The eighth day of the Asian Games saw India cross the 50-medals mark with the Athletics contingent setting a new record in the continental showpiece. Avinash Sable bagged the first gold medal in the track and field events.Sable clocked 8:19.50 to become the first male athlete to bag a gold in the men's 3000m steeplechase at the Asiad. Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his Asian Games title in the men's shotput to add another gold medal to India's tally.There was an ideal endorsement for the budding athletes to look for the 1500m race with India winning medals in both men's and women's finals. Reigning champion Jinson Johnson finished third in the men's 1500m behind compatriot Ajay Kumar Saroj, who finished second as the difference between the two runners was just 0.40 seconds. In the women's 1500m, Harmilan Bains won a silver medal for India.Nandini Agasara finished third in the Women's Heptathlon with an overall tally of 5712 points. The 20-year-old made giant strides on the second day as she won the 800m race and finished third in the Long Jump event. Nandi, who also won the women's 200m race a day before, pipped her compatriot Swapna Barman to bag the bronze medal.The spotlight of the day was on sprinter Jyothi Yarraji as she was dragged into the false start controversy in the Women's 100m Hurdles. Brushing aside the uncertain situation, the Indian sprinter finished third with 12.91 seconds. However, the medal color elevated from bronze to silver following the disqualification of home athlete Wu Yaani.The Indian men's badminton team squandered their best chance of clinching a gold medal in the continental showpiece. The 2-0 lead was well constructed by the dazzling efforts of Lakshya Sen and the star duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. India stuttered from the moment Kidambi Srikanth went down in straight games in the third set.The scratchy inexperienced players in the doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Sai Pratheek failed to put up a fight against the World No.8 Chinese opponents. HS Prannoy's injury before the final game cost the Indian contingent big time as Mithun Manjunath also conceded defeats in successive games in the decider. India eventually settled for a silver, making it a historic achievement in the Asian Games history.Earlier in the day, the robust shooting contingent claimed three medals in the trap event in both men's and women's competitions to extend their best-ever record to 22 medals this year.India set a new personal record for bagging the most medals in a single day of the Asian Games, claiming 15 medals on Day 8. The previous best for the Indian contingent was 11 medals in 2010, which was achieved on Day 11 in the Guangzhou edition.India's Results at Asian Games 2023 on October 1GolfWomen's Individual Round 4Aditi Ashok - 2nd (271)Pranavi Urs - 13 (284)Avani Prashanth - T18 (291)Women's Team Round 4 India - 4th (554)Men's Individual Round 4Anirban Lahiri - T12 (274)Hitesh Joshi - T27 (281)SSP Chawrasia - 29 (282)Shubhankar Sharma - 32 (286)Men's Team Round 4India - 7th (830)Archery - Qualification Round ResultsRecurve Men's Individual Qualification Round Atanu Das - 4th (678)Dhiraj Bommadevara - 7th (675)Tushar Prabhakar Shelke - 15th (669)Mrinal Chauhan - 17th (667)Compound Men's Individual Qualification Round Ojas Pravin Deotale - 3rd (709)Abhishek Verma - 4th (708)Prathamesh Jawkar - 10th (700)Rajat Chauhan - 16th (698)Recurve Women's Individual Qualification Round Ankita Bhakat - 14th (649)Kaur Bhajan - 18th (640)Simranjeet Kaur - 19th (640)Prachi Singh - 55th (593)Compound Women's Individual Qualification Round Jyothi Surekha Vennam - 1st (704)Aditi Gopichand Swami - 4th (696)Parneet Kaur - 12th (687)Avneet Kaur - 15th (685)ShootingTrap-50 Men's Qualification Phase 2 Kynan Darius Chenai - 1st (122)Zoravar Singh Sandhu - 2nd (120)Prithviraj Tondaiman - 11th (119)Trap-50 Team Men (Phase 2)Team India - (Kynan Darius Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Prithviraj Tondaiman) - 1st (361)Trap Men's Final Kynan Darius Chenai - 3rd (32)Zoravar Singh Sandhu - 5th (23rd)Trap-50 Women's Qualification Phase 2 Manisha Keer - 5th (114)Preeti Rajak - 9th (112)Kumari Rajeshwari - 11th (111)Trap-50 Team Women (Phase 2)Team India - (Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Kumari Rajeshwari) - 2nd (337)Trap Women's Final Manisha Keer - 6th (16)Roller SkatingWomen's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament Heat Group 2Karthika Jagadeeswaran - 3rd (1:44.957)Sanjana Bathula - 5th (1:45.435)Women's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament Semifinal Group1Karthika Jagadeeswaran - 3rd (1:36.860)Women's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament Semifinal Group2Sanjana Bathula - 6th (1:42.681)Women's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament FinalKarthika Jagadeeswaran - 5th (1:40.395)Men's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament Heat Group1Vikram Rajendra Ingale - 3rd (1:32.598)Men's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament Heat Group2Aryanpal Singh Ghuman - 4th (1:42.708)Men's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament Semifinal Group2Vikram Rajendra Ingale - 3rd (1:26.100)Aryanpal Singh Ghuman - 4th (1:26.222)Men's Speed Skating 1000m Sprint Tournament Final Vikram Rajendra Ingale - 4th (1:29.952)Aryanpal Singh Ghuman - 7th (1:30.466)SepaktakrawWomen's Quadrant Preliminary Group B ResultsIndia 0-2 Laos (14-21, 16-21)India 0-2 China (15-21, 14-21)Men's Quadrant Preliminary Group B ResultsJapan 2-0 India (21-14, 21-16)Squash Mixed Doubles Pool ADipika Pallikal/Harinder Pal Singh 2-0 Hwayeong Eum/Jaejin Yoo (11-2, 11-5)Mixed Doubles Pool ADipika Pallikal/Harinder Pal Singh 2-0 Mehwish Ali/Noor Zaman (11-4, 11-1)Mixed Doubles Pool DAnahat Singh/Abhay Singh 2-0 Yvonne Alyssa Dalida/David Pelino (11-7, 11-5)Mixed Doubles Pool DAnahat Singh/Abhay Singh 2-0 Sadia Gul/Farhan Zaman (11-3, 11-2)Men's Singles Round of 32Mahesh Mangaonkar 3-0 Reyes Jonathan (11-8, 11-4, 11-2)VolleyballWomen's Preliminary Round - Pool AChina 3-0 India (25-9, 25-9, 25-9)Basketball (5x5)Women's Preliminary Round Group AChina 111-53 IndiaBridgeMen's Team Round Robin 2-5Republic of Korea 0.53 - 19.47 IndiaMen's Team Round Robin 2-6India 12 - No CompetitorMen's Team Round Robin 2-7India 3.62 - 16.38 Hong Kong, ChinaMen's Team Round Robin 2-8 China 8.72 - 11.28 IndiaWomen's Team Round Robin 2-4Chinese Taipei 3.79 - 16.21 IndiaWomen's Team Round Robin 2-5Thailand 6.04 - 13.96 IndiaMixed Team Round Robin 2-5India 15.06 - 4.94 PhilippinesMixed Team Round Robin 2-6Indonesia 15.85 - 4.15 IndiaMixed Team Round Robin 2-7India 4.34 - 15.66 Chinese TaipeiMixed Team Round Robin 2-8India 3.97 - 16.03 Hong Kong, ChinaAthleticsWomen's Heptathlon Long JumpNandini Agasara - 3rd (5.94)Swapna Barman - 7th (5.71)Women's Heptathlon Javelin ThrowSwapna Barman - 5th (45.13)Nandini Agasara - 9th (39.88)Women's Heptathlon 800m Nandini Agasara - 1st (2:15.33)Swapna Barman - 3rd (2:16.74)Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 1Jyothi Yarraji - 3rd (23.78)Men's 200m Round 1 - Heat 4Amlan Borgohain - 3rd (21.08)Men's Shotput FinalTajinderpal Singh Toor - 1st (20.36)Sahib Singh - 8th (18.62)Men's Long Jump FinalMurali Sreeshankar - 2nd (8.19)Jeswin Aldrin - 8th (7.76)Men's 3000m Steeplechase FinalAvinash Sable - 1st (8:19.50)Men's 1500m FinalAjay Kumar Saroj - 2nd (3:38.94)Jinson Johnson - 3rd (3:39.74)Men's 200m SemifinalAmlan Borgohain - 5th (21.03)Women's Discus Throw FinalSeema Punia - 3rd (58.62)Women's 1500m FinalHarmilan Bains - 2nd (4:12.74)Deeksha - 9th (4:27.77)Women's 100m Hurdles FinalJyothi Yarraji - 2nd (12.91)Nithya Ramraj - 7th (13.40)Canoe SprintWomen's Canoe Single 200m Heat 1Megha Pradeep: 5th (56.705)Women's Canoe Single 200m SemifinalMegha Pradeep: 4th (55.406)Women's Kayak Single 500m Heat 2Soniya Devi: 4th (2:17.351)Women's Kayak Single 500m SemifinalSoniya Devi: 2nd (2:16.435)ChessMen's Team Round 3India 3.0-1.0 KazakhstanWomen's Team Round 3Indonesia 0.5-3.5 IndiaBoxingWomen's 54-57kg Quarterfinal Parveen 5:0 Sitora Turdibekova (Win on Points)Women's 57-60kg Quarterfinal Jaismine 0:0 Ungyong Won (Ungyong is the winner as Referee Stops Contest)Women's 45-50kg SemifinalChuthamat Raksat 3:2 Nikhat Zareen (Win on Points)HockeyWomen's Preliminary Pool ARepublic of Korea 1-1 IndiaBadmintonMen's Team Gold Medal MatchIndia 2-3 ChinaLakshya Sen 2-1 Shi Yuqi (22-20, 14-21, 21-18)Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty 2-0 Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang (21-15, 21-18)Srikanth Kidambi 0-2 Li Shifeng (22-24, 9-21)Dhruv Kapila/Sai Pratheek 0-2 Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi (6-21, 15-21)Mithun Manjunath 0-2 Hongyang Weng (12-21, 4-21)