India at Asian Games, Oct 1, as it happened: Men’s badminton team win silver, 9 medals in athletics

That’s it for Scroll’s coverage of the Asian Games for today.

What a day! The highlight of this action-packed Sunday remains the medal rush in athletics where the athletes picked up nine medals. From Avinash Sable and Sreeshankar Murali to Asiads veteran Seema Punia and the young Jyothi Yarraji, it was quite the evening.

Additionally, it was a dramatic, thrilling face-off between India and China in badminton that saw the Chinese win 3-2. India bring home the silver, their first medal in the event since 1986.

Earlier in the day, the Indian shooters added three more medals to the tally. In boxing, Nikhat Zareen was at the receiving end of a narrow defeat in the 50kg women’s semi-final. She returns with a bronze. Meanwhile, Parveen confirmed a medal by qualifying for the women’s 57kg and a spot in the Paris Olympics 2024.

In golf, Aditi Ashok won silver in the women’s individual event.

All in all, India finish the day with the fourth spot after grabbing 52 medals total.

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