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