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Asian Games 2018 Day 3 live updates
The third day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 21, Tuesday.
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With the end of Day 3, India bag 5 medals which include 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. The total medal tally for India goes up to 10, 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.
Women's Hockey: India taking on minnows Kazakhstan in their 2nd pool match, lead by 7-0.
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 68 kg: Divya Kakran beats Chinese Taipei's Chen Wenling 10-0 to bag the Bronze medal in 68 kg Freestyle.
Tennis, Mixed Doubles round of 16: India's Sharan/Kamran Kaur lose 4-6, 6-3, 5-10 (tie-break) to Kazakhstan's Danilina A/Nedovyesov in the pre-quarters.
Tennis, Mixed Doubles round of 32: Rohan Bopanna/Ankita Raina edge past Korea's Kim N/ Lee J 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 (tie-break). The Indian mixed doubles pair advance to pre-quarters.
Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle FINAL: India's Virdhawal Khade finishes 4th with a timing of 22.47 in a tense 50m Freestyle final.
Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle FINAL: India's Virdhawal Khade will compete in the 50m Freestyle final shortly. He had finished in the 3rd position (22.43s) in the heats.
Kabaddi (Men), Group A- Game 8, India vs Thailand: India beat Thailand 49-30 in their final group match. India advance to the semifinal round.
Kabaddi (Men), Group A- Game 8, India vs Thailand: India continue to dominate Thailand with an unassailable 25-point lead. Inda 41-16 Thailand!!
Meanwhile the Indian Women's Kabaddi team top Group A and storm into the semifinals.
Kabaddi (Men), Group A- Game 8, India vs Thailand: Defending champion India off to a great start with a massive 11-point lead over Thailand. India 21-10 Thailand!
Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL: Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh bow out after finishing in 6th position with 16 points.
Sepaktakraw, Team Regu (Men): India win the Bronze medal in Team Regu event after losing 0-2 to Thailand in the semi-finals. This is India's 3rd Bronze medal and their 9th overall.
Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL: Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh on the brink of elimination score 8 points after 15 shots.
Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL: Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh slip to the 6th position, score only 5 out of their first 10 shots.
Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL: Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh are on the 2nd position with four points after the first five shots.
Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL: India's Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh gear up to compete in the final round. They had finished in the 5th position and qualified to final with 142 points in the qualifiers.
Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg Quarterfinals: India's Manish bows out after losing 0-8 to Kazakhstan's Kesbispayev Almat in the quarters.
Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Quarterfinals: India's Gyanender goes down 0-5 against Uzbekistan's Bakhramov Islomjon in the quarters.
Tennis, Men's Doubles: India's Rohan Bopanna/Sharan Divij beat Thailand's Kadachapanan/ Trongcharoenchaik in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in the round of 16. They advance to Doubles quarterfinals!
Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 68 kg Quarterfinals: India's Divya Kakran loses 1-11 to Mongolia's Sharkhuu Tumentsetseg in the quarters.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Silver!! Sanjeev Rajput scores 452.7 points in the final and clinches the Silver medal.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput scores 442.3 points after 44 shots and assures a gold/silver medal for India.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput jumps to the 2nd position with 431.7 points after 43 shots.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput slips to the 3rd position with 411.2 points after 41 shots.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput continues to stay on the 1st position with 355.6 points after 35 shots.
Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 1/8 finals: India's Manish gets the better of Japan's Shimoyamada Tsuchika 7-3 and enters the quarterfinal round.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput back on top with 307.1 points after first 30 shots.
Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 1/8 finals: India's Gyanender outclasses Thailand's Wiratul Piyabut 10-2 and advances to the quarterfinals.
Tennis, Women's Singles round of 16: India's Kamran Kaur goes down 6-2, 4-6, 6 (4)-7, to Chinese Taipei's Liang En-Shuo in the round of 16.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput slips to the 2nd position with 151.2 points after the second round.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput on top with 103.0 points after the first 10 shots.
Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput gears up to compete in the final round. In the qualification round, He had finished at the 7th position with 1160 points to enter the finals.
Shooting, Trap Mixed Team: India's Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh finish in the 5th position with 142 points in the qualifiers and advance to the final round.
Kabbadi (Women): Defending champion India hammer host nation Indonesia 54-22 to win their 4th successive win in group A.
Tennis, Women's Singles round of 16: Ankita Raina beats Japan's Eri Hozumi 6-1, 6-2 and advances to the quarterfinals.
Interestingly, Saurabh Chaudhary, 16, becomes the youngest to win a Gold medal (10m Air Pistol), since 2006, in the shooting event at the Asian Games. Thailand's Thanyalak Chotphibunsin, at 16 (14 days), had won the Gold in the Women's team category in 2006. Abhishek Verma won the Bronze medal in the same event as India won two medals in a particular shooting event (in Asian Games) for the first time.
Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: GOLD!! 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary scores 240.7 points to clinch India's 3rd gold. What an effort!!
Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: Abhishek Verma bags the bronze medal with 219.3 points.
Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: Sourabhi Chaudhary finishes on the 2nd spot after stage 1 with 101.4 points. Abhishek Verma hangs in the 4th spot with 99.4 points after the 1st round.
Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma gear up to compete in the final round.
Volleyball (Women), Pool B preliminary round: India Women's Volleyball team their lose pool B match 18-25, 22-25, 13-25 to Vietnam.
Taekwondo (Women) 57 kg Quarterfinals: Kashish Malik goes down 8-17 to Korea's Ahreum Lee in the quarters.
Taekwondo (Women) 57 kg round of 16: Kashish Malik outwits Malaysia's Roslan Nural Farah Alisa 28-10 and advances to the quarterfinals.
Rowing, Men's Lightweight Four Repechages: Indian team qualifies for the final round. The team of four, Bhopal Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejas Shinde and Pranay Naukarkar, finished second in the Repechages with a timing of 6:51:88.
Fencing, Women’s Epee Individual Event: India's Jyotika Dutta and Jas Seerat Singh qualify for the round of 32. Jyotika won four and Jas Seerat won two out of their five preliminary matches.
Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Repechages: Bhokanal Dattu Baban qualifies for the final round. He finished 1st in the Repechage with a timing of 7:45:71.
Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men: Double delight for India as Abhishek Verma has also qualified for the final round. He had finished 6th in the qualification stage with 580 points.
Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men: Saurabh Chaudhary finishes 1st in the qualifiers with 586 points and storms into the final round.
Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle (Heats): India's Virdhawal Khade clocks 22.43s to finish 3rd in the heats. He has qualified for the final event.
Kabaddi (Women) Group A - Game 7, India vs Sri Lanka: India rout Sri Lanka with a whopping 26 point lead. Indian Women register their third successive win. India 38-12 Sri Lanka!
Kabaddi (Women) Group A - Game 7, India vs Sri Lanka: Indian Women continue to dominate and lead Sri Lanka by a whopping 19-point margin at the interval. India 23-4 Sri Lanka.
India's schedule for the day:
7.30 AM
ArcheryRecurve Women's Individual
Fencing
Women's Epee Individual Pool B
Kabaddi
Women's Group A - Game 7, India vs Sri Lanka
RowingMen's Single Sculls Repechages, Baban Dattu Bhokanal
Shooting (Medal event)
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Qualification, Sanjeev Rajput
10m Air Pistol Men Qualification, Abhishek Verma
8.15 AM
Fencing
Men's Foil Individual, Preliminaries
8.30 AM
Bridge
Mixed Team, Round Robin 1 - Round 1 Start List, India
Bridge
Supermixed Team | Qualification Round 1 Start List |
Bridge
Qualification Round 2 Start List,
Rowing
Men's Lightweight Four Repechages, Heat 1 Start List, India
Tennis
Round of 16 Women's Singles, Japan's Hozumi Eri vs India's Ankita Raina
Thandi Kamran Kaur (India) vs Liang En-Shuo
Mixed Doubles Round of 16 (tentative)
Men's Doubles Round of 16 India's Nagal S, Ramanathan vs Chen T, Peng (Chinese Taipei)
Volleyball
Women's Pool B Match 4
India vs Vietnam
9.30 AM
Tennis
Bopanna, Sharan vs Kadchapanan, Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
10.45 AM
Fencing
Women's Epee Individual, Round of 32
10.50 AM
Kabaddi
Game 9 - India vs Indonesia
11.30 AM
Bridge
Canoe Single Women, Champa Mourya
12.30 PM
Artistic Gymnastics
Women's Qualification, Subdivision 3 Start List
Handball
Women's Handball Preliminary: Group A - Match 7 - DPR Korea vs India
Wrestling
Women's Freestyle 68 kg | Quarterfinals, India's Kakran vs Sharkhuu
12.50 PM
Archery
Recurve Men's Individual
Jagdish Choudhary, Viswash, Atanu Das
Recurve Men's Team
Recurve Mixed Team India
2.30 PM
Artistic Gymnastics
Women's Qualification Subdivision 3 Start List
3.30 PM
Kabaddi
Men's Group A - Game 8, India vs Thailand
4.30 PM
Artistic Gymnastics
Women's Qualification |Subdivision 3 Start List Medal Event
5.30 PM
Wushu
Mubashra vs India's Naorem Roshibina Devi
6.30 PM
Hockey
Women's Pool B match, India Women vs Kazakhstan
The third day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 21, Tuesday. India bag a total of 10 medals so far, which include 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat bagged India’s second gold medal in the 50 kg Women’s Freestyle event. She also became the first Indian to win a gold in Women’s wrestling. Indian Shooters continued their good form to clinch two silver medals. Shooters Deepak Kumar scored 247.7 in the 10m Air Rifle and Lakshay Sheoran finished at the second position in the Trap event with 43 points. India are currently on the eight rank with a tally of five medals ( 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze).
Earlier on Day 1 (Sunday), Wrestler Bajrang Punia, 2014 defending champion, bagged India’s first gold medal in the 65 kg Men’s Freestyle. He beat Japan’s Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final. Shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar opened the account for India by clinching the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event. They had scored 429.9 to finish third in the final.
The month-long multi-sport event is being co-hosted by Indonesian cities Jakarta and Palembang.
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