Slow Start for Indian Shooters on Day 5 as Chanu Seeks First Medal

UPDATE - follow-up to Asian Games Day 5 Live Updates: Manu, Esha, Suruchi in shooting action; Mirabai Chanu eyes elusive medal: Indian shooters Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Singh, and Esha Singh faced a slow start in the 10m air pistol events. Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker finished the first series with a score of 95, while Suruchi and Esha both scored 94. Manu quickly bounced back in the second round by scoring 49 out of 50. Currently, Manu sits in 15th position, with Suruchi at 36th and Esha at 37th spot. In swimming, Benedicton Beniston finished fourth in Heat 2 of the Men's 100m Butterfly with a time of 53.08 seconds, missing out on the final after placing over 13th. Sajan Prakash did not start that race. Megha Pradeep finished fifth in the Women's Canoe Single 200m heats with a time of 49.675 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals. Meanwhile, the Men's Kayak Four 500m team placed third in their heats with a time of 1 minute and 29.447 seconds, earning a spot in Final A. In table tennis, Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade lost their first game 9-11 to Maldives players Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali. In sepaktakraw, the Indian team beat the Philippines 2-0 in their preliminary group clash after earlier dropping points against Japan and Malaysia.