Asian Games 2018 Live Updates Day 8: Indian Track And Field Athletes In Focus On Day 8
2018 Asian Games Live: India ended Day 7 with 29 medals at the quadrennia.
Asian Games 2018: Muhammed Anas Yahiya will aim for gold in men's 400m final.© PTI
Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched the men's Shot Put gold with a record-shattering throw to open India's medal account in athletics in the Asian Games on Saturday. The 23-year-old Toor sent the iron ball to a national record distance of 20.75m to win his maiden Asian Games medal on the opening day of the athletics competition. India's squash singles campaign in the Asian Games yielded three bronze medals after Saurav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa lost their respective semifinal clashes on Saturday. Following an action-packed week at the 2018 Asian Games, India will be looking to add to the 29 medals on the eighth day of the quadrennial event. (MEDAL TALLY)
Live updates of Asian Games 2018, Day 8 straight from Jakarta, Indonesia
11:33 IST: In Badminton, Saina Nehwal faces Ratchanok Intanon in women's singles quarterfinals. Follow the LIVE BLOG HERE.
11:30 IST: In Volleyball, India lose the first set 25-23 against Japan in men's classification match.
11:04 IST: In Handball, India lose 31-35 to Chinese Taipei in men's Handball Main Round - Group 3 match.
10:50 IST: In Shooting, India's Ganemat Sekhon and Rashmi Rathore are currently placed 10th and 12th respectively in women's skeet Qualification Day 2. In men's skeet Qualification Day 2, India's Sheeraj Shiekh and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa are currently placed sixth and 13th respectively.
10:25 IST: In Canoe, India finish 5th in men's Canoe TBR 500m semifinal 1, fail to qualify.
Asian Games 2018 Day 8, Live updates: Saina Nehwal wins first game in QF; Fouaad Mirza clinches equestrian silver
13:01 (IST)
BADMINTON7-3! Nehwal is looking like a completely different player in the second game. The early exchanges suggest that she has taken the attacking approach against Intanon, whose wristy strokes aren't troubling the Indian anymore.
BADMINTONFirst game to Saina. A typical counterattack, but the last few points were won by attrition. Some signs of either lack of concentration or fatigue from Intanon. Could also be frustrating because she blew a five-point lead.
- Handball
After a tight start, the Indian men’s team trails Chinese Taipei 12-15 at the end of the first half in their group match.
10:00 (IST)India’s men’s compound team has won their Round of 16 match against Qatar 4-0. Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini and Abhishek Verma win 57-52, 56-55, 56-54, 58-52 after hitting three bullseyes.
09:37 (IST)That's it then!Sutirtha Mukherjee beats Faramarzi Maha 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 in the third clash of the match.The Indian women's table tennis team registers a dominating win.
09:35 (IST)India’s Anu Raghavan finishes third in her heat of the women’s 400m hurdles heats with a timing of 56.77 seconds. She qualifies to the final.As one of the two fastest losers, Jauna Murmu also qualifies.
09:20 (IST)India’s Anu Raghavan finishes third in her heat of the women’s 400m hurdles heats with a timing of 56.77 seconds. She qualifies to the final.As one of the two fastest losers, Jauna Murmu also qualifies.
09:18 (IST)
TABLE-TENNIS
It's a four-setter in the second match! Ayhika Mukherjee gets past Mohamed Aia 11-2, 10-12, 11-2, 11-3 to give India a 2-0 lead over Qatar.
09:11 (IST)
ATHLETICSTime for Heat 2. Asian Championships silver medallist Anu Raghavan will be in action.
09:09 (IST)A disappointing run. Jauma Murmu fails to set a time in the women's 400m hurdles event.
09:01 (IST)ATHLETICSThe women’s 400m hurdles is also about to begin, with India’s Jauna Murmu and Anu Raghavan in the fray.
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