India opened their medal account early on the ninth day at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Monday, October 2.
India won a bronze medal in both men's and women’s 3000m speed skating relay race to add to the overall medal tally.
The women’s team comprising Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu, and Aarathy Kasthuri Raj scored 4:34.861 to ensure a podium finish.
Chinese Taipei won gold with a time of 4:19.447, followed by South Korea, who clocked 4:21.146.
Moments after the women's team victory, the men’s 3000m speed skating relay race also had similar kind of results with the same three countries taking up the podium finish.
The Indian men’s team included Aryanpal Singh, Anandkumar, Siddhant Rahul, and Vikram Rajendra, who scored 4:10.128 to place third. Chinese Taipei clinched the top spot with 4:05.692, edging past South Korea, who finished second with 4:05.702.
The men's team had qualified for the final after finishing second in the heat with a timing of 4:15.126.
Overall, the two medal wins marked India’s third and fourth-ever medals in the roller skating event at the Asian Games.
Indian roller skaters had won two bronze medals at the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games in men’s free skating and pairs skating events.
Earlier in the ninth day, India's recurve mixed pair of Ankita and Atanu made it to the quarterfinals after defeating Malaysia in the pre-quarters. They will next face Indonesia.
The compound mixed pair of Ojas and Jyothi defeated UAE 159-151 to go through to the quarter-final. They will be up against Malaysia in their next fixture.
The compound men's team of Ojas Deotale, Prathamesh Jawkar, and Abhishek Verma qualified for the quarter-finals after defeating Singapore 235-219 while the women's team also qualified for the quarters after receiving a bye in the Round of 16.
Yashas Palaksha joined Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan in the final of the Men's 400m Hurdles event after he finished second in his Heat with a timing of 49.61s.