Asian Games, Day 8, Highlights: As It Happened

One more medal for #TeamIndiaAthletics & this one comes from the Tracks too, #India's sprint star #DuteeChand grabs a silver medal in Women's 100m final of #AsianGames2018 #EnergyOfAsia @sports_odisha @rvineel_krishna @Naveen_Odisha @Media_SAI @IndiaSports @yashodhararaje pic.twitter.com/escXEbYc3u

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) August 26, 2018

AFI files a Protest regarding DQ of G Lakshmanan (10000m) at #AsianGames2018

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) August 26, 2018

This is how close it was right at the end but Dutee kept her cool and won the silver. 

Women's 100m: Dutee Chand is flying the Indian flag high after taking the second spot in the event. Dutee's timing was 11.32, which was just 0.02 seconds behind Bahrain's Edidiong who took the gold medal. Dutee wins the silver and takes selfies with fans to celebrate her stunning win.

Women's 100m: India's Dutee Chand's event is next up and she will be competing against the best Asian athtletes in the event. Dutee is placed at the seventh running spot. She qualified for the final with a timing of 11.43.

Looks like 10000m results is changed

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) August 26, 2018

10,000m: Heartbreak for Govindan as he has been disqualified after finishing third in the men's 10,000m. He was awarded the bronze medal but after checking the replays, the officials found out that he had his leg outside the cirucuit for a brief period and he has been disqualified for that. So near yet to far. 

Men's Long Jump: Heartbreak for India's Sreeshankar as he finishes outside the medal place. The youngsters last two jump was invalid and finishes with his best jump of 7.9m. China's Jianan Wang takes the gold medal.

One more medal from Tracks....G Lakshmanan wins Bronze medal in Men's 10000m with the timing of 29:44.91 at #AsianGames2018 Third medal of the day from #TeamIndiaAthletics

Great great result Lakshmanan 💫

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) August 26, 2018

10,000m: Lakhmanan Govindan has created history has he wins the bronze medal in the men's 10,000m. Bahrain's Hassan and Abrahan finish 1 and 2.

What a last few minutes #AsianGames2018 . Two 400m silvers and a rampant hockey team against Korea. #MohdAnas #HimaDas

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 26, 2018

Hockey: Indian team have continued their good run at the Games as they make it four out of four. India beat Korea in their latest match and they won it by 5-3. This was undoubtedly one of their toughest matches as before this match, they hadn't event conceded a goal. Also, they have qualified for the semi-final courtesy of this win.

Congratulations @HimaDas8 💪proud 🇮🇳Jai hind https://t.co/MEXDb1swoI

— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 26, 2018

Table tennis: After Manika Batra put India in the lead in the Women’s team event against Iran in their final match-up of the day, Ayhika Mukherjee has lost to Neda Shahsavari in the second game with a score of 10-12, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 5-11. The contest is tied at 1-1 with Mouma Das playing an all-important third game of the tie against Maryem Samet.

Boxing: India’s last boxer for the day, Shiva Thapa has lost his 60kg bout against China’s Shan Jun after referee stops contest.

Men’s Long Jump final: India’s Sreeshankar has bettered his performance from the first jump and he stands on third with a jump of 7.95m. The leader at the moment is Jianan Wang with a jump of 8.24m. 

Suprita Das, Senior Journalist: 

Silver for Anas too. The belief in India’s quarter milers at these Games has been terrific. You can see the body language is different, and that translates into medal winning performances. Hima and Anas will give us plenty of reasons to cheer about in years to come.

Men's 400m final: India's Muhammed Anas clinched the Silver medal with a time of 45.69 seconds, while Rajiv Arokiya came in fourth with a time of 45.84 seconds. Bahrain's Abdalelah Hassan clinched the Gold medal. Here are the final standings: 

Suprita Das, Senior Journalist: 

Yet another NR broken by Hima who finishes second behind the stand out performer Salma Naser. Das has age on her side, and can only improve with experience. India needs to preserve this talent! 

Hima Das trails Salwa Naser by a fair bit on the home stretch but she wins women's 400m silver medal with a National record time of 50.79 seconds, the first sub-51 by an Indian. #AsianGames2018 #Athletics Nirmala finished fourth in 52.96. pic.twitter.com/pQawH31oiq

— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman) August 26, 2018

Men's 400 final: India's Muhammed Anas and Rajiv Arokiya are in the fray for the medals in the final. Here is the starting list: 

Women's 400m final: India's Hima Das (50.79 seconds) has taken the Silver medal after Salwa Naser (50.09 seconds) took the Gold medal. India's second representative in the final Nirmla Sheoran finished in fourth. 

The Women's 400m final is about to start and India are represented by the young and daring speed machine Hima Das and Nirmla Sheoran in the final. The favourite along with Hima is Salwa Naser, who broke the Games record in the qualifiers. Here is the start list: 

KP Mohan, who has covered several international meets including the Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships and Asian Championships for The Hindu, has this to say about wonder girl Hima Das in his blog.

The Hima Das vs Salma Naser duel in the women’s 400m would be worth waiting for. Naser has remained unbeaten this season through six races before being beaten in Monaco by Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas. But Naser clocked a personal best of 49.08s there, a national record.

Having caught the attention of the Indian public, unfamiliar to success of our athletes at the global level, with her stunning display in the World Under-20 championships at Tampere, Finland, in July, Hima would be under pressure to live up to her new tag of the ‘unbeatable’ athlete over the final 80 metres of a 400m race. It would be the biggest shock of the Games if the diminutive Naser is beaten by the 18-year-old Indian who has a best of 51.13s. 

Hima’s progress in less than a year has left many baffled. It would be wise to wait for a few more years to see where the Assam girl could be headed. She’s scheduled to compete in the 200m also in Jakarta though there she might find the going tougher than in the longer event.

REMINDER! The Women's 100m final featuring India's Dutee Chand is slated to take place in a couple of hours from now. Here's the start list: 

Men's long jump: India's Sreeshankar has had his first go in the final and has jumped 7.76m. China's Yaoguang Zhang currently leads with a Games record with a jump of 8.15m. Sreeshankar is currently second on the standings, but mind you not everyone has had their first jump yet. 

Hockey: The Indian men's team continue to dominate the South Korean side and hold a 3-0 lead at the half time stage in their penultimate group match. 

Women's 100m final: Dutee Chand will be in action and in the fray for a medal later today evening. The final is at 7:40pm IST. Stay tuned! 

Men's Long Jump Final: India's Sreeshankar will be in action very soon with 11 other champion athletes. Here is the starting list: 

Women's 100 Semi-final 2: China's Yongli Wei takes the top spot with a time of 11.29 seconds. Here are the rest of the timings from the second semi-final