Asiad: With two more golds; India maintain 9th place

INCHEON: Tennis star SaniaMirza teamed up with SakethMyneni to clinch the gold in mixed double while SeemaPunia also brought glory with her gold-winning act as India maintained the ninth position in the overall standings on the 10th day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games on Monday.

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Wrestler Bajrang and the men's tennis combination of Sanam Singh and Myneni picked up silver medals on yet another productive day for the Indian contingent.

Athletes O P Jaisha (women's 1500m) and Naveen Kumar (men's 3000m steeplechase) and wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav (74kg) also contributed to the medal collection by picking up bronze medals.

The 27-year-old Sania stole the limelight as she paired up with unheralded Myneni to carve out an easy victory in the final against the Chinese Taipei pair of Hao Ching Chan and Hsien Yin Peng as the Indians ended their tennis campaign with an impressive haul of five medals.

On the track and field, it was Seema's day as she clinched the coveted gold medal, making amends for her non-participation in the last two Games in Guangzhou and Doha.

Bajrang (61kg) was also a star performer as he scripted remarkable come-from-behind victories to reach the final where he ultimately succumbed to Massoud Mahmoud of Iran in a closely-contested bout.

The wrestlers continued to provide the much-needed boost to India's medal collection as Narsingh Yadav also claimed a bronze in the men's 74kg freestyle event.

With the addition of seven medals today, India maintained their ninth position with a total of haul of 42 -- six gold, seven silver and 29 bronze. China maintained their supremacy with a tally of 238 (112-72-54) followed by hosts South Korea 146 and Japan 132.

However, there was disappointment for the women's hockey team which lost the semifinal match against South Korea 1-3 and will now take on Japan for the bronze medal play-off.

The boxing ring also did not bring much cheers for the Indians with former World Championship bronze-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) being the only one to advance to quarterfinals. Gaurav Bhiduri (52kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg) and Kuldeep Singh (81kg) bowed out after losing their respective quarterfinal bouts.

Playing for pride at the Hwaseong Sports Complex Gymnasium, the women's team outplayed its Mongolian counterpart 68-50 after taking a lead from the first quarter itself.

However, there were mixed results in sepaktakraw. While Indian men's team registered a comprehensive straight-game win over Brunei and Nepal, their women counterparts sunk against Indonesia in preliminary round matches.

The Indian team took just 38 minutes to see off the challenge from Brunei 21-12 21-15 in men's regu preliminary group B match early in the day before getting a 2-0 result in their favour after Nepal did not start the match, here at Bucheon Gymnasium.

However, the women's team went down in a little over half an hour as their fight was crushed 12-21 13-21 by Indonesian eves in a Women's Regu preliminary Group A match.

India's male spikers lost their second consecutive group E play-off encounter as they went down to Qatar in straight games in the volleyball event at the Asian Games here today.

Qatar won by an identical margin of 25-20 25-20 25-20 in a match that lasted an hour and 10 minutes and also officially ended India's chances of making it to the knock-out rounds.

India have already lost to South Korea in an earlier encounter.

There was disappointment in canoeing and kayaking final. Gaurav Tomar, who had topped the semifinal yesterday, found the going tough at the Hanam Misari Center as he took 4:17:389 minutes to cover 1000m in the Canoe Men's Single (C1) Final A to finish at the seventh spot.

Albert Raj Selvaraj also had a disappointing outing in the Kayak men's Single K1 Final A as he finished at eighth spot after clocking 3:59.933 to cover a distance of 1000m.

Ajit Kumar Sha and Raju Rawat clocked 4:00.800 to finish fifth in Canoe Double (C2) 1000m Men Final A, while the quartet of Ragina Kiro, Biju Anusha, Soniya Devi and Nanao Devi Ahongshangbam could manage a timing of 1:52.022 to sign off at the seventh spot in Kayak Four (K4) 500m Women Final A.

Men's quartet of Ajit Singh, Sunny Kumar, Ramesh Golli, Chingching Singh Arambam also were lacklustre in their performance as they ended in the eighth spot, ahead of only bottom-placed Singapore, after clocking 3:15.291 in Kayak Four (K4) 1000m Men Final A.

In Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women Final A, Ragina Kiro and Nanao Devi clocked 1:55.351 to languish at the bottom, while Jamesboy Singh Oinam too finished last after producing a timing of 43.981 in Canoe Single (C1) 200m Men Final A.

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Asiad: Discus thrower Seema Punia wins gold

INCHEON: Discus thrower Seema Punia Antil ended India's gold-less streak in track and field events on the third day of athletics competitions as she beat back a strong challenge from two Chinese rivals to bag the coveted yellow metal at the Asian Games on Monday.

Seema ran away with the gold with a best throw of 61.03m in the women's discus throw final while team-mate Krishna Poonia finished fourth with a below par 55.57m at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium here.

Prior to Seema's golden throw, women's metric miler O P Jaisha and men's 3000m steeplechaser Naveen Kumar picked up a bronze each to boost the country's medal tally from athletics to eight from three days.

31-year-old Seema, who did not participate in the last two Asian Games and who came here after winning a silver in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, took the lead with her very first throw of 55.76 before coming up with her best effort with a throw of 61.03m off her fourth attempt.

China's Lu Xiaoxin took the silver in 59.35m while her compatriot Tan Jian, who finished sixth in the last two World Championships, bagged the bronze with a throw of 59.03m.

Seema, who became emotional during the medal ceremony, told reporters that she had been waiting for this moment over the last three years.

"I am very happy to get the gold which I expected to win today. I have trained for this gold over the last three years. I had waited for this after missing the last two Asian Games," she said.

"I usually don't perform well in my first throw. But I followed my coach's instructions today to hurl the disc past the 55m mark with my first attempt," she said.

She said her silver medal in the Glasgow CWG "motivated me to go for the gold here."

Asked whether the damp weather conditions affected the athletes in any way, she said, "I wish I had brought two extra pairs of shoes."

Kerala-born Jaisha won the bronze in the women's 1500m while army athlete Naveen Kumar stood third in the men's 3000m steeplechase as Indians bagged three medals on the third day of the competitions in the blue-riband discipline.

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Indians end freestyle wrestling with two medals

INCHEON: Bajrang accounted for a silver and Narsingh Pancham Yadav won a bronze today to cap off India's freestyle wrestling competition on a high with the country earning five medals from the mat, including a gold in the 17th Asian Games.

Bajrang lost 1-3 to Massoud Mahmoud of Iran in the finals of men's 61kg category to settle for a silver while Narsingh got the better of Daisuke Shimada of Japan 3-1 in the men's 74kg division to finish third on the podium at the Dowon Gymnasium here.

Pawan Kumar though went down fighting in his repechage bout in 86kg division to crash out of the event.

In the final bout where fortunes ebbed and flowed, the Iranian grabbed the first two points to lead 2-0 at interval.

Bajrang soon made it 2-2 by pinning his opponent down in the beginning of the second half. Massoud once again surged ahead but Narsingh quickly levelled it 4-4 with just 35 seconds to go for the bout.

The Indian, however, failed to capitalise on the advantage even as the Iranian held on to his nerves to earn two more points in the dying seconds of the match to grab the yellow metal.

Narsingh, who has been selected in the absence of two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in 74kg freestyle, prevailed over his stronger Japanese opponent in a hard-fought contest.

Although Narsingh earned the first point, soon the Japanese made it 3-1. The Indian grappler kept coming back from behind throughout the fight. Down 5-7, he came from behind to first level the scores and then earn two more points to have the last laugh.

Earlier, on the way to the finals, Bajrang had beaten Tumenbileg Tuvshintulga of Mongolia 3-1 in the Round of 16 before registering victory by technical superiority 4-1 over Tajikistan's Farkhodi Usmonzoda in the quarters.

The semifinal bout against Japan's Noriyuki Takatsuka turned out to be a neck-to-neck battle. There was little to separate between the two other than the fact that the Japanese was a bit quicker on his feet.

The Japanese managed to pick up the first two points and, at the end of first round, was leading 2-0.

Bajrang, however, fought back in the second round and made a strong comeback to level the scores 2-2. He scored the last point in the bout to finally wrap it up 3-1 (classification point) to enter the final.

Narsingh and Pawan did not have a great start but they could made it to the repechage round.

Narsingh, who lost 1-3 to Uzbekistan's Rashid Kurbanov in the Round of 16, defeated Ramazan Kambarov of Turkmenistan 4-1 in a victory by fall verdict in his repechage round to enter the bronze medal play-off.

Pawan, however, lost his repechage bout against China's Zhang Feng 1-4 (decision by points), failing to enter the bronze medal round.

Pawan had earlier won his Round of 16 against Nepal's Sumir Kumar Sah by Great Superiority but went down to Meisam Mostafajoukar in the quarterfinals after he was completely outplayed 0-4 by the Iranian wrestler.

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OP Jaisha wins bronze in women's 1,500m

INCHEON: India's middle distance runner OP Jaisha won the bronze medal in the women's 1,500 metres in the 17th Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium here Monday.

The Indian finished third in four minutes 13.46 seconds. Bahrain claimed the gold and silver medals, with Maryam Yusuf Isa Jamal finishing first in 4 min 09.90 secs followed by Belete Gebregeiorges (4 min 11.03 secs).

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Sania-Saketh grab mixed doubles gold

INCHEON: SaniaMirza and SakethMyneni combined well to clinch gold medal in the mixed doubles event as India's tennis campaign at the Asian Games concluded with a rich haul of five medals at the Asian Games, on Monday.

The second seeds overwhelmed the top-seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Hao Ching Chan and Hsien Yin Peng 6-4 6-3 in the summit clash in only 69 minutes.

Myneni though could not make it two out of two as he lost the men's doubles final with Sanam Singh to settle for a silver. The Indians lost the keenly-contested final 5-7 6-7(2) to Korea's Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung earlier in the day.

The defeat for the fifth seeded Indian men meant that Sanam could not win a second consecutive gold at the Asian Games, having won gold with Somdev devvarman at the Guangzhou Games in 2010.

India had won five medals at the 2010 Games too but with two golds. It was a commendable show by the young Indian players, who performed in the absence of top players.

Star players -- Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna -- had to pull out of the Asian Games to salvage their season on the professional circuit.

Yuki Bhambri won twin bronze medals in the men's singles and double with Divij Sharan while Sania and Prarthana Thombare won bronze in the women's doubles event.

Interestingly, Sania, now has eight Asian Games medals to her credit.

Myneni, playing Asian Games for the first time, was not only terrific with his big service game he was very agile at net, firing a lot of volleys for winners. The Indian pair targetted Hao and many a times the Taipei girl took the furious shot hit by Myneni on her body.

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Yogeshwar's wrestling gold lifts India in medal tally

INCHEON: Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt notched up India's fourth gold medal, while Khushbir Kaur became the first woman from the country to win a medal in 20km Race Walking by clinching a silver as India shot up to eighth in overall standings on the ninth day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games here today.

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Besides, tennis players accounted for three bronze medals through Yuki Bhambri (men's singles and men's doubles with Divij Sharan) and Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare (women's doubles). Middle-distance runner M R Poovamma won a bronze in the women's 400m race.

It was yet another joyful day for the Indian contingent after yesterday's rich haul of 10 medals and have now broken into the top 10 for the first time since the multi-discipline extravaganza began on September 19.

With the addition of six more medals today, India were placed eighth in the table with a collection of four gold, five silver and 24 bronze. China continued to maintain their supremacy with a tally of 207 (101-61-45), followed by South Korea (41-45-44) and Japan (32-44-44).

Medals won today aside, India can look forward to rich haul in the coming days as well with the women boxers assured of medals in all three weight categories. The men's doubles tennis team of Sanam Singh and Saketh Myneni also assured themselves of at least a silver by advancing to the final.

Yogeshwar was star performer of the day as he better his 2006 edition bronze in style with a couple of splendid bouts. The Olympic bronze-medallist was trailing all through in his semifinal bout before coming good in the last few seconds to enter the final.

In the summit clash, Yogeshwar defeated Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan to expectedly pick the gold.

Earlier, Khushbir Kaur provided the early spark by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walking in the Asian Games as she clinched a silver in 20km event.

The 21-year-old from Amritsar clocked 1:33:07 to finish behind Lu Xiuzhi of China, who won the gold in 1:31:06, at the Marathon Course here.

The Indian, who holds the national record of 1:31:40, was consistently third till the 18km mark before going up a position in the final two kilometres, thanks largely to the slowing down of second-placed Chinese Nie Jingjing, who eventually finished fourth.

This is the biggest triumph of Khushbir's nascent career after the bronze medal she won at this year's Asian Walking Championships bronze in Japan. She was the first Indian woman to achieve such a feat.

In tennis, Yuki clinched India's lone singles' medal settling for a bronze in the men's event after unforced errors cost him the semifinal clash against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka. A profligate Yuki lost the match 6-3 2-6 1-6 in one hour and 46 minutes.

The Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare also settled for a bronze after losing their women's doubles semifinal to Chinese Taipei's Chin Wei Chan and Su Wei Hsiehin.

The fifth seeded Indian combo put up a brave fight before going down 6-7 (1-7) 6-2 10-4 to the Chinese Taipei duo, seeded second, at the Yeorumul Tennis Courts here.

Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri also bagged bronze after losing the men's doubles semifinals to Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung 6-7 (8) 7-6 (6) 9-11.

However, it was an all-win outing for the country's women boxers. Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom led the charge as Indian women assured themselves of medals in each of the three weight categories.

Mary Kom (51kg), L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) entered the semifinals of their respective weight categories with commanding victories.

Mary Kom gave a perfect start against Si Haijuan of China. Sarita, on the other hand, endured an energy-sapping slug fest against Mongolia's Suvd Erdene Oyungerel but was a clear winner.

Pooja then rounded off an all-win day for the women by out-punching Shen Dara Flora of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal bout.

But the Indian recurve archers wrapped up a throughly disappointing performance after the women's team lost a tense bronze medal match to Japan in a shoot-off here.

However, the Indians were seen performing well in the canoeing and kayaking competitions, reaching six out of 11 finals.

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Mary Kom leads women boxers charge into medal round

INCHEON: Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom led the charge as Indian women boxers packed a powerful punch by assuring themselves of medals in each of the three weight categories at the 17th Asian Games on Sunday.

Mary Kom (51kg), L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) entered the semifinals of their respective weight categories with commanding victories.

Mary Kom kicked off the proceedings in the ring for India for a second successive day and once again gave a perfect start, against Si Haijuan of China.

Facing an opponent 10 years her junior, the five-time world champion Indian drew from her huge reservoir of experience to outwit the rather sprightly Chinese.

Sluggish to begin with, the Manipuri found her rhythm as the bout progressed, displaying precision in her punches, especially jabs.

Particularly impressive in the second round, Mary seemed on course for a comfortable win but was taken by surprise in the third round, in which Haijuan tactfully blunted the Indian's attack.

However, mere glimpses of promise were never going to be enough against the multiple-time Asian champion, whose well-timed combination punches hardly found any response from the Chinese in the fourth and final round.

In the end, Haijuan paid for her lack of experience against a seasoned campaigner, who was in control of the pace of the bout. Mary Kom will now be up against Vietnam's Le Thi Bang in the semifinal.

Sarita, on the other hand, endured an energy-sapping slug fest against Mongolia's Suvd Erdene Oyungerel but was a clear winner.

The Indian, a former World and Asian champion, managed to come out triumphant as her blows landed clearly. She was also quite tactful in defence, fighting her opponent from a long range to ensure that even well-timed punches from Oyungerel lacked in impact.

Sarita will now face Korean Jina Park in the last-four stage. Pooja then rounded off an all-win day for the women by out-punching Shen Dara Flora of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal bout.

Pooja capitalised on her rival's poor defence, pummelling her torso with sharp uppercuts and targetting the temple with powerful hooks.

Agile in moving back whenever Shen tried to throw jabs, the nimble-footed Pooja relied on counter-attack in the second round. Pooja's reflexes, in fact, made all the difference against Shen, who looked sluggish as far as ring craft was concerned.

Pooja upped the ante in the next two rounds, completely draining Shen into submission to emerge victorious. She will next face Li Qian of China in the semifinal.

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Mary Kom leads women boxers charge into medal round

INCHEON: Olympic bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom led the charge as Indian women boxers packed a powerful punch by assuring themselves of medals in each of the three weight categories at the 17th Asian Games on Sunday.

Mary Kom (51kg), L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) entered the semifinals of their respective weight categories with commanding victories.

Mary Kom kicked off the proceedings in the ring for India for a second successive day and once again gave a perfect start, against Si Haijuan of China.

Facing an opponent 10 years her junior, the five-time world champion Indian drew from her huge reservoir of experience to outwit the rather sprightly Chinese.

Sluggish to begin with, the Manipuri found her rhythm as the bout progressed, displaying precision in her punches, especially jabs.

Particularly impressive in the second round, Mary seemed on course for a comfortable win but was taken by surprise in the third round, in which Haijuan tactfully blunted the Indian's attack.

However, mere glimpses of promise were never going to be enough against the multiple-time Asian champion, whose well-timed combination punches hardly found any response from the Chinese in the fourth and final round.

In the end, Haijuan paid for her lack of experience against a seasoned campaigner, who was in control of the pace of the bout. Mary Kom will now be up against Vietnam's Le Thi Bang in the semifinal.

Sarita, on the other hand, endured an energy-sapping slug fest against Mongolia's Suvd Erdene Oyungerel but was a clear winner.

The Indian, a former World and Asian champion, managed to come out triumphant as her blows landed clearly. She was also quite tactful in defence, fighting her opponent from a long range to ensure that even well-timed punches from Oyungerel lacked in impact.

Sarita will now face Korean Jina Park in the last-four stage. Pooja then rounded off an all-win day for the women by out-punching Shen Dara Flora of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal bout.

Pooja capitalised on her rival's poor defence, pummelling her torso with sharp uppercuts and targetting the temple with powerful hooks.

Agile in moving back whenever Shen tried to throw jabs, the nimble-footed Pooja relied on counter-attack in the second round. Pooja's reflexes, in fact, made all the difference against Shen, who looked sluggish as far as ring craft was concerned.

Pooja upped the ante in the next two rounds, completely draining Shen into submission to emerge victorious. She will next face Li Qian of China in the semifinal.

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Poovamma wins bronze in women's 400m race

INCHEON: M R Poovamma bagged a bronze in women's 400m race as India swelled their medal count from athletics competition to three at the Asian Games on Sunday.

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Poovamma clocked 52.36secs in the final race behind pre-match favourite Oluwakemi Adekoya (51.59secs) of Bahrain and Vietnam's Thi Lan Quach (52.06secs) at the Inchon Asiad Main Stadium here.

24-year-old Poovamma, who was the second fastest off the block in the final today, could not touch her personal and season's best of 51.73secs which she clocked at the National Inter-State Championships in Lucknow in June.

Thi Lan, the second worst off the block, overtook Poovamma to take the second place behind the Nigerian-born Bahrain runner, who is also the Asian season leader.

The other Indian in the fray Mandeep Kaur finished sixth in the eight competitor field with a timing of 53.38 secs.

Earlier in the day, Khushbir Kaur won a silver in women's 20km race walk event. She became the first Indian woman to have won a medal in race walking in the Asian Games. Yesterday, Lalita Babar won a bronze in women's 3000m steeplechase.

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Paes wins Malaysian Open doubles title

KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran Indian star Leander Paes, who skipped Asian Games to get some valuable ranking points, vindicated his decision by lifting the ATP Malaysian Open with new partner MarcinMatkowski, here today.

The fourth seeded Indo-Polish pair rallied to beat the second seeded Briton-Australian combo of Jamie Murray and John Peers 3-6 7-6(5) 10-5 in the summit clash.

It was Paes' first title of the season during which his ranking plummeted to 35 from top-10. This win will give Paes 250 ranking points and USD 25065 as prize money.

The 41-year-old had ended runner-up at Washington with Australia's Sam Groth in July in the first final of the season.

"In a match like that, especially in the final, the margins between winning and losing are very small. What I really like about Marcin's game after playing with him this week is that he is a student of tennis. On the court, he's always looking to improve," Paes said after the win.

"We didn't play our best tennis in the beginning today. We were playing a team that were very confident. They don't give you much rhythm. But then when we were down, we found our groove and it was pretty much a different story then," the Indian added.

In the 2013 season Paes had won two titles, including the US Open with Radek Stepanek.

Matkowski said, he was "happy to play with Paes. "He's a great player. We'll try to play a few more tournaments in the fall, in the indoor tournaments in Europe. We've enjoyed a very good start and we look forward to continuing this way," he said.

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Vinesh, Geetika win bronze each in wrestling

INCHEON: Women grapplers VineshPhogat and GeetikaJakhar bagged a bronze medal each in 48kg and 63kg freestyle events respectively as India made an impressive start in their wrestling campaign at the Asian Games on Friday
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Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold winner Vinesh needed two minutes 31 seconds to beat Narangerel Erdenesukh of Mongolia in a completely one-sided bronze-medal bout. The referee stopped the bout after the Indian had taken 10-0 lead over her hapless opponent.

Earlier, she made it to quarterfinals after pinning down Yongmi Pak of North Korea in a 3-1 'decision by point' verdict. The Indian then recorded a verdict by fall win over Dauletbike Yakhshi Muratova of Uzbekistan in quarterfinals before losing to Eri Tosaka of Japan in the semifinals.

Geetika produced an even more dominant performance in her bronze-medal bout against Vietnam's Ly Thi Hien as she pinned down her opponent in just 55 seconds in a victory by fall verdict.

A silver medallist at the CWG, Geetika defeated Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Larionova 3-1 by decision by points in her first bout before outplaying Jaratrawee Autnun of Thaliand in a victory by fall verdict to make it to the semifinals. In the semifinals, however, Geetika lost to Zhuoma Xilou of China.

It was, however curtains for men's freestyle wrestlers as both Amit Kumar and Parveen Rana lost in the Round of 16 to their respective Japanese opponents.

Much was expected of CWG gold medallist Amit Kumar, but he turned out to be completely off-colour against Fumitaka Morishita, going down 1-3 in 57kg category.

Praveen was beaten by Takafumi Kojima with an identical scoreline in 70kg division.

In 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, India had won just three bronze in wrestling.

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Vinesh, Geetika win bronze each in wrestling

INCHEON: Women grapplers VineshPhogat and GeetikaJakhar bagged a bronze medal each in 48kg and 63kg freestyle events respectively as India made an impressive start in their wrestling campaign at the Asian Games on Friday
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Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold winner Vinesh needed two minutes 31 seconds to beat Narangerel Erdenesukh of Mongolia in a completely one-sided bronze-medal bout. The referee stopped the bout after the Indian had taken 10-0 lead over her hapless opponent.

Earlier, she made it to quarterfinals after pinning down Yongmi Pak of North Korea in a 3-1 'decision by point' verdict. The Indian then recorded a verdict by fall win over Dauletbike Yakhshi Muratova of Uzbekistan in quarterfinals before losing to Eri Tosaka of Japan in the semifinals.

Geetika produced an even more dominant performance in her bronze-medal bout against Vietnam's Ly Thi Hien as she pinned down her opponent in just 55 seconds in a victory by fall verdict.

A silver medallist at the CWG, Geetika defeated Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Larionova 3-1 by decision by points in her first bout before outplaying Jaratrawee Autnun of Thaliand in a victory by fall verdict to make it to the semifinals. In the semifinals, however, Geetika lost to Zhuoma Xilou of China.

It was, however curtains for men's freestyle wrestlers as both Amit Kumar and Parveen Rana lost in the Round of 16 to their respective Japanese opponents.

Much was expected of CWG gold medallist Amit Kumar, but he turned out to be completely off-colour against Fumitaka Morishita, going down 1-3 in 57kg category.

Praveen was beaten by Takafumi Kojima with an identical scoreline in 70kg division.

In 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, India had won just three bronze in wrestling.

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Asiad: India jump to 11th spot with two golds on Day 8

INCHEON: The men's squash and archery teams secured historic gold medals as India enjoyed their most productive day in the 17th Asian Games so far with an impressive collection of 10 medals to jump to the 11th position in the overall standings on the eighth day of competitions on Saturday.

Young archer Abhishek Verma was hero of the day as he combined with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar to clinch the gold medal in the compound team event before picking up the individual silver medal at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field.

Abhishek's heroics was followed by men's squash team led by Saurav Ghosal which claimed the coveted gold medal in the team event while the women's team of Dipika Pallikal, Anaka Alankamony and Joshana Chinappa also excelled by clinching the silver medal.

Shooter Chain Singh (50m rifle 3 position), archer Trisha Deb (women's compound individual), grappler Vinesh Phogat (women's 48kg), Geetika Jakhar (women's 63kg) and athlete Lalita Babar (women's 3000m steeplechase), women's compound team -- comprising Trisha, Purvasha Shende and Jyothi Surekha Vennam -- were the bronze medal winners on what turned out to be India's best day at the Games.

With the addition of 10 more medals, India, overnight placed 16th, rose to the 11th position on the table with three gold, four silver and 20 bronze medals. China continued to leave their opponents behind with an impressive haul of 195 medals (96-58-41), followed by South Korea (35-42-40) and Japan (32-43-38).

India were also assured of at least five bronze medals in tennis event by reaching the semifinals.

While the archers and squash players stole the limelight with their medal-winning heroics, the Indian boxers also moved to the quarterfinals with easy victories over their opponents.

The men's hockey team also kept their medal hopes alive by advancing to the semifinals with a scrappy 2-0 win over China in their last pool B match.

Women grapplers Vinesh and Geetika bagged a bronze medal each in 48kg and 63kg freestyle events respectively as India made an impressive start in their wrestling campaign.

Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold winner Vinesh needed two minutes 31 seconds to beat Narangerel Erdenesukh of Mongolia in a completely one-sided bronze-medal bout. The referee stopped the bout after the Indian had taken 10-0 lead over her hapless opponent.

Geetika produced an even more dominant performance in her bronze-medal bout against Vietnam's Ly Thi Hien as she pinned down her opponent in just 55 seconds in a victory by fall verdict.

Lalita bagged a bronze in women's 3000m steeplechase with a personal best timing of 9:35.37 while defending champion Sudha Singh finished fourth.

However, the spotlight belonged to the archers, who scripted history with their maiden compound gold medal by shocking favourites South Korea.

The women's trio had set the tone in the morning by clinching the compound team bronze by defeating Iran in the play-off for the third position at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field. Later, Trisha bagged a bronze in the individual event.

India had won one silver and three bronze medals from the bow and arrow discipline in the previous Games and today's gold lifted the sagging spirits of the huge contingent which had endured a gold drought after pistol shooter Jitu Rai's top finish six days ago.

India defied odds to shock world archery powerhouse Korea 227-225 in the gold medal clash.

Rajat, Sandeep and Abhishek worked wonderfully well in unison to lead their formidable hosts -- the world silver medallists -- right through the 24-arrow finals to emerge triumphant by two points (227-225) in the non-Olympic Compound event which has made its debut here.

This was the second medal of the day from the venue, and came just one hour after the young Indian women's trio of Trisha Deb, Purvasha Shende and Jyothi Surekha Vennam clinched the bronze medal by winning the play-off against Iran 224-217.

Later Verma fought gamely in the gold medal match against Iran's Ebadi Esmaeil 141-145. The superb display of the compound team made up to some extent the disappointing show put up by the recurve team of better known archers so far at these Games.

In shooting, Chain Singh stole the thunder from the more fancied Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput in the 50m rifle 3 position competition.

Singh shot a total of 441.7 points to finish behind two Chinese shooters -- Cao Yifei and Zhu Qinan -- who bagged the first and second positions with 455.5 and 455.2 points to their credit, respectively.

While Singh had entered the finals after finishing seventh in the qualification round, Gagan and Sanjeev failed to make the final cut, ending on 12th and 15th spots, respectively in the qualifiers.

On the squash court, gold proved elusive but it was nonetheless a historic silver for the Indian women's squash team after it went down to Malaysia in the final.

The team lost 0-2 to Malaysia to settle for the silver after Deepika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony lost their matches in a contest which lasted a little over an hour.

Top singles player Saurav Ghosal had added a historic silver to the medal list -- a first in the Asian Games squash. Pallikal, on the other hand, had won a bronze medal in the women's singles, also a first for Indian squash.

There was good news from the boxing ring as Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom set her campaign rolling in style by out-punching Korea's Kim Yeji to enter the quarterfinals along with two other Indian women boxers.

L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) were the two others, who advanced to the last eight making it an all-win day for the Indian women pugilists.

Sarita got the better of home favourite Chungson Ri, while Pooja defeated Erdenesoyol Undram of Mongolia in her pre-quarters bout.

However, Indian women's volleyball team went down to a formidable Chinese side in straight games in the quarterfinal match.

The Indian eves lost 3-0 (25-11 25-12 25-10) against their more fancied opponents in a contest that lasted 54 minutes at Songnim Gymnasium here.

In tennis, Yuki Bhambri made it to the semifinals of the men's singles event, while India's doubles pair of Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh, Yuki and Divij Sharan, women's doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare and lone mixed doubles pair of Sania and Saketh have all entered the last four rounds in their respective events.

The Indian paddlers led by Sharath Kamal kept the country's hopes alive in table tennis as the men's and women's team won their respective preliminary round matches.

Up against Kuwait in the Suwon Gymnasium, the Indian men's team blanked the West Asian nation 3-0 in a Group B match.

The Indian women's teams also did not falter against Malaysia and Nepal in their respective group matches.

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Asiad: India jump to 11th spot with two golds on Day 8

INCHEON: The men's squash and archery teams secured historic gold medals as India enjoyed their most productive day in the 17th Asian Games so far with an impressive collection of 10 medals to jump to the 11th position in the overall standings on the eighth day of competitions on Saturday.

Young archer Abhishek Verma was hero of the day as he combined with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar to clinch the gold medal in the compound team event before picking up the individual silver medal at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field.

Abhishek's heroics was followed by men's squash team led by Saurav Ghosal which claimed the coveted gold medal in the team event while the women's team of Dipika Pallikal, Anaka Alankamony and Joshana Chinappa also excelled by clinching the silver medal.

Shooter Chain Singh (50m rifle 3 position), archer Trisha Deb (women's compound individual), grappler Vinesh Phogat (women's 48kg), Geetika Jakhar (women's 63kg) and athlete Lalita Babar (women's 3000m steeplechase), women's compound team -- comprising Trisha, Purvasha Shende and Jyothi Surekha Vennam -- were the bronze medal winners on what turned out to be India's best day at the Games.

With the addition of 10 more medals, India, overnight placed 16th, rose to the 11th position on the table with three gold, four silver and 20 bronze medals. China continued to leave their opponents behind with an impressive haul of 195 medals (96-58-41), followed by South Korea (35-42-40) and Japan (32-43-38).

India were also assured of at least five bronze medals in tennis event by reaching the semifinals.

While the archers and squash players stole the limelight with their medal-winning heroics, the Indian boxers also moved to the quarterfinals with easy victories over their opponents.

The men's hockey team also kept their medal hopes alive by advancing to the semifinals with a scrappy 2-0 win over China in their last pool B match.

Women grapplers Vinesh and Geetika bagged a bronze medal each in 48kg and 63kg freestyle events respectively as India made an impressive start in their wrestling campaign.

Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold winner Vinesh needed two minutes 31 seconds to beat Narangerel Erdenesukh of Mongolia in a completely one-sided bronze-medal bout. The referee stopped the bout after the Indian had taken 10-0 lead over her hapless opponent.

Geetika produced an even more dominant performance in her bronze-medal bout against Vietnam's Ly Thi Hien as she pinned down her opponent in just 55 seconds in a victory by fall verdict.

Lalita bagged a bronze in women's 3000m steeplechase with a personal best timing of 9:35.37 while defending champion Sudha Singh finished fourth.

However, the spotlight belonged to the archers, who scripted history with their maiden compound gold medal by shocking favourites South Korea.

The women's trio had set the tone in the morning by clinching the compound team bronze by defeating Iran in the play-off for the third position at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field. Later, Trisha bagged a bronze in the individual event.

India had won one silver and three bronze medals from the bow and arrow discipline in the previous Games and today's gold lifted the sagging spirits of the huge contingent which had endured a gold drought after pistol shooter Jitu Rai's top finish six days ago.

India defied odds to shock world archery powerhouse Korea 227-225 in the gold medal clash.

Rajat, Sandeep and Abhishek worked wonderfully well in unison to lead their formidable hosts -- the world silver medallists -- right through the 24-arrow finals to emerge triumphant by two points (227-225) in the non-Olympic Compound event which has made its debut here.

This was the second medal of the day from the venue, and came just one hour after the young Indian women's trio of Trisha Deb, Purvasha Shende and Jyothi Surekha Vennam clinched the bronze medal by winning the play-off against Iran 224-217.

Later Verma fought gamely in the gold medal match against Iran's Ebadi Esmaeil 141-145. The superb display of the compound team made up to some extent the disappointing show put up by the recurve team of better known archers so far at these Games.

In shooting, Chain Singh stole the thunder from the more fancied Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput in the 50m rifle 3 position competition.

Singh shot a total of 441.7 points to finish behind two Chinese shooters -- Cao Yifei and Zhu Qinan -- who bagged the first and second positions with 455.5 and 455.2 points to their credit, respectively.

While Singh had entered the finals after finishing seventh in the qualification round, Gagan and Sanjeev failed to make the final cut, ending on 12th and 15th spots, respectively in the qualifiers.

On the squash court, gold proved elusive but it was nonetheless a historic silver for the Indian women's squash team after it went down to Malaysia in the final.

The team lost 0-2 to Malaysia to settle for the silver after Deepika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony lost their matches in a contest which lasted a little over an hour.

Top singles player Saurav Ghosal had added a historic silver to the medal list -- a first in the Asian Games squash. Pallikal, on the other hand, had won a bronze medal in the women's singles, also a first for Indian squash.

There was good news from the boxing ring as Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom set her campaign rolling in style by out-punching Korea's Kim Yeji to enter the quarterfinals along with two other Indian women boxers.

L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) were the two others, who advanced to the last eight making it an all-win day for the Indian women pugilists.

Sarita got the better of home favourite Chungson Ri, while Pooja defeated Erdenesoyol Undram of Mongolia in her pre-quarters bout.

However, Indian women's volleyball team went down to a formidable Chinese side in straight games in the quarterfinal match.

The Indian eves lost 3-0 (25-11 25-12 25-10) against their more fancied opponents in a contest that lasted 54 minutes at Songnim Gymnasium here.

In tennis, Yuki Bhambri made it to the semifinals of the men's singles event, while India's doubles pair of Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh, Yuki and Divij Sharan, women's doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare and lone mixed doubles pair of Sania and Saketh have all entered the last four rounds in their respective events.

The Indian paddlers led by Sharath Kamal kept the country's hopes alive in table tennis as the men's and women's team won their respective preliminary round matches.

Up against Kuwait in the Suwon Gymnasium, the Indian men's team blanked the West Asian nation 3-0 in a Group B match.

The Indian women's teams also did not falter against Malaysia and Nepal in their respective group matches.

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India win medals in drama-filled steeplechase final

INCHEON: LalitaBabar and Sudha Singh clinched a silver and a bronze under dramatic circumstances in women's 3000m steeplechase after a Bahraini runner was disqualified as India opened their medal account on the opening day of athletics competition at the Asian Games on Saturday.

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Babar and defending champion Sudha were upgraded from bronze and fourth-place finish after Bahrain's Ruth Jebet was sensationally stripped of victory after comfortably winning the race in what could have been a Games record time.

The teenager, who switched nationality from her native Kenya last year, was disqualified for stepping inside the track on her second last lap after stumbling while well clear of the rest of the field and under no pressure. It was learnt that India lodged a protest that Jebet should be disqualified.

The announcement of her disqualification was made over the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium public address system as the 17-year-old was about to step onto the podium to receive her gold and the reigning world junior champion was led away in floods of tears.

Incidentally, this was the second time Jebet was stripped of a gold in a top competition in little more than a year as she had also won the 2013 Asian Championships title in Pune only to be ruled by the IAAF, the world governing body of the sport, that she was not eligible to run for Bahrain at that time. Sudha, who finished second in that event, was declared gold winner later on.

To the credit of the Indians, both Babar and Sudha ran their personal best times of 9:35.37 and 9:35.64 respectively.

Lalita and Sudha appeared headed to finish behind only pre-race gold medal favourite Jebet but China's Li Zhenzhu (9:35.23), who later won the gold after the Bahraini's disqualification, overtook them from nowhere on the final straight.

While Lalita, who hails from Satara in Maharashtra, dipped well under her previous best of 9:52.34 clocked at Federation Cup at Patiala last month when crossing the line in 9:35.37, her Mumbai-based Central Railway teammate Sudha too clocked her career-best time of 9:35.64, her earliest best being 9:45.60, clocked last year.

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Full Coverage: Incheon Asian Games 2014, Day 7

06:48 PM

Maybe the swimming federation had their reasons for keeping me out of the Olympics, but now I have shown I can shine on the world stage.

Bronze medallist Sandeep Sejwal (50m Breaststroke)

06:37 PM

India's captain Ritu Rani and Malaysia's Siti Noor Ruhani battle for the ball during their women's pool A match at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. (AP Photo)

06:12 PM

China's Zhou Lulu sets a new world record in the women's over 75kg clean and jerk weightlifting competition. Zhou set a new world record lifting a weight of 192kg and won the gold medal in the event. (Reuters Photo)

06:06 PM

I'm disappointed that I didn't perform well in the snatch (142kg). There's nothing special about breaking the world record (192kg in clean & jerk).

Gold medallist Zhou Lulu of China (super-heavyweight over 75kg class)

05:58 PM

Tennis: Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan lose 4-6, 2-6 against Mi Yoo and Yongkyu Lim of Korea in Mixed Doubles 2nd round match

05:57 PM

Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi celebrates after setting a new Asian Games record in the men's over 105kg clean and jerk weightlifting competition. Salimikorda set a new record weight of 255kg. (Reuters Photo)

05:50 PM

Boxing: Amritpreet Singh loses to Namhyeong Park of Korea 1-2 in Men's Heavy (91kg) Round of 16 bout

05:46 PM

Boxing: Namhyeong Park of Korea fights back to take second round 30-27 against Amritpreet Singh in Men's Heavy (91kg) Round of 16 bout

05:41 PM

Boxing: Amritpreet Singh leads Namhyeong Park of Korea 29-28 after 1st round in Men's Heavy (91kg) Round of 16 bout

05:36 PM

Boxing: Amritpreet Singh vs Namhyeong Park of Korea in Men's Heavy (91kg) Round of 16 gets underway...

05:26 PM

India's Medal Tally so far: 1 Gold + 2 Silver + 14 Bronze = 17 total medals after 7 days of competitions

05:25 PM

Tennis: Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan lose first set 4-6 against Mi Yoo and Yongkyu Lim of Korea in Mixed Doubles 2nd round match

05:07 PM

Tennis: Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan vs Mi Yoo and Yongkyu Lim of Korea in Mixed Doubles 2nd round gets underway...

05:02 PM

Bronze medallist Sandeep Sejwal poses with his medal on the podium during the victory ceremony for the men's 50m breaststroke swimming event. (AFP Photo)

04:58 PM

Boxing: Amritpreet Singh vs Namhyeong Park of Korea in Men's Heavy (91kg) Round of 16 will start shortly...

04:50 PM

Boxing: Akhil Kumar loses to Charly Suarez of Philippines in Men's Light (60kg) Round of 16 bout

04:46 PM

Boxing: Charly Suarez of Philippines fights back to take the second round against Akhil Kumar in Men's Light (60kg) Round of 16 bout

04:43 PM

Boxing: Akhil Kumar leads Charly Suarez of Philippines after 1st round in Men's Light (60kg) Round of 16 bout. Score 10-9, 10-9, 10-9 in favour of Akhil

04:36 PM

Boxing: Akhil Kumar vs Charly Suarez of Philippines in Men's Light (60kg) Round of 16 gets underway...

04:31 PM

Pakistan women cricket team sing their national anthem at a flag raising ceremony during the women's final against Bangladesh at the Yeonhui Cricket Ground. (AFP Photo)

04:25 PM

Cricket: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 59 runs in women's final

04:20 PM

Boxing: Akhil Kumar vs Charly Suarez of Philippines in Men's Light (60kg) Round of 16 starts shortly

04:05 PM

Swimming: Sandeep Sejwal finishes behind Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan (27.78 GR) and Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki (27.89) to win Bronze medal in Men's 50m Breaststroke with a time of 28.26sec

03:45 PM

Swimming: Sandeep Sejwal wins Bronze in Men's 50m Breaststroke

03:35 PM

Deepika Kumari (R), L Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi (L) during the women's recurve team event at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. (PTI Photo)

03:29 PM

Tennis: Sania Mirza and Saketh Sai Myneni beat Sanjar Fayziev and Sabina Sharipova of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-4 in Mixed Doubles Second Round

03:08 PM

Volleyball: Iran clinch the third set 25-18 as they beat India in straight sets in the men's preliminary round Group C match

02:59 PM

Hockey: Rani and Jaspreet Kaur score a brace each as Indian women crush Malaysia 6-1 to progress into the semis from Pool A

02:49 PM

Weightlifting: China's Zhou breaks world record with heaviest single weight lifted by a woman!!!!

02:48 PM

Hockey: Vandana Kataria scores to give India 6-1 lead against Malaysia in the fourth and final quarter of Women's Pool A match

02:44 PM

Volleyball: Iran clinch second set 25-22 against India in the men's preliminary round Group C match. Iran lead 2-1 against India

02:35 PM

Hockey: Malaysian skipper Abdul Rahman Nadia Binti scores to make it 1-5 against India in the third quarter of Women's Pool A match

02:30 PM

Hockey: Jaspreet Kaur scores her second goal to put India 5-0 ahead against Malaysia in the third quarter of Women's Pool A match

02:27 PM

Squash: Another silver assured for India as Saurav Ghosal clinches the deciding fifth game 11-3 against Kuwait's Abdullah to seal the second match and final place in the men's team category. India beat Kuwait 2-0 in the semis

02:20 PM

Volleyball: Iran clinch first set 25-22 against India in the men's preliminary round Group C match

02:18 PM

Squash: Kuwait's Abdullah wins fourth game against Saurav Ghosal 11-5 to make it 2-2 in the second match of the men's team semifinal. India are leading 1-0 in the semis clash

02:16 PM

Boxing: Kuldeep Singh beats Thongkrathok Anavat of Thailand to make it to the quarters of the men's light heavyweight 81 kg category

02:10 PM

Hockey: Indian women's team leads 4-0 against Malaysia at half-time in Pool A match

02:04 PM

Squash: Saurav Ghosal wins third game 11-9 against Kuwait's Abdullah in the second match of the men's team semifinal. India are leading 1-0 in the semis clash

01:57 PM

Hockey: Rani scores her second goal to put India 4-0 ahead against Malaysia in the second quarter of Women's Pool A match

01:55 PM

Hockey: Namita Toppo scores early in the second quarter to put India 3-0 ahead against Malaysia in Women's Pool A match

01:53 PM

Volleyball: India women storm into quarterfinals after beating Maldives 25-12, 25-7 and 25-11 in straight sets

01:49 PM

Squash: Kuwait's Abdullah wins second game against Saurav Ghosal to make it 1-1 in the second match of the men's team semifinal. India are leading 1-0 in the semis clash

01:48 PM

Squash: Saurav Ghosal wins first game 11-8 against Kuwait's Abdullah in the second match of the men's team semifinal. India are leading 1-0 in the semis clash

01:42 PM

Hockey: Rani and Jaspreet Kaur score a goal each in first quarter to give India 2-0 lead against Malaysia in Women's Pool A match

01:39 PM

Archery: Laxmirani Majhi loses 2-6 to Hyejin Chang in women's recurve individual quarterfinal

01:28 PM

Badminton: Saina Nehwal loses third game 7-21 against former world champion Wang Yihan of China in their quarterfinal match

01:15 PM

Squash: India's Mahesh Mangaonkar wins third game 12-10 against Altamimi Ammar of Kuwait to give India a 1-0 lead in men's team semifinal

01:12 PM

Badminton: India's Kidambi Srikanth loses third game 18-21 against Wanho Son of Korea in their singles Round of 16 match

01:12 PM

Badminton: Saina Nehwal loses second game 9-21 against former world champion Wang Yihan of China in their quarterfinal match

01:10 PM

Squash: India's Mahesh Mangaonkar wins second game 11-3 against Altamimi Ammar of Kuwait in men's team semifinal match

12:57 PM

South Korea's Song Sang-wuk rides Frh Fantasia during the eventing individual and team jumping final at the Dream Park Equestrian Venue in Incheon. (Reuters Photo)

12:55 PM

Badminton: India's Kidambi Srikanth loses second game 11-21 against Wanho Son of Korea in their singles Round of 16 match

12:53 PM

Badminton: Saina Nehwal wins first game 21-18 against former world champion Wang Yihan of China in their quarterfinal match

12:48 PM

Squash: India's Mahesh Mangaonkar wins first game 11-4 against Altamimi Ammar of Kuwait in men's team semifinal match

12:45 PM

Tennis: India's Sanam Singh and Saketh Sai beat Ammar Alhaqbani and Omar Fahmi of Saudi Arabia 6-0, 6-1 in their doubles second round match

12:39 PM

Tennis: India's Sania Mirza and Prarthana Gulabrao defeat Bolor Enkhbayar and Dulguunjargal Gotov of Mongolia 6-0, 6-0 in their doubles second round match

12:30 PM

Badminton: Saina Nehwal's quarterfinal match against former world champion Wang Yihan gets underway

12:20 PM

Badminton: India's Kidambi Srikanth wins first game 21-19 against Wanho Son of Korea in their singles Round of 16 match

12:17 PM

Golf: India's Gurbani Singh finishes 15th in Women Singles Round 2. Aditi Ashok ends up at the 22nd spot and Astha Madan finishes at the 23rd place

12:15 PM

Golf: India's Gurbani Singh, Aditi Ashok and Astha Madan finish eighth in Women's Team Round 2

12:12 PM

Japan's Yuki Hayashi shoots during their recurve women's team semifinal archery match against China at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field in Incheon. (Reuters Photo)

12:06 PM

Sailing: India's Brijraj Verma and Pankaj Kumar finish fifth in Open Hobie 07 -16 lace

11:57 AM

I have started to love shooting after I joined the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow and I want to make both my children take up this sport.

Pemba Tamang

11:53 AM

Boxing: India's Shiva Thapa adjudged winner against Nadir of Pakistan by technical knockout. Thapa advances to the quarterfinals of Bantamweight (56kg) category

11:31 AM

Squash: India's Dipika Pallikal wins fourth game 11-5 against Sunmi Song of Korea to give India a 2-0 win in women's team semifinal. India advance to the final

11:27 AM

Squash: India's Dipika Pallikal loses third game 8-11 against Sunmi Song of Korea in women's team semifinal

11:23 AM

Equestrian: India's Sangram Singh, Mrityunjay Sinh, Fouaad Mirza and Ajai Appachu finish fifth in Eventing Team Jumping Final

11:22 AM

Equestrian: India's Ajai Appachu, riding Cocky Locky, finishes eighth in Eventing Individual Jumping Final

11:15 AM

Squash: India's Dipika Pallikal wins second game 11-5 against Sunmi Song of Korea in women's team semifinal

11:14 AM

Japan's Erika Habaguchi gestures during their beach volleyball quarterfinal against Thailand at the Songdo beach volleyball venue in Incheon. (AFP Photo)

11:08 AM

Archery: India lose 0-6 against Korea in Recurve Women's Team Semifinal

11:07 AM

Squash: India's Dipika Pallikal wins first game 11-4 against Sunmi Song of Korea in women's team semifinal

10:58 AM

Badminton: India's Manu Attri and Sikki Reddy lose 18-21, 23-21, 15-21 against Danny Bawa and Yu Yan Vanessa in their mixed doubles Round of 16 match

10:49 AM

Squash: India's Joshna Chinappa wins third game 11-8 against Park Eunok of Korea to give India a 1-0 lead in women's team semifinal

10:37 AM

Squash: India's Joshna Chinappa wins first two games 11-6, 13-11 against Park Eunok of Korea in women's team semifinal

10:32 AM

Sailing: India's Ramya Saravanan finishes seventh in Optimist - Women's One Person Dinghy

10:31 AM

Sailing: India's Nethra Kumanan finishes fourth in Laser Radial - Women's One Person Dinghy

10:28 AM

Sailing: India's Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan finish third in 29er - Women's Two Person Dinghy

10:26 AM

Sailing: India's Diya Anna and Zara Khuzaima finish sixth in 420 - Women's Two Person Dinghy

10:24 AM

Sailing: India's Upamanyu Gautama and Arosh Sanjeev finish eighth in 420 - Men's Two Person Dinghy

10:23 AM

Sailing: India's Chitresh Tatha finishes sixth in Optimist - Men's One Person Dinghy

10:09 AM

Badminton: India's Parupalli Kashyap loses 12-21, 11-21 against Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in their Round of 16 match. Lee Chong Wei advances to the quarterfinals

10:04 AM

Archery: India's Jayanta Talukdar loses 1-7 against Khairul Anuar Bin in Recurve Men's Individual 1/8 Eliminations

09:58 AM

Japanese players defend against China's Wang Wei during their men's handball game at the Seonhak Handball Gymnasium in Incheon. (Reuters Photo)

09:55 AM

Archery: India's Laxmirani Majhi defeats Shu Chi Yuan of Chinese Taipei 6-4 in Recurve Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations

09:51 AM

Badminton: India's Parupalli Kashyap loses first game 12-21 against Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in their Round of 16 match

09:50 AM

Archery: India's Deepika Kumari loses 0-6 against Diananda Choirunisa of Indonesia in Recurve Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations

09:47 AM

Archery: India's Atanu Das defeats Hsin Fu Chen of Chinese Taipei 6-2 in Recurve Men's Individual 1/8 Eliminations

09:36 AM

Archery: India's Laxmirani Majhi defeats Asel Sharbekova of Kyrgyzstan 6-0 in Recurve Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

09:35 AM

Archery: India's Deepika Kumari defeats Munira Nurmanova of Uzbekistan 6-0 in Recurve Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

09:33 AM

Archery: India's Atanu Das defeats Myo Aung of Myanmar 6-0 in Recurve Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

09:31 AM

Archery: India's Jayanta Talukdar defeats Witthaya Thamwong of Thailand 6-0 in Recurve Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

09:27 AM

India's Vijay Kumar gets a massage from his coach during the men's 25m centre fire pistol event in Incheon. (AFP Photo)

09:26 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami finishes seventh to be eliminated after 40 shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals

09:23 AM

Tennis: India's Yuki Bhambri beats Christopher Benjamin of Indonesia 6-3, 6-3 in their third round match

09:21 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami drops to the seventh spot after 35 shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals

09:19 AM

Tennis: India's Ankita Raina loses 2-6, 6-4, 1-6 against Eri Hozumi of Japan in their third round match

09:09 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami at the sixth spot after 30 shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals

09:06 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami drops to the sixth spot after 25 shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals. She is now out of medal contention

09:03 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami climbs to the fifth spot after 20 shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals

08:53 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami drops to the sixth spot after 15 shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals

08:50 AM

India's Gurpreet Singh competes during the Men's 25m Center Fire Pistol shooting competition at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in Incheon. (AP Photo)

08:50 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami drops to the fifth spot after ten shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals

08:46 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami at the fourth spot after five shots in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals

08:39 AM

Shooting: India's Pemba Tamang finishes at the eighth spot in 25m Center Fire Pistol Men's Competition. Gurpreet Singh ends up at the ninth place and Vijay Kumar finishes at 12th position

08:34 AM

Tennis: India's Sanam Singh beats Hyeon Chung of Korea 7-5, 6-1 in their third round match

08:09 AM

Shooting: India's Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar finish second to win the silver medal in 25m Center Fire Pistol Men's Team Finals

08:04 AM

Tennis: Trailing 1-4, India's Sanam Singh fights back to win the first set 7-5 against Hyeon Chung of Korea in their third round match

08:03 AM

Thailand's Anuwat Chaichana challenges for the ball with Malaysia's Mohd Zamree Bin Mohd Dahan in the men's team sepaktakraw semifinal match in Incheon. (AFP Photo)

07:53 AM

Shooting: India's Gurpreet Singh has dropped to the ninth spot in 25m Center Fire Pistol Men's Competition. Pemba Tamang has dropped to the eighth place and Vijay Kumar has fallen to the 12th position

07:45 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami finishes fourth in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Qualification. Anjali Bhagwat finishes 25th and Tejaswini Manojrao Muley ends up at 29th position

07:42 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami, Anjali Bhagwat and Tejaswini Manojrao Muley finish sixth in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Team Finals

07:18 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami has climbed to the fourth spot in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Qualification. Anjali Bhagwat is at 25th and Tejaswini Manojrao Muley is at 30th position

07:16 AM

Shooting: India's Gurpreet Singh has dropped to the fifth spot in 25m Center Fire Pistol Men's Competition. Pemba Tamang has climbed to the seventh place and Vijay Kumar has risen to the eighth position

07:12 AM

Archery: India beat Chinese Taipei 5-4 in Recurve Women's Team Quarterfinals

07:09 AM

Tennis: India's Sanam Singh's singles third round match against Hyeon Chung of Korea gets underway

07:07 AM

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06:57 AM

Palestinian Territories' Mona Sabine Hazboun looks back down the pool at the finish of her heat of the 50m freestyle swimming event at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Centre in Incheon. (AFP Photo)

06:54 AM

Archery: India win 6-0 against Uzbekistan in Recurve Women's Team 1/8 Eliminations

06:53 AM

Archery: India lose 3-5 against Hong Kong in Recurve Men's Team 1/8 Eliminations

06:51 AM

Shooting: India's Lajjakumari Tilakpuri Gauswami is currently at the seventh spot in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Qualification. Anjali Bhagwat is at 24th and Tejaswini Manojrao Muley is at 35th position

06:35 AM

Shooting: India's Gurpreet Singh is currently at the second spot in 25m Center Fire Pistol Men's Competition. Pemba Tamang is at 11th and Vijay Kumar is at the 20th position

06:32 AM

India's Sandeep Sejwal has come first in Men's 50m Breaststroke Heat

06:26 AM

Swimming: India's Saurabh Sangvekar finishes fifth in Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat

06:23 AM

Swimming: India's Sandeep Sejwal finishes first in Men's 50m Breaststroke - Heat 2

06:02 AM

The ace Indian shuttler will have to get past Yihan to realise her dream of winning an individual medal at Asiad.

06:01 AM

Saina Nehwal will face a tough test in the quarterfinals against former world champion Wang Yihan.

06:01 AM

Coming to the semifinals with three straight wins, India would be confident of overcoming hosts Korea in the semifinals and as usual the hopes would rest on Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa.

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India slip to 16th despite a silver and a bronze on Day 7

INCHEON: The men's pistol team clinched a silver medal, while Sandeep Sejwal scooped a rare bronze in swimming but India slipped to the 16th position in the overall standings with a tally of 17 medals on the seventh day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games on Friday.

Medal Tally

The pistol team, spearheaded by London Olympic Games silver medallist Vijay Kumar and including Pemba Tamang and Gurpreet Singh, clinched the second place with a total score of 1740, two behind gold medallists China, in the 25m centre fire pistol competition.

The 25-year-old Sejwal provided some much-needed boost to the Indian swimming contingent by grabbing a bronze in the 50m breaststroke event after topping his heats.

There was some more good news from the squash arena after both the men's and women's teams were assured of at least silver medals after making the finals of their respective competitions.

On the whole, it again turned out to be a day of mixed fortunes for the Indian contingent which saw its star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap being knocked out of the singles competition along with the archers, who bowed out of the individual recurve event.

The women's hockey team kept themselves in medal contention with a 6-1 win over Malaysia.

With the addition of two more medals, India dropped a rung to 16th in the tally with a haul of one gold, two silver and 14 bronze medal so far. China continued to be at the top with 179 medals (91-49-39), followed by South Korea (31-37-36) and Japan (30-42-35).

The day started rather well with the shooters delivering a silver. In fact, had the men's trio equalled the Chinese, they would have secured a gold as their number of inner tens was much higher than their formidable rivals.

Vijay took part here despite being troubled by cervical spondylitis for which he is set to undergo surgery soon after returning home.

It was the eighth medal that the shooters have won from the Games -- one gold, one silver and six bronze medals -- all but two of them coming in team events.

Barring Jitu Rai, only Abhinav Bindra has managed to win an individual medal in Incheon, an indication of how competitive shooting has been.

The Indian women's team, comprising Lajja Gauswami, 44-year-old Anjali Bhagwat and Tejaswini Muley finished sixth in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Finals.

Indian squash players, however, continued their splendid showing. If the women's team comprising Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony outplayed their South Korean opponents 2-0 then Mahesh Mangaonkar, Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu also eased past Kuwait 2-0.

Ghosal has already added a historic silver to the medal list -- a first in the Asian Games squash -- in the men's singles event, though the Kolkata-born player was disappointed to lose the gold to Kuwait's Abdullah Almezayen.

Dipika, on the other hand, has won a bronze medal in the women's singles event, also a first for Indian squash.

In the swimming pool, Sejwal topped his heats by clocking 28.25s before holding on to the third spot in the final race with a timing of 28.26s.

It was a bitter-sweet day in the boxing ring where continental champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) was barely tested as he advanced to the quarterfinals but it was curtains for comeback-man Akhil Kumar (60kg) after he lost an edge-of-the-seat last-16 bout.

Also advancing to the quarterfinals was multiple-times national champion Kuldeep Singh (81kg) at the Seonhak Gymnasium.

However, in what came as a shock for the Indian badminton fans, Saina and Kashyap fell by the wayside after losing their respective women's and men's singles matches.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kashyap failed to pass the Asiad test as he lost to World No.1 Lee Chong Wei 0-2 in the pre-quarterfinals at the Gyeyang Gymnasium, while Saina fizzled out after winning the first game against China's Yihan Wang 21-18 9-21 7-21 in her quarterfinal encounter.

India's K Srikanth also lost out in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals after losing a hard-fought battle against Wanho Son of South Korea 2-1 in an hour and seven minutes.

It was heartbreak for India's mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri, who lost a hard fought battle in the quarterfinals against Singapore duo of Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Yu Yan Vanessa Neo 21-18 21-23 21-15 in under 50 minutes.

In the men's doubles quarterfinals, Attri and Sumeeth Reddy were outplayed by the Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-12 21-19 in 32 minutes.

The fancied Indian recurve archers cut a sorry figure in the individual events but the country is still in with a chance of bagging a bronze medal in the women's team category.

The women's recurve team -- comprising Deepika Kumari, L Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi -- is still in fray for a medal after making the semifinals.

In tennis, Sanam Singh recovered from a sluggish start to move to the men's singles quarterfinals and later combined with Saketh Myneni to seal a place in the men's doubles last-eight as well.

Ranked just inside top-400 at 397, Sanam beat 190th ranked Chung, 7-5 6-1 the third round, which lasted one hour and 24 minutes at Yeorumul Tennis Courts.

Also advancing to the men's singles last-eight was Yuki Bhambri, who defeated Indonesia's Christopher Rungkat 6-3 6-3 in one hour and 30 minutes in his third round contest.

A similar dominating performance was dished out by fifth seeds Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare in the women's doubles second round as they blanked Mongolia's Bolor Enkhbayar and Gotov Dulguunjargal 6-0 6-0 in just 35 minutes.

However, Ankita Raina had a disappointing outing as she crashed out of women's singles with a 2-6 6-4 1-6 defeat against fourth seed Japanese Eri Hozumi in the third round, lasting one hour and 55 minutes.

With Ankita's defeat, India's challenge has ended in women's singles. Ankita, though, is still in fray in the mixed doubles with Divij Sharan.

In hockey, the Indian women's team produced an inspired performance to thrash Malaysia 6-1 to qualify for the semi-finals.

For India, Rani Rampal (4th minute, 20th) and Jaspreet Kaur (9th, 39th) score two goals each, while Namita Toppo (17th) and Vandana Kataria (50th) were the other goal getters.

Malaysia's lone goal was scored by skipper Nadia Abdul Rahman from a penalty corner.

Indian eves in all likelihood will face last edition's silver medallist Korea in the semi-finals on Sunday as the hosts are presently leading Pool B and are expected to finish as the toppers.

On the golf course, Udayan Mane tamed the windy conditions to put himself in medal contention with a superb six-under 66, which left him tied third at the midway stage.

Mane, one of the four players to card 66 in the second round, is eight-under 136 and three shots behind the new leader local 17-year-old lad Youm Eunho.

But there was disappointment in volleyball. Indian men spikers gave a gritty fight against last edition's silver medallists Iran before going down in straight games in their final preliminary round match.

The Indians, who have already advanced to the next round (Play-off Group stage) after winning their earlier two matches, lost 22-25 22-25 18-25 against their more fancied opponents in a 71-minute Group C preliminary round contest at Songnim Gymnasium.

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India slip to 16th despite a silver and a bronze on Day 7

INCHEON: The men's pistol team clinched a silver medal, while Sandeep Sejwal scooped a rare bronze in swimming but India slipped to the 16th position in the overall standings with a tally of 17 medals on the seventh day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games on Friday.

Medal Tally

The pistol team, spearheaded by London Olympic Games silver medallist Vijay Kumar and including Pemba Tamang and Gurpreet Singh, clinched the second place with a total score of 1740, two behind gold medallists China, in the 25m centre fire pistol competition.

The 25-year-old Sejwal provided some much-needed boost to the Indian swimming contingent by grabbing a bronze in the 50m breaststroke event after topping his heats.

There was some more good news from the squash arena after both the men's and women's teams were assured of at least silver medals after making the finals of their respective competitions.

On the whole, it again turned out to be a day of mixed fortunes for the Indian contingent which saw its star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap being knocked out of the singles competition along with the archers, who bowed out of the individual recurve event.

The women's hockey team kept themselves in medal contention with a 6-1 win over Malaysia.

With the addition of two more medals, India dropped a rung to 16th in the tally with a haul of one gold, two silver and 14 bronze medal so far. China continued to be at the top with 179 medals (91-49-39), followed by South Korea (31-37-36) and Japan (30-42-35).

The day started rather well with the shooters delivering a silver. In fact, had the men's trio equalled the Chinese, they would have secured a gold as their number of inner tens was much higher than their formidable rivals.

Vijay took part here despite being troubled by cervical spondylitis for which he is set to undergo surgery soon after returning home.

It was the eighth medal that the shooters have won from the Games -- one gold, one silver and six bronze medals -- all but two of them coming in team events.

Barring Jitu Rai, only Abhinav Bindra has managed to win an individual medal in Incheon, an indication of how competitive shooting has been.

The Indian women's team, comprising Lajja Gauswami, 44-year-old Anjali Bhagwat and Tejaswini Muley finished sixth in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Finals.

Indian squash players, however, continued their splendid showing. If the women's team comprising Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony outplayed their South Korean opponents 2-0 then Mahesh Mangaonkar, Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu also eased past Kuwait 2-0.

Ghosal has already added a historic silver to the medal list -- a first in the Asian Games squash -- in the men's singles event, though the Kolkata-born player was disappointed to lose the gold to Kuwait's Abdullah Almezayen.

Dipika, on the other hand, has won a bronze medal in the women's singles event, also a first for Indian squash.

In the swimming pool, Sejwal topped his heats by clocking 28.25s before holding on to the third spot in the final race with a timing of 28.26s.

It was a bitter-sweet day in the boxing ring where continental champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) was barely tested as he advanced to the quarterfinals but it was curtains for comeback-man Akhil Kumar (60kg) after he lost an edge-of-the-seat last-16 bout.

Also advancing to the quarterfinals was multiple-times national champion Kuldeep Singh (81kg) at the Seonhak Gymnasium.

However, in what came as a shock for the Indian badminton fans, Saina and Kashyap fell by the wayside after losing their respective women's and men's singles matches.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kashyap failed to pass the Asiad test as he lost to World No.1 Lee Chong Wei 0-2 in the pre-quarterfinals at the Gyeyang Gymnasium, while Saina fizzled out after winning the first game against China's Yihan Wang 21-18 9-21 7-21 in her quarterfinal encounter.

India's K Srikanth also lost out in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals after losing a hard-fought battle against Wanho Son of South Korea 2-1 in an hour and seven minutes.

It was heartbreak for India's mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri, who lost a hard fought battle in the quarterfinals against Singapore duo of Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Yu Yan Vanessa Neo 21-18 21-23 21-15 in under 50 minutes.

In the men's doubles quarterfinals, Attri and Sumeeth Reddy were outplayed by the Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-12 21-19 in 32 minutes.

The fancied Indian recurve archers cut a sorry figure in the individual events but the country is still in with a chance of bagging a bronze medal in the women's team category.

The women's recurve team -- comprising Deepika Kumari, L Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi -- is still in fray for a medal after making the semifinals.

In tennis, Sanam Singh recovered from a sluggish start to move to the men's singles quarterfinals and later combined with Saketh Myneni to seal a place in the men's doubles last-eight as well.

Ranked just inside top-400 at 397, Sanam beat 190th ranked Chung, 7-5 6-1 the third round, which lasted one hour and 24 minutes at Yeorumul Tennis Courts.

Also advancing to the men's singles last-eight was Yuki Bhambri, who defeated Indonesia's Christopher Rungkat 6-3 6-3 in one hour and 30 minutes in his third round contest.

A similar dominating performance was dished out by fifth seeds Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare in the women's doubles second round as they blanked Mongolia's Bolor Enkhbayar and Gotov Dulguunjargal 6-0 6-0 in just 35 minutes.

However, Ankita Raina had a disappointing outing as she crashed out of women's singles with a 2-6 6-4 1-6 defeat against fourth seed Japanese Eri Hozumi in the third round, lasting one hour and 55 minutes.

With Ankita's defeat, India's challenge has ended in women's singles. Ankita, though, is still in fray in the mixed doubles with Divij Sharan.

In hockey, the Indian women's team produced an inspired performance to thrash Malaysia 6-1 to qualify for the semi-finals.

For India, Rani Rampal (4th minute, 20th) and Jaspreet Kaur (9th, 39th) score two goals each, while Namita Toppo (17th) and Vandana Kataria (50th) were the other goal getters.

Malaysia's lone goal was scored by skipper Nadia Abdul Rahman from a penalty corner.

Indian eves in all likelihood will face last edition's silver medallist Korea in the semi-finals on Sunday as the hosts are presently leading Pool B and are expected to finish as the toppers.

On the golf course, Udayan Mane tamed the windy conditions to put himself in medal contention with a superb six-under 66, which left him tied third at the midway stage.

Mane, one of the four players to card 66 in the second round, is eight-under 136 and three shots behind the new leader local 17-year-old lad Youm Eunho.

But there was disappointment in volleyball. Indian men spikers gave a gritty fight against last edition's silver medallists Iran before going down in straight games in their final preliminary round match.

The Indians, who have already advanced to the next round (Play-off Group stage) after winning their earlier two matches, lost 22-25 22-25 18-25 against their more fancied opponents in a 71-minute Group C preliminary round contest at Songnim Gymnasium.

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Pugilists Shiva, Kuldeep in quarters; Akhil bows out

INCHEON: Continental champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) was barely tested as he advanced to the quarterfinals but it was curtains for comeback-man Akhil Kumar (60kg) after he lost an edge-of-the-seat last-16 bout on a bitter-sweet day for Indian boxing in the 17th Asian Games on Friday.

Medal Tally

Also advancing to the quarterfinals was multiple-times national champion Kuldeep Singh (81kg) at the Seonhak Gymnasium.

Shiva, who got a walkover in the first round, was the first to take the ring for India today and he was in there for just about a minute and 25 seconds against Pakistan's Nadir.

The Assamese boxer managed to open a cut above the right eye of Nadir. The referee awarded the bout to Shiva the moment Nadir started bleeding, declaring it a Technical Knockout (Injury).

Next man in for India was Kuldeep against Thailand's Thongkrathok Anavat and he clinched the bout 2-1 on points. The Indian boxer had the height advantage and was distinctly more agile.

In fact, Anavat was left quite unsettled by Kuldeep's combination of uppercuts and hooks which had the Thai ducking for cover.

With a 2-0 lead in hand, the Indian played it safe in the final three minutes even as Anavat went all out. The late aggression was enough to get him the final round but was not enough to stop the Indian from advancing to the next round.

The evening session, however, turned out to be a disappointing one for India.

Akhil, on a comeback trail after three years of injury-forced hibernation, was impressive to start with against Filipino Charly Suarez but eventually fell short in a throughly entertaining bout.
The 33-year-old Indian took his much younger opponent by surprise in the opening three minutes, displaying better foot movement and markedly sharp reflexes. With his guard down, Akhil invited Suarez to attack before getting the better of him in counter-hitting.

Suarez, however, refused to fall for the bait in the next two rounds, exercising remarkable restraint while dealing with Akhil's showmanship.

While Suarez relied heavily of hitting straight and clear, Akhil targetted his opponent's torso, a tactic which did not yield the kind of results that the Indian might have hoped for.

In the end, fatigue caught up with Akhil, who looked drained out in the final three minutes. A rather hard cross on the face rattled the veteran Indian to the extent that his gum-shield came out just 10 seconds before the closing bell. The final scoreline read 2-1 in favour of Suarez. The two boxers exchanged a warm hug, lauding each other for the entertaining fight.

Amritpreet Singh (91kg) was the last Indian to take the ring today and he fought hard before losing 1-2 to home favourite Park Namhyeong.

The Indian gave it his all and matched his rival blow for blow but in the end the two out of three judges chose Namhyeong as the preferred winner after the two were tied on scores even though the third judge had given the bout to Amritpreet.

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Pugilists Shiva, Kuldeep in quarters; Akhil bows out

INCHEON: Continental champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) was barely tested as he advanced to the quarterfinals but it was curtains for comeback-man Akhil Kumar (60kg) after he lost an edge-of-the-seat last-16 bout on a bitter-sweet day for Indian boxing in the 17th Asian Games on Friday.

Medal Tally

Also advancing to the quarterfinals was multiple-times national champion Kuldeep Singh (81kg) at the Seonhak Gymnasium.

Shiva, who got a walkover in the first round, was the first to take the ring for India today and he was in there for just about a minute and 25 seconds against Pakistan's Nadir.

The Assamese boxer managed to open a cut above the right eye of Nadir. The referee awarded the bout to Shiva the moment Nadir started bleeding, declaring it a Technical Knockout (Injury).

Next man in for India was Kuldeep against Thailand's Thongkrathok Anavat and he clinched the bout 2-1 on points. The Indian boxer had the height advantage and was distinctly more agile.

In fact, Anavat was left quite unsettled by Kuldeep's combination of uppercuts and hooks which had the Thai ducking for cover.

With a 2-0 lead in hand, the Indian played it safe in the final three minutes even as Anavat went all out. The late aggression was enough to get him the final round but was not enough to stop the Indian from advancing to the next round.

The evening session, however, turned out to be a disappointing one for India.

Akhil, on a comeback trail after three years of injury-forced hibernation, was impressive to start with against Filipino Charly Suarez but eventually fell short in a throughly entertaining bout.
The 33-year-old Indian took his much younger opponent by surprise in the opening three minutes, displaying better foot movement and markedly sharp reflexes. With his guard down, Akhil invited Suarez to attack before getting the better of him in counter-hitting.

Suarez, however, refused to fall for the bait in the next two rounds, exercising remarkable restraint while dealing with Akhil's showmanship.

While Suarez relied heavily of hitting straight and clear, Akhil targetted his opponent's torso, a tactic which did not yield the kind of results that the Indian might have hoped for.

In the end, fatigue caught up with Akhil, who looked drained out in the final three minutes. A rather hard cross on the face rattled the veteran Indian to the extent that his gum-shield came out just 10 seconds before the closing bell. The final scoreline read 2-1 in favour of Suarez. The two boxers exchanged a warm hug, lauding each other for the entertaining fight.

Amritpreet Singh (91kg) was the last Indian to take the ring today and he fought hard before losing 1-2 to home favourite Park Namhyeong.

The Indian gave it his all and matched his rival blow for blow but in the end the two out of three judges chose Namhyeong as the preferred winner after the two were tied on scores even though the third judge had given the bout to Amritpreet.

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Asian Games: India stand dismal 15th after Day 6

INCHEON: Indian rowers provided the spark with a couple of bronze medals, while the unfancied women shooters added another bronze as India maintained their 15th position in the overall standings with a tally of 15 in the 17th Asian Games here today.

Armyman Swaran Singh Virk rowed his way through exhaustion to the third spot in single sculls before the men's squad added the eights title on yet another mixed day for the Indian contingent.

The double trap women's team of Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh and Varsha Varman, brought some cheer for the largely off the mark shooters with their bronze medal on the sixth day of competitions.

India were assured of a silver in archery while the squash players were also assured of a bronze each in the men's and women's team events after making the semifinals.

But it was heartbreak for the Indian men's hockey team which went down to arch-rivals Pakistan 1-2 in a group B encounter. The defeat has put India's chances of progressing to the next round in jeopardy.

With the addition of three more to the tally today, India were placed 15th with one gold, a silver and 13 bronze medals. China continued to lead with 152 medals (77-41-34) followed by hosts South Korea (28-33-30) and Japan (27-35-31).

In badminton, star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap advanced to round of last and last 16 respectively but PV Sindhu bowed after losing in the preliminary stage.

Rowers were, however, the stars of today's proceedings for India.

As the rowing events ended at the ChungjuTangeum Lake International Rowing Centre, India's modest tally of medals stood at three bronze, the first having been won yesterday by Dushyant Chauhan in men's lightweight single sculls.

The performance was lower in both quality as well as quantity to the 2010 tally of 1 gold medal, 3 silver and 1 bronze.

Naik Subedar Swaran Singh must be complimented for putting up a brave effort. The timing he clocked here to win the bronze covering the 2000m distance (7 minutes, 10.65 seconds), was better than his performance at the London Olympic Games two years ago timing wise (7:29.66).

But the extra effort the 24-year-old former volleyball player put in towards the end when he tried to ward off the challenge from South Korean rival Kim Dongyong, who secured the silver, saw him collapse due to exhaustion. He fell off the boat into the water, and had to be taken out by the rescue team to the ambulance.

Later the men's picked up the eights bronze by securing the third position behind gold medal winners China and Japan who crossed the finish line in 1:27.96 and 1:30.39 respectively.

The Indian team of Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, 2010 single sculls gold medal winner Bajrang Lal Takhar, P U Robin, K Sawan Kumar, Mohammad Azad, Maninder Singh, Davinder Singh and Mohammed Ahmed started sluggishly to be trailing in fourth at the halfway stage before making the extra effort to clinch the bronze.

At the faraway Gyeonggido shooting range, the women shooters provided the seventh medal for the country so far.

However, for the second successive day India drew a blank at the nearby Ongnyeon pistol and rifle range where hot shot Gagan Narang made his appearance and flopped individually as well as collectively with his team-mates in 50m rifle prone event.

Pistol shooters Gurpreet Singh, Mahaveer Singh and seasoned Samaresh Jung too disappointed.

In archery, atleast another silver medal was assured after the trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar entered the final of the compound men's team archery event.

The trio of Verma, Chauhan and Kumar defeated Iran, comprising Esmaeil Ebadi, Majid Gheidi and Amir Kazempour 231-227 in the semifinal at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field.

The team will now face formidable Korea in the gold medal match. The hosts defeated Philippines 228-227 in another semifinal encounter.

It was heartbreak for India in the women's compound women's team event as the trio of Trisha Deb, Purvasha Shinde and Jyothi Surekha Vennam lost to favourites Chinese Taipei in the semifinal.

The Indian trio gave the Chinese Taipei side a run for its money before going down 224-226. The Indian eves, however, have a chance to finish on the podium as they take on Iran in the bronze medal match tomorrow.

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