Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Roundup: Track and Field athletes star again as 7 medals get added to India's tally

The medal rush continued for the Indian contingent on Day 9 of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou with as many as seven medals getting added to the tally on Monday, October 22. It started with the men's rollerskating team winning a bronze and the women's team replicating the feat in the same discipline before the Mukherjees lost their women's doubles semi-final in table tennis and settled for bronze. Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba made a double podium finish for India in the women's 3000m steeplechase before Ancy Sojan registered her personal best in women's long jump to win the Silver medal. Tejaswin Shankar's performance in men's decathlon in five events so far was another highlight for India as he is currently at the top position in 10-event sport with 4260 points. Roller skating India bag Bronze in women's speed skating 3000m relay team - Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Aarathy Kasturi Raj and Heeral Sadhu India win Bronze in men's 3000m relay final - Anandkumar Velkumar, Vikram Rajendra Ingale, and Siddhant Rahul Kamble Table tennis - Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee settle for Bronze after losing to North Korea's Suyong Cha, Sugyong Pak in women's doubles semi-finals 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 2-11 Athletics Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba win Silver and Bronze in women's 3000m steeplechase final Ancy Sojan wins Silver in women's long jump final, Shaili Singh finishes fifth India win Silver medal in 4x400m mixed team relay - Muhammed Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath first in his men's 800m heat, qualifies for final Krishnan Kumar qualifies for men's 800m final Jesse Sandesh qualifies for men's high jump final Sarvesh Kushare qualifies for men's high jump final Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan qualifies for men's 400m hurdles final Yashas Palaksha qualifies for men's 400m hurdles final Vithya Ramraj qualifies for women's 400m hurdles final Tejaswin Shankar has 4260 points after five events in the Decathlon and is currently at the top position Archery India beat Malaysia 6-2 in recurve mixed team 1/8 elimination India beat UAE 159-151 in compound mixed team 1/8 elimination India beat Singapore 235-219 in compound men's team 1/8 elimination India beat Thailand 5-1 to enter quarterfinal of women's recurve team event India defeat Hong Kong, China 6-0 to advance to quarterfinal of men's recurve team event India's Bhajan Kaur beats Sima Aktar of Bangladesh in women's recurve 1/16 elimination match, enters pre-quarterfinals Dhiraj Bommadevara beats Lam Dorji of Bhutan to advance to the pre-quarterfinals in the men's recurve individual event Atanu Das beats Bin Mohamad Khairul of Malaysia to advance to the pre-quarterfinals in the men's recurve individual event India's Ankita Bhakat loses to Rezza Octavia of Indonesia in women's recurve 1/16 elimination Sepaktakraw - India beat Singapore 2-0 in men's quadrant preliminary Group B Canoeing Megha Pradeep, Shivani Verma finish last in women's canoe double 500m final Binita Chanu Oinam, Parvath Geetha finish last in women's kayak double 500m final India's Niraj Verma 7th in men's canoe single 1000m final India's Ribason Singh, Gyaneshwor Singh finish 8th in men's canoe double 500m final Badminton - India's Sai Pratheek, Tanisha Crasto beat Macau's Chong Leong, Chi NG 2-0 in straight sets in their mixed doubles Round of 32 clash Squash India's Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh beat Thailand's Anantana, Arkaradet 2-0 in their mixed doubles fixture Joshana Chinappa loses to South Korea's Heo Mingyeong in the women's singles Round of 16 Tanvi Khanna defeated Arichaya Chujit of Thailand in women's singles round of 16 Saurav Ghosal defeated Kuwait's Ammar Altamimi, in the men's singles round of 16 Mahesh Mangaonkar loses to Japan's Ryunosuke Tsukue in the men's singles quarterfinal Kabaddi - Chinese Taipei hold Indian women to 32-32 draw in Group A match