Asian Games 2018 Day 4: India's medal tally up to 15, Wushu adds 4 bronze medals after Rahi's gold

That's it for the day. 

India now have 15 medals with 5 (one gold, four bronze) coming on Wednesday. 

India remain seventh in the medal tally. 

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	37	30	15	82
2	Japan	20	23	25	68
3	Korea	11	15	23	49
4	Iran	7	3	6	16
5	Indonesia	6	3	7	16
6	North Korea	5	2	3	10
7	India	4	3	8	15
8	Thailand	4	2	10	16
9	Uzbekistan	3	5	6	14
10	Chinese Taipei	3	3	8	14
11	Mongolia	3	2	4	9
12	Kazakhstan	1	6	14	21
13	Lebanon	1	1	2	4
14	Malaysia	1	1	1	3
15	Macau	1	1	0	2
16	Philippines	1	0	5	6
17	Singapore	1	0	3	4
18	Jordan	1	0	2	3
19	Kyrgyzstan	0	4	5	9
20	Vietnam	0	3	7	10
21	Hong Kong	0	2	7	9
22	Turkmenistan	0	1	1	2
23	Myanmar	0	0	2	2
24	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1

Volleyball

Indian men suffer first defeat in the group stage as they go down against Qatar on 25-15, 25-20, 25-20. They are placed second in Pool F with one match left.

Gymnastics 

India, without Dipa Karmakar, finish 7th in the women’s team final.

Wushu

BRONZE MEDAL

Narender Grewal too settles for bronze after losing 0-2 in the men's Sanda 65 kg semifinal to Iran’s Foroud Zafari.

India finish with four bronze medals in Wushu on Wednesday.

Wushu

ANOTHER BRONZE MEDAL

Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh loses 0-2 in the men's Sanda 60 kg semifinal to Iran’s Erfan.

Swimming

Indian team of Aaron DSouza, Virdhawal Khade, Sajan Prakash and Anshul Kothari finish 8th with a timing of 3:25.34 seconds in 4X100 relay.

Wrestling

India's Harpreet Singh loses his bronze medal bout in Greco-Roman wrestling. He loses 3-6 as India's Greco-Roman contingent finish the Asian Games without a medal.

Wushu Santosh Kumar too settles for bronze medal after losing to Vietnam's Truong Giang Bui in men's 56kg Sanda semifinal. Wrestling Menwhile, India's Harpreet Singh is looking to win a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Wushu

Roshibina Devi Naorem loses to China's Yingying Cai in women's 60 kg Sanda semifinals - settles for bronze medal.

Wushu

Four Indians are in action next. All of them are assured of at least bronze medals.

Tennis

Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina win their mixed doubles round of 16 match 6-4 6-4.

Tennis

BAD NEWS FOR INDIA

Men's Doubles: Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan lose their quarter-final match to Kazakhstan’s Bublik/Yevseyev 7-5, 4-6, 2-10. 

Women’s Doubles: Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare lose in the round of 16. 

Gymnastics

India team is in action in women’s team gymnastics final. However, India are without the injured Dipa Karmakar. 

Archery

India’s Abhishek Verma finished fourth in the men’s compound individual ranking round with a total score of 704. Aman Saini came in 16th with 704, Rajat Chauhan 18th with 691 and Sangampreet Singh 19th with 689.

India finished second in the compound men’s team ranking round behind Korea, who scored a Games record of 2116. India’s total score was 2087.

India’s ranking in the compound mixed team is also second with a score of 1409. Korea came first with a world record score of 1412.

India assured another medal

Tennis - Men's Doubles

Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan will at least bag a bronze as they reach the semi-finals.

GOLD for India:

A calm and composed veteran shooter Rahi Sarnobat becomes the first Indian woman to win an individual GOLD medal in shooting at the Asian Games! 

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

That's it, Hong Kong's misery finally comes to an end.

India win 26-0, their highest ever margin of victory.

They had beaten hosts Indonesia 17-0 in their opening game.

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

Still no result, another shoot off. Best of five continues

Thai shooter got a zero, Rahi two. 

Decider continues, Best of five shots again

Will it be a silver or a second Gold for India?10 shots for Gold, five for Bronze. Let's go! 

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

After 7th series, Rahi gets only two. Still leads by two. Now shoot off for bronze. 

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

Rahi misses two shots, but still leads by one. 

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

After 6th series, Manu Bhaker gets eliminated. Rahi extends lead by three. 

The 16-year-old breaks down. Sports are cruel. 

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

Rahi misses one again, gets four. Leads by two. Manu in elimination zone now. 

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

India have put in a historic performance here. Nevermind the quality of the opposition, such a scoreline says something.

The Harendra Singh-coached side lead Hong Kong China 25-0 with three minutes still to play.

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

Rahi finally misses a shot, just two for Rahi. Manu gets 4 hits. Rahi leads by one. Manu still at 5th place.

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

At the end of second series, Rahi Sarnobat maintains her lead at the top spot, hasn't missed any shot. Manu Bhaker still at 5th. 

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

Manu Bhaker is placed fifth after missing two shots while Rahi Sarnobat is at the top spot with all 5 shots 

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

India's Rahi starts with five on five, Manu had 3

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

To be noted:

 

Good strong field here in the Women’s 25 Pistol. For a shooter to score each shot has to be 10.2 or more to register as a hit.Below that is a zero

— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) August 22, 2018

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Final

The event featuring India's Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat begins

Tennis - Men's Singles Round of 16

India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeats Vietnam's Nam Ly 6-3 5-7 6-4 to move in the quarters.

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

India lead Hong Kong 18-0 at the end of the third quarter.

Wrestling - Men’s Greco-Roman 87 kg category

India's Harpreet Singh loses his semi-final bout against Uzbekistan’s Rustam Assakalov in just 38 seconds. A brutal 0-8 defeat. He will now compete for the bronze medal.

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

Almost five minutes into the third quarter, India lead Hong Kong 15-0. That's not a typo. It is 15-0.

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

GOAL!

India score with the final touch of the second quarter. They lead Hong Kong 14-0. Yes.

They got six goals in the first quarter, eight in the second.

The match will resume after a ten-minute break. Final score predictions?

...make that 13-0 for India. Harmanpreet gets at the end of a penalty corner, hits a superb reverse shot into the back of the net.

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

GOAL!

Amit Rohidas converts a penalty corner in spectacula fashion, India lead Hong Kong 12-0.

Just over two minutes to go in the second quarter.

Meanwhile, the Indian men's hockey team has taken an 11-0 lead against Hong Kong halfway through the second quarter. Yes, you read that right.

Wrestling - Men's Greco-87 kg Roman category

India's Harpreet Singh is through to the semis with a dominating 8-0 victory against Japan’s Masato Sumi by technical superiority. That match lasted just about two minutes!

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

GOAL!

India have scored again, they lead Hong Kong 9-0.

The match is getting a little boring now.

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

GOAL!

Lalit Kumar Upadhyay makes it 7-0 for India against Hong Kong.

GOAL!

Manpreet Singh scores his second goal, makes it 8-0 in the second quarter.

Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg category

India's Gurpreet Singh loses 6-8 to Iran's Mohammadali Geraei in the quarter-finals. He will now await repechage.

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

That's the end of the first quarter. There will be a two-minute break now. India lead Hong Kong China 6-0. That was fun!

GOAL!

Vivek Sagar Prasad makes it 6-0. Credit to Hong Kong for not comnceding a goal for about nine minutes there.

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

This is like a school match. An attack versus defence drill during practice.

The ball has barely left the Hong Kong half, Indian goal-keeper PR Sreejesh could well take a nap.

India lead 5-0 with just over three minutes left in the first quarter.

GOAL!

Make that 5-0. SV Sunil gets at the end of a through-ball and deflects the ball in.

The Hong Kong side might be ranked 45 but make no mistake about it, the Indian men's hockey team is a top-class outfit as of today.

GOAL!

Hockey - Men's Preliminary

This is a rout! Rupeinder Pal Singh coverts another penalty corner and India have a 4-0 lead against Hong Kong inside the first five minutes.

GOAL!

India have taken the lead inside two minutes! A scintilating run from Lalit Upadhyay, he intercepted the ball in his own half, dribbled past defenders over 40 yards and played the perfect through-ball. Akashdeep Singh then hit a brilliant first-touch shot to score.

GOAL!

India lead Hong Kong 2-0 in three minutes!

A superb reverse shot from Manpreet Singh.

GOAL!

What's happening here?!

India are 3-0 up inside the first four minutes. They eant a penalty corner and Rupendar Singh hits a fine drive to score.

Wow!

Hockey

The Harendra Singh-coached side had mauled hosts Inodesia 17-0 in their first match.

Can they put up a similar performance today?

Hockey

The Indian men's team is about to begin their second Pool A match. They face Hong Kong today. The national anthems are being played out.

Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 130kg category

India's Naveen loses his pre-quarterfinal bout against China's Ling Zhe Meng. He now awaits repechage.

Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg category

India's Gurpreet Singh in Dangal mode! The wrestler pulls-off a spectacular overhead move to win five straight points.

Singh defeats Thailand’s Natal Apichai 9-0 by technical superiority and moves into the quarter-finals.

Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg category

India’s Harpreet Singh reaches quarter-finals by defeating Korea’s Park Heageun 4-1.

Tennis

Earlier, Ankita Raina had assured India of another medal by making it to the women's singles seemi-finals.

However, Ramkumar Ramanathan fails to deliver as his campaign is cut-short in the Round of 16.

Tennis - Men's Singles

Major disappointment for India as the second-seeded Ramkumar Ramanathan loses 6-3, 4-6, 3-6 to Uzbekistan's Karimov Jurabek.

Taekwondo - Men’s -80 kg category

India's Navjeet Maan loses to China’s Chen Linglong 6-20 in the pre-quarters.

Archery - Women's Compound Individual

India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in the ranking round.

Muskan Kirar came in 9th, Madhumita Kumari was 11th, and Trisha Deb finished 19th.

India are placed second in the Women's Compound Team ranking.

Tennis - Men's Singles Round of 16

India's Ramkumar Ramanathan is about to take on Uzbekistan's Jurabek Karimov.

Archery - Women's Compound Individual

India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in the ranking round.

Muskan Kirar came in 9th, Madhumita Kumari was 11th, and Trisha Deb finished 19th.

India are placed second in the Women's Compound Team ranking.

Wushu

Devastating result for India's Gyandash Singh in the men's Taijijian event.

He scores 9.70 to finish fourth, missing a medal by just 0,01 points.

Shooting - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification

Anjum Moudgil misses out on a finals berth by just a single point. Really disappointing result, this. She was in the lead at one stage but finished 9th.

Gaayathri Nithyanandan also fails to qualify as she fnishes in 17th position.

Rowing

Indian team comprising Sanjukta Dung Dung, Annu, Navneet Kaur, and Yamini Singh qualifies for main A-Final in Women's Four.

The Indian men’s lightweight eight team is also through to the main A-final.

India assured of another medal

Tennis - Women's Singles

Ankita Raina blazes into the semi-finals to guarantee another medal for India.

The 25-year-old defeats China's Eudice Chong 6-4 6-1. She had lost the first four games of the match but won the next 12 out of 13 to seal the deal.

Super performance from India's No.1 female tennis player.

Taekwondo

India's Navjeet Mann enters the Round of 16 in the -80 category.

Tennis - Women's Singles Quarter-final

What a stunning comeback by Raina! She wins the first set 6-4 after being down 0-4.

Raina will be assured of a medal if she wins this match against China's Eudice Chong.

Asian Games 2018: Injured gymnast Dipa Karmakar pulls out of team event final

 

...and just like that, Raina has managed to break her Chinese opponent to make it 2-4 in the first set. Reverse commentator's curse?

Tennis - Women's Singles Quarter-finals

Things not looking good for Ankita Raina at the moment.

She finally manages to win her first game after losing the first four of the match.

Raina will be assured of a medal is she wins this match.

Swimming - Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Solid performance by the Indian team. They finish first in their heat with a time of 3:25:17.

Rowing - Men’s lightweight double sculls

India's Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh come first in their repechage round to qualify for the main A-final. India could have another medal!

Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke

India's Sandeep Sejwal misses out on qualifying for the final by 0.07 seconds! He finishes 10th overall in the heats and is now a reserve for the final.

Gymnastics

Grim news coming in for Indian fans. Star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has withdrawn from Wednesday's team event final because of an injured knee. The 25-year-old has been out with injuries for a while now and was all set to make her comeback.

Tennis - Women's Singles Quarter-finals

India's Ankita Raina is about to begin her match against China's Eudice Chong.

Shooting - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification

India's Anjum Moudgil is in fine form at the moment. She's currently placed first, with the other Indian in the fray, Gaayathri Nithyanandan, placed 11th.

Shooting

The Women's 25m Pistol final, for which India's Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat have qualified, will be held at 3 pm IST on Wednesday.

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol

India's Manu Bhaker has finished first in qualifying with a score of 297. Brilliant shooting from the teenager!

The other Indian in the fray, Rahi Sarnobat, finishes 8th with 288 points.

Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke

India’s Sandeep Sejwal finishes first in his heat with a timing of 62.07. He'll have to wait and see if that's good enough to take him through to the final.

 

Shooting - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification

Two Indians are in the fray in this event. Anjum Moudgil and Gaayathri Nithyanandam have both got good starts in the first series of the kneeling position.

Shooting - Women's 25m Pistol Qualification

India's Manu Bhaker has gotten off to a flying start. She tops the table in the precision round with a score of 99.

Another Indian in the fray, Rahi Sarnobat scores 97 and is in fifth position at the moment.

The Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Qualification is underway as well.

Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly

Both Sajan Prakash and Avinash Mani have failed to make it to the finals.

Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly

India's Sajan Prakash wins his heat with a timing of 54.04. His chances of making the final are brighter than Avinash Mani's.

The action has begun in Jakarta-Palembang.

 

Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly

India's Avinash Mani has defeated Saudi Arabia's Bu Arish in their two-man unseeded heat. With a timing of 56.98, though, Mani struggle to qualify for the final.

After winning a gold medal for India at the 2018 Asian Games, wrestler Bajrang Punia returned home on Tuesday.

He took to Twitter to express his happiness at the warm welcome he received at the Delhi airport.

Hello everyone and welcome to live updates from Day 4 of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang.

First up on Wednesday, Indian athletes will be competing in shooting, archery, swimming, and wushu.