India at Asian Games 2023, Day 4 schedule: Manu Bhaker and Co in medal contention as shooters take centerstage

It is a very busy shooting day. There are medal events in skeet (men and women), 25m pistol women and 50m 3-positions women, all of which have team as well as individual medals available. Indians are involved in each of these events. Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh had a good first day in the 25m pistol event and will be looking to finish strongly.

Women’s Hockey: Savita & Co begin gold quest (10:15 am)

In the hockey, Savita Punia and Co get their campaign underway with a match against Singapore. Indian Women’s Hockey Team has faced Singapore three times and won each time, with their most recent victory coming during the Women’s Asia Cup 2022.

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🥇 A historic medal for India at the Asian Games

The first ever Equestrian Dressage team gold medal and the first gold medal in any equestrian event since 1982.

Well done to Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela, Anush Agarwalla and Hriday Vipul… pic.twitter.com/s959qnsoPr

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Wushu sanda: Roshibina Devi (5.15 pm)

Roshibina Devi Naorem is guaranteed to add to India’s medal tally, as she takes part in the wushu women’s 60kg sanda quarterfinals. She is a bronze medallist from 2018 edition as well.

Here a brief schedule of the main Indian events to track on Tuesday in Hangzhou:

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen back in action (5.15 pm)

After a dominant win against the world championships silver medallist to open her campaign, Nikhat Zareen will be back in the ring. She will be taking on 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Chorong Bak of Korea as she steps up her quest for gold and Olympic quota.

Equestrian: Dressage individual, Intermediate 1 (5:30 am onwards)

Boxing (Round 2): Shiva Thapa (1:15 pm), Sanjeet (1:30 pm), Nikhat Zareen (5:15 pm)

Fencing (Preliminary to Finals): Men’s Foil Team & (6:30 am onwards); Women’s Epee Team (10:30 am onwards)

Shooting: Women’s 50m rifle 3-position (Individual & Team) – Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik, Women’s 25m pistol (Individual & Team) – Rhythm Sangwan, Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh (2nd stage and medal rounds, 6.30 am onwards); Men’s and Women’s Skeet (Individual & Team) – Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Singh Khangura and Ganemat Sekhon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshana Rathore (6:30 am)

Chess (medals to be decided, 12:30 pm onwards): Vidit Gujarathi and Arjun Erigaisi in Men’s Individual Event, Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli in Women’s Individual Event in the last couple of rounds.

Cycling: Men’s Sprint and women’s keirin (qualifying to medal rounds, from 7.30 am onwards)

Squash (pool stage): Women’s Team vs Nepal (7:30 am) and vs Macao (2:00 pm); Men’s Team vs Kuwait (7.30 am) and vs Pakistan (4:30 pm)

Swimming (Round 1 to Finals): Srihari Nataraj, Tanish Mathew, Lineysha, Maana Patel

Table Tennis (early rounds): Harmeet Desai/Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra/ Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar (1:30 pm onwards)

Sailing:

Jerome Kumar S – iQFoil – Final Race – 08:30 am

Vishnu Saravan – ILCA7 – Final Race – 08:30 am

Nethra Kumanan – ILCA6 – Final Race – 08:30 am

Chitresh Tatha – M Kiteboarding – Final Race – 09:30 am

Women’s Handball: India vs Hong Kong (4:30 pm)

Women’s Basketball: India vs Indonesia (5:30 pm)

Women’s 3×3 Basketball: India vs China (4:55 pm)

Men’s 3×3 Basketball: India vs Macao (12:10 pm)

Esports: League of Legends quarterfinal (11.30 am)

Bridge: Men’s team, women’s team and mixed team round robin stages (6:30 am)

(This article will be updated later in the night with more details)