Today was the best day for India at the Asian Games as they crossed the 50 Medals mark today. Athletics was the major contributor in this performance. India will look to continue the momentum going into the second week of the Asian Games. The target is 100 Medals in total at these Asian Games.
Let’s look at the Results for the Asian Games Day 8 for India
India win Silver Medal in Men’s Badminton Team Event
India win the Silver Medal in the Men’s Team Badminton Event for the first time ever. Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun played very well
Jyothi Yarraji wins Silver Medal in Women’s 100M Hurdles Final
Jyothi Yarraji had to overcome the odds and bad officiating to win the Silver Medal in the Women’s 100M Hurdles Final. She had a timing of 12:91 seconds.
Seema Punia wins Bronze Medal in Women’s Discuss Throw
Seema Punia wins the Bronze Medal in the Women’s Discuss Throw event with a throw of 58.42M. She is getting better with age
Nandini Agasara wins Bronze Medal in Women’s Heptathalon
Nandini Agasara wins the Bronze Medal in the Women’s Heptathalon with a total of 5712 Points. This is her first Asian Games Medal
Murali Sreeshankar wins Silver Medal in Men’s Long Jump Final
Murali Sreeshankar wins the Silver Medal in the Men’s Long Jump Final with a jump of 8.19M which was just 0.3 behind the Gold. This is his first medal at the Asian Games
Harmilan Bains wins Silver Medal in Women’s 1500M Final
Harmilan Bains wins the Silver Medal in the Women’s 1500M Final and this is her first medal at the Asian Games.
Ajay Kumar Saroj wins Silver Medal in Men’s 1500M Final
Ajay Kumar Saroj ran the race of his life and he won the Silver Medal in the Men’s 1500M Final. This Is his first Asian Games Medal.
Jinson Johnson wins Bronze Medal in Men’s 1500M Final
The defending champion Jinson Johnson wins the Bronze Medal in the Men’s 1500M Final. He would be disappointed missing out on Gold.
Tajinder pal Singh Toor wins Gold Medal in Men’s Shot Put Final
Tajinder pal Singh Toor wins the Gold medal in Men’s Shot Put with a throw of 20.36M and he defended his title. He won It in his last attempt.
Avinash Sable wins Gold Medal in the Men’s 3000M Steeplechase Final
Avinash Sable comfortably wins the Men’s 3000M Steeplechase Final with an Asian Games Record of 8:19:50. This is his first Asian Games Gold Medal.
Nikhat Zareen wins Bronze Medal in Women’s 50 KG Boxing Event
Nikhat Zareen shockingly lost her semi final bout and she wins the Bronze medal in Boxing. Hope she gets better for Paris Olympics next year.
Kynan Chenai wins Bronze Medal in Men’s Trap Shooting Event
Kynan Chenai wins the Bronze Medal in the Men’s Trap Shooting Event and this was the best shooting performance for India at the Asian Games with 22 medals.
Parveen Hooda reaches Semi final of Women’s 57 KG Boxing
Parveen Hooda reached the semi final of the Women’s 57 KG Boxing event and she also secured the quota for the Paris Olympics next year.
India win Gold Medal in Men’s Team Trap Shooting Event
The Indian team of Tondaiman PR, Kynan Chenai and Zoravar Singh Sandhu win the Gold medal in the Men’s Trap Shooting Event. This was the last Gold medal for India in Shooting.
India win Silver Medal in Women’s Team Trap Shooting Event
The Indian team of Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak and Rajeshwari Kumari win the Silver Medal in the Women’s Team Trap Shooting Event. They made India proud.
Aditi Ashok wins Silver Medal in Women’s Individual Golf
Aditi Ashok became the first woman to win a medal in the Women’s Individual Golf Event. She could have won Gold but she had a bad fourth day in the golf course.
