India ended the first official day of the Asian Games 2023 with five medals.
While India is yet to grab a gold medal at the Asian Games 2023, the five medals that it bagged on the first day of the event included three silver and two bronze.
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The women’s 10m air rifle team, featuring Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh and Ramita grabbed India’s first medal at Hangzhou 2023, a silver in shooting.
Ramita doubled her medal tally by winning a bronze in the individual event.
The Indian women’s cricket team, meanwhile, advanced to the final and is assured at least a silver on their Asian Games debut.
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The Indian men’s hockey team, meanwhile, made light work of Uzbekistan in the opener with a 16-0 victory.
The Sunil Chhetri-led Indian men’s football team scraped through to the Round of 16 after a 1-1 draw with Myanmar. The women, though, bowed out.
Two-time world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen ousted two-time Asian champion Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam in the women’s 50kg event on her Asian Games debut.
Preeti Pawar also stormed into the women’s 54kg quarter-finals after beating Jordan’s Silina Alhasanat via RSC.
The Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams will return without a medal after defeats in the quarter-finals and pre-quarterfinals, respectively.
Men’s volleyball medal hopes also came to an end after losing to eight-time Asian Games champions Japan.
Sumit Nagal put on a commanding show in his tennis opener. (OLYMPICS)