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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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