The Asian Games move to its 5th day where several Indian golfers will be in action alongside the archers and the shooters who will eye glory on the day. Dattu Bhokanal will be one to watch out for in the rowing finals. Bajrang Lal Takhar last won a gold for India at the 2010 Asian games in the same event and it will be interesting to see if the army man can repeat the heroics of Takhar.
Live Updates: India at day 5 of Asian Games
5:30 PM: Real shocker of the day, Indian kabaddi team loses to Iran 18-27 and it will be the first time in history when Indian team will not be competing in the finals. Superb show by the Iranian defenders. Match reports- Here
4:30 PM: Men’s kabaddi semi-final underway between India and Iran
4:30 PM: Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeats Kwon S. of South Korea in a tough three set encounter. The 171 world ranked Indian won 6-6(2-7), 6-4, 7-6(10-8). He ensures himself a bronze medal.
2:55 PM: Indian women’s kabaddi team ease past Chinese Taipei 27-14 to book their place in the finals.
2:50 PM: Silver for India !
Young 15-year-old Shardul Vihan wins silver in men’s double trap event at #AsianGames2018. Surely a thing to be proud of for sir @Ra_THORe pic.twitter.com/NMNCMBCZrk
— Digitalsporty.com (@digitalsporty) August 23, 2018
2:40 PM: India’s Ajay Singh finishes and Sathish Sivalingam finishes 5th and 10th respectively in in Men’s 77kg weightlifting.
1:43 PM: Saina Nehwal thumps Iran’s Soraya Aghaeihajiagha 21-7, 21-9 to enter women’s singles pre-quarterfinals.
1:40 PM: PV Sindhu struggled against Vietnam’s Trang Thi but somehow managed to eke a win 21-10, 12-21, 23-21 to enter women’s singles pre-quarterfinals. Not a happening sign for Sindhu.
1:39 PM: Shreyasi Singh and Varsha Varman fail to bag a medal. They Finish 6th and 7th respectively in Women’s Double Trap Final
1:35 PM: After snatch event, India’s Sathish Sivalingam and Ajay Singh not in the top 5 in the men’s 77kg weightlifting event.
12:45 PM: Weightlifting event featuring Sathish Sivalingam and Ajay Singh underway.
12:20 PM: Indian badminton duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy ease past their Hong Kong China opponents 21-12, 21,14.
12:15 PM: Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan beat Japan’s K Uesugi/S Shimabukuro 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 to enter Men’s Doubles tennis final. Another silver assured for India
12:10 PM: India’s Ankita Raina loses to a much fancied world No. 34 Shuai Zhang 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). She will settle for bronze but what a fight back by the Indian. Surely a future prospect in world of tennis.
11:30 AM: Archery Update
Atanu Das defeats Kazakhstan’s Denis Gankin 7-3 to enter quarter-finals. He will now be up against Ega Riau Salsabilla Agata of Indonesia.
Deepika Kumari loses 3-7 to Chieng-Ying Lei of Chinese Taipei in Recurve Women’s Individual Pre-quarter final.
Viswash loses 1-7 to Kazakhstan’s Ilfat Abdullin in Recurve Men’s Individual Pre-quarter final
11:06 AM: Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy get the better of Hong Kong’s NT Yeung and WY NG 21-16, 21-15 in Women’s Doubles Round of 32 match.
11:00 AM: Ankita Raina loses first set 6-4 against the Chinese opponent in women’s singles semi-final.
10.46 AM: Champa Mourya finishes seventh in Canoe Single Women Final. She scored 161.63 points.
10:37 AM: Canoe Single- Chamya Mourya through to the finals.
10:30 AM: Archery Update- Deepika Kumari beat DPR Korea’s Hyang Ji Ri 6-2 to advance to the Pre-quarters of Recurve Women’s Individual event. She will now face Chinese Taipei’s Chieng-Ying Lei in pre-quarter finals.
Promila Daimary loses 2-6 to Mongolia’s Urantungalag Bishindee in Recurve Women’s Individual 1/16 Eliminations round.
Viswash beats Mongolia’s Purevsuren Bataa 6-2 to enter Recurve Men’s Individual Pre-quarters. He will now face Kazakstan’s Ilfan Abdullin in pre-quarter finals.
Atanu Das beats DPR Korea’s Won Yong Pak 7-3 to enter Recurve Men’s Individual Pre-quarters.
10:10 AM: Tennis- India’s Ankita Raina up against world No. 34 Shuai Zhang of China in women’s singles semi-final
9:45 AM: Squash- Harinder Pal Singh beats Korea’s Youngjo Ko 3-0 in Men’s Singles Round of 32 match. He advanes to the round of 16.
9:42 AM: Women’s Preliminary Pool B (match 7)- India lose to Kazakhstan 3-0
9:30 AM: Rowing- India’s Malkeet Singh, Gurinder Singh finish 4th in Men’s Pair final clocking 7:10.86. They miss out bronze by a whisker.
9:23 AM: Women’s Preliminary Pool B (match 7)- India trailing 2-0 against Kazakhstan.
9:19 AM: Rowing update: India’s Dattu Bhokanal finises last in the sculls singles finals with a timing of 8:28:56
9:18 AM: Saurav Ghosal thumps Sri Lanka’s Mohomed Shamil Wakeeland 3-0 in the round of 32 clash. Ghoshal advances to the pre-quarter finals where he will face face Pakistan’s Tayyab Aslam.
9:02 AM: Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the final of men’s 200m backstroke. He had clocked 2:02:97 in Heat 1.
Om Prakash and Sawarn Singh miss out on a Bronze medal, they finish 4th with a timing of6:50:91 in the final.
8:10 AM: Swimming- Virdhawal Khade finishes last in Heat 4 of Men’s 100m Freestyle with a timing of 59.11 seconds.
8:00 AM: Swimming- Aaron Agnel Dsouza tops Heat 1 of Men’s 100m Freestyle with a timing of 51.50 seconds.
7:50 AM: Swimming- Virdhawal Khade wins Heat 2 of Men’s 50m Butterfly with a timing of 24.09 seconds. He qualifies for the final.
7:40 AM: Swimming- Anshul Kothari tops Heat 1 of Men’s 50m Butterfly with a timing of 25.45 seconds
12:21 AM: Hello and welcome to our coverage on the 5th day of the competition. Indian men golfers will be in action upfront from 4.30 AM, that is 6 AM in Indonesia. Pity early right?
Stay tuned with us as we bring all the updates of Indian challenge from day 5.
Meanwhile you can read the schedule of the day- India’s full schedule at 2018 Asian Games on day 5 (23 August 2018)
