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Asian Games 2018 Day 9: As it happened
The eighth day at the Asian Games saw India winning five silver medals in track and field event.
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Image Courtesy: Twitter/@Neeraj_chopra1 Farmer's son Neeraj Chopra harvested another record-smashing gold in javelin throw as India's track-and-field athletes delivered a clutch of medals, while badminton ace PV Sindhu advanced to a historic final on a brilliant day for India at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.
Neeraj's gold and three other athletics silver medals, along with Saina Nehwal's badminton singles bronze, propelled India's overall medal count to 41 (8 gold, 13 silver, and 20 bronze).
Considered the biggest star in Indian athletics right now, junior world champion Neeraj delieverd on the massive expectations in style, throwing the spear to a brand new personal best of 88.06m and leaving the field behind by quite a distance.
Men's 800m: India's Manjit Singh qualifies for final, scheduled for Tuesday.
Boxing Men's Light Welter 64 kg: India Dheeraj wins 3-0 against Nurlan Kobashev of Kyrgyzstan in Round of 16.
Boxing Men's Light Welter 64 kg: India's Dheeraj takes on Nurlan Kobashev of Kyrgyzstan.
Table Tennis Women's Team: Hoi Kem Doo beats India's Manika Batra in fourth match. Hong Kong wins quarter final 3-1.
Men's 800m: Jinson Johnson of India qualifies for 800m men's final.
Table Tennis Women's Team: Wai Yam Minnie beats Mouma Das in the third match as Hong Kong lead India 2-1.
Women's Long Jump: Neena Varakil of India wins silver medal. Gold bagged by Thi Thu Thao Bui of Vietnam.
Table Tennis Women's Team quarter finals: Hoi Kem Doo of Hong Kong beats Ayhika Mukherjee in second match. India, Hong Kong stand 1-1 after two matches.
Women's Long Jump: Neena Varakil of India is at the second spot after four attempts; two more attempts left.
Men's 3000m Steeplechase: Shankar Lal Swami of India in the fray.
Women's 3000m Steeplechase: Sudha Singh of India wins silver medal, completes the race in 9.40 minutes. The gold was bagged by Winfred Yavi of Bahrain.
Men's Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra hits 88.06 in his third attempt.
Women's 3000m Steeplechase: Sudha Singh and Chinta of India in the race for podium finish.
Men's 400m Hurdles: Dharun Ayyasamy wins silver medal; Abderrahman Samba of Qatar wins gold.
Men's 400m hurdles: Dharun Ayyasamy and Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan of India in contest.
Men's Light Fly 49kg: Amit of India beats Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu of Mongolia in round of 16.
Table Tennis Women's Team: India's Manika Batra beats Ho Ching Lee of Hong Kong in the first match.
Men's Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra of India hits 83.46 mark in the first attempt.
Women's 400m Hurdles: Oluwakemi Adekoya of Bahrain wins gold, Vietnam's Thi Lan Quach wins silver, Aminat Jamal of Bahrain wins bronze. Anu Raghavan of India finished fourth while Jauna Murmu shared the fifth spot with China's Yan Huang.
Women's Long Jump: Neena Varakil hits 6.41 mark, ahead of Vietnam's Thi Truc Mai Nguyen and Indonesia's Maria Natalia Londa.
Women's Long Jump: Neena Varakil of India in the fray.
Manika Batra, Ayhika Mukherjee and Mouma Das of India take on Ho Ching, Hoi Kem Doo and Wai Yam Minnie Soo of Hong Kong in Table Tennis Women's Team quarter finals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Saina Nehwal for clinching the first ever medal for India in Women's Singles Badminton category at the Asian Games as he bagged bronze medal after slumping to a 17-21, 14-21 straight-games defeat at the hands of Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semi-final clash. "Trust @NSaina to make us proud and script history! Her Bronze in the #AsianGames2018 is the first ever medal for India in the women's singles Badminton category. India congratulates our star badminton player for yet another success," Modi tweeted.
Table Tennis Men's Team Group D: Harmeet Rajul Desai wins the third match against Dinh Duc le as India defeat Vietnam 3-0 in Table Tennis Men's Team Group D match.
Table Tennis Men's Team Group D: Sharath Kamal Achanta wins the second match against Vietnam's Duc Tuan Nguyen as India takes 2-0 lead.
Table Tennis Men's Team Group D: India take 1-0 lead over Vietnam. India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won the first match. The Indian team has Sharath Kamal Achanta and Harmeet Rajul Desai apart from Sathiyan.
Boxing Men's Middle (75kg): India's Vikas Krishan wins 5-0 against Pakistan's Ahmed Tanveer in Round of 16 bout.
Boxing Men's Middle (75kg): India's Vikas Krishan face Pakistan's Ahmed Tanveer in Round of 16 match.
Table Tennis Men's Team: India face Vietnam in Group D match of the preliminary round.
Hockey Women's Tournament: India storms into semifinals by beating Thailand 5-0 in Pool B match. Captain Rani Rampal scored three goals while Navjot Kaur and Monika scored one goal each.
Squash Women's Team: India wins 3-0 against Iran in Pool B match.
Hockey Women's Tournament: India leads 1-0 against Thailand at the end of 3rd quarter in Pool B match.
Karate Men's 84kg: India's Vishal loses 0-8 to Uzbekistan's Shakhboz Akhatov in the quarterfinal match.
Hockey Women's Tournament: India and Thailand remain without a point at the end of 2nd quarter in Pool B match. India 0-0 Thailand.
Hockey Women's Tournament: India 0-0 Thailand after 1st quarter in Pool B match.
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal: PV Sindhu cruises into finals by beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi. Sindhu won 21-17, 15-21, 21-10 against Yamaguchi.
Squash Women's Team: India take on Iran in Pool B match. The Indian team has Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna.
Squash Men's Team: India win 3-0 against Indonesia in the Pool B match.
Hockey Women's Tournament: India take on Thailand in Pool B match.
Squash Men's Team: India leads 2-0 against Indonesia in Pool B match.
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal: Japan's Akane Yamaguchi wins the second game against PV Sindhu. Yamaguchi revives by winning the second game 21-15 against Sindhu.
Volleyball Women's Tournament: India lose 0-3 to China in Pool B match. China beat India 25-18, 25-19, 25-9.
Volleyball Women's Tournament: India trail by 0-2 against China in Pool B match. China won the second set 25-19 against India.
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal: PV Sindhu wins the first game 21-17 against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi.
Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore congratulated Saina Nehwal on her Bronze medal.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN #ASIANGAMES, we have won a medal in women's singles Badminton!@NSaina clinches a bronze, and ends our dry spell! Proud of you and your achievement!#KheloIndia #AsianGames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/B1pwKNqWB4
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 27, 2018
Saina Nehwal becomes the first women ever to win a medal in individual badminton in Asian Games. This is also the first individual badminton medal after 36 years for India.
Squash Men's Team: India leads 1-0 against Indonesia in the Pool B match.
Canoe Sprint TBR 1000m Men's: India clocked 4:47.649 to finish 4th in the semifinal match.
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal: India's PV Sindhu takes on Japan's Akane Yamaguchi. Sindhu is currently ranked World No. 3 while Yamaguchi holds the second spot in World Rankings.
Volleyball Women's Tournament: China takes the lead by winning the first set 25-18 against India in Pool B match.
Table Tennis Men's Team: India wins 3-0 against Macau in Group D match. Anthony Arputharaj Amalraj, Harmeet Rajul Desai and Manav Vikash Thakkar won a match each.
Squash Men's Team: India face Indonesia for the Pool B match. The Indian team will have Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Ramit Tandon and Mahesh Mangaonkar.
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal: India's Saina Nehwal settles for Bronze after losing 17-21, 14-21 to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying.
Table Tennis Men's Team: India vs Macau Group D match is underway. India lead by 1-0. The Indian team has Anthony Arputharaj Amalraj, Harmeet Rajul Desai and Manav Vikash Thakkar.
Volleyball Women's Tournament: India take on China in Pool B match.
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal: India's Saina Nehwal loses the first game 21-17 to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying. From 1-5 to 9-9 Saina pushes hard to take control over the game but Tai tries to maintain pressure.
Tai Tzu Ying is the current world number one and has won the last nine games against Saina Nehwal.
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal: India's Saina Nehwal faces Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying. Nehwal on Sunday beat Indonesia's Ratchanok Intanon to qualify for the semifinals.
Equestrian Jumping: India finish at the 17th (last) spot in Jumping Team qualification event. In Jumping Individual event, India's Kaevaan Kevic Setalvad stands at 50th rank, Zahan Kevic Setalvad stands at 57th rank and Chetan Reddy Nakula stands at 63rd rank.
Canoe Repechage: India qualifies for the semifinals after securing the 2nd spot behind Korea. India clocked 4:51.810 behind Korea's 4:44.730.
Sepaktakraw Men's Regu: India wins 2-0 against Nepal in the Preliminary Group B match. The team won 21-5, 21-15 against Nepal.
Sepaktakraw Men's Regu: India leads 1-0 against Nepal in the Preliminary Group B match winning the first set 21-5.
Sepaktakraw is also called Kick Volleyball where one team has three players and the match ends in best of three.
Sepaktakraw Men's Regu: India vs Nepal Preliminary Group B match is underway.
India currently stands at the 9th position in the medal tally.
Canoe TBR 1000m Men Heat: India finishes last (fifth) clocking 4:54.198 in the Heat 2. China clocked 4:41.664 to secure the first position in the Heat.
Karate Men's (75kg): Korea's Muil Kim beat India's Sharath Kumar Jayendran 1-0 in 1/16 final match.
Karate Men's (75kg) 1/16 Final: India's Sharath Kumar Jayendran takes on Korea's Muil Kim.
Equestrian Jumping Team and Jumping Individual events are underway. India has Kaevaan Kevic Setalvad, Chetan Reddy Nakula and Zahan Kevic Setalvad competing in the 1st qualification of Jumping Individual event.
India won seven medals on Day 8 of the Asian Games 2018 bagging five silver and two bronze medals. Click here to check the medal tally.
Here is the events schedule of the Indian contingent for Day 9:
-6.30 AM
Equestrian Jumping Individual Qualification: Kevic Kaevaan Setalvad, Chetan Reddy Nakula, Kevic Zahan Setalvad
Equestrian Jumping Team Qualification: India
-8.15 AM
Karate Men's 75kg 1/16 Final: Sharath Kumar Jayendran vs Muil Kim
-8.30 AM
Canoe TBR 1000m Men: India
-9.30 AM
Sepaktakraw Men's Regu Preliminary Group B match: India vs Nepal
-10:30 AM
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinals: Saina Nehwal vs Tzuying Tai (Chinese Taipei)
Badminton Women's Singles Semifinals: PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
Table Tennis Men's Team Group D: India vs Macau
-11.00 AM
Squash Women's Team Pool B: India vs Iran
Squash Men's Team Pool B: India vs Indonesia
Volleyball Women's Team Pool B match: India vs China
-12.30 PM
Hockey Women's Pool B: India vs Thailand
Weightlifting Men's +100kg Group A
-12.42 PM
Karate Men's 84kg Quarterfinal: Vishal
-2.30 PM
Table Tennis Men's Team Group D: India vs Vietnam
-3.00 PM
Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Round of 16: Vikas Krishan vs Tanveer Ahmed (Pakistan)
-3.30 PM
Weightlifting Women's +75kg Group A
-4.30 PM
Table Tennis Women's Team Quarterfinals
-5.00 PM
Squash Men's Team Pool B: India vs Singapore
-5.10 PM
Athletics, Women's Long Jump (Final): Neena Varakil, James Nayana (5:10 PM IST)
-5.15 PM
Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw (Final): Neerak Chopra, Shivpal Singh
Athletics, Women's 400m Hurdles (Final): Jauna Murmu, Anu Raghavan
Boxing Men's Light Fly (49kg) Round of 16: Amit vs Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh (Mongolia)
-5.30 PM
Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles (Final): Dharun Ayyasamy, Santosh Kumar Tamilarasan
Athletics, Men's High Jump (Final): Chethan Balasubramanya
-5.45 PM
Athletics, Women's 3000m Steeplechase (Final): Sudha Singh, Chinta
-6.00 PM
Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Final): Shankar Lal Swami
-6.15 PM
Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Round of 16: Mohammed Hussam Uddin vs Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu (Mongolia)
-6.30 PM
Table Tennis Men's Team Quarterfinals
-6.35 PM
Athletics, Men's 800m Qualification: Jinson Johnson, Manjit Singh
-7.00PM
Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Round of 16: Dheeraj vs Nurlan Kobashev (Kyrgyzstan)
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