Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Tennis


Mixed Doubles
Gold - Sania Mirza (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND)
Silver - Hsien Yin Peng (TPE)/ Hao Ching Chan (TPE)
Bronze - Jeon Yeongeun (KOR) 1:33:18s

Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Hsien Yin Peng (TPE)/ Hao Ching Chan (TPE) 64 63

Men's Doubles
Gold - Yong-kyu Lim (KOR)/ Hyeon Chung (KOR)
Silver - Sanam Singh (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND)
Bronze - Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yuki Bhambri (IND) and Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match
(5) Sanam Singh (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (8) Yong-kyu Lim (KOR)/ Hyeon Chung (KOR) 57 67(2)


Athletics - Women’s Discus Throw
Gold - Seema Punia Antil (IND) 61.03m


Women's 1500m
Gold - Maryam Yusuf Isa Jamal (BAH) 4:9:90s
Silver - Belete Gebregeiorges (BAH) 4:11.03s
Bronze - O P Jaisha (IND) 4:13.46s


Men's 3000m Steeplechase
Bronze - Naveen Kumar (IND) 8:40.39s

Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 61kg


Gold - Masoud (IRN)
Silver - Bajrang Bajneesh (IND)

Gold Medal Match
Bajrang Bajneesh (IND) l Masoud (IRN) 1-3 (4-6)

Men's Freestyle 74kg
Bronze - Narsingh Yadav (IND)

Bronze Medal Match
Narsingh Yadav (IND) bt Daisuke Shimada (JPN) 3-1 (10-7)

After ninth day India has six gold, seven Silvers and twenty nine Bronze medals.

Saketh and Sania win Gold medal in mixed doubles beating Taipei pair comfortably ... But Saketh fails to win second Gold medal as he and Sanam lose their match against spirited local pair in tight two sets ... Yuki already wins Bronze in singles and in doubles with Divij ... Sania is already win Bronze in the doubles with Prarthana Thombare.

Seema Punia Antil beats back a strong challenge from two Chinese athletes to win the women’s discus throw Gold medal with throw of 61.03m ... Jaisha won the bronze in the women's 1500m while Naveen Kumar was third in the men's 3000m steeplechase.

Almost in all matches Bajrang fought back to script the victory ... In the final he faced Iranian Worl Championship Silver medalist Masoud ... In their previous meeting Bajrang lost one-sided match but this time Bajrang gave creditable performance ... Until 40 seconds remaining both wrestlers were 4-all but in last seconds Iranian earned 2 points for victory ... Narsingh Yadav also gives encouraging performance in repechage to win Bronze after losing first bout.

In boxing, Gaurav Bhiduri (52kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg) and Kuldeep Singh (81kg) lose their quarter-final bouts ... Only Vikas Krishan (75kg) advances to quarter-final.

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