Jakarta: The duo of Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar got India its first medal at the 2018 Asian Games with Bronze on Sunday. They won the medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event with a final score of 429.9.
Chinese Taipei (494.1) and China (492.5) bagged the gold and silver medal respectively.
India will be banking largely on their shooters, wrestlers and boxers to deliver gold medals at the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia to better the 57-medal mark they achieved in Incheon four years ago.
India, who struggle at the Olympics despite their population, have done reasonably well in the quadrennial continental event, only twice finishing outside the top eight since hosting the first Asiad in 1951.
Explosive Opening Ceremony: A spectacular pyrotechnic show, including a simulated volcanic eruption, lit up the Jakarta skyline on Saturday night as Indonesia rolled out the red carpet for the continent’s elite athletes in the opening ceremony for the 18th Asian Games.
The country’s President Joko Widodo made an unorthodox and dramatic entrance to the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, riding a motorbike onto the stage before officially opening Indonesia’s second hosting of the Asiad.
Some 13,000 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees will compete in 40 sports and 67 disciplines in the biggest multi-sport extravaganza outside Olympics with the schedule including new events ranging from bridge to roller-skating.
The Games, which conclude on Sept.2, are the first co-hosted by two cities with Palembang on the island of Sumatra acting as venue for some sports along with the capital.
This post was published on August 19, 2018 6:33 pm