Highlights, Asian Games 2018 Day 3: Divya Kakran wins bronze; Indian women's hockey team hammer Kazakhs
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A good day for India at the Asian Games. It started with Saurabh Chaudhary clinching gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol event while Abhishek Verma winning bronze in the same. Another shooter, Sanjeev Rajput won silver medal in Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions while wrestler Divya Kakran won her bronze medal bout by technical superiority.
Apart from that, the Indian wushu contingent guaranteed four medals for the country.
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Pardeep Kumar couldn’t assure a fifth Sanda medal for India, as he struggled to hold off a determined Puja Riyaya, despite making a strong start and winning the first round.
Wushu
That’s the end. No fifth medal for India in wushu as Pardeep Kumar loses his bout against Puja Riyaya.
Wushu
One point each to Pardeep Kumar and Puja Riyaya. Time’s running out.
The last of India’s Sanda contingent plays next
Pardeep Kumar faces Puja Riyaya in the Men’s Sanda 70kg quarter-finals.
He had earlier beaten Mirzodalerkhon Khurshedzoda 2-0 in the round of 16.
Women’s Hockey
The carnage comes to an end. Well, it’s fair to say that the Kazaks were no match to the quality of the Indians. The final scoreline read 21-0.
Here are India’s goal-scores:
Lalremsiami – 3
Udita – 1
Neha Goyal – 1
Navneet Kaur – 3
Vandana Kataria – 3
Lillima Minz – 2
Navjot Kaur – 2
Gurjit Kaur – 4
Deep Grace Ekka – 1
Monika – 1
Medal update
India have assured yet another medal in Wushu, this one coming courtesy of Narender Grewal.
Grewal dispatched his opponent Akhmal Rakhimov 2-0 to enter the Men’s Sanda 65kg semi-finals.
Women’s Hockey
Navneet Kaur completes her hat-trick. A total of three Indian players have scored hat-tricks in this match. 17-0 so far.
Surya Bhanu Partap Singh wins!
India’s excellent run in the Wushu quarter-finals continues as Surya Bhanu Partap Singh beats his opponent from the Philippines to enter the Men’s Sanda 60kg semi-finals.
Another medal assured.
Women’s Hockey
As expected, more goals from India in the third quarter. Seven more and the scoreline reads 16 goals to India while Kazakhstan haven’t been able to score.
India’s goal-scorers:
Lalremsiami – 3
Udita – 1
Neha Goyal – 1
Navneet Kaur – 3
Vandana Kataria – 2
Lillima Minz – 2
Navjot Kaur – 1
Gurjit Kaur – 2
Deep Grace Ekka – 1
Wushu
Up next, Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh takes on Jean Claude Saclag in the Men’s Sanda 60kg Quarter-finals.
Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh beat Abdul Haris Sofyan:flag-id: 2-1 in the round of 16.
Women’s Hockey
That’s the end of the first-half. There’s no stopping when it comes to Indians scoring the goals. They have scored nine and conceded none.
Pretty sure there will be more goals in the match.
Santosh Kumar wins!
Another medal is assured for India, as Santosh Kumar reaches the semi-final of the Men’s Sanda 56kg.
Women’s Hockey
End of the first quarter
India leading the match against Kazakhstan 5-0. Looks like they won’t trouble winning this game.
Wushu
Coming up next, India’s Santosh Kumar takes on Phithak Paokrathok in the Men’s Sanda 56kg quarter-finals.
Kumar beat Zaid Ali Ali Wazea of Yemen 2-0 in the round of 16.
Women’s Hockey
Indians proving just too good for the Kazhaks. Five more minutes still left in the first quarter but they are already up by three goals.
Women’s Hockey
First goal for India in the 8th minute. Gurjit Kaur with a perfect conversion from a penalty corner.
Women’s Hockey
Meanwhile, Indian women’s hockey team’s match against Kazakhstan has started. Early dominance from the Indians.
Divya Kakran with the bronze medal
She became the third Indian wrestler to win a medal at ongoing Asian Games. In the bronze-medal bout, she beat her Taiwan’s Wenling Chen 10-0 and won the medal by technical superiority.
Roshibina Devi Naorem wins 2-0!
The Indian makes quick work of her opponent to reach the semi-finals of the Women’s Sanda 60kg!
Naorem is now assured to win a medal, with both losing semi-finalists winning a bronze.
Wushu
Up next, India’s Roshibina Devi Naorem takes on Mubashra of Pakistan in the Women’s Sanda 60kg Quarterfinals.
Artistic Gymnastics
The Indian women did just about enough to qualify for Wednesday’s team final as the seventh among eight qualifiers with 144.300 points. Dipa Karamakar (48.700) and Aruna Budda Reddy (47.900) had to show their all-around skills to help the team get into the final. Pranati Das, the third gymnast who was trusted to perform on all four apparatus, added 34.200 to the team’s tally since her vault score was not among the three best. India’s best vaulter on the night, Pranati Nayak contributed 13.500 to the team’s kitty.
With 40.350 points from the vaults routine, India was fourth. Considering that it is India’s strongest suit, it was apparent that the team would not challenge the two Koreas and Japan for top three places in the overall standings. It slid to sixth after the second rotation on uneven bars but, riding on Dipa’s 12.750 effort, rose to fourth place yet again. However, the weak routines on the floor exercises meant that India finished seventh ahead of Indonesia (140.850).
Artistic Gymnastics
Dipa Karmakar may have missed out on qualifying for the vault final but the gutsy athlete made it to the title round on the beam by finishing joint seventh with 12.750 points. Chinese Chen Yile (14.800) and Zhang Jin (14.450) will start favourite but with their team-mates, Luao Huan and Liu Tingting sitting out, Dipa can look to make a tilt at the bronze medal.
Artistic Gymnastics
Dipa Karmakar (13.225) had to endure being beaten to the vault final in the Asian Games by two of her team-mates, Pranati Nayak (13.500) and Aruna Budda Reddy (13.425). With the rules providing for only two competitors per nation making it to the final from the qualification, the eighth-placed Indian star had to concede a place to Chinese Taipei’s Fang Ko Chin (13.050).
Dipa, returning to major competition after a knee injury and rehab post the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016, may have edged out Aruna Budda Reddy had she not conceded penalties – 0.300 on the first attempt and 0.100 on the second. She would have finished marginally ahead but for those penalties.
Wrestling – Women’s Freestyle 68 kg Bronze Medal
BRONZE MEDAL FOR INDIA!
Divya Kakran beats Chen Wenling. She took just 90 seconds to score 10 points and clinched the medal through technical superiority.
This is India’s 10th medal at the Asian Games.
Wrestling – Women’s Freestyle 68 kg Bronze Medal
Brilliant from Divya Kakran as she has already taken a 6-0 lead.
Wrestling – Women’s Freestyle 68 kg Bronze Medal
India’s Divya Kakran takes on Taiwan’s Chen Wenling.
Artistic Gymnastics
Indian athletes have performed well at the vault, with 5th, 6th and 7th place going to Indians.
This means Dipa Karmakar cannot make it to the final as only two athletes from each country allowed in the apparatus final.
Artistic Gymnastics
The second rotation of Artistic Gymnastics sees India drop a few ranks to 6th in Subdivision 3 after a couple of errors on the uneven bars.
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina win the tiebreaker 11-9!
In an absolutely thrilling contest, the Indian duo stepped up when it was required and secured their progression to the Mixed Doubles round of 16.
Swimming
Virdhawal Khade finished fourth in the 50m freestyle final, missing being on the podium by only a hundredth of a second. Japan’s Shunichi Nakao edged him to the bronze medal perhaps by the thinnest of margins. China’s Yu Hexin was ahead of competition, clocking 22.11 seconds to Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura’s 22.20 seconds for silver. It seemed like a deadheat for bronze but the cameras and technology ruled in favour of the 22-year-old Nakao Shinichi.
By clocking a stunning 22.43 seconds in the heats this morning, the Virdhawal Khade had broken his own National record, a full nine years after he set it at 22.55 seconds in the Asian Age Group Championships in Tokyo. Along the way, he won four medals in the 2009 Asian Championships in Foshan, China, and the 50m butterfly bronze in Asian Games in Guangzhou the next year.
He was looking to become India’s first multiple medallist in the Asian Games. India’s individual medallists in Asian Games swimming: Sachin Nag (100m freestyle gold, 1951), Kanti Shah (100m backstroke silver, 1951), Bimal Chandra (400m freestyle bronze, 1951), Jehangir Naigamwala (200m breaststroke bronze, 1951), Khajan Singh (200m butterfly, silver, 1986), Virdhawal Khade (50m butterfly, 2010) and Sandeep Sejwal (50m breaststroke bronze, 2014).
In 2012, as a 21-year-old, he was appointed Deputy Collector by the State Government of Maharashtra and returned to swimming after a good four years. Had he repeated his time from the heats, Virdhawal Khade may well have become the first Indian swimmer to win multiple individual medals in Asian Games.
Archery update
India’s trio of Atanu Das, Vishwas and Jagdish Choudhary scored 1995 points and was ranked eighth in the recurve archery team competition. The team will most likely face Vietnam in the pre-quarterfinal and possibly run in to Korea, which secured a Games record of 2037 in the ranking round.
In the mixed pair event, Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das were ranked eighth with a combined score of 1309 points and will meet Mongolian pair of Urantungalag Bishindee and Otgonbold Baatarkhuyan in the second round. If they win this match, they will most likely run into the Korean pair of Oh Jin Hyek and Chae Young Kang.
Archery update
Atanu Das earned himself the 14th rank in the men’s recurve competition featuring as many as 79 archers. His 72-arrow total of 660 was quite below his season’s best of 676 but the 7 that he shot with his final dragged him down a couple of ranks. His first half score of 332 was followed by 328 and included as many as 26 10s.
Vishwash, 33, was the second best Indian on view today, scoring 658 for the 17th place. Jagdish Choudhary (638, 39th place) and Sukhchain Singh (631, 46th place) were their other compatriots in the competition.
On to the women’s artistic gymnastics
Dipa Karmakar was in action in the first rotation of subdivision 3, as the Indian team took on the vault.
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
It’s down to the wire in the final tiebreaker set!
Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina are clinging on for dear life with the score at 7-6 to the Koreans.
For Khade and the bronze, the difference was just 0.01 seconds. Heartbreaking indeed for the Indian swimmer.
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
The Indians lose the second set.
Bopanna and Raina lose 6-2 as the duo of Kim and Jeamoon make it level.
Men’s 50m freestyle swimming final
So close but no medal for India’s Virdhawal Khade. He finished fourth after clocking 22.47 seconds. Third-placed Shini Nakao clocked 22.46 second.
China’s Yu Hexin takes the gold (22.11). Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura (22.20) gets the silver.
Men’s 50m freestyle swimming final
India’s hope Virdhawal Khade is in action. The swim will start in few minutes.
Well done, boys!
HISTORY CREATED!
— Col Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 21, 2018
Kudos to the Indian Sepak Takraw team.
Not only did they become India's 1st team in the sport to reach the Semi-finals of the Team Regu Event at #ASIANGAMES2018 and also winning a🥉medal. FANTASTIC TEAM EFFORT by the boys! #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/qCqV6OhR0g
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
The Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina trail 1-4 in the second set!
Their Korean opponents Jeamoon and Kim have fought back to pile the pressure on to the Indians.
Men’s kabaddi Group A match
And that’s the end of the match. Superb performance from the Indians as they defeated Thailand 49-30.
Men’s recurve archery individual and team ranking round has come to an end. Here’s the list of Indians, their ranks and scores:
Atanu Das – 14 – 332 (score)
Viswash – 17 – 328
Jagdish Choudhary – 31 – 314
Sukhchain Singh – 46 – 306
India – 8th – 1956
India (mixed team) – 8th – 1309
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
Bopanna and Raina win the first set!
The Indian duo recovered from a sluggish start to win three games in a row and clinch the first set.
Men’s kabaddi Group A match
India having it easy at the moment. Rahul Chaudhari has been the most impressive raider from the team. 37 points to India as against only 16 to Thailand after 10 minutes in second-half.
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
It’s neck-and-neck!
Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina find their feet and rally to tie the first set at 3-3!
Men’s kabaddi Group A match
End of the first half. Dominating performance from the Indians, as usual. It’s 21-12 in favour of India against Thailand, and looks like they will have no trouble in winning the match.
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
The Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina trail 2-1 in the first set.
We’re still in the early minutes of the game however, and the Indians have shown that they can match the intensity of the Koreans.
Men’s kabaddi Group A match
So far so dominating from India. They have taken a 11-point lead in the first half. The score reads 18-11 to India.
Meanwhile, Indian men’s kabaddi team is playing their group A match against against Thalland. It has been a good start for India.
Tennis – Mixed doubles Round of 32
India’s mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina will start their match against South Korea’s Kim Nari and Lee Jeamoon in few minutes.
India have received a medal from an unexpected sport. This is the first time ever that India have clinched a medal in sepaktakraw. A bronze after they lost their semi-final tie against Thailand.
A look at the break down of the medals.
BRONZE MEDAL FOR INDIA in SEPAKTAKRAW
India lost their men’s regu semi-final match against Thailand, but they get the bronze medal. This is their first ever medal in the sport at the Asian Games.
Well done!
Trap Mixed team final
The Indian pair of Lakshay and Shreyasi hit all their last five shots, but they are eliminated. They ended the finals with a score of 16 from 25 shots.
That’s the standings so far
Trap Mixed team final
After 20 shots, The Indian pair continue to be at the bottom of the table. The score reads 11. Now they need to hit all their five shots to stay in contention.
Trap Mixed team final
The Indian pair are still at the last spot. Their score reads just 8 after 15 shots.
Trap Mixed team final
Lakshay and Shreyasi are off to a not so great start. They have missed their last four shots with score reading just 5 from 10 shots.
They are placed at the last spot.
Time for the Trap Mixed team final
India’s Lakshay and Shreyasi are in contention.
India’s Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan trounce Kadchapanan N and Trongcharoenchaik of Thailand 6-3, 6-1 to enter the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles event.
Meanwhile, India’s Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan battled past Chinese Taipei duo Chen T and Peng H 7-6(5), 7-6(2) to enter the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles event.
Managing success is sometimes tougher than managing failure. I hope our young athletes will be nurtured to stay focused and brutally honest to themselves in their journeys ahead !!!!
— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) August 21, 2018
Shooter Sanjeev Rajput wins India’s eighth medal after bagging silver in men’s 50m rifle 3 position event.
The 8.4 at the start of the Russian Roulette will hurt. He was superb through the final. @sanjeevrajput1 take a bow! At a time when younger athletes are cornering the glory, it takes something to be on the podium at 37. The silver improved on the 2014 bronze. #AsianGames2018
— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman) August 21, 2018
So close, but good shooting. SANJEEV Rajput. Comes within 0.4 of a gold, but takes home a well-deserved silver.
India’s Sanjeev Rajput wins SILVER in shooting
Incredible. Rajput keeping his best shooting for the end. A 10.6 and he is in contention for Gold. Difference of 0.9
The two Chinese go under 10 and Sanjeev gets a 10.2 to stay third. Lead down to 0.8
Sanjeev hits 10.3 and Yang hits a disastrous 8.8 to be eliminated. A medal assured for India
A shoot-off for the last place gives the shooters some breathing time.
Three of the top four shot tens, but Rajput slips to four with an 8.4
An 8.9 from Rajput hands Yang the lead. Only for him to shoot a 7.8, and then come back with 10.7. Hui has come back strong, Rajput was pushed to third. But comes back to first with 10.4. Lead of just 0.3
Sanjeev Rajput still leads after 35 shots in the 50m 3 position shooting event.
One disastrous shot, an 8.5, followed by three 10s. The lead is down to 1.1. No cushion now.
Athletes changing their jackets and pants into stiffer clothes. The standing position is the most unstable of the lot.
Yang has hit a couple of 8s in sighting. Sanjeev two 10s and a couple of 9s. Matsumoto looking good too.
Yang Horan has moved from the bottom of the table into second place. He won the 10,m gold yesterday, so a big threat in standing position. This is also Rajput’s weakest position
Yurkov hits a 9.5 to start. Then a 10.8 to compensate. Sanjeev is being consistent in the 10s. Another high nine from Yurkov as Sanjeev hits the Bullseye with 10.9. A strong lead of 3
The Indian women’s archery trio of Deepika Kumari, Promila Daimary and left-handed Ankita Bhakat will take on Mongolia in the pre-quarterfinals of the recurve team competition on August 25. And if it wins that match, it will clash with Chinese Taipei for a place in the last four stage. This was the result of the team finishing seventh with 1908 points in the ranking round on Tuesday. For the record, Mongolia had a total of 1882 points while Chinese Taipei’s 2010 points were second only to the Koreans’ Games Record score of 2038.
India’s Gyanender outmuscles Thailand’s Wiratul Piyabut 10-2 in men’s Greco-Roman 60kg event
9.7 from Yurkov giving Sanjeev some breathing space. He extends that lead with a 10.7. A lead of 1.2, after the second prone series
Rajput is the last shooter to start his sighting shots in the prone position. Starts with three 10s and a 9.8
Great shots in the first series. A lead of 1.6 from third place, but very little separates him and Yurkov is second.
The Indian archers were left facing tough roads to a medal in the women’s individual recurve competition after none-too-happy performances in the ranking round at the GBK Archery Field in Jakarta on Tuesday. Deepika Kumari finished with a 72-arrow total of 649 for the 17th rank among 66 entrants. She shot 330 in the first half and was 12th at the break
Deepika Kumari, who had risen to eighth place with a total of 496 after 54 arrows, slid to the 15th place when her final arrow in the 10th end of six pegged itself way off the mark and earned her a lone point. However, not letting that setback affect her, she made a strong finish with a bull’s eye and five 9s in the final end.
With the shifting winds challenging India’s best-known archer, the other three were hard-pressed to keep pace. Promila Daimary (642) managed to stay in the top half, ranked at 21, while Ankita Bhakat (617) was placed 36 th. Laxmirani Manjhi’s score of 608 was good for her to be ranked 44th.
Now the athletes move into prone position. This is his best position. The last set, standing, will be his weakest.
Sanjeev was out of the top three because of that 7.8, but comes back into second.
A shocker from Sanjeev Rajput. 7.8 to start the last series in kneeling position! Hui has great grouping in this series.
50m rifle 3
Sanjeev Rajput getting two nines and three very high tens! He holds the lead after the first series.
Three really good 10s, then a 9, then a high ten again. Lead of 1.4 over Yurkov.
India’s female archers have finished their ranking series in the Recurve Women’s Individual event.
Deepika Kumari is 17th with a score of 649
Promila Daimary is 21st with a score of 642
Ankita Bhakat is 36th with a score of 617
Laxmirani Majhi is 44th with a score of 608
Heartbreak for India’s Karman Kaur Thandi as she goes down fighting 6-2, 4-6, 6-7(4) against Chinese Taipei’s Liang En-Shou in the Round of 16 clash
India’s shooters are not done yet. The team of Shreyasi Singh and Lakshay Sheoran have stormed into the finals of the mixed trap event with a score of 142. They shot 46, 49, 47 in their three qualifying series.
But the bigger story is China and Chinese Taipei walking away with the Qualification World Record.
A huge round of thanks to @WFI_Wrestling, @Media_SAI, @OGQ_India, and coach Woller Akos who have played important roles in my #AsianGames journey 🙏 A big hug and thanks to my physio Rucha Kashalkar and the entire team for taking such amazing care of me! #TrulyBlessed ☺️👍 pic.twitter.com/I26FQGDGet
— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) August 21, 2018
Former Asian Games champion Vijender Singh wishes the 16-year-old Saurabh and Abhishek for their medal-winning performance.
Congratulations to India's Young Champ, 16-year-old #SaurabhChaudhary for clinching GOLD and truly Hardworking #AbhishekVerma, for winning Bronze in Men's 10m Air Pistol event.
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) August 21, 2018
The Nation is celebrating Your Victories with Pride !!!#AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/smXRVFaRXN
Deepika Kumari examines her arrows as she walks back from the target to the shooting line during the women's recurve #archery ranking round in the #AsianGames2018 She finished with a tally of 649 points to be ranked 17th. pic.twitter.com/Yzinc1mxK9
— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman) August 21, 2018
Domination continues…
India women’s kabaddi team registered another dominating win, this time overwhelming hosts Indonesia 54-22
Saurabh Chaudhary, the 16-year-old who shot a Games Record to win gold in the 10m air pistol event, began shooting in 2015 in Meerut. But he’s shown great promise since, winning three gold medals at the 2018 Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
Earlier in the day, India’s Ankita Raina eased past Japan’s Hozumi Eri 6-1, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals of the women’s singles event.
The 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary fetches India its third gold medal at #AsianGames2018 He shot a Games record of 240.7 in the final of the men's 10m air pistol event. Abhishek Verma adds a bronze in the same event. #TheFutureIsHere with India's fearless teens!
— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman) August 21, 2018
The shooting stars of India
Gold medallist Saurabh Chaudhary on the right and bronze for Abhishek Verma
And he’s ahead. Last shot. Drama!
Gold! Crunch when it counts! Pressure too much for Matsuda! Fold and bronze for India! From two inexperienced shooters!
Sixteen-year-old Saurabh Choudhary wins GOLD
That’s it! Two medals assured for India! In such a strong field. Stunning!
A rare couple if bad shots from Matsuda means that Chaudhary is just 0.4 behind the Gold. Bronze for Verma
Abhishek Verma wins BRONZE
In the men’s 10m air pistol finals, after 16 shots,
Abhishek Verma is SECOND with 160.8
Saurabh Chaudhary is THIRD with 159.4
Now Verma into second with a 10.7!
Spoke too soon. But differences of 1.7 between 4th and 3rd. So two Indian medals looking good.
UPDATE:
Saurabh’s Chaudhary’s first five shots: 10.2, 10.4, 9.5, 10.5, 10.0. TOTAL: 50.6
Abhishek Verma’s first five shots: 10.5, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.5TOTAL: 50.5
Chaudhary going neck and neck with Wu. In the lead now with a 10.5
Two nines after a string of really good shots.
Men’s 10m Air Pistol
India’s Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma are in contention for a medal. Both Indians start with a score in excess of 10, After one shot India are in first and third.
Chaudhary gets warmed up with 2 10.1s, and a 10.8 Verma with a 9.8, then 10.2
Chaudhary goes into the final with a junior world record score of 586. He s just 16, younger than Anish and Manu, both India’s top young talents.
A very tough field for the two Indians, with the Korean and the Chinese being the favourites. Multiple medal winners in the field.
Jun is having a word with the officials, he isn’t happy about something. Raised his hand as soon as the “take your positions” call was made. Chaudhary is right next to him getting into the position.
Jun has been given one more sighting shot
Now we’re ready to go.
Lakshay Sheoran and Shreyasi Singh in action in mixed team trap
In mixed team trap, India’s Lakshay Sheoran & Shreyasi Singh are currently sixth after shooting 46 in the first series. They still have two more series, while the team from South Korea is still shooting their first series.
INDIA 0-2 VIETNAM
In women’s volleyball, the Indian team is trailing by two sets in their group match.
Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma qualify for 10m Air Pistol Finals. Eight shooters have qualified for the 10m Air Pistol Finals. Saurabh finishes first while Abhishek Verma takes the sixth spot.
Sanjeev Rajput leads the way and could qualify for the finals, which will begin later today. Rajput is in second while Akhil is in 16th in the 50m Rifle 3.
The last few rounds have been rather disappointing for the Indian shooters
In the 10m air pistol event, Chaudhary has slipped to the sixth position and Verma is in the 12th spot
Rajput moves to sixth and Akhil Sheoran has a lot of catching up to do
INDIA 38-12 SRI LANKA
That’s it! India have romped to their third win in three matches. They barely broke into a sweat here.
Virdhawal Khade's National record time of 22.43 seconds in winning his heats helps him make it to the 50m freestyle swimming final. #AsianGames2018 He rewrote his record from 22.55 set nine years ago in the Asian Age Group Championships in Tokyo!
— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman) August 21, 2018
Virdhawal creats national record
India’s Virdhawal Khade qualifies to the finals of men’s 50m freestyle category after topping Heat 5 with a timing of 22.43 seconds
Meanwhile, Anshul Kothari faces an anxious wait to see if he will make the cut for the finals with a time of 23.83 secs.
Rowing
Meanwhile, rower Dattu Bhokanal has qualified for the final of the men’s single sculls event after topping his repechage race with a timing of 7:45.71
Rajput and Choudhary slip down the ranks in their respective categories as Singapore’s Bin Gai leads the 10m air pistol standings while Iran’s Pourya Norouziyan takes the top spot in the 50m rifle 3 standings
INDIA 27-5 SRI LANKA
India are running riot here. They have just over 10 minutes left in this match. They had won their first two group matches easily and going by this evidence they should be victorious today as well.
In the 50m Rifle 3, Sanjeev Rajput jumps to the first position after an impressive shooting display.
Meanwhile, men’s 50m rifle 3 and the 10m air pistol events are underway.
India’s Sanjeev Rajput and Saurabh Chaudhary are in the fourth position in their respective events.
In case if you are wondering, here’s how the medals tally looks like: India at Asian Games so far
INDIA 14-2 SRI LANKA
After eight and a half minutes, Sri Lanka earn their first points in this contest.
INDIA 10-0 SRI LANKA
India have raced to a 10-0 lead against the Lankans with just five minutes on the clock. This is dominant kabaddi.
The Indian women’s kabaddi team is in action against neighbours Sri Lanka in the group stage match. India have been unbeaten so far in the competition.
Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of Day 3 of Asian Games 2018. India sit eighth in the medal’s tally with five medals under their belt. With Dipa Karmakar and Indian archers set to begin their campaign, and Indian shooters also in action, Indian fans will hope to see few addition to the overnight tally.
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