Dr. Varsha S. Puranik from city, representing India in the just concluded Jakarta Asian Games 2018 in the Women’s Roller Skating event, secured the eighth place in the 20km Road Race. Taipei’s Li Mengchu won gold with a timing of 44:50.992s. Guo Dan of China secured silver (44:50.992s), while Taipei’s Yang Hochen secured bronze (44:51.68s)….
India ends Asian Games campaign with 69 medals
September 2, 2018Jakarta: Indian boxer Amit Panghal opened India’s medal tally on Day 14 of the Asian Games 2018 by winning a gold in men’s Light Fly (49kg) event. Amit beat 2016 Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan via a 3-2 split verdict. By virtue of this win, Amit also gave India their first gold in boxing…
Asian Games 2018: Women’s hockey team settle for silver
September 1, 2018Jakarta: India continued to swell its overall medal tally, with the women’s hockey team taking a silver, while sailors gave a silver and bronze, even as the squash teams had opposite results in the semi-finals and boxer Amit Panghal entered the finals on 13th day of the 18th Asian Games on Friday. Among others, middle-weight…
Asian Games 2018: Women’s Squash team stuns Malaysia to reach final
August 31, 2018Jakarta: The Indian women’s squash team defeated Malaysia 2-0 to enter the final at the Asian Games 2018. Joshna Chinappa gave India the perfect start as she stunned Nicol David and Dipika Pallikal and followed it up with a win as India stunned defending chamions Malaysia 2-0 to enter the finals today. Joshna, who squandered…
Asian Games 2018: Old warhorse Sharath Kamal, new sensation Manika break new grounds
August 30, 2018Jakarta: On Day 11, Arpinder Singh and Swapna Barman added golden hue to India Asian Games 2018 medal tally. Arpinder claimed the men’s triple jump gold medal with a jump of 16.77 metres while Swapna Barman recorded over 6000 points to claim the heptathlon gold. Dutee Chand won a silver in the women’s 200 metres,…
Asian Games – 2018: Dark Horse Manjit gallops to Gold
August 29, 2018Jakarta: Dark horse Manjit Singh came from nowhere to snatch the men’s 800m gold for the biggest medal of his life but finals continued to be a riddle for P.V. Sindhu, taking some sheen off her historic silver at the 18th Asian Games, on Tuesday. Unexpected haul of a silver and a bronze in Kurash,…
Asian Games: Sindhu wins historic individual silver; Neeraj harvests record-smashing gold
August 28, 2018Jakarta: P.V. Sindhu yet again finished second-best in a major final but grabbed a historic individual silver medal at the Asian Games after losing the women’s singles title clash to world number one Tai Tzu Ying on Tuesday. Sindhu lost 13-21, 16-21 to Tai Tzu Ying in the summit clash. No Indian had ever reached…
Saina Nehwal ends India’s 36-year drought in 36 minutes with Asian Games bronze
August 27, 2018Jakarta/Palembang: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal after going down to world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles semifinals of the 18th Asian Games, here today. World number 10 and Olympic medalist Saina played with good intensity but lost 17-21 14-21 to a superior Tzu Ying,…
Asian Games-2018: Toor clinches men’s shot-put gold
August 26, 2018Jakarta/ Palembang: Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched the men’s Shot Put gold with a record-shattering throw to open India’s medal account in athletics in the Asian Games on Saturday. The 23-year-old Toor sent the iron ball to a national record distance of 20.75m to win his maiden Asian Games medal on the opening day of the…
Asian Games 2018: Day 6 – Rowers add 1 Gold, 2 Bronze to India’s Tally
August 24, 2018Jakarta/Palembang: India started their Asian Games 2018 Day 6 campaign with a bang by winning a Gold and two Bronze medals in rowing. The day started with Dushyant winning Bronze in men’s Lightweight Single Sculls. Dushyant, who was declared the best rower in the 2013 National Championships, finished third on the podium with a timing…
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