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

India thrash Singapore 16-1 in their 2nd Group stage match. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored 4 goals. Mandeep Singh scored a hattrick .

tar Indian fencer Bhavani Devi stormed into the women's sabre individual pre-quarterfinals, earning the top rank in her pool at the Asian Games. In pursuit of a maiden Asian Games medal in fencing, the 30-year-old Tokyo Olympian out-skilled all her five opponents to top the pool. She started off by beating her Singapore rival Juliet Jie Min Heng 5-2, and then out-skilled Saudi Arabia's Alhsna Alhammad 5-1. Against Karina Dospay, the Asian Championships bronze medal-winning Indian prevailed 5-3. In her last two pool fixtures, she easily beat Uzbekistan's Zaynab Dayibekova and Roksana Khatun of Bangladesh by identical 5-1 margins to top the pool. The 30-year-old, who became the first Indian fencer to make the Tokyo Olympics, will face Thailand's Tonkhaw Phokaew in the round of 16.

Bhavani Devi has asserted her dominance in the Women's Individual Pool Rounds, securing a flawless record of 5 wins in 5 matches in Pool 4, guaranteeing her a spot in the Table of 16. The Indian fencer has been handed a bye for the Table of 32.

(In the image) QB is written in front of Divyansh and Ramita, who finished sixth and marched into the final. QB stands for Qualified for Bronze medal match.

Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita finish sixth in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. Divyansh and Ramita will play for bronze medal in the final.