Asian Games 2018, Day 7, Highlights: As It Happened

Also a NEW #Indian RECORD by @HimaDas8 https://t.co/g8urZ1luS4

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Hockey: Indian women's team survived a few early scared to beat Korea 4-1 to continue their impressive form at the Games going. After the men's did it yesterday, the women's team have now won all three matches comfortably at the Games.

A RECORD BREAKING GOLDEN THROW!

Champion Tejinderpal Singh Toor has won a GOLD medal in Shot Put at #AsianGames2018.

What a performance! What a champ! #KheloIndia #IndiaAtAsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/R8eK7y5ce7

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Men's 400: Muhammad Anas Yahiya has secured a place in the final of the 400m event after winning his semi-final with a time of 45.3 sec. Japan's Julian Walsh also qualifies for the final. 

Toor's top four throws were 20.75, 20.00, 19.96 & 19.96. Silver won by Chinese with 19.52. So effectively, Toor win gold, silver, bronze & finished fourth! that is a dominant performance! #AsianGames #AsiadOnNews18

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Women's 400m: Hima Das has also qualified for the finale with the second best timing of the day so far. Hima's 51.00 seconds were bettered only by Salwa Naser who set a games record in the heat with 50.86 sec.

Women's 400m: India's Nirmla Sheoran has qualified for the finals after breezing through the qualification round. She qualified for the final with an excellent time of 54.09.

Many congratulations to @Tajinder_Singh3 for New Asian Games record and national record with 20.75 m Throw. Grabbing 🥇 for India. Proud 🇮🇳जय हिंद

— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 25, 2018

GAMES RECORD @Tajinder_Singh3 20.75m shot put #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/bP0BA4vqFv

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GOLD: That's it folks, India have won their first gold medal of the day courtesy of shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor. He set the Games record with a stunning throw of 20.75m. He is currently running on the circuit in jubilation, holding the Indian flag.

Shot Put: Tenjinderpal Singh Toor is on fire as he sets the Games Record with a stunning 20.75m throw. He has completely demolished the opposition here and he is en route of winning the gold medal. 

@Tajinder_Singh3 throws 19.96m again in fourth attempt, he is in lead #AsianGames2018 He did 19.96m in his first attempt, Gold 🤞it should be. pic.twitter.com/laLjZtNVok

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Shot Put: Tejinderpal Singh Toor has once again thrown 19.96m in his fourth attempt. He threw the same in his first attempt. Toor has maintained his position at the top since his first throw and he is likely to take the top spot when the event ends. 

Hockey: At half-time, the Indian women's team are locked at 1-1 against Korea and easily, they have been the toughest opponent that the Women in Blue have faced so far. 

Men Shot Put is India’s MOST successful event in #Athletics in #AsianGames history, 8 Gold, 3 Silver & 7 Bronze since 1951; @Tajinder_Singh3 starts with 19.96m 1st attempt & is on top right now #AsianGames2018 #GoForGold Tajinder💪#TeamIndiaAthletics@SPNSportsIndia @ESPNIndia pic.twitter.com/pANOJR7CQS

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Hockey: After the end of first quarter, the Indian women's team are locked at 0-0 by Korea. This the toughest opponent that the Women in Blue have faced so far in the competition.

Shot Put: India's Tejinderpal Toor is currently leading the list with a throw of 19.96m. China's Liu Yang is second with 19.42,m. There results are after the first attempt in the event.

Dutee Chand wins her 100m heat in 11.38s to enter semis. #GoForGold Dutee Chand

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Women's 100m: Dutee Chand has issued an early warning for the others as she qualifiies for the semi-final in stunning style. Chand's qualification time was 11.38.

Women's Hammer Throw: India's Sarita Singh finishes fifth and fails to win a medal for India. She threw a commendable 62.03 but it wasn't enough in the end for her to win a medal.

Women's Hammer Throw: After four attempts, Sarita Singh is now placed at the number fourth spot on the table. Sarita's highest throw today has been 62.03.

Long Jump: Indian athlete Sreeshankar has made it into the final on the back of a good performance in the qualifiers. He qualified for the finals in his first jump itself. Sreeshankar put this performance despite things not in great shape back home in Kerala. But he was forced by his mother to compete in the Asian Games do the country proud. The final will now be played tomorrow. 

Women's Hammer Throw: India's Sarita Romit Singh is currently at the number six spot with 59.9 m throw.  China's Na Luo leads the race with 71.6 m throw.

Suprita Das, Senior Journalist: Quietest day of the games so far for India. Barring Sindhu-Saina’s dominant wins and boxer Pavitra’s knock out show against her Pakistani counterpart, it’s been quite low key. All the squash singles players lost their semis. Let’s look at track and field to light up the evening session. Tejinder Toor in the shot put is a medal contender. And of course, Md Anas and Hima Das in their 400m qualifications.

Squash: Heartbreak for Saurav Ghosal as after leading 2-0, he has succumbed to a 2-3 defeat to Hong Kong's Chung Ming. Ghosal had won the silver medal last time in Incheon 2014, however, this time he has to be content with just bronze.

Squash: Extraordinary comeback from Chung Ming as he has forced the match into the decider now by winning back to back games. The match is now locked at 2-2. The winner of this game will play the gold medal match in men's singles. 

Squash: Chung Ming has hit back strongly now as he takes the third game to make it 1-2. Ghosal still needs one game to still the match and secure a place in the final.

Squash: Indian squash players Saurav Ghoshal is on the verge of securing a place in the final as he is currently 2-0 up against his Hong Kong counterpart Chung Ming. 

Squash: Joshna Chinappa has also lost her squash semi-final clash and she will have to settle for Bronze. Chinappa lost to Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam  in the final four clash. 

.@P9Ashwini/@sikkireddy narrowly miss out the semi-final berth at the #AsianGames2018 after an unfortunate 11-21, 22-24 loss to China. Great attitude from our girls; put their heart and soul into the tie though the result didn't favour them. ! #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/fPBNuNgMA4

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