Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India win first equestrian gold medal in 41 years

Explained: What is dressage in equestrian

Six wins in a row on Tuesday at the Asian Games saw Bhavani Devi scorching the fencing piste (playing area) at the Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium. But the story didn't have a fairytale ending. She was angry, agitated and unimpressed at the end of her next match, where a win would have seen her create history.

'It was very emotional when our national anthem was playing': Gold-medal winning dressage riders

Nothing can beat the effort that the Indian dressage team conjured up on Tuesday. Quietly, performing ballet on horseback, almost 100 kilometres away from where most of the Asian Games activity was happening, the dressage team added a piece of history to India's campaign, catching most unawares. India's third gold medal of the Games so far is honestly the most unexpected one, which is one of the many reasons why it warmed hearts the most.

In the seventh round of the men's individual chess event at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, third-seeded Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi faced a loss against the top-ranked Chinese player Wei Yi. Despite this setback, the 28-year-old Indian remains in a joint second position with 5 points from 7 rounds, trailing Wei Yi by just half a point. Sharing the second-place position with Gujrathi is Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

WUSHU: India's Suraj Yadav loses to M Khalid Hotak of Afghanistan in men's 70kg quarterfinal. Hotak comes up with a hard kick on Suraj's head as he falls down and requires assistance to get up. Hope the Indian player doesn't get any major injury.

Indian boxers Sachin Siwach (57kg) and Narender Berwal (+92kg) produced dominating shows to sail into the pre-quarterfinals and quarterfinals respectively at the Asian Games on Tuesday.

Up Next - WUSHU: India's Suraj Yadav takes on M Khalid Hotak of Afghanistan in men's 70kg quarterfinal

The Indian men's 4x100m medley relay team obliterated the national record for the second time in the day but it was not enough to grab a medal as it finished fifth at the Asian Games on Tuesday. The quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Likhith Selvaraj, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George Mathew bettered the 3:40.84 timing set earlier in heat 1 in the day, clocking 3:40.20 in the final.

CHESS: Table topper Vidit Gujrathi loses to China’s Yi Wei as the Chinese overtakes the Indian on accumulated points (Vidit has 5.0 points while Wei has 5.5) while Arjun Erigaisi registered a win against Indonesia’s Novendra Priasmoro in men's individual Round 7.

WUSHU: India's Surya Bhanu Partap Singh loses to Minsoo Kim of Korea in men's 60kg quarterfinal

SQUASH: India beat Qatar 3-0 in men's Pool A match.

SWIMMING: Indian quartet - Srihari Nataraj, Likith Prema, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George - finishes 5th with a timing of 3:40.20 in Men's 4x100m Medley Relay final

Up Next - SWIMMING: Indian quartet - Srihari Nataraj, Likith Prema, Sajan Prakash and Tanish George - in Men's 4x100m Medley Relay final

The Indian men's volleyball team on Tuesday finished sixth at the Hangzhou Asian Games after suffering a 0-3 defeat against arch-rivals Pakistan. Displaying a dominant performance throughout the match, Pakistan triumphed 25-21, 25-20, 25-23 in a match that lasted an hour and 14 minutes.

BOXING: India's Narender storms into men's boxing +92kg category quarterfinals after knocking out Oomatbek Elchoro Uulu of Kyrgyzstan in the first round.

CHESS: D Harika and Koneru Humpy play out draws as they shared spoils with Zhansaya Abdumalik and Munkhzul Turmunh respectively in Round 7

India claimed the team dressage gold in equestrian sport at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday, breaking a 41-year-old jinx at the continental event.

Sumit Nagal, known for his counter-punching style, effectively neutralised the challenge posed by the big-serving Beibit Zhukayev through sheer determination. Nagal's superior point control led him to a thrilling 7-6 (9), 6-4 victory in the men's singles third round at the Asian Games on Tuesday.

SWIMMING: India's Aryan Nehra and Kushagra Rawat finish 7th and 8th respectively in Men's 1500m Freestyle - Fast Heat final

VOLLEYBALL: India finish 6th after losing 0-3 to Pakistan in the men’s volleyball 5th/6th classification match

VOLLEYBALL: Pakistan take third set 25-23 against India in the men’s volleyball 5th/6th classification match.

PM Modi lauds Neha!

VOLLEYBALL: Pakistan take second set 25-20 against India in the men’s volleyball 5th/6th classification match.

TENNIS: India's Yuki Bhambri/Ankita Raina blank Pakistan's Aqeel Khan/Sarah Ibrahim Khan 6-0, 6-0 to storm into the third round of mixed doubles event.

Victory lap after golden delight!

PM Modi congratulates dressage team for historic gold!

Indian sailor Neha Thakur grabs silver medal

TENNIS: India's Yuki Bhambri/Ankita Raina take first set 6-0 against Aqeel Khan/Sarah Ibrahim Khan of Pakistan in the 2nd round of mixed doubles event.

VOLLEYBALL: Pakistan take first set 25-21 against India in the men’s volleyball 5th/6th classification match.

Delayed Asian Games a blessing for Neha Thakur

When the Asian Games was delayed by a year owing to the COVID-19 situation in China, it wreaked havoc with the schedule of many athletes, but for Indian sailor Neha Thakur, it proved to be a blessing in disguise. Neha won a silver in girl's dinghy ILCA-4 event to open the country's medal count in the sport at the Hangzhou Games on Tuesday. But, if the Games were held last year, as per the original schedule, Neha would not have been a part of the Indian team, as Ritika Dangi was the country's number one in her event at that point in time.

Up Next: MEN’S VOLLEYBALL - India vs Pakistan in 5th/6th classification match.

CHESS: India’s Harika Dronavalli and Koneru Humpey play out draws against Kazakhstan‘s Zhansaya Abdumalik and Indonesia’s Medina Aulia in women’s individual Round 6.

CHESS: Arjun Erigaisi loses to Mongolia’s Bilguun Sumiya 0-1 in men's individual Round 6

CHESS: India’s Vidit Gujrathi beats Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1-0 in men's individual Round 6. With 5.0 points, Vidit now tops the standings.

TENNIS: India's Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Thandi lose 4-6, 1-6 to Eudice Chong and Hong Wong of Hong Kong in the 2nd round of Women’s doubles event.

Indian judoka Tulika Maan's quest for a medal at the Asian Games hit a stumbling block when she faced Mongolia's Amarsaikhan Adiyasuren in the bronze-medal play-off of the women's +78kg event on Tuesday. Tulika, the 25-year-old athlete hailing from Delhi and a silver medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, faced a challenging bout against Adiyasuren. Unfortunately, she suffered a defeat with a score of 0-10 by ippon at Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium.

TENNIS: Sumit Nagal battles into singles quarters

India's Sumit Nagal beats Beibit Zhukayev of Kazakhstan 7-6, 6-4 to enter men's singles quarterfinals

Gold medal winning equestrian team

China were second with 204.882 percentage points, while Hong Kong finished with a bronze with 204.852 points

India last won a gold in equestrian in the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi

The last medal in dressage, a bronze, came during the 1986 edition

It is the first time in the history of the sport, India secured a team gold in dressage event

The team comprising Divyakriti Singh astride Adrenalin Firfod, Hriday Vipul Chhed (Chemxpro Emerald) and Anush Agarwalla (Etro) aggregated 209.205 percentage points on way to the top podium finish

India broke a 41-year-old jinx at the continental Equestrian event

Sudipti Hajela was also part of the team, but only the top three scores were counted in the event

India's medal count so far

India's Tulika Maan loses bronze medal match in Women's Judo +78 Kg category