Asian Games 2018, Day 4 updates: Dilpreet Singh has an easy finish after Manpreet Singh does all the hard work and feeds him the ball. India lead this match 19-0 against Hong Kong, and there’s still a lot of life left in this match. Day 3 report: Indian shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma bagged the gold and bronze medals respectively in the Men’s 10 metre Air Pistol final in the ongoing 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday. Saurabh, 16, clinched the gold after producing an Asian Games record score of 240.7. It was India’s third gold medal at the ongoing Games. Abhishek, 29, stood third scoring 219.3 to take India’s medal tally to seven. He had finished sixth during the qualification round. Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan secured the silver with 239.7. He and Saurabh pulled away for the gold medal battle with points of 220.1 and 220.5 respectively as Abhishek was eliminated with 219.3 points after eight series. Matsuda, 42, was leading the charge going into the ninth and final series having led after each of the series. But in the final series, he came up with first shot score of 8.9 to blow his chances as Saurabh overtook him with a 10.2 in his first shot of the series. In the second shot of the series, Matsuda scored 10.3 but Saurabh did well with 10.4 to seal the title. At the beginning, Saurabh, who topped the qualifications after a score of 586, began his finals with a 50.6 in the opening five-shot series. In the second five-shot series, he scored 50.8 to take his total to 101.4, while Matsuda had 103.3 in total at this point of time. In the third series, a two-shot round, Saurabh scored 18.6. He then produced scores of 19.4, 20.0, 20.6, 20.2 to have a total of 200.2 at the end of seven series when Matsuda and Saurabh totalled 201.3 and 199.7 respectively as the top three places were determined. In the eighth series, Saurabh, Matsuda and Abhishek got scores of 19.9, 19.2 and 19.6 as the latter was eliminated. The drama unfolded in the final series, with Matsuda coming up with his worst shot of the entire final round to give the advantage to Saurabh, who grabbed the opportunity with both hands. With inputs from IANS Click here to view the medals tally of the 2018 Asian Games Click here to view the full schedule of the 2018 Asian Games Click here to view the results at the 2018 Asian Games
Highlights, Asian Games 2018, Day 4: Rahi Sarnobat wins gold in Women's 25 pistol event; India's Wushu quartet clinch bronze
Catch the live score and updates from Day 4 of the Asian Games taking place in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.
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India in seventh place in medal’s tally after fourth day
That concludes India’s day. India added five medals to their tally today. Rahi Sarnobat winning the gold in a thrilling Women’s 25m Pistol event before India’s Wushu quartet returning with four bronze medals. There were no medals in wrestling today.
India loses to Qatar in Pool game
Qatar beats India 3-0 in the Pool F game in Men’s Volleyball.
India’s women gymnastics team finishes seventh
With Dipa Karamakar’s injured knee reducing her to a support role from the sidelines ahead of the gymnastics women’s team all-around finals, the Indian side finished seventh with a total of 138.050 points. Even with Dipa Karmakar in the fray, India would have found it tough to be among the medals, the least of which went to Japan with 157.150 points.
The Indian team’s best performance came in the vault where it compiled 39.100 points. And that was good only for the seventh place overall on the apparatus. Its worst was on balance beam and uneven bars where it mustered a mere 32.400 points each. If it is any consolation, India was ranked sixth on the beam
India had a chance of finishing in sixth place but its showing on the beam at a time when Malaysia rustled up 34.900 on the uneven bars meant that it had to settle for seventh place ahead of the home team, Indonesia (129.350).
Wushu update
Narender Grewal loses 2-0 in Men’s Sanda 65kg semi-final. He is India’s fourth Wushu player to win bronze today
Wushu update
India’s Bahnu Partap Singh loses in the Men’s Sanda 60kg semifinal. However, the Indian does well to compete even with an injured leg. He brings home the bronze medal
Wushu Update
India’s Santosh Kumar and Roshibina Devi lose in the semi-finals in Men’s Sanda 56kg and Women’s Sanda 60kg events. The duo has to settle for bronze medals
India’s Harpreet Singh misses out on bronze
India’s Harpreet Singh loses 6-3 to Kazakhstan’s Kustubayev Azamat in Men’s 87kg Greco-Roman Wrestling bronze medal playoff
India finish last Men’s Relay final
Indian men’s team in 4x400m Freestyle Relay finishes 8th in the final with a timing of 3:35.34
India’s Harpreet Singh in bronze medal playoff
Harpreet Singh is trailing 5-0 in Men’s 87kg Greco-Roman Wrestling bronze medal playoff
Indian volleyball team in action against Qatar!
Indian men’s volleyball team are down a set in the Pool game against Qatar
India’s Men’s relay team in action shortly
India’s Men’s team to be in action in 4x400m Freestyle Relay final shortly
Indian mixed doubles pair reach quarters
India’s Rohan Bopanna-Ankita Raina reach the Mixed Doubles quarter-final with a straight sets victory over Hong Kong’s Chun Wun Wong-Eudice Wong Chong
India fifth after second rotation
In gymnastics final, Indian women’s team are placed at fifth spot after the end of Rotation 2.
Indian team sixth after first rotation
Indian women’s team are sixth after first rotation in women’s team final in artistic gymnastics
Indian Men’s Doubles pair bows out
India’s Sumit Nagal-Ramkumar Ramanathan bow out of the Asian Games after a 2-1 defeat to in Men’s Doubles quarter-finals
Women’s Team to begin final
Indian women’s team who are without the injured Dipa Karmakar begin the Artistic Gymnastic final
Indian pair in mixed doubles action
India’s Rohan Bopanna-Ankita Raina take on Hong Kong’s Chun Wun Wong-Eudice Wong Chong in Mixed Doubles Round of 16 clash
Men’s compound team finishes third in ranking round
The Indian men’s compound archery team (Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini and Rajat Chauhan) did very well to claim third rank with 1741 points in the ranking round behind World No. 2 Korea (1762) and World No. 9 Chinese Taipei (1741). The World No. 8 team from India was happy with its overall showing today, gauging the conditions and getting ready for the bigger battles ahead.
Indians settle for third place in mixed team compound
The Indian compound archery mixed team comprising Abhishek Verma and Vennam Jyoti Surekha scored 1350 points to tie with Chinese Taipei for the second spot on the ranking charts but had to settle for third rank with one fewer 10 than its rival pair of Pan Yu Ping and Chen Yi Hsuan. The two teams are drawn to meet in the semifinals.
The Korea team expectedly took the top spot.
Rahi reacts after winning gold!
Rohan Bopanna-Divij Sharan through to semi-final
India’s Rohan Bopanna-Divij Sharan through to the semi-finals in Men’s Doubles after a 2-1 victory in the quarter-finals after a tie-break
Hardeep misses out on a bronze
No medal for Hardeep as he crashes out of Men’s Greco-Roman 97 kg. He lost to Uzbekistan’s Turdiev Jahongir in Repechage Round 2 bout.
YET ANOTHER SHOOT-OFF!
Incredible. Yang shoots a blank round. Rahi hit two. Shoot off for Gold!
Another one. Both stay in the hunt! 4 each. Another shoot off. Get these two some extra ammo.
10 shots to go. Rahi leads by one.
Yangpaiboon comes up with a perfect set! She now leads by two. Nerves for Rahi. How can she comeback?
Medal assured for India
Lead down to one, as Yangpaiboon shoots a perfect set. BUT a medal is assured for Rahi!
Tight race between these two but the Korean Kim is catching up. She’s in a shoot-off for third. Rahi leads by one.
MANU BHAKER ELIMINATED
Rahi extends her lead with another perfect set, Yangpaiboon trails by three. Manu finishes sixth and is eliminated!
MAKE THAT 25!
Rahi goes with another perfect series. All eyes on Manu seems to have helped Rahi.
Rahi missed her first shot on her 12th attempt. Manu has had a bad round, she’s in fifth. Rahi leads by two.
Sighting shots done. The athletes are getting ready.
The scoring system here is simple, 10.2 or more counts and a hit. Anything less is a miss. Also, the pistol shots are a lot louder than the air pistol.
Rahi starts with a perfect series. Manu only three out of five. The clips are back in for the next series.
25m pistol finals
Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat have inspected their shooting positions, and look satisfied. Coaches Jaspal Rana and Pavel Smirnov have also taken their seats, making sure they have a clear sight of their wards.
Toying around…
India 19-0 Hong Kong
Dilpreet Singh has an easy finish after Manpreet Singh does all the hard work and feeds him the ball.
We must let them enjoy…
GOAL! India 18-0 Hong Kong
India scored off a penalty corner which was given to them right at the buzzer. 15 more minutes left in this match.
And it’s over. But the scores are tied at 3-3!
China’s Xiao Di books a spot in the finals as he earned the first point. Heartbreak for Hardeep, who has to face an anxious wait to have a chance of a bronze courtesy of the repechage round.
Hardeep Singh is in against China’s Xiao Di in the quarter-finals of 97kg category.
At the end of the first period, Xiao Di takes a 3-0 lead. Hardeep must make the most of his chances in the second period now.