September 27, 2014 10:09 AM

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Incheon Asian Games: Indian Archers bag their first Gold medal

Ending India's Gold drought at the Incheon Asian Games, Archers bagged their first ever yellow metal, this morning. In the Men's Compound team event, the trio of Abhishek Verma, Sandeep Kumar and Rajat Chauhan defeated Korea in the gold medal match to take India's overall medals tally to 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 15 Bronze.Earlier, in the Women's section, the team of Trisha Deb, Purvasha Shende and Jyothi Vennam defeated Iran, 224-217 to win India's 15th Bronze.In the Individual Compound later today, Trisha Deb and Abhishek Verma will be seen in action in the semi-finals.In Shooting, Chain Singh qualified for the finals of the Men's 50-metre Rifle-3 Positions event. He had finished seventh in qualification. Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput could not qualify. In the team event, the trio ended fourth.In results from Canoe Sprint, three Indians qualified for the semifinals of their respective categories.India is now figuring in Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Sailing.Later today, both the Men's and Women's Squash teams will take on Malaysia for the Gold medal.In Boxing, Mandeep Jangra and Gaurav Bidhuri will play their quarterfinal bouts, while MC Mary Kom, Laishram Sarita Devi and Pooja Rani will be eyeing for last-8 slots.The Men's Hockey team will meet China in a group match.Wrestling and Athletics are beginning from today. Graplers Vinesh, Geetika Jakhar, Amit Kumar and Praveen Rana will compete in the quarterfinals, while Preeja Sreedharan, Sudha Singh, Narayana Shraddha and Poovamma Raju are among the Indians who will look to progress in their respective events.China is currently at the top of the medals tally, with Korea second and Japan third. India has climbed to the 11th spot.

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