Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Athletics - Men's Discus Throw



Gold - Ehsan Hadadi (IRN) 65.11m
Silver - Vikas Gowda (IND) 62.58m

Sailing - 29er Women's Two Person Dinghy

Gold - N Poonpat (THA) and N Waiwai (THA)
Silver - Rui Xi Priscilla Low (SIN) and Rui Qi Cecilia Low (SIN)
Bronze - Varsha Gautam (IND) and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan (IND)

After eleventh day India has six gold, eight Silvers and thirty one Bronze medals.

Vikas Gowda lost out to his old nemesis, defending champion Ehsan Hadadi of Iran, again as he settled for a silver in the men's discus throw

In boxing, M C Mary Kom scored a convincing 3-0 victory over her taller Vietnamese opponent Ler Thi Bang ... She will now fight against Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan for Gold medal ... But controversy hit our boxers as our two besr boxers need to settle for Bronze after bias judging in favor of Korean boxers ... L Sarita Devi (60kg) had to settle for a bronze medal despite dominating her semifinal bout against home favourite Jina Park ... And in men's L Devendro Singh (49kg) was better boxer in the ring than South Korean ... In other bout Pooja Rani (75kg), also had to settle for a bronze after losing a closely-contested semifinal bout to China's Li Qian.

In hockey, Akashdeep Singh scored a fabulous field goal in the third quarter to guide Indian men's team into the finals after a gap of 12 years ... In this match our defending was very good but other hand our forwards missed many chances ... For Gold medal match we r facing Pakistan, who defeated us in Group 1-2.

India bagged their first-ever medal in the Asian Games women's sailing competition as 16 yrs old Varsha Gautam and crew 18 yrs old Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan won a bronze in the 29er Women's Two Person Dinghy event.

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