On the fourth day of Incheon Asian Games, India bagged 5 medals. One came in form of silver and 4 others were bronze. India so far has 11 medals in total, with 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 9 Bronze.Saurav Ghosal bagged India's first ever Silver medal in Squash at the Asian Games today. In a closely fought men's singles final, Abdullah Almuzayen of Kuwait came from two games behind to beat top seed Saurav Ghosal, 3-2 and handed him a Silver. In the Squash Men's team event India defeated Jordan 2-1 in a group match.Earlier in the day, Olympian Abhinav Bindra claimed a Bronze in the Individual event of the 10-metre Air Rifle category. In the Individual section, Abhinav ended at the third position with a total of 187.1 points. He was also part of the trio that won the bronze in 10 metre Air Rifle team event. The team event saw Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput finish third. In the Men's 25-metre Rapid Fire Pistol event Harpreet Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Pemba Tamang have advanced to the second stage of qualification round.In the evening, India bagged two more bronze medal from Wushu. Sanathoi Devi in women's sanda 52kg and Narender Grewal in men's sanda 60kg catogery settled for Bronze after their semi final bout loss.Indian Men's Hockey team have crushed Oman 7-Nil in a group stage match. The team had earlier started the campaign by defeating Sri lanka 8-Nil. After two easy encounter, India will be looking ahead to their highly-anticipated clash against Pakistan on thursday.In Rowing, Men's individual repechage witnessed Swarn Singh qualifying for the final.Disappointment came from weight lifters. Commonwealth Games Gold medallist, Sathish Sivalingam did not participate in the men's 77 kg weight class due to bad health as reported. His compatriot Katulu Ravi Kumar finished 10th overall in the same event. Bronze medallist from Commonwealth games, Punam Yadav finished 7th in women's 63 kg.In Seepak Takraw, or foot volleyball, Indian men's team lost to Japan 2-1, the women's team lost to Myanmar Nil-3 in their group matches.Indian men's basketball team lost 76-85 to Philippines in their preliminary round Group encounter.In cycling, equestrian, gymnastics and swimming had India's participation, but a dismal show was evident in these events.
News On AIR | September 23, 2014 7:16 PM
Asian Games: India bag 5 medals today