India won the gold medal in hockey on the 13th day of the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. Indian men’s hockey team defeated Japan 5-1 in the gold medal match. India had won bronze in the 2018 Asian Games. For India, Manpreet Singh scored in the 25th minute, Harmanpreet Singh in the 32nd and 59th minutes, Amit Rohidas in the 36th minute and Abhishek scored in the 48th minute. Tanaka from Japan scored the only goal for the team in the 51st minute.
With this, India has won a total of 8 medals today including 1 gold, 2 silver and 6 bronze medals. The total medal count has reached 95.
In wrestling, after the women’s 62 KG weight category, India also got bronze in 76 KG freestyle. India’s Kiran won the bronze by defeating Mongolia’s Ganbat Ariyunjargal. On the other hand, India’s Aman won bronze in the Men’s Freestyle 57KG event. At the same time, India won the silver medal in the team final of the bridge game.
Today, the Indian men’s team had to settle for silver after losing against South Korea in the final of the recurve team event of Archery. At the same time, 21 year old Sonam Malik defeated China’s Jia Long in the bronze medal match in 62 KG weight category. Earlier, the Indian women’s team got the bronze medal after losing against Thailand in the semi-finals. After Archery Recurve Women’s Team, HS Prannoy got the bronze medal in Badminton Men’s Singles.
India’s 100 medals confirmed
India is ready to touch the 100 medal mark in the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. After winning 9 medals today, India’s medal count has increased to 95. With this, today India has confirmed its 7 medals in 4 sports. According to this, India is close to winning 100 medals.
India’s medals in these games are certain
Cricket- 1 Medal Indian cricket team has reached the final. In such a situation, a medal is certain to come in cricket.
Kabaddi – 2 medals Both Indian men’s and women’s teams have reached the finals of Kabaddi. Two medals are certain from there.
Archery- In the final of 3 medal compound men’s individual, both the players are from India, hence both gold and silver will come to India. India’s Jyoti Surekha will compete in the compound women’s individual final. Here also a medal for India is certain.
Badminton- 1 Medal: India has assured its medal by reaching the semi-finals of Men’s Doubles. India’s Satwik-Chirag pair will face the Malaysian team in the semi-finals.
today’s medals
Archery: The trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur have won the bronze medal in the recurve women’s team event. In the match for the bronze medal, India defeated Vietnam 6-2.
Badminton: In Men’s Singles, HS Prannoy suffered a 2-0 defeat against the Chinese player in the semi-finals. With this, Prannoy had to be satisfied with the bronze medal. In the Asian Games, both the players who lose in the semi-finals in badminton are given bronze medals.
Sepak Takraw: India’s women’s team won its first medal in Sepak Takraw after losing against Thailand in the Regu semi-finals. Thailand won in two consecutive games 10–21, 13–21. Sepak Takraw team won medal for the first time in Asian Games.
Archery: The first silver of the day came in the Archery men’s event. In the Indian recurve men’s team event, the Indian team of Atanu, Dheeraj and Tushar lost 3-1 against the South Korean trio.
Wrestling: Sonam won the bronze medal match of the Women’s 67 KG event. The Indian wrestler defeated Chinese opponent Long Jia 7-5.
Wrestling: In the bronze medal match of Men’s 57KG Freestyle event, India’s Aman defeated China’s Liu Minghu 11-0 in a one-sided match.
Wrestling: Kiran won bronze medal in Women’s 76 KG Freestyle Wrestling. Kiran defeated Ariyunjarga Ganbat of Mongolia 6-3.
Hockey: Indian men’s team defeated Japan 5-1 in the gold medal match.
Bridge: The Indian team lost to Hong Kong 238.1-152 in the final. India’s Raju, Ajay and Rajeshwar had to be content with silver medals.
Cricket: Men’s team reached the final
India has made it to the final of the Asian Games Men’s Cricket. Team India defeated Bangladesh by 9 wickets in the semi-finals played on Friday. India won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first after losing the toss, Bangladesh team scored 96 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.
In reply, Team India easily achieved the target by losing one wicket in 9.2 overs. Tilak Verma scored an excellent half-century. This is Tilak’s second half-century in international cricket.
5 medals came on 12th day
India performed brilliantly on the 12th day of the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. On the 12th day, India won a total of 5 medals. This includes 3 gold, 1 silver and one bronze. India now has a total of 86 medals. Which includes 21 gold. India has already left behind its all-time best performance. India gave its best performance in the 2018 Asian Games and won 70 medals, which included 16 gold.
Source: dainikbhaskarup.com
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