Asian Games 2018, Day 1 Live Updates: Wrestler Bajrang Punia gives India first Gold medal
Here are live updates of Day 1 of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
The Asian Games 2018 kick-off on Sunday as the best athletes from the continent get ready to aim for glory. For India, stars like Kidambi Srikanth, Manu Bhaker and Sushil Kumar will be in action on the opening day.
A spectacular pyrotechnic show, including a simulated volcanic eruption, lit up the Jakarta skyline on Saturday night as Indonesia rolled out the red carpet for the continent's elite athletes in the opening ceremony for the 18th Asian Games.
The country's president Joko Widodo made an unorthodox and dramatic entrance to the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, riding a motorbike onto the stage before officially opening Indonesia's second hosting of the Asiad.
The formalities, however, are all over and it's time for the athletes to take center-stage. India will compete in as many as 14 sports on Sunday.
Here are highlights of Day 1
Kabaddi: Indian women's team thrashes Japan 43-12 in Group A match.
Shooting: Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar qualify for final of 10m air rifle event.
Rowing: Dattu Bhokanal finishes second in men's singles sculls heat. Can qualify for final through repechage.
Swimming: Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the final of the men's 100m Backstroke.
Rowing: Om Prakash and Sawarn Singh qualify for the final in Men’s Double Sculls.
Swimming: Sajan Prakash qualifies for Men's 200m Butterfly final.
Rowing: Indian men's team of Malkeet Singh and Gurinder Singh qualify for final.
Basketball: Indian women's team loses 61-84 to Chinese Taipei in first group game.
Rowing: Sayali Shekale and Pooja qualify for Women's Double Sculls Final.
MEDAL ALERT: India bag their first medal, a bronze for Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team.
Wrestling: Sushil Kumar bows out in qualifying round of men's 74 kg category.
Shooting: Shooters Manvjit Singh and Lakshay Sheraon finish first and fifth respectively on Day 1 of qualification of the Men's Trap event.
Wrestling: Sandeep Tomar qualifies to the quarter-finals in the men's 57 kg category.
Kabaddi: Indian men's team beats Bangaldesh 50-21 in its opening match.
Wrestler: Bajrang Punia qualifies for the quarter-finals in the men's 65 kg category.
Badminton: India beat Maldives 3-0 in opening round of men's team event.
Wrestling: Pawan Kumar loses in the men's 86 kg category.
Wrestling: Bajrang Punia reaches the semi-finals in men's 65 kg category.
Wrestling: Bajrang Punia reaches the finals in men's 65 kg category.
Kabaddi: Indian men beat Sri Lanka in second group match.
Here are live updates from Day 1
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That's it from Jakarata on Sunday.
India end the day with two medals. Bajrang Punia bagged the gold medal in 65kg Freestyle Wrestling. Earlier, Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar got India off the mark with a bronze in 10m air rifle Mixed final.
India women's hockey team thrashed Indonesia 8-0 in their Group opener, while India's men and women kabaddi teams began their respective title defences with impressive victories.
In swimming Sajan Prakash finished fifth in the Men's 200m Butterfly, while Srihari Nataraj finished seventh in the Men's 100m Backstroke final.
In wrestling, Pawan Kumar came close to clinching a bronze but was beaten in the playoff. However, overall it was a disappointing day for Indian male wrestlers who failed to bag another medal with Sushil Kumar losing in the opening round.
Wrestling
Pawan Kumar loses bronze medal playoff match against Ordogen Uitumen of Mongolia in Men's 86kg Freestyle category.
HOCKEY
Meanwhile, Indian women's hockey team adds two more goals in the third and fourth quarter as they score a comfortable win to open their campaign.
India 8-0 Indonesia
Wrestling
Pawan Kumar up against Ordogen Uitumen in the Men's 86kg Freestyle Wrestling bronze-medal playoff.
Here's the latest medal tally:
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Medals 1 China 7 5 4 16 2 Japan 3 6 4 13 3 South Korea 2 3 4 9 4 Indonesia 1 1 0 2 5 Chinese Taipei 1 0 3 4 6 India 1 0 1 2 6 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 2 6 Thailand 1 0 1 2 9 Mongolia 1 0 0 1 10 Iran 0 2 1 3 11 North Korea 0 1 0 1 12 Philippines 0 0 2 2 12 Vietnam 0 0 2 2 14 Hong Kong 0 0 1 1 14 Malaysia 0 0 1 1 14 Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1 Yogeshwar Dutt taught me that conquering big names is the only way to earn a big name: Bajrang Punia
Bajrang made a flying start in the bout taking an early 6-0 lead. However, Takatani fought back to make it 6-4 at the end of first period.
In the second period, Takatani managed to get through Bajrang’s defence early and made it 6-6. However, Bajrang got back into the game to make it 8-6.
Both wrestlers took two points during one move to make it 10-8. It went down to the final seconds and the Indian got another point when Japan’s review failed.
GOLD!
Bajrang Punia beats Japan’s Daichi Takatani to win gold medal in Men's Freestyle 65 kg category.
Wrestling
Bajrang Punia makes a flying start to lead 6-0 against Japan's Takatani Daichi in the final.
However, Takatani comes back to make it 6-6.
Wrestling
Bajrang Punia is taking on Japan’s Daichi Takatani for gold medal in Men's Freestyle 65 kg category. Bajrang had beaten Takatani in September last year to win the gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Hockey
GOAL
Vandana Kataria gets her second goal of the evening.
India 6-0 Indonesia
Hockey
GOAL
Lalremsiami adds to India's tally. There are scoring new goals before we can update you on the last.
India 5-0 Indonesia
GOAL
Gurjit Kaur scores again from a penalty corner.
India 4-0 Indonesia
GOAL
India finally score from a penalty corner- their fourth. Gurjit Kaur has tripled India's lead.
India 3-0 Indonesia
Hockey
GOAL
Vandana Kataria has doubled India's lead after a good team move. India lead at end of first qurater.
India 2-0 Indonesia
Hockey
GOAL
Udita puts India in front after some great forward play.
India 1-0 Indonesia
Hockey
Indian women's hockey team play hosts Indonesia in their pool game. India start as favourites in the match.
Swimming
India's Sajan Prakash finishes fifth in the Men's 200m Butterfly. Japan's Daiya Seto takes the gold.
Kabaddi
India beat Sri Lanka 44-28 to win second group game in men's kabaddi. They need just one more win to book a berth in the semi-finals.
Swimming
India's 17-year-old swimmer Srihari Nataraj finishes eighth with a time of 56.19 seconds in the Men's 100m Backstroke final.
Kabaddi
India lead Sri Lanka at half-time. It was not one of the best starts for India, but they have recovered to have a good lead at the break.
Kabaddi
India team are taking on Sri Lanka in the Group A match. It was a shaky start for India trailing 2-6, but they have recovered to reduce the deficit to 6-7.
Wrestling
Pawan Kumar enters bronze medal playoff in Men’s Freestyle 86 kg. He beat Indonesia’s Fahriansyah by technical superiority in the repechage round 2. He was leading 11-0 before being being awarded the match.
'Guru' Yogeshwar Datt is proud of Bajrang Punia and want a gold medal from him.
Wrestling
Pawan Kumar now gets a shot at winning the Bronze medal as he enters the repechage round in Men’s Freestyle 86 kg. He got the chance as Iran’s Hassan Yazdani reached the final with another dominating win.
However, Mausam Khatri's challenge in 97kg Freestyle Wrestling ended after Uzbekistan's Mogomed Ibragimov lost in the semi-final.
Wrestling
Sandeep Tomar is out of medal contention after Iran's Reza Atrinagharchi loses in the semi-finals.
Wrestling
India's Bajrang Punia beats Mongolia's Batchuluun Batmagnai by technical superiority to reach the final of Men's 65kg freestyle wrestling.
Bajrang has assured himself of at least a silver medal but he will go for gold in the final.
Women’s Handball
India lose their 3rd match in the group stage – 21-26 against China this time.
India's Pawan Kumar loses 0-11 in the quarterfinals of Men's 86 kg freestyle wrestling to world champion Hassan Yazdanicharati. Pawan still has a chance to win bronze via repechage if Hassan reaches the final.
Wrestling
And that's that. A comprehensive 0-8 defeat for India's Mausam Khatri in the quarter-final of the men's 97 kg category. He will now wait for repechage.
Wrestling
India's Mausam Khatri is trailing 0-4 in his 97 kg quarter-final bout.
Wrestling
Time for some heavyweight action. Mausam Khatri to take the mat in the men's 97 kg category quarter-final.
India assured of another medal
Wrestler Bajrang Punia is guaranteed a medal by virtue of reaching the semi-final in the men's 65 kg category.
Wrestling
What a performance from Bajrang Punia! The Indian wins his 65 kg quarter-final 12-2.
Wrestling
Bajrang Punia off to a blazing start in his 65 kg category quarter-final. The Indian has a 6-0 lead early on.
Wrestling
India's Pawan Kumar takes the mat for the men's 86 kg category quarter-final.
Wrestling
Solid 8-0 win for Pawan Kumar in his 86 kg category quarter-final.
Wrestling
Sandeep Tomar loses his men's 57 kg category quarter-final against Reza 9-15. The Indian will now have to wait for repechage.
Wrestling
India's Sandeep Tomar is trailing 6-13 in his quarter-final against Reza in the men's 57 kg category.
He has an uphill task from here with time running out.
Tennis
Indian mixed doubles pair of Divij Sharan and Karman Kaur Thandi defeats Philippines' Alberto Jr Lim and Marian Jade Capadocia 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round.
Regu – Sepaktakraw
Indian women's team loses 0-3 to Korea.
Badminton
India defeat Maldives 3-0 in the first round of the men's team event. Comfortable victories for Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth.
Badminton
Indian shuttlers start their campaign. They lead Maldives 2-0 in the men's team Round of 16.
Tennis
India begin their campaign with Divij Sharan and Karman Kaur Thandi taking on Alberto Jr Lim and Marian Jade Capadocia of Philippines in the mixed doubles.
Wrestling
Stunning victory for Bajrang Punia in the men's 65 kg category.
He loses the first 3 points and then takes 13 in a row to defeat Khasanov Sirojiddin.
The Indian wins by Technical Superiority, qualifies for the quarter-finals.
Wrestling
Solid comeback by Bajrang, he takes five points in a row to lead 8-3 with just over two minutes left.
Kabaddi
Indian men's team off to a blazing start in their quest for gold. Then beat Bangladesh 50-21 in their opening match.
Wrestling
India's Bajrang Punia, a big favourite in the men's 65 kg category, is trailing 2-3 in his opening bout.
Men's Kabaddi
India extend their lead to 30-15 in the second half against Bangladesh.
Wrestling
India's Sandeep Tomar is through to the quarter-finals in the men's 57 kg category after a tense 12-8 victory against Nazarov Rustem.