Asian Games 2014 Day 12 Highlights: Mary Kom Wins Gold, Tintu Lukka Adds Silver Lining, Annu Rani Gets Javelin Bronze

Superwoman MC Mary Kom grabbed the limelight with a spectacular performance in the ring. Sarita Devi faces suspension after she refused to accept her bronze medal. Middle-distance runner Tintu Lukka fetched a silver and the women's hockey team avenged its 2010 defeat to clinch bronze vs Japan. Follow Day 12 highlights here. (MEDAL TALLY)

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1920 (IST): David B. Francis, an AIBA Supervisor, said that Sarita Devi incident looked pre-planned. "The whole incident looked like a well planned scenario by her and her team, and it is regretful to watch a boxer refuse the medal regardless of what happened in the competition. In this regard, as the Technical Delegate, I had to request OCA to review this incident, so any boxer or athlete in other sports will not follow in her footsteps by respecting the spirit of fair-play and sportsmanship of the Olympic Movement," said Francis. (Full AIBA Statement)

1820 (IST): Sarita Devi may be fined or suspended for refusing to accept her Asian Games bronze medal on Wednesday in Incheon. Final decision will be taken at the world body Congress in November. According to Amateur International Boxing Association rules, returning medal counts as serious indiscipline. Sarita's reaction caught many by surprise and this can even invite a ban from competition. (Read full report)

1810 (IST): Sepaktakraw - India women go down 0-2 to China in regu preliminary Group A.

Annu Rani celebrates after her bronze-winning performance at the Asian Games.

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1748 (IST): BRONZE! Annu Rani wins bronze in women's javelin throw. 59.53m was her best in the first attempt. China's Li Zhang throws 65.47 to create Games Record. Lingwei Li of China wins silver with a throw of 61.43.

1736 (IST): UPDATE! Sajeesh Joseph elevated to fourth spot after top three finishers in men's 800m were disqualified in a new storm to hit the athletics contest. Saudi Arabia's Abdulaziz Mohammed, Musaab Bala of Qatar and Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich of Bahrain, who finished first, second and third, all had their results cancelled.

1730 (IST): Jithin Paul disqualified for making a false start in men's 400m hurdles. Khamis Abbas Ali of Bahrain clocks 49.71seconds to win gold, Takayuki Kishimoto of Japan gets silver and Wen Cheng of China wins bronze.

1726 (IST): According to reports, Sarita Devi may be suspended for refusing to accept her medal during the ceremony earlier in the day at Incheon.

1710 (IST): Men's 400m hurdles final - Jithin Paul will be in action shortly. This is his first appearance in this discipline at the Asian Games. In 2010, he represented in 4x400m relay where India finished fourth.

1656 (IST): Heartbreak for India. Ashwini Akkunji clocks 57.52 seconds to finish fourth in women's 400m hurdles. Mujidat Oluwakemi Adekoya of Bahrain wins gold with a timing of 55.77 seconds, Japan's Satomi Kubokura gets bronze.

1650 (IST): Women's Javelin Throw: India's Annu Rani is in action now in the final. This is her first Asian Games appearance. Annu Rani had finished eighth in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

1630 (IST): Women's Triple Jump Final - Mayookha Johny is ninth after three jumps. 13.50 was her best in the second attempt. Prajusha Anthony is out of contention after failing to set a mark in her first three jumps.

1608 (IST): Coming up - Women's 400m hurdles final. Ashwini Akkunji will be in action shortly. With a timing of 56.15, she had won a gold in 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. She finished 16th in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

1553 (IST): In a dramatic 800m for men, Sajeesh Joseph finishes last. Top favourite Kamel Yusuf Saad (Bahrain) crashed out after a fall. The race was won by Mohammed AbdulAzis Ladan of Saudi Arabia with a timing of 1:46.28 minutes.

Tintu Lukka (R) finished second.

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1545 (IST): Good news for India from Athletics! In close race, Tintu Lukka wins silver in women's 800m with a timing of 1:59.19 - her personal best. Lukka was leading from the front but lost out on gold in the last 50 metres. She is coached by PT Usha. She was third in 2010, finished 10th in London Olympics and 11th in Glasgow CWG. Margarita Mukasheva Kazakhstan creates Games Record with a timing of 1:59.02 minutes, Jing Zhao of China gets bronze. Margarita was defending champion, having won in 2010. Sushma Devi finishes 4th.

1533 (IST): Coming up - Women's triple jump final. Indian athletes MA Prajusha and Mayookha Johny will be in action shortly.

1433 (IST): After women's teams crash out, Indian men's teams follow suit. Soumyajit Ghosh and Harmeet Desai lose 1-3 to China's Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong in 1/16 elimination. Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj go down 0-3 to Japan's Koki Niwa and Kenta Matsudaira.

1424 (IST): Bronze! Indian beat Japan 2-1 in women's hockey. Jaspreet Kaur, Vandana Kayaria scored a goal each. In 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, India had lost to Japan 1-0 in bronze medal match. The final will be played between China and Korea.

1400 (IST): Hockey - Japan's Akane Shibata makes it 1-1 against India in the third quarter. But their joy is shortlived as Vanadana Kataria strikes to give India 2-1 lead in the third quarter.

1350 (IST): Taekwondo - Nakul Malhotra goes down 1-2 against Elias Hedari of Lebanon in 87kg quarterfinal.

1340 (IST): Malaysia will not return the Asian Games wushu gold medal won by Tai Cheau Xuen who later failed a doping test. (Read full story)

1336 (IST): Hockey - It's half-time and India have looked really good against Japan. India 1 Japan 0

1327 (IST): Hockey - Jaspreet Kaur scores through penalty corner in the second quarter to give India 1-0 lead vs Japan in women's bronze medal match.

1305 (IST): Mixed day so far for India in table tennis. Soumyajit Ghosh wins 4-0 against Thavisack Phathaphone of Laos in 1/32 elimination match. Achanta Sharath Kamal loses 3-4 against Padasak Tanviriyavechakul of Thailand in 1/32. Madhurika Patkar and Neha Aggarwal lose 2-11, 7-11, 6-11 against Yuling Zhu and Meng Chen of China in doubles 1/16 elimination match. Poulomi Ghatak and Ankita Das go down 3-0 against Youngsook Park and Haeun Yang of Korea in 1/16.

1258 (IST): Hockey - Indian women's team getting ready for bronze medal clash against Japan. India had lost to Korea in semis.

I don't blame Sarita Devi for being upset. She was robbed. Hope she gets a great welcome back home.

- Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) October 1, 2014

Indian boxer Sarita Devi weeps during the Asian Games medal ceremony.

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1230 (IST): Boxer Sarita Devi comes for medal ceremony. She is visibly distraught, is crying on podium. Gets bronze. She refuses to wear boxing bronze medal on podium, takes it in her hand and wipes her tears. South korea's Jina Park gets silver and loud boos. She beat Sarita in controversial bout on Tuesday. Sarita puts her bronze medal around silver medallist Jina's neck. Unprecedented medal ceremony. (Read full story)

#MaryKom did it again won gold medal in @incheonAG2014en pic.twitter.com/pESVR7e3iY

- Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) October 1, 2014

1150 (IST): Mary has tears in her eyes as she comes to the podium for her gold medal. A proud moment indeed as the Indian flag is hoisted and anthem is played out in the arena.

1147 (IST): Accolades and wishes come pouring in:

The smiling assassin has done it again. Proud day for Mary's husband, @OnlerK #AsianGames This gold will make Mary hungry for Rio Olympics

- soumitra bose (@soumitra65) October 1, 2014

Gold for Mary Kom! One of the all time greats of Indian sports! #AsianGames

- Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) October 1, 2014

Yaaaaaay!!!Now that's called Woman Power! #MaryKom gets gold..makes India Proud & shows us that we can achieve anything! #Momof3 #champion

- PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) October 1, 2014

1143 (IST): Mary gets a loud cheer from Indian fans. Kazak fans too applaud the champion.

1140 (IST): Mary Kom Wins a historic gold! A comprehensive fight from the veteran as India will now surely go up in the medals tally with seven golds. (Full report)

1139 (IST): Round 3 goes to Mary again. All judges vote for her. Mary's experience is showing in cat-and-mouse bout.

1138 (IST): Mary more aggressive in third round. Good combination punches as crowd eggs her on.

1136 (IST): Mary wins the second round 2-1. It was a close round. The third will be crucial.

1135 (IST): Zhaina is using her combinations very well. Mary fighting back with a flurry of rights in Round 2.

1134 (IST): Judges not impressed by Mary Kom though. All three give first round to Kazak.

1130 (IST): Mary looks to attack early. Tries to intimidate Shekerbekova and is surely more aggressive on her feet between the two in the ring. Mary was a sprinter and javelin thrower before taking to boxing and it is  showing here.

1129 (IST): Mary's strategy has been to study her opponents first - almost like a predator waiting for the eventual kill. Zhaina though may not allow herself to be eaily hunted. The 25-year-old beat a favoured Mongolian Nandintsetseg Myagmardulum in her previous bout in what was a closely contested match.

Bout Begins!

1128 (IST): Four rounds of two minutes each will decide the winner. Both Mary Kom and Zhaina Shekerbekova are eying their first Asian Games boxing gold. While Mary has been a little slow in the first two rounds of her previous bouts here, she has turned up the heat on her opponents in the next two to seal a win with ease. Will today see a different approach?

1127 (IST): The 'battle' of the day! Mary Kom comes out to battle Zhaina Shekerbekova (KZK) for gold in flyweight (48-51 kg) boxing.

1122 (IST): It's over for Manoj in this bout. He loses 4-0 to Peng Fei.

1120 (IST): Manoj more aggressive in the second round against the Chinese. Peng Fei though is a balanced wrestler and does not allow Manoj to get back into the bout.

1118 (IST): Manoj trails 4-0 after 1st round.

1117 (IST): Peng Fei - a national elite athlete in China - is using sheer strength against 22-year-old Manoj. Collects four points in a rush.

1115 (IST): Manoj Kumar walks out for his Greco-Roman 85 kg Quarterfinal wrestling match vs China's Peng Fei. Did you know? Manoj works as an accountant and has been a strong wrestler for India. He was fifth in the previous edition of Asian Games and third in the Asian Championships earlier this year.

1113 (IST): Great defensive work helps Payam Payani beat Gurpreet 7-2 in quarters. Gurpreet can still get a bronze if the Iranian makes the final.

1112 (IST): Gurpreet needs to attack Payani's upper body for points but seems to be lacking the strength.

1111 (IST): Payani continues with his aggression in the second round and quickly collects two more points against Gurpreet.

1110 (IST): Gurpreet trails Payani 5-2 at the end of first round.

1109 (IST): Payani is 20-years-old but is looking stronger than his more senior Indian opponent Gurpreet who trails 5-2 in the first round.

1107 (IST): Wrestling - Gurpreet takes on Iran's Payam Payani in 75kg Greco Roman quarters. Two rounds of three minutes each will decide the winner.

1037 (IST): Despite a brave fight, Indian men lose volleyball quarters to Japan 3-2.

1025 (IST): Volleyball - Japan take the fourth set against India in a see-saw quarterfinal battle. Fifth and final set coming up...

1018 (IST): Even as Indian wrestlers go down fair and square today, there was a huge outcry when boxer Sarita Devi lost in the semi on Tuesday. While most felt she deserved to win against her Korean opponent, India's appeal was turned down.

Here's why former international referee - Farhad  Engineer -  however says that punches from knuckles and not from the sides count. He feels therefore that the judges' call on the matter may have been correct despite all the commotion:

1010 (IST): Another defeat in wrestling - Tulsi goes down to Khusrav Obloberdiev of Tajikistan. A comprehensive (10-0) defeat for the Indian on the wrestling mat.

1008 (IST): Next up is Tulsi Yadav in 66 kg quarters of Greco Roman wrestling. Can he bring joy to the Indian contingent after Gurpreet's triumph.

1002 (IST): Gurpreet shows class as he brings down his more experienced opponent 10-0 to enter 75kg Greco Roman quarters. He will next face Iran's Payam Payani.

1001 (IST): Gurpreet's opponent - Sharif - is a far more experienced campaigner. He had won bronze in 2006 edition of Asian Games.

0959 (IST): Gurpreet Singh comes out for his Greco-Roman 75 kg wrestling quarters bout against Qatar's Sharif Badr Bakhit. Gurpreet was seventh in this year's World Championships. The 21-year-old was tenth in the World Junior Championships in Sofia (Bulgaria) last year.

0955 (IST): No joy for Dalal today as he loses 8-0 to Darzi.

0953 (IST): Dalal was honoured with Arjuna Award in 2013. His fight back into the international arena has been inspirational, espcially as he suffered a serious back injury in 2002. He was reportedly advised to give up wrestling but Dalal refused to pay heed to medical advice.

0952 (IST): Wrestling - Dharmender Dalal takes on Bashir Darzi of Iran in Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg quarters. Did you know? Dalal is employed as a railway worker and was introduced to wrestling at age 12. His brother -Nardender Dalal - is a former international wrestler too.

0949 (IST): Volleyball - Indian men win third set against Japan to lead 2-1 in the quarters. Did you know? Indian captain Ranjit Singh is nine years junior to his Japanese counterpart Yu Koshikawa. Also, the tallest players in the two teams are all six feet nine inches tall! They are - Vaishnav Ramakrishnan and Navjit Singh in the Indian team and Yamato Fushimi in the Japanese side.

0931 (IST): Recap read - The most closely watched Asian Games clash will be when Indian men take on Pakistan for the hockey gold on Thursday. The match will take place at 1530 (IST). Read full preview here.

0916 (IST): Volleyball - Indian men lose second set against Japan 25-19. The Japanese make a good comeback after losing the first set.

0850 (IST): Canoe Kayak Obstacle Slalom: Ganeshvri Dhurwe and Champa Mourya are sixth and eight in kayak single women's repechage 1, respectively.

0846 (IST): India take the first set 25-20 against Japan. A spirited fight from the Indians in the first set and looking good to advance against a better-ranked Japanese team.

0830 (IST): Volleyball - Indian men take on Japan in the quarterfinal. Did you know? Brazil, Russia and Poland are the top three teams in men's FIVB international rankings. Japanese men are ranked 25th while the Indians are 39th.

0820 (IST): Taekwondo - Anand Pandiarajan is defeated by Korea's Yonghyun Park in 80kg Round of 16.

0805 (IST): Athletics - Sandeep Kumar is fourth and Bahadur Rana takes fifth spot in 50km race walk.

0800 (IST): Canoe Kayak Obstacle Salom - Namita Chandel is tenth at the end of canoe single women qualification heat 1. Prince Parmar finishes 15th in the men's division. Update: Kuldeep Singh Keer fails to qualify.

Mary Kom, who loves to defy odds, is in the cusp of history. In a majestic career, during which she won five world championship titles and became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal at London 2012, an Asian Games gold will probably complete her stunning CV.

Much before 11:30 AM, Indians will be glued to their TV sets. Not for a cricket match but to pray for Mary Kom, who takes on Kazak girl Zhaina Shekerbekova in the final of the women's flyweight (48-51 kg) division. Just like Mary, Zhaina is eyeing her first Asian Games gold medal.

Zhaina will be in the blue corner. The 25-year-old is a strong an attacking boxer. In the semifinal on Tuesday, Zhaina defeated the much experienced Mongolian Nandintsetseg Myagmardulum in an aggressive contest. Zhaina won 3-0 and proved that she won't throw in the towel against Mary Kom easily.

Irrespective of the outcome of her final bout at the #AsianGames2014... India is proud of your achievement @MangteC #MaryKom. True champion

- PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) September 30, 2014

Mary's route to the final has been quite easy. She has hardly been pushed in her three rounds. Tuesday's semifinal against Bang Thi Le of Vietnam hardly generated the competition one would expect in a semifinal match. Mary knows the gravity of a final. The world No. 5 has been in this position several times in her 14-year career. Experience will be the 31-year-old super mom's biggest strength.

A gold from Mary should calm frayed Indian nerves after the controversial exit of Sarita Devi in the lightweight semifinal. Fortunately, Mary won't be fighting a Korean boxer, some of whom have won disputed bouts.

Indians will be in seven finals in track and field events. Indians have traditionally been strong in middle distance events. The women's 800m final will have Tintu Lukka and Sushma Devi among the nine finalists. In the men's version, Sajeesh Joseph will be the lone Indian in fray. His main competition will come from runners from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

India will hope for a medal from Ashwini Akkunji in the women's 400m hurdles. Ashwini has had the three best timings in the heats and will be a strong contender. Ashwini is the defending champion, having won the gold in Guangzhou in 2010 with a timing of 56.15 seconds. But her timing (58.75) in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games was far from her best.

Indian women will play Japan for the bronze medal in hockey. This match will be a grudge match of sorts for the Ritu Rani-led team as India had narrowly lost the bronze four years ago in Guangzhou against the Japanese.

The quest for a wrestling medal will continue as four Indians will step onto the mat in men's Greco-Roman competition. So far, India's success has come only from the freestylers.