In the Incheon Asian Games, India settled for a bronze as pugilist Sathish Kumar lost his semi final bout in +91 kg weight class to Kazakhsthan's Ivan Dychko. Vikas Krishan will figure in semi finals of men's 75 kg weight class later in the day.India to take on Pakistan today for the Men's Hockey Gold medal. All India Radio will broadcast live commentary on the match from 3:25 PM onwards. In the group stage, Pakistan had defeated India, 2-1. Both nations had last faced each other in the Asian Games Final in 1982 at New Delhi, where Pakistan emerged victorious. Today's would be their eighth meeting for the Gold medal at the Games, out of which India have won only twice, with the last victory over the neighbors coming in the 1966 Bangkok Games. While Pakistan are the defending champions, 1998 was the last time India had won the Men's Hockey Asiad Gold.In India's other events scheduled for today, Arpinder Singh and Renjith Maheswary in Triple Jump; Sahana Kumari in High Jump; Preeja Sreedharan and OP Jaisha in 5,000 metres; Suresh Kumar and Rahul Kumar in 10,000 metres; Om Prakash Karhana and Inderjeet Singh in Shot Put; and Rajender Singh in Javelin Throw will compete in the Finals.Among today's results, the Indian Men's and Women's Kabaddi team stormed into the Finals. While the Indian eves defeated Thailand, the Men's team beat Korea in a thrilling encounter.In Table Tennis, Soumyajit Ghosh, Ankita Das and Manika Batra bowed out after losing their respective matches.In Volleyball, the Indian Men's team defeated Thailand in the 5th to 8th match. However, the Women's team lost to Hong Kong in the Classification 7th-8th Place.In Taekwondo, Saurav advanced to the quarterfinals. However, Shiv Kumar and Shreya Singh made an exit.China continues to top the medals tally. Korea is second, and Japan third. With 7 Gold, 9 Silver and 35 Bronze, India is 11th.
News On AIR | October 2, 2014 1:08 PM
Asian Games: India to meet Pakistan for Men's Hockey Gold medal today