Asian Games 2018: India's Neena Varakil wins silver in women's long jump
August 27, 2018 19:16 ISTNayana James, the other Indian in the fray, finished at a disappointing 10th in the 11-member field with an attempt of 6.14m.
Nayana James, the other Indian in the fray, finished at a disappointing 10th in the 11-member field with an attempt of 6.14m.
Neeraj who was the flag-bearer at the Asiad won a historic gold by staying ahead of all competition.
Ayyasamy clocked 48.96 seconds to shatter his own national record.
Shooting, no longer, is restricted to the elites and the city goers, thanks to the success of teenagers such as Shardul, Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker, Anish Bhanwala and Elavenil Valaviram.
Saina was beaten in straight games by Tai Tzu in the semifinals, setting the Taipei player up against another Indian in Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu in the final.
Coming into this match, Saina had lost her last nine matches against Tzu Ying, including three in the 2018 season.
The desperation to achieve something big, to make up for the opportunities lost, was palpable as she spoke about her effort as she won the silver medal in the Women's 100m event.
Lakshmanan crossed the finishing line at third but was later disqualified under IAAF Rule 163.3b (lane infringement). He was initially shown to have clocked 29:44.91s.
On Day 8 of the event, India took the ninth spot in the overall standings with 36 to its credit, including seven gold, 10 silver and 19 bronze medals.
Dutee Chand won a silver medal after she clocked 11:32 seconds to finish second in the Women's 100m Final event at the ongoing Asian Games 2018.
While sprinter Hima Das clinched the silver medal in the Women's 400m event, in the men's category it was Muhammed Anas who also won the silver in the same event.
Saina will next take on world no 1 Tai Tzu Ying, who knocked out Glasgow World Champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-15 21-10 in the other quarterfinal.
It was India's Fouaad Mirza who made the nation proud by ending his time at 26.40 in the individual event left behind Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa.
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.
The 23-year old athlete had the highest mark on the very first attempt and broke the Asian Games 2018 record in his fifth attempt.
After witnessing a disappointing campaign in the individual recurve events, the onus was on the men's and women's teams to make up for the poor show but it was not to be.
Dipika lost to defending champion Nicol David of Malaysia while Joshna was shown the door by Malaysian Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia. While top seed Ghosal lost to Chung Ming Au of Hong Kong China.
BS Kushwaha, deputy chef de mission from the Indian Olympic Association, told PTI that forex cards will be activated soon.
Pallikal lost her match to Malaysian David Nicol Ann by 3-0 and bagged a bronze.
Saina outclassed the world number 40 Indonesian 21-6 21-14 in second-round match which was little over half an hour.
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