Asian Games 2018, Day 12 Live Updates: India's Athletes Look to Add to Medals Tally, Mouma Das Loses Round of 32 Clash
News18.com | August 30, 2018, 12:09 PM IST
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Day 11 Round-up: Heptathlete Swapna Barman added a dash of heroism to her historic gold medal, triple jumper Arpinder Singh personified the predictability that comes with a favourite tag, while sprinter Dutee Chand continued to rediscover herself as track-and-field remained India's happy hunting ground at the 18th Asian Games here.
Woke up today to the congratulatory messages and wishes for our performance yesterday. I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone for recognizing and appreciating our efforts, @TableTennisInd needs your continuous support 🙏🏓🇮🇳#AsianGames2018#JakartaPalembang2018#AMG
At the 2018 Asian Games, the Indian men's hockey team, a bunch of fun-loving champions, will be as disciplined as an army because of coach Harendra Singh and analytical coach Chris Ciriello's ways.
The Indian team will look to enter their 13th final when they take on Malaysia in the last four of the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta, on Thursday.
Aug 30, 2018 11:31 am (IST)
Volleyball: After leading 16-15, India have lost the first set 21-25 in the men's classification round match against Myanmar.
Aug 30, 2018 11:18 am (IST)
Table tennis: It’s all over! India’s Mouma Das has lost the fourth game in her Round of 32 contest against Chinese Taipei’s Szuyu Chen and lost the match 0-4 after losing the fourth game 6-11.
Table tennis: India’s Mouma Das is really struggling in her Round of 32 game against Chinese Taipei’s Szuyu Chen. She trails 0-3 after losing the third game 6-11. All this in just 18 minutes.
Table Tennis: India’s Mouma Das has begun her campaign in the singles round against Chinese Taipei’s Szuyu Chen and has lost the first two games 6-11, 5-11 in the round of 32. She must win the third to stay in the competition.
Aug 30, 2018 10:58 am (IST)
Table Tennis: India’s Mouma Das has begun her campaign in the singles round against Chinese Taipei’s Szuyu Chen and has lost the first game 11-6.
Aug 30, 2018 10:25 am (IST)
Table tennis: The individual events have begun today and the Indian paddlers will begin their campaign with Mouma Das taking on Szuyu Chen from Chinese Taipei in the Round of 32. After that, Sharath Achanta Kamal will be up against Pakistan's Muhammad Asim Qureshi in the Round of 32. Later in the evening Manika Batra will take on Thailand's Nanthana Komwong in the Round of 32 before G Sathiyan rounds up the day for India in the same round.
Aug 30, 2018 10:20 am (IST)
Squash: In a short while from now, India's women's team will be up against Hong Kong in their Group B match.
Every medal we have won this #AsianGames18 is gem in our crown. Really happy to see athletes getting the attention that they deserve. Congratulations to all the participants! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Cycling: The tempo race of the men’s omnium event has begun and India are represented by Manjeet Singh. In this race, which is over 10km, there is a sprint on every lap after the first four with the first rider crossing the line winning one point. Any rider who gains a lap on the field is awarded 20 points, while losing a lap means 20 points are deducted.
Aug 30, 2018 9:56 am (IST)
Two decisive Semi-Finals and two placing-stage matches will unravel on the turf on day six of the men’s hockey event at the @asiangames2018 Jakarta & Palembang on 30th August. Here’s how the fixtures will play out today.
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Judo: India's Garima Choudhary loses 0-10 to Gulnoza Matniyazova of Uzbekistan in women's -70kg elimination Round of 16.
Aug 30, 2018 9:49 am (IST)
Canoe: India’s Gaurav Tomar and Sunil Singh Salam have finished sixth out of nine sailers in the men’s Canoe Double (C2) 1,000m final with a time of 3:56.477.
Aug 30, 2018 9:49 am (IST)
Equestrian: After Final Round 1 in Jumping Individual, India's Zahan Kevic Setalvad is in 30th place while Kaevaan Kevic Setalvad is 36th.
Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min played a captain's role as South Korea beat plucky Vietnam 3-1 to reach the Asian Games final on Wednesday.
Aug 30, 2018 9:25 am (IST)
Canoe: India's Gaurav Tomar and Sunil Singh finish sixth in men's 1000m Double (C2) final.
Aug 30, 2018 9:18 am (IST)
Judo: In India’s Harshdeep Singh Brar's Round of 16 match against Korea's Sengsu Lee in the men’s -81kg, Brar was eliminated after receiving three sanctions during the bout.
The Indian women's hockey team made its first Asian Games final in 20 years, outlasting three-time champions China 1-0 in a fiercely-contested battle here on Wednesday.
Aug 30, 2018 9:12 am (IST)
Cycling: India’s Chaoma Devi has failed to qualify for the women’s 3,000m individual pursuit medal rounds after finishing last in the qualification with a time of 4:05:298.
Aug 30, 2018 9:05 am (IST)
Kayak: India’s kayakers continue to disappoint in Indonesia and have finished last once again. This time, Naocha Singh and Ching Ching Sing Arambam finish at the bottom in the men’s Kayak Double (K2) 1,000m race with a time of 3:48:627.
The surprise story of the day was table tennis where old warhorse A Sharath Kamal and new sensation Manika Batra broke new grounds, giving India a first ever mixed doubles medal at the Asiad -- a bronze.
As a result of these path-breaking performances, the country remained on course to better its previous edition's haul and tallied 54 medals -- 11 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze.
Competing with a plastered face owing to a teeth injury, described as a a case of infection, the battle-hardened Swapna topped the overall standings to garb her maiden Asiad gold.
The daughter of a rickshaw puller who has been bed-ridden by stroke since 2013, Swapna logged 6026 points from the seven events competed over two days. She won the high jump (1003 points) and javelin throw (872 points) events and finished second-best in shot put (707 points) and long jump (865 points).
Her weakest events were 100m (981 points, 5th position) and 200m in which she finished seventh with 790 points. But the tremendous overall effort was enough to make her the first heptathlete to notch up a gold at the continental showpiece.
Another history-maker was Arpinder, becoming the first triple jumper in 48 years to fetch a gold after Mohinder Singh Gill (1970).
The athlete from Punjab bossed the finals, making the gold-winning jump of 16.77m in just his third attempt and was never really threatened by the rest of the field.
Then there was Dutee, continuing to enjoy her return to top flight athletics, by adding a 200m silver to the one she clinched in the 100m event.
Dutee was not allowed to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as she was embroiled in a hyperandrogenism case, which eventually went in her favour at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
Today, she crossed the line in 23.20 which was 0.149 slower than the gold medal winner from Bharain, Edidiong Odiong (22.96).
"I have faced a lot since 2014. No one has gone through such a bad phase. I am glad that I could win two medal for the country. There is always this fear that it might come back. But more the fear, the harder I train," the diminutive runner said after finding her silver lining.
The Indian table tennis contingent's dream run also got better when Kamal and Batra, both Commonwealth Games gold-winners, exceeded their own expectations to win a historic mixed doubles bronze.
It was only yesterday that the Kamal-led men's team had secured a bronze, ending India's 60-year-wait for a maiden medal at the Asian Games.
Today, Kamal and Batra played four matches in a day and only the opener against Malaysia was comfortable.
In the semifinals, Kamal and Batra made life tough for China's Yingsha Sun and Wang Sun before going down 9-11, 5-11, 13-11, 4-11, 8-11.
"It has been an unbelievable campaign so far. Not even in my wildest dreams, I thought of winning a medal at the Asian Games. Now I have got that too. I am still pinching myself," said Kamal, who will also compete in the men's doubles and singles competition.
The women's hockey team provided the perfect end to the day, by making the finals with a 1-0 win over China. The team is now assured of a better medal than the bronze it won the last time around.
Also on a roll were the squash players. In their best ever show at the Games, they were assured of two more medals after the men's and women's teams advanced to the semifinals.
The men's defeated Thailand, while the women sailed past China, both winning by by an identical 3-0 margin. The squash players had claimed three bronze medals in the singles competition and with two medals assured in team events, they have exceeded their 2014 performance in terms of number of medals won.
There were mixed results in the boxing ring.
Star boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) overcame a bleeding left eye to be assured of an unprecedented third consecutive Asian Games medal, while Amit Panghal (49kg) produced a power-packed performance in his quarterfinal bout to guarantee himself a maiden podium finish.
However, it was curtains for world silver-medallist Sarjubala Devi (51kg) after she lost her quarterfinal bout 0-5 to China's Chang Yuan. Her loss means that Indian women boxers would be returning without a medal from the Asiad for the first time since the event was added to the Games in 2010.
The overall haul from boxing is going to be just two this time, a massive drop from a gold and four bronze medals achieved in 2014.
There was no end to disappointments in judo, and sepaktakraw, where Indians failed to register any result of significance. After delivering a surprise silver and bronze yesterday, the Kurash contingent endured a disappointing day, failing to win.
Already out of reckoning, the Indian men's handball team ended its campaign on a positive note, defeating Indonesia in a group 3 main round match.