In the Incheon Asian Games, India bagged three Bronze medals – 2 in Rowing and one in Shooting — this morning, to take the overall tally to 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 13 Bronze. In Rowing, Sawarn Singh clinched the Bronze in the Men's Singles Sculls Finals, while India finished third in the Men's Eight Final to end it's Rowing campaign with three Bronze medals. Dushyant Dushiant had bagged the first Bronze yesterday.The trio of Shreyasi Singh, Shagun Chowdhary and Varsha Varman bettered a rather sour day for Indian shooters. They ended third in the Women's Team Trap Finals, with a total of 279 points. This was India's 6th Bronze in Shooting. Our only Gold, until now, had also come in Shooting through Jitu Rai. In the individual category of the Women's Trap, Shagun was eighth, Shreyasi 12th and Varsha 14th.The Men's Trap team of Ankur Mittal, Sangram Dahiya and Ashab Mohd. ended sixth. In the Individual section, Ankur was 7th, Sangram 16th and Ashab 17th.Earlier, in Men's 50-metre Rifle Prone event, Indian shooters, including Gagan Narang, failed to make their mark. In the individual event, none of the Indians could qualify for the Finals. In the qualification, Gagan ended 14th, Joydeep Karmakar 10th and Hariom Singh at the 29th position. The trio finished at the fourth spot in the team event. The Chinese, which finished with the Gold, broke the World record.In the Men's 25-metre standard pistol Team event, the Indian team of Gurpreet Singh, Samaresh Jung and Mahaveer Singh finished fifth. In the individual section Finals, Gurpeet missed by a whisker from bagging the Bronze.In other results, Indian Archers stormed into the finals of the Compound Men's Team event. In the semi-finals a short while ago, the Indian team of Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar and Abhishek Verma defeated the Iranian team, 231-227.The Women's Compound team, however, lost to Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals.In the Compound Individual events, Purvasha Sudhir, Trisha Deb, Sandeep Kumar and Abhishek Verma sealed quarterfinal berths. They will play for semi-final slots later today.In Badminton, PV Sindhu crashed out after losing to Bellaetrix Manuputty of Indonesia 22-20, 16-21, 20-22. Saina Nehwal progressed to the quarterfinals beating Soraya A. of Iran, 21-7, 21-6. In the Men's section, Srikanth K. booked a last-16 berth.In Tennis, Yuki Bhambri, Sanam Singh and Ankita Raina booked pre-quarterfinal berths. The Men's Doubles team of Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh advanced to the second round.In Swimming and Cycling, none of the Indians could progress.The Indian Men's Hockey team will take on Pakistan in a group match this afternoon.In Boxing, Devendro Laishram and Manoj Kumar will play their opening round bouts. Shiva Thapa and Akhil Kumar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals yesterday.China is currently at the top of the medals tally, with Korea second and Japan third. India is 15th.
News On AIR | September 25, 2014 12:05 PM
Asian Games: Swaran Singh bags bronze in men's single sculls