The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday announced that Harmanpreet Singh, the celebrated Indian Captain, will lead the 655-member Indian contingent alongside renowned Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain as the joint flag-bearers for the upcoming 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022.
Harmanpreet Singh is one of the most effective drag-flickers in world hockey and was a member of India’s Olympic bronze medal-winning team in Tokyo. With six goals, Singh was India’s top scorer at Tokyo 2020.
He also led India to a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last y
India are placed in Pool A along with Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore, and will open their campaign at the prestigious event against Singapore on September 27.
The Indian women's cricket team will be playing at the Asian Games for the first time in China's Hangzhou and is gearing up for the continental contest
The Lightweight Men's Double Sculls duo of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh, showed their grit with a second-place finish in the heats, clocking a time of 6:27.45.
The Indian contingent of the Hangzhou Asian Games had a mixed bag on day one as the men's volleyball team started with a thumping win over Cambodia, but on the other side, the much-anticipated campaign of the men's football team led by Sunil Chhetri started with a huge loss to China.
Despite a brave first-half performance, the Indian men's football team lost to host China 1-5 in their opening group game at the 19th Asian Games on Tuesday at the Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium, in Hangzhou.
The women's cricket competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games kicked off on Tuesday with Indonesia securing a win over Mongolia and Malaysia defeating Hong Kong at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field