Asian Games 2023 Updates Day 1: India win 3 medals in rowing; 4 overall

India won a medal with their first event of the day, as the trio of Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh, and Ashi Chouksey earned a silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle event.

Additionally, Ramita and Mehuli also qualified for the individual final, that ran parallelly with the team event in Hangzhou. Shortly after the first medal, army men Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind won a silver in men’s lightweight double sculls as well.

India’s women’s cricket team takes on Bangladesh in the semi-final, while later in the day, boxing champion Nikhat Zareen will also kick off a rather difficult draw in China. Both the men’s and women’s football teams will also be in action in group matches later in the day.

Events completed so far:

SILVER MEDAL: Shooting – India’s Ramita, Mehuli Ghosh and Chouksey in Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Team)

SILVER MEDAL: Rowing – India’s Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind in Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls

SILVER MEDAL: Rowing – Men’s Eight

BRONZE MEDAL: Rowing – India’s Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram in Men’s Pair

Cricket: India (52/2) beat Bangladesh (51) to reach women’s final

Rowing – India’s Kiran and Anshika Bharti finish 9th in Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls

Rowing: India’s Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh finish 6th in Men’s Doubles Sculls

Rowing: India’s Aswathi Padinjarayil Babu, Mrunmayee Nilesh Salgaonkar, Priya Devi Thangjam, and Rukmani finish 5th in Women’s Four final