The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games concluded at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan yesterday. On the concluding day Indians grabbed four medals, including a gold through tennis player Sumit Nagal, to end at 11th place. Nagal bagged the men's singles gold medal in the tennis event as he outplayed compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-1 6-1 in the all-Indian final. It was the second medal for Prashanth in the tournament, having won a gold in the men's doubles with reigning singles national champion Vishnu VardhanIn chess, India collected two bronze – in men's blitz team and men's blitz team under-23. The pair of K Sasikiran and Surya Sekhar Ganguly lost to the Vietnam duo of Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son in the semifinals of men's blitz team event to settle for a bronze. In the men's blitz team under-23, the duo of Diptayan Ghosh and Vaibhav Suri lost to the Iran pair of Alireza Firouzja and Parham Maghsoodloo in the semifinals to be content with the bronze. With 9 gold, 12 silver and 19 bronze, India finished at 11th position in the Games.Hosts Turkmenistan topped the medals tally with 89 gold, 70 silver and 86 bronze, followed by China and Iran.
News On AIR | September 28, 2017 9:43 AM
India wins nine gold medals at 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games<br/>