India at Asian Games, Sept 30, live blog: Long jumpers, shooters, hurdlers reach final

Athletics, Women’s Heptathlon, high jump: Swapna Barman’s high jump ends with a best of 1.70m. Underwhelming from the defending champion and she knows it as she tears up. She jumped 1.80m in Jakarta 2018. Valuable points dropped by Barman in her defence of gold. She gets 855 points compared to the 1003 she won five years ago in the discipline.

Kurash, women’s -52kg R16: Picky Balhara, a silver medallist from 2018 Jakarta, is through to the quarter-finals with a 5-3 win over South Korea’s Lee Ye Joo.

Canoeing, Men’s Double 500m Heat 1: The pair of Gyaneshwor Philem and Ribason Ningthoujam clock 1:54.820s to finish fourth. They move into the semi-finals.

Athletics, Women’s Heptathlon, high jump: Ah Swapna Barman fails to clear 1.73m with two attempts. The first attempt was close while the second attempt was a poor one as she took down the bar with her back.

Shooting, Women’s Trap: The Indian team is at the top of the standings after first round of 25 shots each. While Preeti Rajak and Manisha Keer shot 24 targets each, Rajeshwari Kumari hit it 23 times.

Equestrian, Eventing Dressage Individual and Team: Ashish Limaye astride Willy Be Dun rise to the top of the chart at the end of the dressage routine in eventing. He has...

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