Indian team had put up its best show at the Asiad this year winning 69 medals (the best ever medal tally) which included 15 gold medals. One among the medal winners was Harish Kumar who was member of Indian Sepak Tarkaw team. Kumar and his team mates had won bronze medal and brought laurels to […]
Tag: Asian Games 2018
India’s women’s squash team loses in final, settles for silver
Jakarta : India’s women’s squash team lost to Hong Kong 0-2 in the final of the 18th Asian Games here on Saturday. Published on : Sep 1, 2018 at 15:36 IST IANS
India’s Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath Sarkar win gold in Bridge in Asian Games
Jakarta : India bagged gold in the men’s bridge pair competition at the 2018 Asian Games here on Saturday. The Indian pair comprising Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar scored 384.00 points to finish in the first place. China’s Gang Chen and Lixin Yang bagged silver, while Henky Lasut and Freddy Eddy Manoppo of Indonesia settled […]
Indian boxer Amit Panghal wins Asiad gold
Indian Boxer Amit Panghal won Asiad gold on Saturday by defeating Rio Olympics gold medallist Hasanboy Dusmatov. Amit defeated Hasanboy 3-2 to win the gold in the Men’s Light Fly 49 kg category. By winning this medal, 22-year-old Amit got India its 66th medal at the Asian Games 2018. This is the maximum number of […]
Neena wins women’s long jump silver
Jakarta : India’s Neena Varakil clinched silver in the women’s long jump at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday. Neena recorded a best attempt of 6.51 metres to finish second. Bui Thi Thu Thao of Vietnam registered her season’s best attempt of 6.55m to win the gold medal. The bronze medal went to China […]
Sudha clinches silver in 3000m steeplechase
Jakarta : India’s Sudha Singh grabbed the silver medal in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday. Sudha clocked 9:40.03 minutes to finish behind Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi, who completed the race in 9:36.52 minutes. Published on : Aug 27, 2018 at 18:29 IST IANS
Asiad 2018: India in compound women’s archery team final
Jakarta : Continuing their winning run, Indian archers stormed into the final of the compound women’s team event at the 2018 Asian Games here on Sunday. Registering their second win of the day, the Indian team comprising Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari and Jyothi Surekha Vennam defeated Taiwan’s Liju Chen, Yihsuan Chen and Mingching Lin 225-222 […]
Asian Games: India take two silvers in equestrian
Jakarta : India bagged two silver medals in the equestrian competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday. In the final of the jumping team event, the Indian team of Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh and Fouaad Mirza scored 121.30 points to finish second. Japan scored 82.40 to win the gold medal while […]
Rahi Sarnobat strikes gold in 25m pistol event
Palembang (Indonesia) : India’s woman shooter Rahi Sarnobat won the gold medal in the 25m pistol competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday with a Games record score of 34 in the finals to improve upon her bronze medal winning feat at the 2014 edition. Published on : Aug 22, 2018 at 14:32 […]
Shooters Manu Bhaker, Rahi in 25m pistol finals
Palembang (Indonesia) : India’s women shooters Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat entered the finals of the 25m pistol competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday. Manu, 16, topped the qualifying round with a Games record score of 593, while Rahi was seventh with 580 points. Manu got 297 points in the three-series precision […]