India have bagged three Bronze medals on the 6th day of the Incheon Asian Games. The overall medals tally for India is at 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 13 Bronze.Indian Rower Swaran Singh clinched the Bronze in the Men's Singles Sculls Finals, while India finished third in the Men's Eight Final. The other bronze came from shooting as trio of Shreyasi Singh, Shagun Chowdhary and Varsha Varman bagged bronze in the Women's Team Trap Finals.Chances for a gold have brightened as Indian Archers Compound Men's Team has stormed into the finals of the event today. They will take on South Korea on Saturday in gold medal match. In Compound Individual events, Trisha Deb reaches semi finals in women's section and Abhishek Verma in men's section enter semi finals. They will play their respective matches on Saturday as well.Squash assured two more medals as Men's and Women's team enter Semi-final. Today, the women's team won it's last group match against China 3-Nil. The Men's team registered victory over Japan 3-Nil but lost to Malayasia 1-2 in other group match.In Badminton, PV Sindhu crashed out where as Saina Nehwal progressed to the quarterfinals in women's singles event. In the Men's singles section, K Srikanth and P Kashyap booked last-16 berth. Mixed Doubles pair moved to the last 16 stage and men's doubles pair advanced to last-8.Tennis saw Yuki Bhambri, Sanam Singh and Ankita Raina advancing to per-quarterfinal. The Mixed Doubles pair booked last 16 berth and Men's Doubles team made it to the second round.In Boxing Commonwealth Games medalist, Devendro Singh gets walk-over in Men's Light Fly category. He surges in last 16. However, pugilist Manoj Kumar in 64 kg weight class lost his bout to be out of the games.In Hockey Indian Men's team lost to arch rivals Pakistan 1-2 in a group match.
News On AIR | September 25, 2014 7:33 PM
Asian Games, Day 6: India bags 3 Bronze, Hopes up for gold