Asian Games 2018 Highlights Day 13: India Win 3 Sailing Medals; Silver In Women's Hockey

India's women's hockey team lost 1-2 to Japan in the final of the 18th Asian Games. Japan took the lead through Minami Shimizu in the 11th minute but India pulled level through Neha Goyal in the 25th minute. Motomi Kawamura regained Japan's lead in the 44th minute. India couldn't find their equaliser and had to settle for the silver medal. It was India's second silver medal in women's hockey in Asiad history. The last time they had finished second was in the 1998 edition. India clinched three medals in sailing with Varsha Gautham/Sweta Shervegar clinching silver in the 49er FX Women's event, Harshita Tomar claiming bronze in the Open Laser 4.7 and Varun Thakkar Ashok/Chengappa Ganapathy Kelapanda taking home the bronze in the 49er men's event. The 20-year-old Varsha and 27-year-old Sweta combined to produce a total score of 40 after 15 races to finish second at the Indonesia National Sailing Centre. The 16-year-old Harshita totalled 62 after race 12 to finish third. In Squash, the Indian men's team took home the bronze medal after losing 0-2 to Hong Kong in semifinals. (MEDAL TALLY)

Highlights of Asian Games 2018, Day 13 straight from Jakarta, Indonesia

19:57 IST: MEDAL ALERT: HOCKEY: India lose 1-2 to Japan in women's hockey final, take home silver

19:30 IST: HOCKEY: GOAL! Motomi Kawamura scores as Japan take 2-1 lead against India in women's hockey gold medal match

19:15 IST: HOCKEY: GOAL! Neha Goyal scores as India equalise 1-1 in 25th minute against Japan

19:05 IST: HOCKEY: GOAL! Shihori Oikawa scores as Japan take 1-0 lead against India in women's hockey gold medal match

19:00 IST: HOCKEY: The women's hockey gold medal match between India and Japan is underway

17:55 IST: MEDAL ALERT: Boxer Vikas Krishan wins bronze in men's middle 75kg category. This is India's 64th medal at the Games.

17:07 IST: Amit Panghal will take on Uzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov in Men's Light Fly (49kg) gold medal match on Friday at 12:30 IST

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Boxer #AmitPhangal will face Rio Olympics Gold medalist #HasanboyDusmatov in his hunt for glory at the #AsianGames! Wishing Amit Phangal #AllTheBest as he prepares for the Finals of the Men's Light Fly 49kg event!#IAmTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/ONoewnwMWP

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17:02 IST: BOXING: Amit Panghal beats Philippines' Carlo Paalam to enter final of Men's Light Fly (49kg).

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After Boxer #VikasKrishan's Bronze medal winning exit, #TeamIndia's rush for the yellow metal in #Boxing is charged up again as #AmitPhangal stormed into the Finals of Men's Light Fly 49kg event! #AllTheBest Amit!! #IAmTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/rU3g1xDung

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16:50 IST: BOXING: India's Amit Panghal is in action against Philippines' Carlo Paalam in Men's Light Fly (49kg) semi-finals

16:22 IST: In Soft Tennis, India lose 0-3 to Thailand in women's team preliminary Group A match.

16:20 IST: MEDAL ALERT | Indian men's squash team takes home the bronze medal after losing 0-2 to Hong Kong in semifinal.

16:13 IST: In Soft Tennis, India lose 0-3 to Japan in men's team preliminary Group C match.

15:25 IST: In Squash, India trail 0-1 against Hong Kong in men's team semifinal.

15:10 IST: In Canoe, India's Prakant Sharma/Jamesboy Singh Oinam qualify for men's 200m double (C2) final.

14:57 IST: MEDAL ALERT | Varun Thakkar/Ganapathy Chengappa win bronze in 49er Men Sailing event. This is India's 62nd medal overall.

14:56 IST: MEDAL ALERT | Harshita Tomar wins bronze in Open Laser 4.7 Sailing event. This is India's 61st medal at the Games.

14:55 IST: MEDAL ALERT | India's Varsha Gautham/Sweta Shervegar win silver in 49er FX Women Sailing event.

14:45 IST: Men's team Squash semifinal between India and Hong Kong begins.

14:20 IST: In Roller Skate, India's Aarathy Kasturi and Varsha Sriramakrishna finish seventh and eighth respectively in women's Road 20km race.

13:57 IST: In Soft Tennis, India lose 0-3 to Republic of Korea in women's team Preliminary Group A match.

13:56 IST: In Soft Tennis, India lose 0-3 to Indonesia in men's team preliminary group C match.

13:55 IST: In Diving, India's Ramananda Sharma qualifies for men's 3m Springboard final.

13:14 IST: In Roller Skate, India's Amitesh Mishra finishes eighth in men's Road 20km race. However, another Indian in the fray, Harshveer Singh Sekhon, registers a DNF (Did Not Finish).

12:55 IST: India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran loses 11-9, 4-11, 9-11, 6-11, 10-12 to Japan's Kenta Matsudaira in men's singles Round of 16 Table Tennis match.

 

12:45 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran loses the fourth game 6-11 to Japan's Kenta Matsudaira, trails 1-3 in men's singles Round of 16 match.

12:37 IST: In Table Tennis, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in trouble as he loses the third game 9-11 to Japan's Kenta Matsudaira. The Indian now trails 1-2 in men's singles Round of 16 match.

12:29 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran loses the second game 4-11 against Japan's Kenta Matsudaira, men's singles Round of 16 match level at 1-1.

12:23 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins the first game 11-9 against Japan's Kenta Matsudaira, leads the men's singles Round of 16 match 1-0.

12:15 IST: In Table Tennis, men's singles Round of 16 match between India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Japan's Kenta Matsudaira begins.

11:25 IST: GREAT NEWS! Indian women's squash team to vie for gold after beating Malaysia 2-0 in the semi-finals.

 

11:09 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Manika Batra eliminated after losing 2-11, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 4-11 to China's Manyu Wang in women's singles Round of 16 Table Tennis match.

10:55 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sharath Kamal loses 2-4 to Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang in men's singles Round of 16 match.

 

10:53 IST: India lead 1-0 against Malaysia in women's team squash semifinal.

10:46 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Manika Batra loses the second game 8-11 to China's Manyu Wang, trails 0-2 in women's singles Round of 16 match.

10:44 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sharath Kamal loses the fifth game 9-11 to Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang, trails 2-3 in men's singles Round of 16 match.

10:42 IST: In Soft Tennis, India lose 0-3 to Cambodia in men's team preliminary Group C match.

 

10:38 IST: In Table Tennis, Manika Batra loses the first game 2-11 to China Manyu Wang. The Indian was completely outclassed by her Chinese opponent. The first game lasted for only five minutes.

10:34 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sharath Kamal wins 4th game 16-14 against Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang, men's singles Round of 16 match level at 2-2. This is turning out to be an exciting tie.

10:32 IST: In Table Tennis, women's singles Round of 16 match between India's Manika Batra and China's Manyu Wang begins.

10:20 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sharath Kamal loses 3rd game 10-12 against Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang, trails 1-2 in men's singles Round of 16 match. The Indian is giving away his lead rather easily.

10:11 IST: In Soft Tennis, the Indian women's team begins their Asiad campaign with a convincing 3-0 victory over Mongolia 3-0 in women's team preliminary Group A match.

 

10:10 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sharath Kamal draws level at 1-1 by winning the second game 11-9 against Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang in men's singles Round of 16 match.

10:01 IST: In Table Tennis, India's Sharath Kamal loses the first game 7-11 to Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang in men's singles Round of 16 match. The first game lasted just six minutes.

09:57 IST: In Table Tennis, Men's singles Round of 16 match between India's Sharath Kamal and Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang begins.

09:40 IST: Women's Squash team semifinal between India and Malaysia begins.

09:28 IST: In Judo, India's Rajwinder Kaur's campaign comes to an end as she loses to Jiawen Tsai of Chinese Taipei in women's +78kg Repechage round.

 

09:09 IST: In Cycling Track, India's Ranjit Singh finishes second last in Heat 2 of men's Keirin Round 1 Repechage event.

09:03 IST: In Cycling Track, India's Esow Alben finishes last in Heat 1 of men's Keirin Round 1 Repechage.

08:50 IST: In Volleyball, India lose 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in women's classification match.

 

08:29 IST: In Judo, India's Rajwinder Kaur in Repechage round after losing to Japan's Akira Sone in women's +78kg quarterfinals.

08:25 IST: In Volleyball, India trail 0-2 against Chinese Taipei after losing the second set 16-25 in women's classification match.

08:20 IST: In Kayak, India's Naocha Singh Laitonjam qualifies for men's 200m single (K1) semifinals.

08:13 IST: In Kayak, men's 200m single (K1) event involving India's Naocha Singh Laitonjam begins.

08:10 IST: In Cycling Track, India's Ranjit Singh and Esow Alben qualify for Round 1 Repechage of men's Keirin event.

08:08 IST: In Kayak, India's Ragina Kiro qualifies for women's 200m single (K1) semifinals.

08:00 IST: In Judo, India's Avtar Singh loses to Ivan Remarenco of UAE in men's -100kg Round of 16.

 

07:55 IST: In Volleyball, India lose the first set 21-25 against Chinese Taipei in women's classification match.

07:50 IST: In Kayak, Women's 200m single (K1) event involving India's Ragina Kiro begins.

07:48 IST: In Canoe, India's Meera Das registers a DNF (Did Not Finish) in Women's 200m Single (C1) event. Not a good news to begin the day with.

07:40 IST: In Volleyball, India are currently leading 9-7 against Chinese Taipei in the first set in women's classification match.

07:35 IST: In Canoe, Women's 200m Single (C1) event involving India's Meera Das begins.

07:10 IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog of the Day 13 of the Asian Games 2018.

Earlier, the Indian women's squash team defeated Malaysia 2-0 to enter the gold medal match. Meanwhile, India's Ragino Kiro and Naocha Singh Laitonjam failed to qualify for the Kayak single (K1) 200m women's final and Kayak single (K2) 200m men's final respectively. Apart from this, India qualified for the Canoe double (C2) 200 men's final.

The Day 13 of the Asiad saw India's Ranjit Singh compete in the Men's Keirin Cycling Track event but was eliminated after finishing second last in Heat 2 of Round 1 Repechage event. Along with him Esow Alben, too, was eliminated after finishing last in Heat 1 of men's Keirin Round 1 Repechage. In Judo, Rajwinder Kaur's Asiad campaign halted after she lost her women's +78kg Repechage round to Jiawen Tsai of Chinese Taipei. In Table Tennis, India's Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost their respective men's singles Round of 16 match. Manika Batra, on the other hand, lost her women's singles Round of 16 matches as well

Johnson was among the front runners right from the start while Tiouali took the early lead. However, Johnson powered away towards the end and the Bahrain athlete was not able to match the Indian's explosive speed. Manjit ran a more tactical race. He had positioned himself near the back of the group and tried to produce his trademark explosive burst going into the final lap. But with the runners closely bunched together in the rear and middle of the group, he found it difficult to create space which ultimately cost him a medal.

In the women's 4X400m event, the Indian quartet of Hima Das, Raju Poovamma, Saritaben Laxmanbhai Gayakwad and Vismaya Koroth registered a time of 3:28.72 to finish at the top of the podium. Bahrain got silver with 3:30.61 while the quartet from Vietnam clocked their season's best time of 3:33.23 to bag the bronze medal.

The Indians were off to a great start as Hima gave them the early lead. The Assam teenager was a bit slow off the blocks, but produced a superb finishing kick going into the final bend to leave the other runners behind. The other Indian runners built on the lead and claimed what turned out be a comfortable victory in the end.

In the men's 4X400m relay, the Indian quartet of Muhammed Kunhu, Dharun Ayyasamy, Muhammed Anas and Rajiv Arokia clocked a time of 3:1.85 to finish second. Qatar created a new Asian record of 3:00.56 to win the gold while Japan finished the race in 3:01.94 and bagged the bronze medal. Boasting an all African line-up, Qatar dominated the race from start to finish. The Indians were at the fourth position during the initial stages but recovered in superb fashion to take the second spot going into the final lap.

In women's discus, Seema Punia had to settle for the bronze medal. Seema registered a throw of 62.26 metres to ensure a place on the podium. China clinched the top two positions with Chen Yang (65.12m) and Feng Bin (64.25m) getting gold and silver, respectively.