India’s results at Asian Games 2018: Day 1

TheSportsRush brings you India’s results at Asian Games 2018 from Day 1. Bajrang Punia wins the first gold for India.

India’s first day at the Asian Games has been a story of mixed fortunes. While Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma failed to qualify in the mixed team event of 10m Air Pistol and Sushil Kumar lost in the qualification round, Bajrang Punia bagged the first gold medal for India towards the end of the day.

Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar also won a bronze medal at the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event.

On Day two, big names like Vinesh Phogat, Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Sumit Malik will be in action.

Here are the complete results of Indian athletes from Day 1 of the Asian Games 2018.

Kabaddi:

Women’s – India 43-12 Japan

Men’s – India 50-21 Bangladesh, India 44-28 Sri Lanka

Basketball: Women’s 5×5

India 61-84 Chinese Taipei

Swimming:

Sajan Prakash 200m butterfly – 5th

Saurabh Sangvekar – 200m freestyle – Did not advance

Arvind Mani – 100m backstroke – Did not advance

Srihari Nataraj – 100m backstroke – 7th

Badminton

Men’s team event – India 3-0 Maldives – India will face Indonesia in the Quarterfinal on August 20.

Also read: India’s Day 2 schedule at Asian Games 2018

Field Hockey

Women’s – India 8-0 Indonesia

Wushu

Men:

56 kg Sanda – Santhosh Kumar 2-0 Linn T.R. (Myanmar)

70 kg Sanda – Pardeep Kumar 2-0 Khursedzoda (Tajikistan)

Women:

52 kg Sanda – Sanathoi Devi Yumnam 0-2 Elaheh (Iran)

Rowing

No qualification

Sepak takraw

Women’s Team Regu: India 0-3 South Korea

Shooting

Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Event: BRONZE MEDAL

Abhishek Verma/Manu Bhaker – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event – Did not advance

Lakshay/Manavjit Singh Sandhu – Men’s Trap – 5th/1st – To be continued tomorrow

Shreyasi Singh/Seema Tomar – Women’s Trap – 2nd/4th – To be continued tomorrow

Volleyball (Indoor Competition)

Women’s event: India 0-3 South Korea

Wrestling

Freestyle:

Sandeep Tomar – 57 kg – Lost 1-3 to Reza Atri (Iran) in quarterfinal

Bajrang Punia – 65 kg – Won 3-1 against Daichi Takatani (Japan) – GOLD MEDAL

Sushil Kumar – 74 kg – Lost 1-3 to Adam Batirov (Bahrain) in qualification

Pawan Kumar – 86 kg – Lost Bronze medal match in Repechage 1-8 to Orgodol Uitumen (Mongolia)

Mausam Khatri – 97 kg – Lost 0-3 to Magomed Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) in quarterfinal

MEDAL TALLY:

Country                  Gold              Silver              Bronze            Total   

1. China                       7                      5                       4                     16
2. Japan                       3                      6                       5                     14
3. Korea                       2                      3                       5                     10
4. Iran                          1                      2                       1                       4
5. Kazakhstan             1                      1                       2                       4
6. Indonesia                1                      1                       0                        2
7. Chinese Taipei        1                      0                       3                        4
8. India                        1                      0                       1                        2
9. Thailand                  1                      0                       1                        2
10. Uzbekistan              1                      0                       1                        2