Asian Games 2018: Indo-Pak athletes set an example by cheering for each other
August 25, 2018 12:40 ISTPakistani players were seen making a beeline for a picture with Bopanna, who reached a Grand Slam final with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi back in 2010.
Pakistani players were seen making a beeline for a picture with Bopanna, who reached a Grand Slam final with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi back in 2010.
The overall tally of six gold, five silver and 14 bronze medals at the end of day six put the country in 10th spot in the table with China leading the pack by quite a distance, having already crossed the 100-mark.
Jain, who hails from Nashik, joined the Iranian team 18 months back and since then she has played a crucial role in their success.
Prajnesh went down 2-6, 2-6 in straight sets to Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.
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The two-time defending champions was shocked 24-27 in a thrilling final as the firm favourites settled for silver.
Heena Sidhu won bronze with a score of 219.2 in women's 10m Air Pistol event, while China and Korea secured the top two spots.
The 4-5 loss in the mixed team quarterfinals left the Indian squad shell-shocked as Deepika yet again floundered in a pressure situation.
Hosts Indonesia (6:20.58) and Thailand (6:22.41) were placed second and third respectively in the quadruple sculls.
Dushyant gave a tough fight to Korean Park Hyunsu and Hong Kong's rower Chiu Hin Chun and ended his time at 07:18.76.
With no gold added to the tally on Thursday, India slipped to 10th with four gold, four silver and 10 bronze for a total of 18 medals.
Seven-time champions India were downed 18-27 by ever-improving Iran in the semifinals and it will be the first time that they will not be part of the Asiad final.
For the first time in its history, India ended with a bronze medal in its indigenous sport, in which a gold is taken for granted every four years at the Asiad.
The Indian team, which won the gold medal in the last two editions of the Asian Games, continued its impressive run by defeating Chinese Taipei 27-14 in the last four contest.
It was another teenage sensation delivering for India as a 15-year old Shardul Vihan settled for silver after an impressive performance in the Men's double trap event.
At the Rio Olympics also, she had made an early exit even though she entered the biggest sporting event as world number one.
Khade, who narrowly missed bronze in men's 50-metre freestyle on Tuesday, clocked 24.09 to top Heat 2 but was placed fifth overall.
With four gold, three silver and eight bronze medals in their overall tally, India stood seventh in the medal table, which was led by quite a margin by powerhouse China with 82 medals, including 37 gold.
On a historic day for Indian sports history, four of the country's athletes today won an unprecedented four bronze medals in Wushu - a Chinese martial arts sport - even after they lost their respective semifinal matches.
What has made these losses even more special is the fact that Bhanu Pratap suffered an injury to his foot during the semi-final but still continued with his punches.
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