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India has 12 medals at Asian Games on Day 6
The Indian Express··2d ago
India ranks 12th at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with 12 medals, one gold, five silver and six bronze, entering Day 6 on Thursday. Roshibina Devi fights for wushu gold at 6:10 AM IST. Skeet teams won bronze on September 23 and Manu Bhaker placed fifth in 10m air pistol. Five hundred one Indian athletes compete in 36 sports.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Day 6 schedules Indian rowers, canoe sprinters and triple jump finalists Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht.
- Women's cricket gold and Mirabai Chanu's weightlifting silver already headline India's tally.
- Medal events in swimming, fencing and table tennis depend on qualification rounds through the day.
What's Happening
- Women's skeet trio Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal totalled 331 for historic team bronze.
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka scored 25 of 28 shots in men's skeet, one behind Taiwan's bronze medalist.
- Jay Meena won India's first soft tennis medal, a bronze, after a semifinal loss to Japan.
Shooting strength and near misses
- Elavenil Valarivan led rifle silvers in women's 10m air rifle individual and team events.
- Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil secured men's 10m air rifle podium finishes for India.
- Suchika Tariyal won India's first Asian Games MMA bronze earlier in the tournament.
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