scoring 10.2 points. At the same time, Ashi won the bronze medal in the same event. Sift is the first athlete to win gold for India in a singles event at the Asian Games 2023. Earlier, all three gold medals had come in the team event.

Shooting team wins gold in women's 25m pistol event: The Indian shooting team has also won its second medal on Day 4. The Indian team of Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, and Esha Singh have won gold medals in the 25m pistol team event. They beat China by three points. Bhaker started the round with a two-point lead and extended it to three points as the round progressed. She also topped the qualifying and will shoot with 5th placed Isha Singh in the individual event finals.

Women's Shooting team wins silver in 50m rifle 3 event: India has won the silver medal in the 50m 3P team event. The team of Sift Kaur Samara, Ashi Chouksey, and Manini Kaushik finished second behind China's Jia Siyu, Han Jiayu, and Zhang Qiongyu. Meanwhile, Sift reached the finals with second place (594-28x), Ashi also made it to the finals with sixth place (590-27x). Manini finished 18th with a score of (580-28x).

Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha on Monday said that the Executive Board (EB) of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has agreed to include yoga in the Asian Games and the OCA General Assembly If approved, it will get a place in the games.

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Usha proposed to include yoga in the Asian Games

PT Usha has written a letter to Randhir Singh, acting president of the Asian Olympic Council, on June 26, proposing to include yoga as a sport in the Asian Games. On Monday Usha confirmed that OCA acting president informed her about the EB's decision.

“I am delighted that the OCA Executive Board spontaneously agreed to India’s request to give yoga the recognition it deserves. The proposal shall now move through the Sports Committee to the General Assembly for confirmation,” PT Usha thanked Randhir Singh in an IOA release.

IOA is hopeful yoga will eventually become a medal sport.

An IOA source said that the first step has been taken towards including Yoga in the Asian Games as a medal sport. The final determination of whether yoga will be a medal sport or a demonstration sport will be made by the OCA General Assembly. Since yoga is widely practiced, the IOA is hopeful it will eventually become a medal sport.

“Whether it will be medal sport or demonstration sport, that will be decided by the OCA General Assembly. It’s the first step. But since Yoga is prevalent worldwide, the IOA is hoping for it to be a medal sport in due course of time,” the source said.

PT Usha indicated that it was a natural progression for the competitive sports community to adopt yoga, especially since it has gained global recognition. Yoga is an ancient Indian sport, which maintains physical and mental health.

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Yogasana Bharat has already received recognition from the Sports Ministry for the development of yogasana as a competitive sport in India. Additionally, Yogasana has been added as a competitive discipline in the Khelo India Youth Games and Khelo India University Games since 2020.

Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain won a silver medal in the women's 75kg category at the Czech Grand Prix 2024 in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic.

In the round-robin tournament, Lovlina Borgohain won against Chantelle Reid of England but lost to Cindy Ngamba and Li Qian. Borgohain lost her final match against the reigning Asian Games champion late on Saturday night by a margin of 2-3.

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Qian is a two-time Olympic medalist and has three World Championship medals, including one gold to her name.

Four boxers were included in the women's 75 kg category in this tournament organized under the aegis of World Boxing. Borgohain, Refugee Boxing Team's Cindy Ngamba, Li Qian, and England's Chantelle Reid - and it is being held in a round-robin format.

Borgohain managed only one win in the tournament

Lovlina Borgohain managed only one win in the tournament, losing two of her three matches. This boxer from Assam had won her first match against England's Chantelle Reid by a split decision in a tough match, but later she had to face defeat from Cindy Ngamba and Li Qian. 

Lovlina gunning for her second Olympic medal

The 26-year-old boxer, who is the only Indian to participate in the tournament, is gunning for her second Olympic medal as she is one of the six Indian boxers to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024.

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Indian boxing team for Paris Games

The Indian boxing team for Paris 2024 is a mix of experienced Olympians and rising stars. In the women's category, Borgohain is joined by two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50 kg), Preeti Pawar (54 kg), and Jasmine Lamboria (57 kg). The men's team includes Amit Panghal (51 kg), and Nishant Dev (71 kg).

Asian Games silver medalist Jyothi Yarraji equaled her national record to win the women's 100m hurdles event at the Motonet GP Athletics Meet, but missed qualifying for the Paris Olympics 2024 by just 0.01 seconds. 

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Competing in her third outdoor event of the season, Jyothi Yarraji clocked 12.78 seconds while the Paris Olympics qualification mark is 12.77 seconds. Jamaica’s Crystal Morrisson with 12.87 seconds and Finland’s Lotta Harala with 12.95 seconds settled for the second and third positions, respectively.

Interestingly, the 24-year-old athlete had missed the Olympic entry mark by the same margin at the World University Games in Chengdu, China last year. 

Most recently in April 2024, despite winning the gold medal, Jyothi Yarraji missed the qualifying mark by 0.1 seconds at the Harry Schulting Games at Vught in the Netherlands.

Tejas Shirse also missed Olympic mark

Meanwhile, Tejas Shirse won the men's 110m hurdles with a timing of 13.41 seconds. He broke the previous national record (13.48) set by Siddhanth Thingalaya at the 2017 Altice Invitational meet in the US. But his effort fell short of the Paris Olympics qualification mark of 13.27 seconds by a small margin.

Mohammed Afsal secured the top spot in the men’s 800m event

Mohammed Afsal won the men's 800m with a timing of 1:48.91. In the men's 100m race, 20-year-old Animesh Kujur finished second with a personal best timing of 10.39 seconds, while in the men's 200m national record holder Amlan Borgohain finished fourth in the 100m race with a personal best timing of 10.54 seconds.

The qualification period for the Paris Olympics ends on June 30. 

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Shaili Singh finished second at Trond Mohn Games

Elsewhere, at the Trond Mohn Games, which is also a World Athletics Continental Tour (silver) event in Bergen, Norway, Indian long jumper Shaili Singh finished second at 6.12m.

The star Indian badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty achieved the top position in men's doubles of BWF World Rankings with 99,670 points. The Indian pair achieved this top position by winning the men's double event title of Thailand Open Super 500 badminton. They defeated China's Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi in the final.

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Satwik-Chirag toppled Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China to regain their position in the BWF World Rankings. Earlier, the Indian duo was in the third position before the start of the Thailand Open.

Satwik-Chirag has achieved the No. 1 position in the BWF World Rankings for the second time. Earlier, the duo had clinched the top position for the first time after winning the gold medal in the Asian Games. They also became the first Indian pair to achieve this milestone.

The excellent performance of this Indian pair before the Paris Olympics 2024 starting in July is a good sign for the country. 

Earlier, the pair had to face defeat in the pre-quarterfinals of the All England Champions and then Satwik-Chirag's performance in the Thomas Cup was also not good. However, this star pair has once again brought glory to the country by winning the Thailand Open title.

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This was the Asian Games champion pair's second title of the season and ninth BWF World Tour title of their career. Before this, they had won the French Open Super 750 title in March. Apart from this, both were runner-ups in Malaysia Super 1000 and India Super 750.

Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji won the women's 100m hurdles event at the Harry Schulting Games 2024 athletics meet in the Netherlands on Thursday. However, she was unlucky to miss the qualification mark for the Paris Olympics 2024 by one-tenth of a second. 

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Jyothi finished ahead of Mira Groot 

In her first event of the outdoor season in Europe, Asian Games silver medalist Jyothi Yarraji won the gold medal by clocking 12.87 seconds, ahead of Dutch hurdler Mira Groot, who finished second in 13.67 seconds, while another Dutch Runner Hanna van Baast finished in 13.84 seconds. 

Jyothi Yarraji finished first and clocked 12.87, missing the Olympic entry standard, set at 12.77, by 0.10 seconds. 

Earlier in the day, Jyothi had qualified for the 100m hurdles final with a timing of 13.04 seconds.

This is the second time Jyothi fell short of the qualifying mark

This is the second time that Jyoti, who trains at the Reliance Foundation High-Performance Center in Bhubaneswar, fell short of the qualifying mark by one hundredth of a second after she clocked a national record of 12.78 to clinch a bronze medal at the worlds.

Jyothi Yarraji, who had performed well at the Asian Indoor Season earlier in the year at the University Games in Chengdu, China, will compete in five more events during the Olympic qualifying period, which ends on June 30 this year.

Tejas Shirse won the 110m hurdles 

Meanwhile, Indian men's hurdler Tejas Shirse won the 110m hurdles in the same meet with a personal best timing of 13.56 seconds, ahead of local Dutch athletes Joas van Hellemondt (13.80 seconds) and Jamie Sesay (13.92 seconds). 

In the heats, Shirse came second overall with a timing of 13.78s. The qualifying mark in the men's 110m hurdles for the Paris Olympics is 13.27s. Meanwhile, India's national record in the event stands at 13.48s clocked by Siddhanth Thingalaya in 2017.

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Men's 200m national record holder Amlan Borgohain was also scheduled to compete in Vught on Thursday, but he did not attend the event.