September 27, 2014 8:07 PM

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Asian Games: India clinch two gold on day 8

In the Incheon Asian Games, India has clinched two gold, 3 silver and six bronze today. In squash and archery India bagged Gold for the first time in the history of Asian Games.Men's Squash team registered victory over Malaysia 2-Nil for gold. Earlier, today Indian Women's team settled for a silver after losing to Malaysia Nil-2.In the morning, Archery bagged the second gold medal for India. In the Men's Compound team event, the trio of Abhishek Verma, Sandeep Kumar and Rajat Chauhan defeated South Korea, 227-225. Earlier, Women's team defeated Iran to win a Bronze.In the compound individual section, Abhishek Verma settled for a silver and Trisha Deb got a bronze.Athletics event bagan today. In a turn of events, Bahrain's Ruth Jebet, who finished first, in women's 3000m steeplechase has been disqualified, for cutting her lane.For that reason India's Lalita Babar have been upgraded to silver and Sudha Singh is awarded a bronze.Earlier, results were declared with Lalita Babar finishing third and Sudha Singh fourth. In Men's 400m Rajiv Arokia and Mohammed Kunhu have qualified for the finals. MR Poovamma and Mandeep Kaur have also qualified for Women's 400m finals.In Shooting, Chain Singh bagged Bronze in the Men's 50-metre Rifle-3 Positions.In other results, grapplers Vinesh Phogat in women's 48 kg and Geetika Jakhar in women's 63 kg grabbed bronze.Pugilist, MC Mary Kom, Laishram Sarita Devi and Pooja Rani have advanced to the quarter finals today. In the Men's section, Gaurav Bidhuri have entered the quarter finals in men's 52 kg weight class and Mandeep Jangra will play for a place in the quarter finals later in the evening.The Men's Hockey team defeated China 2-NIL in a group match today and made a place in the semi final.In Tennis, Yuki Bhambri in men's singles, Sania Mirza along with her women's doubles and mixed doubles partner and two Indian pair in Men's doubles have entered the semi finals.Table Tennis saw Indian men's and women's team registering victory in their prelimnary group matches. And, in Volleyball China defeated India in Women's quarterfinal.India has 3 gold 5 silver and 20 bronze.

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