September 30, 2014 5:13 PM

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Asian Games: Vikas Gowda bags silver in men's discus throw

India's Vikas Gowda bags silver in the men's discus throw event. His throw was of 62.58 metre for the silver medal. The gold was taken by Iran's Ehsan Hadadi with throw of 65.11 metres. Yesterday, Seema Poonia had won gold in the women's discus throw event. Ashwini Akkunji and Jithin Paul will figure in the Finals of the 400-metre Hurdles in a short while. In the 800 metres, India's Tintu Luka qualified for the final. Siddhanth Thingalaya will compete in the Men's 110m Hurdles Final in a short while.Indian men's hockey team entered finals of the Asian Games. India defeated South Korea 1-Nil in semi fial to book a final berth. For India Akashdeep singh scored the lone goal. The country has a wait of 16 years for the Hockey men's gold. With this victory India has also qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics. The finals will be played on thursday.Earlier today, MC Mary Kom stormed into the finals of the Flyweight category. Whereas, Sarita Devi Laishram and Pooja Rani have settled for a Bronze each after they lost their semi-final matches. However, Sarita Devi lodged a protest against her semi final loss for biased judgement. The protest was over ruled by the authorities.In the Men's section, Satish Kumar advanced to the semis of + 91 kg weight class, whereas Shiva Thapa and Laishram Devendro Singh lost in quarters. Now hopes are pinned on and Vikas Krishan in the 75 kg weight class quarter finals.In Kabbadi, India thrashed Pakistan 23-11 in men's team preliminary Group match and women's team defeated South Korea 45-26 to advance.In Wrestling, Krishnakant Yadav was placed in the final of repechage for a bronze but he lost the match to Iran's grappler. Ravinder Singh, and Harpreet Singh lost their respective opening round bouts of the Greco Roman category.In Taekwondo, Latika Bhandari in women's 53 kg divison lost in quarterfinals.

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