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Correct Answer :   Squash

The Indian squash pair of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu clinched gold in mixed doubles event at the ongoing Asian Games 2023.

The pair of Deepika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Sandhu won the gold medal by defeating the Malaysian pair 2-0 in the final of the mixed doubles squash event.

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— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) October 5, 2023

Earlier, Indian archers Jyoti Vennam, Aditi Swamy, Preneet Kaur won gold medal in women's compound archery team.

Till 5 October 2023, India has won a total of 84 medals with 21 gold medals, 31 silver medals and 32 bronze medals..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   Neeraj Chopra

* Neeraj Chopra secured the gold medal and Kishore Kumar Jena clinched the silver in the Men’s Javelin Throw competition at the Asian Games 2023, held at Hangzhou.

* Japan’s Roderick Genki Dean secured the bronze medal

Other Winners :

* India won gold in the compound archery mixed team final
* India wonbronze in the 35km race walk mixed team final.  
* Lovlina Borgohain won silver in women's 75 kg boxing final.
* Parveen settled for bronze in the 57kg women's boxing semifinal.

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   Annu Rani

India's Annu Rani on Tuesday (3rd Oct 2023) won her second Asian Games medal, and her first gold, in women's javelin throw in Hangzhou. Annu threw the javelin 62.92m in her fourth attempt which helped her jump to the lead.

Sri Lanka's Dilhani Lekamge won silver with a best throw of 61.57m while Lyu Huihui (61.29m) of China won bronze.

This is Annu's second Asian Games medal. The 31-year-old had won bronze in Incheon in 2014 with a best throw of 59.53m. She ended up finishing sixth at the 2018 Asian Games where Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win gold in javelin by winning the men's event.

Annu's gold is the second from track and field for India on Tuesday and fourth from athletics overall. Parul Chaudhary earlier won the women's 5000m event, adding to the silver she won at the women's 3000m steeplechase final on Monday (2nd Oct 2023).

Annu threw 56.99m in her first attempt and followed that up with a throw of 61.28m. She then threw 59.24m before flinging 62.92m in her fourth attempt. That gave her the lead and she followed that up with a throw of 57.66m. Her final throw was a foul but her gold medal had already been confirmed by then.

It added to the golds won by by shotputter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and men's 3000m steeplechase winner Avinash Sable. Toor defended his Asian Games gold while Sable smashed the Games record to cruise to a comfortable win..

Source : Hindustan Times

Correct Answer :   India

In Football, India won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship after defeating Pakistan 3-0 in a dominating display in the finals at the Dashrath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu this evening. Manglenthang Kipgen and Gwgwmsar Goyary scored for India.
 
Pakistan possessed no threat to the well-composed Indian side, who dominated the game from the start. The first half ended goalless courtesy of an excellent defensive display by the Green Shirts but they could not keep up the same intensity throughout as India opened their account in the 64th minute. The game went in India’s favour as they were up by three goals.

Top Scorers of the Tournament (all 3 goals) :

* Gwgwmsar Goyary (IND)
* Jigme Namgyal (BHU)
* Samir Tamang (NEP)

Best Goalkeeper :

* Lionel Daryl Rymmei (IND)

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   bronze

Indian table tennis players Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee picked up a historic bronze medal in the women’s doubles tournament at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.

Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee lost to Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the semi-finals 4-3 (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 2-11) on Monday (2nd Oct 2023). The match lasted 60 minutes.

Losing semi-finalists are awarded the bronze medal in table tennis at the Asian Games.

In the semis, the Mukherjee duo relied on their defensive strength, forcing errors out of the DPR Korean pair to take the first game 11-7. However, Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak fought back to win the second game 11-8.

Both pairs took a game each next and were level at 2-2 and there was very little separating them. Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak took an early lead in the fifth game, but Sutirtha and Ayhika didn’t let their opponents slip away. The lead kept going back and forth, but some late errors saw DPR Korea go 3-2 up in the match.

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee changed gears in the sixth game and attacked their opponents with terrific combination play. They raced to a 6-1 lead and gained crucial momentum, before wrapping up the game 11-5.  

The Indian table tennis pair, however, faltered in the decider and conceded a 6-1 lead in under three minutes. Suyong Cha and Sugyong Pak capitalised on the unforced errors and won the final game 11-2 to make it to the final.

Earlier in the quarter-finals, Ayhika and Sutirtha pulled off a spectacular result, defeating China’s world No. 2 duo and defending world champions in women’s doubles, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi 3-1 (11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9). Chen Meng is also a two-time Olympic gold medallist.

Along the way, the Indian table tennis players also beat Thailand’s Wanwisa Aueawiriyayothin and Jinnipa Sawettabut 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-4) in the round of 16 and Kazakhstan’s Zauresh Akasheva and Anastassiya Lavrova 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-7) in the opener.

In Tunis earlier this year, the Mukherjees became the first Indians to win the WTT Contender women’s doubles title. The Indian duo is ranked 16th in the world.

India finished their Asian Games 2023 table tennis campaign in Hangzhou with one medal..

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer :   Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale

India's tennis prowess shone brightly as Rutuja Bhosale and seasoned veteran Rohan Bopanna orchestrated a remarkable comeback to secure the gold medal in mixed doubles at the Asian Games on Saturday (30 Sep 2023)

In a riveting encounter, the second-seeded Indian pair fought back from a set down to triumph with a scoreline of 2-6, 6-3, 10-4 against the formidable Chinese Taipei duo of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang.

The victory not only sealed a gold medal for India but also provided a glimmer of hope in what had otherwise been a somewhat disappointing tennis campaign for the country at the Asian Games. India had managed to secure only two medals throughout the tournament, with the men's doubles team earning silver being the other achievement.

This two-medal performance at the Asian Games marked India's weakest showing in the event since the beginning of the century. In contrast, India had returned with more substantial medal hauls in previous editions, including four medals in 2002 (Busan), four in 2006 (Doha), five in 2010 (Guangzhou), five in 2014 (Incheon), and three in 2018 (Indonesia).

𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙄𝙏 𝙄𝙎!🥇🌟

🇮🇳 mixed doubles duo, @RutujaBhosale12 and #TOPSchemeAthlete @rohanbopanna have clinched GOLD, showcasing their unmatched talent and teamwork on the world stage. 🏆🎾

Let's applaud their remarkable victory at the #AsianGames2022 with pride and passion!… pic.twitter.com/kpZs1JcLq4

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) September 30, 2023

Source : India Times

Correct Answer :   Manika Batra

Manika Batra created history on Friday (29th Sep 2023) as she became the first Indian to reach the quarterfinals of the individual table tennis event at the Asian Games 2023. Batra defeated Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut 4-2.

Manika Batra made history by advancing to the quarterfinals of the women's table tennis competition at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. On Friday, she triumphed over Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut in a nail-biting round of 16 match-up, winning 4-2 (11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6).

After a tense tie at 2-2 following the first four sets, Batra managed to secure victory in the subsequent two sets.

With the win, Batra also became the first Indian singles player to reach the quarterfinals in table tennis at the Asian Games. She is now set to face Wang Yidi, with a spot in the semifinals and a guaranteed medal on the line.

In contrast, the men's competition saw mixed results for the Indian team in their round of 16 matches. The seasoned duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran were defeated 0-3 (5-11, 4-11, 7-11) by China's Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin. However, Manush Utpalbhai Shah and Manav Vikash Thakkar clinched a hard-fought victory of 3-2 (3-11, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8) against Singapore's Yew En Koen Pang and Izaac Quek Yong. They will next face top seeds Woojin Jang and Jonghoon Lim in the quarterfinals..

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   India

Shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran clinched gold in men’s rifle 3P team event at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Friday (29th Sep 2023).

En route to their gold medal, the Indian shooters also broke the World Record after achieving a cumulative 1769 points, eight more than the previous record set by the United States in 2022 at the CAT championships.

HIGHLIGHTS :

Swapnil and Aishwary amassed an identical 591 cumulative points to finish first and second respectively in the qualification event to advance into the final, which will happen later in the day. Despite ending up on same points, Swapnil(33) finished above compatriot Aishwary(27) in the rankings table due to superior inner 10s record.

Additionally, both the shooters set a new qualification Asian Games and Asian record.

Akhil, despite finishing fifth in individual rankings, had to unfortunately miss out on the qualification as only two shooters from a country can take part in the final..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   Roshibina Devi

India's Roshimina Devi won silver medal in the 60 kg women's Wushu category in the Asian Games 2023.

In the same shooting, the men's 10 meter pistol team (Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema and Shiva Narwal) won the gold medal for the country.

India has won a total of 6 gold medals so far..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   Deependra Singh Airee

Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee holds the record for the fastest fifty in T20 cricket, courtesy his astonishing nine-ball half-century scored vs Mongolia at the Asian Games 2023 in a group stage match. The knock is also the fastest 50 in T20 Internationals (T20Is).

Dipendra Singh Airee scored an unbeaten 52 off just 10 balls in the match played at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field in Hangzhou, Republic of China. The record knock featured an astonishing eight sixes. It also included six successive sixes, of which five came in the penultimate over.

🚨| 𝐓𝟐𝟎𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭#DipendraAiree 🆚 Mongolia -

5️⃣0️⃣ - 9 Balls

Witness history in the making as Nepal's Dipendra Airee's fastest-ever innings breaks @YUVSTRONG12's T20I record 🏏#SonySportsNetwork #Cheer4India #IssBaar100Paar #Cricket #Hangzhou2022 |… pic.twitter.com/oFwfEa9Oxv

— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) September 27, 2023

Before the Nepalese batter, former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh held the record for the fastest 50 in T20 cricket for almost 16 years. Considered one of the most iconic batting performances in modern cricket, Yuvraj's memorable knock came gainst England at Durban in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in 2007. It still stands as the fastest 50 at the T20 World Cup.

In the group stage match, Yuvraj Singh reached his half-century in just 12 balls. During his 58 off 16 balls, Yuvraj Singh hit three fours and seven sixes, six of which came in consecutive balls in a single Stuart Broad over. It was the first time any player hit six sixes in a single over in T20 cricket...

Source : Olympics