Asian Games 2018, Day 3 Updates: India bag 5 medals on Tuesday, win 21-0 in women's hockey
Here are live updates from Day 3 of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang.
Indian shooters Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma and Sanjeev Rajput added to India's medal tally on Tuesday, while India won its maiden medal in Sepak takraw at the ongoing 18th Asian Games. Divya Kakran then gave India another medal in wrestling winning a bronze.
India had a decent outing on Day 2 of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang on Monday. The country added one gold and two silvers to its medal tally, with wrestler Vinesh Phogat being the star performer of the day.
Highlights from Day 3
Higlights of Day 3 at 2018 Asian Games for India:
MEDAL Shooting: Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold for India in the men's 10m air pistol with a Games Record of 240.7. Abhishek Verma clinches in a bronze in the same event.
MEDAL Shooting: Sanjeev Rajput wins silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions event, giving India its third medal in shooting today.
MEDAL Sepak takraw: India settles for a bronze after losing to Thailand in the men's semifinals. However, they win the first ever medal in this sport for the country.
MEDAL Wrestling: Divya Kakran wins bronze in 68kg Freestyle category.
Swimming: Virdhawal Khade betters own national record to qualify for the men's 50m freestyle category. He, however, misses bronze by 0.01 seeconds to finish fourth.
Wushu: Medal assured for Naorem Devi who beat Pakistan’s Mubashra to move into semifinal. Three other India players were also assured of medals.
Hockey: India beat Kazakhstan 21-0 in women's hockey.
Here is how it happened on Day 3
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That's it from the Asian Games today.
It was good day for India at 2018 Asian Games on Tuesday. India won 5 medals (one gold, one silver and 3 bronze medals) on day three of competitions.
Indian women scored another big win in hockey beating Kazakhstan 21-0.
It was a good day for India in Wushu, as four medals were assured.
Wushu
Pardeep Kumar of India loses to Riyaya Ouja of Indonesia in men's Sanda 70 kh category quarterfinals.
Hockey
21-0
Indian women's team overtake men's mauling of Indonesia yesterday, beat Kazakstan 21-0 in pool match.
Wushu
ANOTHER MEDAL ASSURED
Narender Grewal assures medal no. 4 from Wushu for India. He defeats Uzbekistan's Akmal Rakhimov to enter semifinals.
One more Indian to compete in Wushu today.
Wushu
MEDAL ASSURED
Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh of India enters semifinal of men's Sanda 60 kg category to assure India of another medal.
Hockey
Indian women are leading 13-0 after the third period. Can they outscore Indian men who scored 17-0 win against Indonesia yesterday?
India 13-0 Kazakhstan
Hockey
Four goals in the second quarter for India.
India 9-0 Kazakhstan
Wushu
MEDAL ASSURED
India's Santosh Kumar beats Thailand's Phitak Paokrathok in men's Sanda- 56kg quarterfinals. He is assured of at least a bronze medal.
Hockey
Indiam women continue their domination. They are leading Kazakhstan 5-0 at the end of the first quarter. Navneet has scored two goals while Gurjit, Neha Goyal and Vandana Katariya have added one each.
India 5-0 Kazakhstan
Hockey
Indian women are taking on Kazakhstan in their pool match right now.
Wushu
5 Indians are in action next. If they win they will move to semifinals and be assured of medals.
Wushu
ANOTHER MEDAL ASSURED
Naorem Devi beats Pakistan’s Mubashra 0-2 to move into the semifinal.
Artistic Gymnastics
India qualify for the team championship final after finishing 7th – the top 8 teams qualify for the final.
BRONZE MEDAL FOR INDIA!
Divya Kakran took just 90 seconds to score 10 points and clinched the medal through technical superiority against Chen Wenling. This is India's 10th medal at the Asian Games.
Wrestling
MEDAL ALERT
Divya Kakran seals a bronze in the 68kg Freestyle category.
India in Tennis on Day 3
Top seeds India’s Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan beat Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul and Nuttanon Kadchapanan 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarters in men’s doubles.
In mixed doubles, the pair of Bopanna and Ankita Raina entered Round of 16. However, Divij Sharan and Karman Kaur Thandi lost in their Round of 16 match to crash out of contention.
Gymnastics
Dipa Karmakar and Co are in action right now. However, Dipa has finished behind Pranati Nayak and Aruna Budda Reddy in the vault apparatus and won’t qualify for the final.
Tennis
WHAT A WIN FOR INDIA
Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina win the tiebreaker 11-9 to progress to the Mixed Doubles round of 16.
Tennis
Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina lose second set 6-2 as the duo of Kim and Jeamoon make it level in mixed doubles Round of 32.
Here's latest medal tally at Asian Games 2018
Pos Countries Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 23 15 11 49 2 Japan 8 13 14 35 3 South Korea 6 11 11 28 4 Indonesia 5 2 5 12 5 Iran 4 3 3 10 6 North Korea 4 1 2 7 7 India 3 3 3 9 8 Chinese Taipei 3 2 4 9 9 Mongolia 2 0 4 6 10 Uzbekistan 1 3 6 10 11 Kazakhstan 1 3 5 9 12 Thailand 1 1 7 9 13 Lebanon 1 1 2 4 14 Jordan 1 0 1 2 15 Macau 1 0 0 1 16 Vietnam 0 3 4 7 17 Kyrgyzstan 0 2 0 2 18 Hong Kong 0 1 4 5 19 Philippines 0 0 4 4 20 Malaysia 0 0 1 1 20 Singapore 0 0 1 1 Swimming
CLOSE!!!!!!
India's Virdhawal Khade misses the bronze by 0.01 seconds. His timing of 22.47 seconds was 0.04 seconds slower than what he recorded in the heats – 22.43 seconds.
Kabaddi
Indian men's team beats Thailand 49-30 in the final group match.
Kabaddi
India are leading 21-12 at the end of the first half of their group match against Thailand.
Men’s Archery
The men’s recurve individual and team ranking round has ended.
Here are the positions of the Indians:
Atanu Das – 14th (Score: 332) Viswash: – 17th (Score: 328) Jagdish Choudhary – 39th (Score: 314) Sukhchain Singh – 46th (Score: 306) Team: 8th (Score: 1956)
Tennis
Rohan Bopanna and Ankita Raina have won the first set 6-3 against Korea’s Kim/Lee in the mixed doubles round of 32.
Canoeing
India’s Champa Mourya qualifies for the semi-finals despite finishing ninth in the heats. The top 10 out of 11 competitors made it to the semifinals.
Shooting - Mixed Trap
Lebanon win their first gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games!
A fine performance by their shooting duo as they hit the target 43 out of 50 times.
Chinese Taipei were leading the final for the better part, but ended with a score of 42.
Fencing - Women's Epee Individual
Jyotika Dutta loses her first bout after winning five in a row. A quarter-final defeat to her Thai opponent means she narrowly misses out on a medal.
MEDAL ALERT
Indian men's Sepak Takraw regu team has created history by winning a bronze. This is the first medal for the country in this sport at the Asian Games.
Shooting - Mixed Trap Final
India are the first team to be knocked out as Lakshay Shearon and Shreyasi Singh manage to score 16 out of 25.
Really disappointing performance this.
Shooting - Mixed Trap Final
India's Lakshay and Shreyasi remain in 6/6 position after 20 shots.
They're pretty much out of medal contention.
Shooting - Mixed Trap Final
Things not quite going the way of Lakshay Sheoran and Shreyasi Singh. They are placed at the bottom of the table after two rounds.
Shooting - Mixed Trap Final
The event is underway with India's Lakshay and Shreyasi Singh in the fray.
Tennis - Men's Doubles
After Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan, India's Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan make it to the quarter-finals too.
They defeat Chen Ti and Peng Hsienyin of Chinese Taipei 7-6(5) 7-6(2) in the Round of 16.
Wrestling - 67 kg Greco-Roman Quarter-final
Manish loses 0-4 to Kazakhstan's Almat Kebispayev. The Indian had to withdraw at the end. His shoulder was strapped and he seemed to be in serious pain.
Bad phase for the Indian wrestlers this.
Wrestling - Men's 60 kg Greco-Roman Quarter-finals
India's Gyanendra loses 0-5 to Uzbekistan's Islomjon Bakhramov.
Fencing - Women's Epee Individual
India's Jyotika Dutta is through to the quarter-final with a 15-8 win against her opponent from Thailand.
Tennis - Men's Doubles Round of 16
India's Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan move into the quarter-finals with a straight-sets win against their opponents from Thailand.
The India duo holds the top seed in this event.
Wrestling - Women's 77 kg Freestyle
India's Kiran Bishnoi 2-4 to Aiperi Medet of Kyrgyzstan. She will now head into the repechage round.
Tennis - Men's Doubles
India's Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan are cruising in their first round match against Thailand.
They won the first set 6-3 and are up a break 1-0 in the second.
Wrestling - 68 kg category
India's Divya Kakran loses 1-11 to Mongolia's Sharkhuu Tumentsetseg in the first round.
Fencing
India’s Jas Seerat Singh loses 13-15 to Thailand’s Korawan Thanee in the Round of 32.
MEDAL ALERT
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final
India's Sanjeev Rajput has won the silver medal.
He had a better shot at the end, but China's Hui Zicheng had done enough to secure gold.
Nonetheless, a brilliant performance by Rajput. A memorable day for Indian shooters.
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final
10.6 from Rajput! Superb shot! He is now guaranteed a silver.
Shootout for gold now. The difference is 0.9.
India is guaranteed another medal!
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final
Sanjeev Rajput is n second position now, he trails by 1.1 points.
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final
Better from Rajput, he remains in third place but has reduced the deficit with the leader to 0.9 points.
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final
Rajput has slipper to third position, he trails by a massive 1.3 points.
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final
After 40 shots (End of Stage 1), Rajput still leads but just by 0.8 points.
Meanwhile the first round of eliminations has begun. We're left with 7 shooters now.
Now, after every shot a shooter will be eliminated.