Wrestler Bajrang Punia, 2014 defending champion, bagged India’s first gold medal in the 65 kg Men’s Freestyle event on Day 1 (Sunday).
The first day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 19, Sunday. An Indian contingent comprising 804 athletes and officials will look to better their 2014 Incheon Games record.
India had concluded the previous edition (2014) at the eight rank with a tally of 57 medals (11 Gold, 9 Silver, 37 Bronze). China had topped the medals table with a staggering tally of 345 medals (151 gold, 109 silver, 85 Bronze), followed by South Korea with 228 medals (79 gold, 70 silver, 79 bronze) and Japan at third with 200 medals (47 gold, 77 silver, 76 bronze).
The month-long multi-sport event is being co-hosted by Indonesian cities Jakarta and Palembang.
Asia's biggest sporting extravaganza will see over 10,000 athletes from 46 nations compete to grab the bragging rights in Asia.
Updates from Day 1 as it happened:
Wushu - Men's Changquan: China's SUN Peiyuan wins the first Gold medal of the 18th Asian Games. This is China's 2900th overall medal in the history of the Asian Games. What a start! Interestingly, China was also the first to a Gold medal in the previous edition in 2014 ( held at Incheon, South Korea).
India's schedule for the day:
Women's Trap Qualification
7:00 am - Shreyasi Singh (Squad 1)
Men's Singles Sculls
8:00 am - Dattu Baban Bhokanal - Heat 2
Men's Double Sculls
8:00 am - Om Prakash/Sawarn Singh - Heat 2
Men's Trap Qualification
8:00 am - Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Squad 7)
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification
8:00 am - India (Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar)
Men's Singles Sculls
8:00 am - Dattu Baban Bhokanal - Heat 2
Men's Double Sculls
8:00 am - Om Prakash/Sawarn Singh - Heat 2
Men's Trap Qualification
8:00 am - Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Squad 7)
- Lakshay (Squad 10)
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification
8:00 am - India (Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar)
Men's Pair
8:30 am: Malkeet Singh/Gurinder Singh - Heat 1
Women's Pair
8:40 am - Sanjukta Dung/Harpreet Kaur - Heat 1
Women's Basketball Preliminary: Group A
9:00 am - Chinese Taipei vs India
Women's Double Sculls
9:10 am - Sayali Rajendra Shekale/Pooja - Heat 2
Men's Lightweight Four
10:00 am - India - Heat 2
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification
10:00 am - India (Manu Bhaker/Abhishek Verma)
Wrestling (Starts at 12:00 pm)
11:40 am - Sushil Kumar vs Adam Batirov (Men's Freestyle 74kg)
Medal Events (Shooting)
12:00 pm - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Finals
Men's Team Round of 16
1:00 pm - Maldives vs India
2:00 pm: Pawan Kumar vs Vuthy Heng (Men's Freestyle 86kg)
Handball:
3:00 pm - India vs China
3:20 pm - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Finals
Women's Hockey:
7:00 pm - India vs Indonesia