New Delhi: The ninth day of the 17th Asian Games was again fruitful to India when London Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt ended a 28-year gold drought for India in wrestling as he accounted for the country's fourth Gold medal after beating Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan in men's 65kg freestyle
Athlete Khushbir Kaur provided the early spark by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walking in the Asian Games as she clinched a silver in 20km event.
Besides, tennis players accounted for three bronze medals through Yuki Bhambri (men's singles and men's doubles with Divij Sharan) and Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare (women's doubles). M R Poovamma and Rajiv Arokia won a bronze each in men's and women's 400m race respectively while Manju Bala added another medal of same hue in women's hammer throw.
It was yet another joyful day for the Indian contingent after yesterday's rich haul of 10 medals and have now broken into the top 10 for the first time since the multi-discipline extravaganza began on September 19.
With the addition of eight more medals today, India are placed ninth in the table with a collection of four gold, five silver and 26 bronze. China continued to maintain their supremacy with a tally of 216 (105-63-48), followed by South Korea (42-48-47) and Japan (34-46-46).
Saketh Myneni on the 10th day of the games will be aiming for double Gold in tennis; men's double with Sanam Singh and mixed doubles with Sania Mirza. The result meant that 28-year-old will have a chance to win two gold medals in his maiden Asian Games appearance.
Following is India's schedule for MOnday, 10th Day (29th September 2014)
ATHLETICS
06:30 IST: Women's Heptathlon Long Jump – Swapna Barman
06:30 IST: Women's Javelin Throw – Susmita Singha Roy
15:00 IST: Men's High Jump Final – Nikhil Chittarasu
15:30 IST: Women's Long Jump Final – M A Prajusha, Mayookha Johny
15:35 IST: Women's 1500m Final – O P Jaisha, Sini Markose
16:00 IST: Women's Discus Throw Final – Krishna Poonia, Seema Punia
16:50 IST: Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final – Naveen Kumar
BASKETBALL
10:30 IST: Women's 5-8 classification match – India vs Mongolia
BOXING (Starts 10:30 IST)
Men's Middleweight (75kg) Round of 16 – Vikas Krishan vs Kanybek Azamat (Kyrgyzstan)
15:30 IST: Men's Flyweight (52kg) Quarter-final – Gaurav Bidhuri vs Zoirov Shakhobidin (Uzbekistan)
Men's Welterweight (69kg) Quarter-final – Mandeep Jangra vs Saensit Apichet (Thailand)
Men's Light Heavyweight (81kg) Quarter-final – Kuldeep Singh vs Rouzbahani Ehsan (Iran)
CANOE SPRINT (Starts 06:30 IST)
Kayak Single (K1) 1000m Men Final A – Albert Raj Selvaraj
Canoe Single (C1) 1000m Men Final A – Gaurav Tomar
Canoe Double (C2) 1000m Men Final A – Ajit Kumar and Raju Rawat
Kayak Four (K4) 500m Women Final A – Ragina Kiro, Biju Anusha, Phairembam Soniya and Ahongshangbam Nanao
Kayak Four (K4) 1000m Men Final A – Ajit Singh, Sunny Kumar, Ramesh Golli and Arambam Chingching
Canoe Single (C1) 200m Men Final A – Oinam Jamesboy
Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women Final A – Ragina Kiro and Ahongshangbam Nanao
HOCKEY
15:30 IST: Women's semifinals – India vs South Korea
KABADDI
10:30 IST: Men's Team Preliminary Group A – India vs Thailand
SAILING (Starts 07:30 IST)
Optimist Men's One Person Dinghy Race 11 – Chitresh Tatha
29er Women's Two Person Dinghy Race 11 – Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan
Laser Radial Women's One Person Dinghy Race 11 – Nethra Kumanan
Optimist Women's One Person Dinghy Race 11 – Ramya Saravanan
J80 Open Match Racing Round Robin Matches – Ayaz Ahmed Shaikh, Nijeesh Bhaskaran, Sandip Jain, Veetil Pariyaran, Santhosh
SEPAKTAKRAW
07:30 IST: Men's Regu Preliminary – India vs Brunei
07:30 IST: Women's Regu Preliminary – India vs Indonesia
12:30 IST: Men's Regu Preliminary – India vs Nepal
SHOOTING
06:IST: Skeet Men's Qualification Day 1 – Arozepal Sandhu, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Parampal Singh Guton
TENNIS TENNIS
07:10 IST: Mixed Doubles Round of 32 Elimination Match
08:00 IST: Women's Singles Round of 64 Elimination Match – Ankita Das vs Menwah Alshammari (Kuwait)
08:30 IST: Men's Team Preliminary Round Group B – India vs South Korea
08:30 IST: Women's Team Preliminary Round Group A – India vs China
TENNIS
08:30 IST: Men's Doubles Final – India (Saketh Sai Myneni and Sanam Krishan Singh) vs South Korea (Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung)
11:00 IST: Mixed Doubles Final – India (Saketh Sai Myneni and Sania Mirza) vs Chinese Taipei (Hsien Yin Peng and Hao Ching Chan)
VOLLEYBALL
16:00 IST: Men's Play-off Group E – India vs Qatar
WRESTLING (Starts 09:30 IST)
Men's Freestyle 61 kg Quarter-final – Bajrang vs Tumenbileg Tuvshintulga (Mongolia)
Men's Freestyle 74 kg Quarter-final – Narsingh Pancham Yadav vs Rashid Kurbanov (Uzbekistan)
Men's Freestyle 86 kg Quarter-final – Pawan Kumar vs Sumir Kumar Sah (Nepal)
