India won their first gold medal on the opening day of the Asian Games competition in Guangzhou today. In Men's Weightlifting, Srinivasa Rao Valluri lifted a total of 245 Kgs in the 56 Kg category to bag the gold. India has also bagged the silver medal in this category as Sukhen Dey lifted 230 Kgs. Earlier, India opened its Asian Games medal account expectedly through shooting with the trio of Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput clinching the silver in the 10-m air rifle team event. The three combined for a score of 1783, a point adrift of gold medal winning Chinese team comprising Jikang Yu, Qinan Zhu and Yifei Cao. Korea settled for the bronze in this event. However, the women's 10-m air rifle team finished seventh and men's 50m pistol team could manage only a fifth place finish. In Women's team event in Badminton, Saina Nehwal thrashed Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia 21-16, 21-17 in the first Women's Singles match in just 30 minutes. The other Indian Arvind Bhatt, however, lost his singles match to Yu Hsing of Chinese Taipei in the Men's team event. India's women paddlers were also off to brilliant start in the team competition of the Asian Games as they whitewashed Laos 3-0 in their opening group B tie. Kumaresan Shamini provided India a sound start by thrashing Thiphakone Southamavong 11-5 11-7 11-4 in just 12 minutes. Madhurika S Patkar then made it 2-0 in India's favour with a 11-7 11-3 9-11 11-6 win over Sengdavieng Douangpanya in the rubber two. Mouma Das needed just 11 minutes to clinch the tie in India's favour as she drubbed Sengdavy Phiathep 11-5 11-6 11-2 in match three. India are now placed second in four-team group B behind Singapore, who beat Maldives with an identical 3-0 margin.