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17th Asian Games – India on Day 10

  • Sanam Singh could not add a second consecutive Asian Games gold medal to his kitty as he and Saketh Myneni settled for a silver after losing the hard-fought final in straight sets to Korea’s Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung, in Incheon.

  • It was mission accomplished for Sania Mirza. She won the mixed doubles gold with Saketh Myneni in the Asian Games at the Yeorumul Complex. The second-seeded Indian pair did not give much of a chance for the top-seeded Hsien Yin Peng and Hao Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei in winning 6-4, 6-3 in the final.

First gold medal in athletics for India in Asian games

  • Life has been really hard for Seema Punia. Despite finishing with medals in the last three Commonwealth Games, she missed the last two Asiads for one reason or the other.

  • She did not compete in Doha in 2006 with talk that she was probably on dope and she could not make it to Guangzhou after failing to qualify from the New Delhi Commonwealth Games.

  • So, when she got a chance at the 17th Asian Games, Seema made the most of it, taking the lead from the third round and improving it in the next to beat the field hollow and win the gold comfortably at the Asiad Main Stadium.

  • Tears rolled down her cheeks as she stood on the podium with the gold.

  • “There were doping allegations against me earlier and if you’re involved in a doping scandal, you don’t get the Arjuna Award,” said the 31-year-old from Haryana. “All that pain and sacrifice came to my mind when I got that gold and that made me emotional. I’m very happy.”

17th Asian games: India on day 10th

  • The Indian paddlers’ campaign in the 17th Asian Games ended after the men’s team, led by Achanta Sharath Kamal, and the women’s outfit lost in the quarterfinal stage to China and Singapore respectively.

  • Sanam Singh could not add a second consecutive Asian Games gold medal to his kitty as he and Saketh Myneni settled for a silver after losing the hard-fought final in straight sets to Korea’s Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung, in Incheon.

  • The Indian squash players wrapped up a historic performance in the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men’s team gold after the women’s side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon.

  • With a silver and a bronze, through Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal respectively in the individual events, the squash players signed off with their best ever medal haul in the Games.

Yogeshwar Dutt wins gold

  • Yogeshwar Dutt ended India’s 28-year-old wait for a wrestling gold medal in the Asian Games by emerging champion in the men’s freestyle 65kg category at the Dowon Gymnasium in Incheon.
  • The Indian, an Olympic bronze medallist, put on a stupendous show in winning 3-0 against Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan in the title clash.

Asian games 2014: India on day 9 (28th September)

  • Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare settled for a bronze after losing their women’s doubles semifinal to Chinese Taipei’s Chin Wei Chan and Su Wei Hsiehin in the Asian Games, in Incheon.

  • Yuki Bhambri clinched India’s lone singles’ medal in tennis at the ongoing Asian Games, settling for a bronze in the men’s event after unforced errors cost him the semifinal clash against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in Incheon.

  • Three women — Mary Kom (51kg), L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) entered the semifinals of their respective weight categories with commanding victories — assuring India of at least a bronze medal.

  • Indian race walking’s wonder girl won a sensational silver in the 20km at the 17th Asian Games here. It was the country’s first-ever women’s silver in the event at the Asiad.

  • A few hours later, quarter milers M.R. Poovamma and Arokia Rajiv picked up bronze medals while Manju Bala brought another in the women’s hammer throw.

Asian games 2014: 8th day

  • India earned their second gold medal in the 17th Asian Games after the men’s compound archery team bagged the yellow metal by getting the better of South Korea.

  • The Indian women’s compound team, meanwhile, settled for a bronze after beating Iran in the third-place play-off. The Indian men’s trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar eked out a narrow 227-225 victory over the hosts to give the country their second gold medal in eight days.

  • Indian women had earlier lost the semi-finals by a slim margin of 224-226 against Chinese Taipei to set up a bronze-medal play-off with Iran.

  • Sandeep Sejwal’s bronze in 50m breaststroke

  • Sandeep Sejwal won a rare swimming medal for India at the Asian Games, with his coach insisting that better facilities at home would have fetched him the gold.

  • Sejwal won the bronze in the 50m breaststroke with a timing of 28.26s, and it was only the third Asiad medal in the pool by an Indian in the last 28 years.

  • Khajan Singh clinched a silver in 200m butterfly at Seoul in 1986 and Virdhawal Khade bagged a bronze in the 50m butterfly event in Guangzhou four years ago.

Lifetime Achievement award for Kapil Dev

  • Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lords in London.
  • The award, constituted by the Indo-European Business Forum (IEBF), was presented to the former India World Cup-winning captain for his contribution to the sport and for his work in the field of upliftment of poor and destitute communities through the Khushii society.

17th Asian Games – India on Day 6

  • With three bronzes India took their medal tally to 15 (one gold, one silver, 13 bronze).
  • Saina entered quarterfinals while P.V.Sindhu was ousted. Indian archers had a good field day with men entering finals and women aiming for bronze.
  • Indian golfer Udayan Mane tamed the windy conditions to put himself in medal contention with a superb six-under 66, which left him tied third midway through the Asian Games golf tournament.

Sawarn Singh wins bronze in rowing

  • Young rower Sawarn Singh brought some cheers back to the Indian contingent as he clinched the bronze medal in men’s single sculls final at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon.
  • The 24-year-old Singh finished behind Iran’s Mohsen Shadinaghadh, who won the gold medal and silver medallist Kim Dongyong of hosts South Korea.
  • Another rower Dushyant Singh was the only athlete to manage a podium finish for India as he grabbed a bronze in the men’s lightweight single sculls.

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