On the fourth day of Incheon Asian Games, India have bagged 5 medals today. One came in form of silver and 4 others were bronze.Saurav Ghosal today bagged India's first ever Silver medal in Squash at the Asian Games. In the Men's Singles final, Abdullah Almuzayen of Kuwait came from two games behind to beat top seed Saurav, 2-3 and hand him a Silver medal. This is India's second medal in Squash at the Incheon Games, as Dipika Pallikal had won Bronze in the Women's Singles yesterday.Earlier today, Olympian Abhinav Bindra claimed a Bronze in the Individual event of the 10-metre Air Rifle category. He was also part of the trio that won the bronze in 10 metre Air Rifle team event. In the Individual section, Abhinav ended at the third position with a total of 187.1 points. 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 qualified for the finals.Two bronze medal came for India in Wushu, a game formed on Chinese Martial Art. Sanathoi Devi settled for bronze after losing to China's Luan Zhang in women's Wushu Sanda 52kg semi Final. Another Indian wushu participant Narender Grewal also grabbed the bronze after his semi final loss in the men's 60kg sanda catogery.Indian Men's Hockey team have crushed Oman 7-Nil in a group match. The team had earlier started the campaign by defating Sri lanka 8-Nil. After two easy encounter, India will be looking ahead of their highly-anticipated clash against Pakistan on Thursday. 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. Disappointment came from weight Lifters as Sathish Sivalingam could not participate in the event due to bad health as reported. His compatriot Katulu Ravi Kumar did not qualify for the medals Group in Men's 77 kg weight class and Punam Yadav in women's 63 kg finished 7th.
News On AIR | September 23, 2014 4:50 PM
Asian Games: India bag 5 medals today