Wrestling: Aman Sehrawat breezes into 57kg semi-finals
India’s Aman Sehrawat powered past Kazakhstan’s Nurdanat Aitanov 12-1 in the men’s freestyle 57kg quarter-finals to book his place in the semis.
Aman led 6-1 after the first period before completing a 6-0 second period to seal victory by technical superiority.
Wrestling: Antim Panghal storms into 53kg semi-finals
Antim Panghal pinned Uzbekistan’s Sakibjamal Esbosynova to win her women’s freestyle 53kg quarter-final by fall and book her place in the semis.
She had built an 8-0 lead before finishing the bout with the pin and will face either China’s Zhang Jin or the Philippines’ Rea Grace Cervantes in the last four.
Wrestling: Manisha Bhanwala falls to Akari Fujinami, waits on repechage
India’s Manisha Bhanwala lost 3-0 to Japanese legend Akari Fujinami in the women’s freestyle 57kg quarter-finals.
Manisha’s Asian Games campaign is not necessarily over, however. If Fujinami reaches the final, which she’s likely to do, the Indian will enter the repechage and have a chance to fight for bronze.
Cricket: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh to claim win bronze medal
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 63 runs to win the men’s cricket bronze medal.
India will face Pakistan in the gold-medal match, with the highly anticipated final set to begin in an hour.
Golf: Pranavi Urs holds one-shot lead with two holes to go
Pranavi Urs continues to lead the women’s individual stroke play at 15-under 257 with just two holes remaining. She held her nerve with another par on the 16th, while China’s Yin Ruoning missed a birdie putt that would have drawn her level.
Singapore’s Shannon Xuan Yin Tan converted her birdie chance to join Yin in second at 14-under 258, setting up a tense finish with both players just one shot behind Pranavi.
Wrestling: Sagar Jaglan falls in quarter-finals, waits on repechage
Sagar Jaglan suffered a 10-0 defeat to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s reigning champion Yones Emamichoghaei in the men’s freestyle 74kg quarter-finals.
The Indian will now wait on the Iranian’s progress. If Yones reaches the final, Sagar will get a chance to enter the repechage.
Wrestling: Aman Sehrawat storms into 57kg quarter-finals
Olympic bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat produced a solid comeback to beat Japan’s Yamato Ogawa 20-9 in the men’s freestyle 57kg pre-quarterfinals and book his place in the last eight.
Aman, a Hangzhou 2023 bronze medallist, trailed 9-8 at the break after surrendering a lead, but came out firing in the second period to score 12 unanswered points and seal victory by technical superiority.
He will face Kazakhstan’s Nurdanat Aitanov in the quarter-finals.
Golf: Pranavi Urs stays in lead with three holes remaining
Pranavi Urs continues to stay at the top of the women’s golf individual strokeplay competition after 15 holes, holding a one-shot lead at 15-under 253 with just three holes remaining.
China’s Yin Ruoning is second at 14-under 254, while Olympian Shannon Xuan Yin Tan of Singapore is third at 13-under 255.
Wrestling: Antim Panghal powers into 53kg quarter-finals
India’s Antim Panghal cruised past Kazakhstan’s Shugyla Omirbek 9-0 in the women’s freestyle 53kg pre-quarterfinals to book her place in the next round.
Antim Panghal, a Hangzhou 2023 bronze medallist, will face Uzbekistan’s Sakibjamal Esbosynova in the quarter-finals.
Wrestling: Manisha Bhanwala advances to 57kg quarter-finals
Manisha Bhanwala dominated South Korea’s Youngjin Kwon 8-0 in the women’s freestyle 57kg pre-quarterfinals to book her place in the last eight.
She will face Japan’s Olympic gold medallist Akari Fujinami, who has moved up a weight category, in the quarter-finals.
Golf: Pranavi Urs moves back into sole lead with five holes to go
Overnight leader Pranavi Urs has moved into the sole lead in the final round of the women’s golf individual strokeplay competition after a birdie on the 13th hole.
The Indian golfer is now 15-under 246, one shot ahead of China’s Yin Ruoning, with five holes remaining. Singapore’s Shannon Xuan Yin Tan is third at 12-under 249, three shots off the lead.
Wrestling: Sagar Jaglan enters quarters, Deepak Punia moves to semis
Sagar Jaglan made short work of Mongolian Asian Games gold medallist Tumur-Ochir Tulga, winning 8-1 in the men’s freestyle 74kg pre-quarterfinals to book his place in the last eight.
Olympian and Asian Games medallist Deepak Punia also progressed, beating China’s Zhou Junpeng 12-2 in the men’s freestyle 97kg opening round. He led 6-2 after the first period before finishing with a 6-0 second period to win by technical superiority.
Deepak then advanced to the semi-finals after his quarter-final opponent forfeited the bout.
Archery: Kumkum Mohod wins historic individual recurve gold medal after thrilling shoot-off
Kumkum Mohod has just created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve gold medal at the Asian Games, beating South Korea’s Oh Yejin in a thrilling final that went down to a shoot-off.
Kumkum trailed 2-0 after the opening set and 3-1 after two, before fighting back to level the contest at 3-3. Oh Yejin then regained the lead at 5-3 after the fourth set, but the Indian teenager responded with a perfect 30-28 final set to force a shoot-off.
With one arrow each deciding the gold, Oh Yejin shot an 8 before Kumkum produced a 10 to seal a historic victory.
The gold caps a remarkable Asian Games campaign for Kumkum, who had already won women’s recurve team gold and recurve mixed team silver yesterday.
Both finalists in the women’s individual recurve had also already secured an LA 2028 Olympic quota for their respective NOCs by reaching the final.
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