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Asian Games 2018, Day 7: How It Happened
On the seventh day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018, India currently stands at the 8th position in the tally with 29 medals.
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Image Courtesy: PTI (File Image) JAKARTA: After the conclusion of various sporting events on the seventh day of the 18th Asian Games 2018 on August 25, Saturday, India stands at the 8th spot in the tally with a total of 29 medals, which include 7 Gold, 5 Silver and 17 Bronze medals. Indian athletes initially failed to impress on the seventh day of the Asian Games but impressed with their performances as the day progressed. In one of the major highlights of the day, Indian Women's Hockey team defeated South Korea 4-1 in the Pool B match. In another high for the Indian athletics, Tajinderpal Singh Toor bagged a Gold - seventh - for India, setting a new Asian Games record with a brilliant attempt of 20.75m in Men's Shot Put. Dipika Pallikal opened India's account on the 7th Day by winning a Bronze after losing to Nicol David in Squash semifinal. Earlier, ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal reached badminton quarterfinals. Minutes later, Joshana Chinappa (31) settled for bronze after losing to Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia in women's squash singles semi-final. In another Squash event, top seed Saurav Ghosal went down 2-3 against Chun Ming Au of Hong Kong in Men's Singles Semifinals to settle for Bronze.
Indian boxer Pavitra moved into QF (Women's Light 60-kg, Round of 16) after beating her Pakistani opponent Perveen Rukhsar. Earlier, India's athletics camping of the Games started on a high as Muhammed Anas and Arokia Rajiv qualified for the men's 400m semi-finals.
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Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore shares a video of the proud moment when Tejinderpal Singh Toor won GOLD for India in Men's Shot Put.
That proud moment when Tejinder pal Singh Toor won GOLD for INDIA in shot put and the Tricolour flew high at #AsianGames2018 #KheloIndia pic.twitter.com/1DT2Gl2Hd2
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 25, 2018
PM Narendra Modi too congratulates Tejinderpal Singh Toor for the historic Gold and setting a new record in the Asian Games 2018.
A historic Gold and a new record!
Congratulations to Tejender Pal Singh Toor for winning the prestigious Gold medal in the Shot put event at the @asiangames2018. Proud of him for setting a new Asian Games record as well. pic.twitter.com/19Ccik3ovi
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 25, 2018
Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore congratulates Tejinderpal Singh Toor for winning a Gold in Men's Shot Put.
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
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 25, 2018
In Athletics, India's Nirmla Sheoran also qualifies for semis of Women's 400m after clocking 54.09s.
In Athletics, India's Muhammad Anas and Rajiv Arokia qualify for men's 400m finals. Anas was 1st in Semis Heat by clocking 45.30s while Arokia finished 2nd in Semis Heat by clocking 46.08s).
In Volleyball, India lose 2-3 against Chinese Taipei in Women's Pool B game.
India beat South Korea 4-1 in Women's Hockey Pool B match. (Just for records, India were ranked 9th and South Korea 10th.)
In Women's hockey, Vandana Kataria scores the fourth goal for India in the 56th minute of the game against South Korea.
In Women's Hockey, India make a strong comeback, lead by 4-1 against South Korea. Indians score three goals in three minutes, just outstanding performance to build up pressure on their Korean rivals.
Seventh Gold for India in Men's Shotput! Tajinderpal Singh Toor sets new Asian Games record with a brilliant attempt of 20.75m which is also a National record.
Here comes another good news from Athletics! India's Hima Das finishes second clocking 51.00s in Heat 1 to qualify for Women's 400m final.
Athletics: Suriya Loganathan and Sanjivani Jadhav finish 6th & 9th (last) respectively in Women's 10,000m Final
Women's Hockey: After 32 minutes of the game, India 1-1 South Korea in the third quarter.
Meanwhile, in Volleyball, India win the third set against Chinese Taipei 25-18.
In women's hockey, India, South Korea back in action after the second half, current score 1-1.
In Women's Hockey Pool B match, India 1-1 South Korea at half-time.
Atheltics: Foul throw by India's Tajinderpal in the third attempt in men's shot put, still ahead (with best attempt of 19.96 m)
Athletics: India's Tajinderpal Singh Toor throws 19.15m in his second attempt in Men's shot put finals. Currently holds the top spot for his best attempt of 19.96m
Hockey Women's Tournament Pool B match: In the 20th minute of the game, South Korea's Lee Yurim successfully converts the penalty stroke into a Goal; score at the moment India 1-1 South Korea.
Hockey Women's Tournament Pool B match: In the 16th minute of the game, India's Navneet Kaur scores a goal; India lead 1-0 against S Korea.
In Women's Volleyball preliminary round, India lose second set 21-25 against Chinese Taipei in 21 minutes. The match is tied at 1-1 now.
In Hockey Women's Tournament Pool B match, India take on South Korea with an aim to make it three wins in three games.
Here is the Starting XI of the Indian Eves who will play their third match at the @asiangames2018 against South Korea at 6:30 PM (IST) today. Watch the action LIVE on @SPNSportsIndia and @SonyLIV .#IndiaKaGame #AsianGames2018 #INDvKOR pic.twitter.com/EP1MGMJ8Cg
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 25, 2018
Athletics: Women's 10,000m (featuring 2 Indians Sanjivani Jadhav and Suriya Loganathan) about to begin.
Athletics: Women's 10,000m (featuring 2 Indians Sanjivani Jadhav and Suriya Loganathan) about to begin.
Good News for Indian sports lovers! In Women's 100m qualification, India's Dutee Chand clocks 11.38 to top Heat 2 and qualify for the semi-final event.
Athletics: India's Dutee Chand would be in action shortly in Women's 100m (Heat).
Athletics: India's Sarita Romit Singh finishes 5th (out of 9 competitors) with best attempt of 62.03m in Women's Hammer Throw Final
Heartbreak for India's Sarita Romit Singh, her last attempt is a foul, misses out on the chance to win a Bronze for India in Women's Hammer Throw.
In Women's Hammer Throw Final: India's Sarita Romit Singh makes a foul in the 5th attempt, only one last attempt left for her now.
Athletics: In Men's Long Jump, 19 year-old Sreeshankar qualifies for Final with best attempt of 7.83m in Qualification. 
In Women's Hammer Throw Final, India's Sarita Singh throws 62.03 in the third attempt. She is currently at the 4th spot.
Squash: On Day 7, India has so far bagged three Bronze medals in Squash. India now has 6 Gold, 10 Silver and 12 Bronze and a total of 28 medals.
Squash: Another heartbreak for India, Saurav Ghosal goes down 2-3 against Chun Ming Au of Hong Kong in Men's Singles Semifinals to settle for Bronze.
Badminton: The Indian pair squandered 6 match-point opportunities. Their defeat shatters India's medal hopes in Men's Doubles.
Badminton: Heartbreak for India's Manu Attri/ Sumeeth Reddy as they go down fighting to reigning World Champions Junhui/Yuchen 13-21, 21-17, 23-25 in men's doubles Round of 16.
In Squash, India's Saurav Ghosal is leading 2-1 against Chun Ming Au of Hong Kong as of now.
Meanwhile, 2 medals assured for India in Bridge after men's and mixed team enter Semis, which will be played on Sunday.
Badminton: After losing the first game 13-21 to Junhui Li/Yuchen Liu of China, India's Manu Attri/B Sumeeth Reddy win the second game 21-17 in men's doubles Round of 16. Tie level at 1-1.
Squash: India's Saurav Ghosal is leading by 2-0 against Chun Ming Au of Hong Kong.
PM Narendra Modi congratulates Deepika Pallikal for winning a Bronze in Squash.
Great game by our noted squash player @DipikaPallikal! Congratulations for the Bronze medal in the @asiangames2018. She’s been consistently distinguishing herself and achieving remarkable success internationally. #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/UaKXTOiJXm
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 25, 2018
Golf: After the completion of the Round 3 of women's individual event, India's Ridhima Dilawari (T20), Sifat Sagoo (T23) and Diksha Dagar is ranked 26. In women's team event, India are placed at the ninth position after Round 3.
Squash: Men's single semifinal clash between India's Saurav Ghosal and Hong Kong's Chun Ming Au underway.
Boxing: Pavitra moves into QF (Women's Light 60kg, Round of 16) after beating Pakistani opponent Perveen Rukhsar. No other Indian Boxer's bout scheduled for today.
Squash: India's Joshna Chinappa loses 1-3 to Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam in women's singles semifinals, takes home bronze. India's total tally goes up to 27.
Badminton Women's Doubles Quarterfinal: India's Ashwini Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy loses 11-21, 22-24 to China's Qingchen Chen-Yifan Jia.
Boxing Women's Light (60kg) Round of 16: India's Pavitra managed an easy win after thrashing Pakistan's Rukhsana Perveen in the second round itself.
Weightlifting Men's (94kg): India's Vikas Thakur finishes at the 8th spot after managing to lift a total of 335 kgs.
Boxing Women's Light (60kg): India's Pavitra takes on Pakistan's Rukhsana Perveen in the Round of 16 match.
Badminton Women's Singles Round of 16: India's PV Sindhu thrashes Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-12, 21-15 to qualify for the quarterfinal.
Squash Women's Singles Semifinal: India's Dipika Pallikal bags a Bronze after losing 0-3 to Indonesia's Nicol Ann David.
Squash Women's Singles Semifinal: India's Dipika Pallikal goes against Indonesia's Nicol Ann David.
Badminton Women's Singles: India's PV Sindhu wins the first game 21-12 against Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the Round of 16 match.
Archery Recurve Men's Team: India crash out of the quarterfinal match after losing 1-5 to Korea. The Indian side had Jagdish Choudhary, Atanu Das, Vishwash against Vietnam's Duc Anh Chu, Van Loc Hoang, Van Duy Nguyen.
Badminton Women's Singles: India's PV Sindhu takes on Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the Round of 16 match.
Archery Recurve Men's Team: India vs Korea Quarterfinal match is underway.
Badminton Men's Doubles: India crashes out of Round of 16. Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty lost 17-21, 21-19, 17-21 to Korea's Solgyu Choi-Minhyuk Kang.
Sepaktakraw Men's Regu: India lose 0-2 to Korea in the Preliminary Group B match.
Shooting Women's Skeet Event: Ganemat Sekhon and Rashmi Rathore from India at 9th and 10th spot respectively.
Shooting Men's Skeet Event: India's Sheeraz Sheikh and Angad Vir Singh at 10th and 13th spot respectively.
Badminton Men's Doubles: India wins the second game against Korea in the Round of 16 match. Rankireddy-Shetty finished close with 21-19.
Badminton Men's Doubles: Korea wins the first game 21-17 against India in the Round of 16 match.
Badminton Men's Doubles: India's Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty take on Korea's Solgyu Choi-Minhyuk Kang in the Round of 16 match.
Archery Recurve Women's Team: India lose 2-6 to Chinese Taipei in the Quarterfinal match.
Archery Recurve Women's Team: India take on Chinese Taipei for the Quarterfinal match.
Badminton Women's Singles Round of 16: India's Saina Nehwal qualifies for quarterfinals. Nehwal won 21-6, 21-14 against Indonesia's Fitriani.
Badminton Women's Singles Round of 16: India's Saina Nehwal wins the first game with the massive lead of 21-6 against Indonesia's Fitriani.
Badminton Women's Singles Round of 16: India's Saina Nehwal takes on Indonesia's Fitriani.
Shooting 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men: India's Anish Bhanwala and Shivam Shukla fails to qualify for the quarterfinals after finishing at the 9th and 11th ranks respectively.
Equestrian Cross Country Eventing Individual: India's Fouaad Mirza finishes first with a score of 22.40. Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik and Jitender Singh secured 12th, 17th and 23rd positions respectively. Kumar scored 35.80, Malik scored 55.10 and Singh scored 84.00.
Athletics Men's High Jump: India's Chethan Balasubramanya qualifies for final. He secured the 5th spot in Group B with the best attempt of 2.15m.
Athletics Men's 400m: India's Rajiv Arokia qualifies for semifinals. Arokia clocked 46.82 to finish second in the Heat 4 results. Qatar's Abdalelah Hassan clocked 46.28 to finish first.
Volleyball Men's Tournament: India beat Maldives 25-12, 25-21, 25-17 in the Pool F match.
Athletics Men's 400m: India's Muhammed Anas Yahiya reaches semifinals after finishing with a time of 45.63. Anas secured the first spot in Heat 1.
Athletics Men's High Jump: India's Chethan Balasubramanya clears 2.05 mark in his first attempt.
The Archery Recurve Men's team had Atanu Das, Viswash and Jagdish Choudhary against Vietnam's Duc Anh Chu, Van Loc Hoang, Van Duy Nguyen.
Archery Recurve Men's Team: India advances to quarterfinals after beating Vietnam 5-3.
Archery Recurve Women's Team: India beat Mongolia 5-3 to enter the quarterfinals. The Indian women's team had Deepika Kumari, Promila Daimary and Ankita Bhakat who went against Mongolia's Enkhtuya Altangerel, Urantungalag Bishindee and Miroslava Danzandorj.
India's schedule for the day:
-5.30 AM
Equestrian Eventing Individual: Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh and Fouaad Mirza
-6.30 AM
Shooting, Women's Skeet -Ganemat Sekhon (Squad 1), Rashmi Rathore (Squad 2)
-7.00 AM
Shooting, Men's Skeet - Angar Vir Singh Bajwa (Squad 5), Sheeraz Shaikh (Squad 7)
-7.30 AM
Bowling Men's Team of six: 1st Block
Shooting, Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Qualification Stage 2): Shivam Shukla, Anish Bhanwala
-8.00 AM
Archery Recurve Women's Team (1/8 elimination): Ankita Bhakat, Promila Daimary, Deepika Kumari against Mongolia's Enkhtuya Altangerel, Urantungalag Bishindee, Miroslava Danzandorj.
-8.30 AM
Bridge Men's Team Qualification Round 12
Bridge Mixed Team Round 6
Bridge Super Mixed Team Round 8
-9.00 AM
Men's High Jump, Chethan Balasubramanya
-9.20 AM
Archery Recurve Men's Team (1/8 elimination): Jagdish Choudhary, Atanu Das, Vishwash against Vietnam's Duc Anh Chu, Van Loc Hoang, Van Duy Nguyen.
-9.40 AM
Men's 400m, Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Rajiv Arokia
-11.30 AM
Badminton Men's Doubles Round of 16: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty against Korea's Solgyu Choi and Minhyuk Kang
Badminton Women's Singles Round of 16: Saina Nehwal vs Fitriani, PV Sindhu vs Gregoria Mariska Tunjung
Badminton Women's Doubles Quarterfinals: Ashwini Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy vs China's Qingchen Chen- Yifan Jia
-12.30 PM
Bridge Men's Team Qualification Round 13
Bridge Mixed Team Round 7
Bridge Super Mixed Team Round 9
Weightlifting, Men's (94kg) - Vikas Thakur
-1.30 PM
Bowling Men's Team of six: 2nd Block
Squash Women's Singles Semifinal: Dipika Pallikal Karthik vs Ann Nicol David
-2.15 PM
Boxing Women's Light (60kg) Round of 16: Pavitra vs Rukhsana Perveen
-2.30 PM
Squash Women's Singles Semifinal: Joshna Chinappa vs Sivasangari Subramaniam
-3.30 PM
Squash Men's Single Semifinal: Saurav Ghosal vs Chun Ming Aun
-5.10 PM
Women's Hammer Throw, Sarita Romit Singh
-5.15 PM
Men's Long Jump, Sreeeshankar
-6.00 PM
Women's 100m, Dutee Chand
-6.30 PM
Men's Shot Put final, Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Women's 10,000m: Sanjivani Baburao Jadhav, Suriya Loganathan
Women Hockey, India vs Korea
-7.05 PM
Women's 400m: Hima Das, Nirmla
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