Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy created history by becoming the first-ever Indians to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. They defeated South Korea’s Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho 21-18, 21-16 in the final. Meanwhile, marred by controversy, the Men’s Kabaddi team clinched the gold medal after defeating Iran. Indian Men’s cricket team also won the gold medal. In Wrestling, Deepak Punia had to settle for silver.
Earlier, the nation’s Women’s Kabaddi team made the mark even more special by bagging the gold medal. They defeated Chinese Taipei 26-25 in a thrilling encounter. Archers Ojas Pravin and Jyothi Surekha Vennam also won the Individual titles in their respective compound archery events. India’s 17-year old Archer Aditi Swami meanwhile won the bronze medal in the same event, while Abhishek Verma settled for silver. With this India have 103 medals from this edition of the Asian Games.
Oct 7 India Schedule at Asian Games
Archery
Women’s Compound Individual Bronze Match
- Aditi Swami BEAT Ratih Fadhly – 146-140
Women’s Compound Individual Gold Match
- Jyothi Surekha BEAT Chaewon So – 149-145
Men’s Compound Individual Gold Match
- Ojas Pravin BEAT Abhishek Verma – 149-147
Kabaddi
Women Final
India BEAT Chinese Taipei 26-25
India vs Iran – 12.30 PM
Cricket
India vs Afghanistan Final – 11.30 am IST
Badminton
Men’s Doubles Final – 2.00 pm IST
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Chess
Men’s Team Round 9 – 12.30 pm IST
Women’s Team Round 9 – 12.30 pm IST
Hockey
India women vs Japan 3rd-4th Classification – 1.30 pm IST
Ju-Jitsu
Men’s -85kg Elimination Round of 32 – Maheshwar Uma Reddy, Amarjeet Singh – 6.30 am IST
Women’s -63kg Elimination Round of 16 – Kiran Kumari After 6.30 am IST
Soft Tennis
Women’s Singles Quarter-Finals – 7.30 am IST
Men’s Singles Second Stage – 7.30 am IST
Volleyball
India women vs Hong Kong 9th-10th Classification – 8.00 am IST
Wrestling
Men
74kg 1/8 Final – After 7.30 am IST
86kg Qualification Round – After 7.30 am IST
97kg 1/8 Final – After 7.30 am IST
125kg 1/8 Final – After 7.30 am IST
Canoe Slalom
Men’s Kayak Semi-final – 6.55 am IST
Sport Climbing
Women’s Boulder and Lead Semi-final – Boulder – 6.30 am IST
Women’s Boulder and Lead Semi-final – Lead – 10.50 am IST
