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Asian Games: Sudha Singh clinches silver in 3000m steeplechase
Indian athlete Sudha Singh settled for a silver medal in women's 3000m steeplechase event of the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games here on Monday.The 32-year-old Indian star acquired the second spot after clocking 9:40:03 in the finals of the event.Winfred Yavi from Bahrain finished on top of the podium with a clock timing of 9:36:52, while Vietnamese athlete Thi Oanh Nguyen settled for the bronze medal after clocking 9:43:83.Chinta, another Indian in the fray, finished the event at the 11th spot with a final timing of 10:26:21.India's total medal tally at the prestigious tournament now stands at 39 with seven gold, 12 silver and 20 bronze.
Asian Games: Dharun Ayyasamy bags silver in men's 400m hurdles
Indian athlete Dharun Ayyasamy on Monday clinched a silver medal in men's 400m hurdles event at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games.The 21-year-old finished the race in 48.96 seconds to finish second on the podium.While Abderrahman Samba of Qatar clinched the gold medal with a timing of 47.66 seconds in the event, Japanese athlete Takatoshi Abe settled for the bronze after completing the race in 49.12 seconds.In women's 400m hurdles event, Anu Raghavan finished fourth with a timing of 56.92 seconds, while another Indian participant Jauna Murmu claimed the joint fifth spot with China's Yan Huang as they both clocked at 57.48 seconds.Elsewhere, Indian boxer Amit Panghal defeated Mongolia's Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu 5-0 to storm into the quarter-final of the men's light fly 49kg category.India's total medal tally in the prestigious tournament now stands at 38 with seven gold, eleven silver, and twenty bronze.
Vikas, Amit, Dheeraj through to quarters; Husammuddin bows out of Asian Games
Commonwealth Games medal-winning duo of Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Amit Panghal (49kg) today advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Games boxing competition after clinching comprehensive victories here. Vikas out-ounched Pakistan's Tanveer Ahmed in his pre-quarterfinal bout before Amit recovered from a rusty start to outwit Mongolia's Enkhmandakh Kharhuu -- both the wins being unanimous verdicts. Joining them in the last eight was was national champion Dheeraj Rangi (64kg), who defeated Mongolia's Nurlan Kobashev. However, Commonwealth Games bronze-winner Mohammed Husammuddin (56kg) lost a close contest against Kyrgyzstan's Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu to bow out of the competition in the pre-quarterfinal stage. The Indian lost 2-3 and also sustained a cut on his forehead. Vikas, who won a gold in 2010 and a bronze in the 2014 Asiad, opened the proceedings for India, producing a dominating performance in which his right hooks stood out. The Indian's powerful punches were mostly met with ...
Neena wins women's long jump silver
India's Neena Varakil clinched silver in the women's long jump at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday.
Dharun clinches silver in 400m hurdles
India's Dharun Ayyasamy claimed the silver medal after producing national record in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday.
Neeraj wins first javelin throw gold in Asian Games
Neeraj Chopra today became the first Indian javelin thrower to win an Asian Games gold medal as he shattered his own national record by clearing a distance of 88.06m here today. Chopra's gold is India's only second medal in javelin throw in Asian Games history after Gurtej Singh won a bronze in 1982 in New Delhi. The 20-year-old's wining threw came in his third attempt. He began with 83.46m and fouled the second attempt. Liu Qizhen of China was a distance second with a best throw of 82.22m while Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won the bronze with a 80.75 effort. The Commonwealth Games and reigning Asian champion completely dominated the competition as he bettered his own national record of 87.43 which he had come up with in Doha during the first leg of the Diamond League series in May. None of the competitors in the field had a 85-plus throw this season. Chopra's biggest rival was expected to be Chao Tsun Cheng, who last year recorded a throw of 91.36m but the Chinese Taipei thrower could ...
Dharun misses late father, dedicates Asiad silver to stoic mother
India's Dharun Ayyasamy hopes that his Asian Games silver medal in 400m hurdles will be enough to get him a job so that he can support his stoic mother, who raised him single-handedly after the death of his father. "My father passed away when I was eight years old. My mother has made a lot of sacrifices for me. I owe her this. She is still earning just Rs 14,000 per month as a teacher," said the 21-year-old from Tirupur in Tamil Nadu. He now wants to support his mother and is hoping to get a job after his best ever performance. Dharun produced his personal best timing of 48.96 after he pushed hard in the last 100 metres to clinch a silver. The soft-spoken athlete gave an insight to his state of mind during the race. "I just wanted to run my race. I did not give importance to others. My pace in the first half was not very different to the pace in second half. Really happy to better my national record," said Dharun, who had clocked a then Personal Best of 49.45 in the Federation Cup in .
Varakil wins women's long jump silver in Asian Games
Neena Varakil gave India another silver medal from the athletics arena after she came second in the women's long jump event at the ongoing Asian Games here today. Varakil's best jump of 6.51m came in the fourth attempt, which was enough to fetch her the silver. Thi Thu Thao Bui of Vietnam won the gold with a season's best jump of 6.55, which she managed in her first attempt. The bronze was bagged by Xiaoling Xu of China with an effort of 6.50. The other Indian in fray, James Nayana was way below the mark with an effort of 6.14. In fact, she could register just two successful attempts out of six.
Asian medallists Manisha, Ankit in semis of world youth boxing
Asian gold-medallist Manisha and silver-winner Ankit Khatana advanced to the semifinals to assure themselves of medals at the ongoing world youth boxing championships here. Manisha fetched a split verdict over Slovakia's Miroslava Jedinakova in her quarterfinal bout to enter the last-four stage of the light welterweight 64kg category today. Ankit made the semifinals at the event after he prevailed 5-0 over Denmark's Nikolai Terteryan in the lightweight 60kg category quarterfinals late last night. Ankit will square off against Thailand's Atichai Phoemsap in the semifinals. Phoemsap got the better of Japan's Ryunosuke Tsutsumi in his quarterfinal bout. Manisha, on the other hand, will be up against against Hungary's Veronika Villas tomorrow. However, Divya Pawar bowed out of contention after a 1-3 loss to Kazakhstan's Aizada Yeslyamgali in the quarterfinals today. Earlier, reigning champion Nitu (48kg) and Asian bronze-medallist Bhavesh Kattimani (52kg) are the other Indian boxers to ...
Sudha wins silver in women's 3000m steeplechase, Dharun 2nd in 400m men's hurdles
Veteran Indian long distance runner Sudha Singh today clinched a silver in women's 3000m steeplechase event in the Asian Games here. Sudha clocked 9 minute 40.03 seconds to win her second Asian Games medal. Winfred Yavi of Bahrain took the gold in 9:36.52 while Thi Oanh Nguyen of Vietnam bagged the bronze in 9:43.83. The 32-year-old Sudha had won a gold medal when women's 3000m steeplechase was introduced in the Asian Games in 2010. Sudha has a personal best of 9:26.55 while her season's best is 9:39.59 which she came up with during the National Inter-State Championships in June. Earlier in the day, Dharun Ayyasamy won a silver in men's 400m hurdles in national record time. Ayyasamy clocked 48.96 seconds to shatter his own national record and finish behind Qatar's Abderrahman Samba who won the gold with a Games record time of 47.66. His earlier national record was 49.45 which he had come up with during the Federation Cup in March. The 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu was fourth till the ...
Dharun clinches silver in men's 400m hurdles
India's Dharun Ayyasamy clinched a silver in men's 400m hurdles in national record time as athletics continued to swell India's medal tally in the Asian Games here today. Ayyasamy clocked 48.96 seconds to shatter his own national record and finish behind Qatar's Abderrahman Samba who won the gold with a Games record time of 47.66. His earlier national record was 49.45 which he had come up with during the Federation Cup in March. The 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu was fourth till the 300m mark but passed two competitors in the last 100m stretch to cross the finishing line in 48.96, his personal best mark. It is India's first medal in the event since Joseph Abraham won a gold in 2010.
Steel Minister inaugurates corporate sports policy
In an effort to tap potential medal hopes for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh launched a corporate sports policy here on Monday.
Vikas, Amit through to quarters in Asian Games
Commonwealth Games medal-winning duo of Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Amit Panghal (49kg) today advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Games boxing competition after clinching comprehensive victories here. Vikas out-ounched Pakistan's Tanveer Ahmed in his pre-quarterfinal bout before Amit recovered from a rusty start to outwit Mongolia's Enkhmandakh Kharhuu -- both the wins being unanimous verdicts. Vikas, who won a gold in 2010 and a bronze in the 2014 Asiad, opened the proceedings for India, producing a dominating performance in which his right hooks stood out. The Indian's powerful punches were mostly met with feeble counters by the Pakistani, who received one standing eight count during the bout and was left quite shaken at the end of it. The Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Indian also sustained a cut above his left eye during the bout but did not seem too affected. He will be up against China's Tuoheta Erbieke Tanglatihan in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Tanglatihan defeated ..
'Realmsoffantasy' wins the Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes
Laxman S trained 'Realmsoffantasy' ably ridden by Suraj Narredu won the Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes (about) 1600 Metres, the main event on the 11th day of the Hyderabad Monsoon Races held here today. 'Lady in Lace (Srinath up) won the Deccan Fillies Championship Stakes (Grade II) 1600 Metres, claimed the same event last year. Trainers Laxman S and R H Sequeria jockeys Suraj Narredu scored a double each while Jockey Akshay Kumar scored a quadruple. Four first favourites obliged in a card of seven events.
Taiwan wins gold in men's recurve archery team event
Taiwan won the gold medal in the men's recurve archery team event at the 2018 Asian Games after defeating South Korea with a score of 5-3 on Monday.
Just enjoy and shoot: Pagni's tips to Indian compound teams
Two-time Archery World Cup Final winner Sergio Pagni said the Indian compound teams should not get bogged down by expectation and enjoy shooting when they face South Korea in the finals tomorrow at the 18th Asian Games. Both the Indian men's and women's compound team will be under pressure after the country failed to win any medal in the recurve section, in a repeat of their Incheon Asiad flop show. Asian giants Korea are standing in the way of both men's and women's teams in the compound finals tomorrow and Pagni, who coached the Indian compound archers in the build-up to the Asian Games, says it's about living in the moment. "Maybe the statistics are in favour of Korea, but India have a very good balance between young and experienced hands. They can do very well," the 39-year-old told PTI from Legnica on the sidelines of day one of the European Archery Championships. "The only thing that I want to remind them is to 'enjoy'. During a final it is very important to find a way to ...
Indian men's TT team beats Vietnam, Macau to qualify for quarters
India's men's table tennis team finished second in Group D after defeating Vietnam 3-0 in their final clash before the knockouts at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday.
Mumbai City FC to have pre-ISL season tune-up in Thailand
Indian Super League outfit, Mumbai City Football Club (MCFC), will have their pre-season tour in Thailand where they will be playing four games ahead of the fifth season of the league commencing on September 29. "They have started the pre-season four days ago in New {Navi) Mumbai and all the players will go to Thailand on Thursday (September 30) and five foreign players will join the team directly in Thailand," Mumbai City FC CEO Indranil Das Blah told reporters at the club's media briefing here today. "We moved slightly late because of certain issues. So our pre-season started late and we have all the Indian boys, except three who are with U23 team," he added. According to Blah, the franchise will play a minimum of four games in Thailand in Chiang Mai and Bangkok. "We will come back and play two games (In India) ahead of the tournament," Blah informed adding the details will be shared soon. So our expectation is to do as best we can. We are still getting our stuff, so we
We must be ready to accept challenge against Sydney FC: Constantine
On a preparatory tour, India football coach Stephen Constantine says his team has to be ready to accept the challenge of facing three-time A-League champions, Sydney FC. Asked what will be his approach against Sydney FC, Constantine said, "We always try to play our natural game and we'll stick to that against Sydney FC too. "We know that we are pitted against a team who are three-time A-League champions and we have to be at the top of our game to make the best of it. I am sure that Sydney FC will look forward to dictating the game but we must be ready to accept the challenge," Constantine said. India relied on a brace from Sumeet Passi and a header from Sajid Dhot to register an impressive 3-1 victory against APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC U20s in Sydney. Asked how satisfying was the win, the head coach said, "It is always good when you win a game but we must keep on continuing the work that we have started. We are a young U-23 team and the win against a team comprising of the U-20 boys ...
Indian track cyclists crash out in qualification round of Asiad
India began its campaign in cycling track events of the Asian Games in a disappointing note with its men's and women's sprint and pursuit teams failing to qualify for the final rounds here today. In the team sprint events, both the men and women finished seventh in the qualification round out of eight participants. The men's sprint team of Appolonious, Esow and Ranjit Singh clocked 46.862 seconds while the women's team of Deborah Herold and Sonali Chanu completed the race in 35.305s. With a time of 4:23.251s, Indian men's pursuit quartet of Manjeet Singh, Bike Athokpam Singh, Dilawar and Raju Bati finished at the bottom of the pile at 10th in the qualification round. Then, the Indian women's quartet of Sonali Chanu, Nayana Priyadarsini, Elangbm Chaoba Devi and Megha Gugad clocked 5:05.388s in the team pursuit to finish at fifth and last in the qualifying round.