Asian Games Day Four Brings Mixed Fortunes for Indian Athletes Across Events

The Indian contingent enters the fourth day of the Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya still searching for its first gold medal, holding six medals from the opening days. The shooting pairing of Parth Mane and Elavenil Valarivan finish fourth among four teams in the mixed 10m air rifle final. Meanwhile, karateka Chetan Bhatt loses his men's Kumite 84kg bronze medal playoff against Meng-yu Chung. In boxing, Sakshi Chaudhary starts her campaign in the women's 51kg category with a 5-0 win over Paris Olympics light flyweight bronze medalist Aira Cordero Villegas from the Philippines. On the badminton courts, Lakshya Sen faces a tough challenge against world number five Kodai Naraoka, falling behind early as the Japanese player asserts control. In the men's team table tennis event, India exits after a 0-3 loss to South Korea. Manush Shah takes two games off Oh Junsung before losing in the fifth game, and Manav Thakkar drops a close four-game match to An Jaehyun after holding a lead in the opening game. The Indian women's table tennis team also exits in the quarterfinals following a 1-3 defeat against Japan.