In the Incheon Asian Games, the Indian Women's Archery team stormed into the Recurve semi-finals this morning. In the last-8 fixture, the team of Dipika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Laxmirani Majhi defeated Chinese Taipei, 5-4 to book a semi-final berth. The Men's team, however, lost to Hong Kong, 3-5 in the eliminations.Later today, Dipika Kumari and Laxmi Rani will be seen in action in the Individual Recurve pre-quarterfinals, with Jayant Talukdar playing his Round-of-32 match in the Men's section.In Shooting, Men's 25-metre Centre Fire Pistol, and Women's 50-metre Rifle-3 positions events are underway. Vijay Kumar, Pemba Tamang and Gurpreet Singh are figuring in the 25-metre Centre Fire Pistol, while Lajja Goswami, Anjali Bhagwat and Tejaswini Muley are featuring in the 50-metre Rifle-3 positions. In today's other result, Swimmer Sandeep Sejwal finished at the top in the heats of the 50-metre breaststroke.In the events to follow, shuttler Saina Nehwal will play her quarterfinal match against China's Yihan Wang today, while P. Kashyap and Srikanth K. will compete in the respective pre-quarterfinals.In Tennis, Yuki Bhambri, Sanam Singh and Ankita Raina will figure in the pre-quarterfinals. The Men's and Women's Squash teams will play their semi-final matches.In Hockey, the Women's team will take on Malaysia in a group match. Pugilists Shiva Thapa, Akhil Kumar, Kuldeep Singh and Amritpreet Singh will play their pre-quarterfinal bouts.China is currently at the top of the medals tally, with Japan second and Korea third. With 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 13 Bronze, India is 15th.
News On AIR | September 26, 2014 8:15 AM
Asian Games: India bag silver in Men's 25- metre centre fire pistol event; women Archery team storms into recurve semi-final<br/>