India, at the 8th rank, have bagged a total of 59 medals so far, which include 13 Gold, 21 Silver and 25 Bronze medals.
The 12th day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 30, Thursday. India, at the 8th rank, have bagged a total of 59 medals so far, which include 13 Gold, 21 Silver and 25 Bronze medals.
India's 21-year-old Swapna Barman scripted history by winning Gold in the Women’s Heptathlon event. She became the first Indian Heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold. Swapna notched up 6026 points across the seven events in Heptathlon to finish on top.
The Athletics contingent continued their impressive form as 25-year-old Triple jumper Arpinder Singh clinched Gold with a stunning effort of 16.77m, ending India’s 48-year yellow metal drought in triple jump at the Games. Mohinder Singh Gill had jumped to Gold in the 1970 Thailand Asian Games.
Sprinter Dutee Chand clocked 23.20 seconds to grab the Silver medal in the Women’s 200m. Dutee Chand had also finished second (11.32s) in the 100m at the Games.
Earlier, Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra won a bronze medal in Table Tennis Mixed Doubles. It was India’s first-ever Asian Games podium finish in the mixed doubles.
In Hockey, the women's team edged past China 1-0, advancing to their first Games final since 1998. India, on the brink to win their second-ever Asian Games gold, take on Japan in the final. India Women’s Hockey had finished on top in the 1982 Games.
Follow the live updates from Day 12:
India's schedule for the day:
8.30 AM
Bridge
Men's Pair, Semifinal 1- Round 1: Pranab Bardhan/Shibhnath Sarkar, Subhash Gupta/Sapan Desai, Sumit Mukherjee/Debabrata Majumder.
Women's Pair, Semifinal 1- Round 1: Aparna Sain/Feroza Chothia, Marianne Karmakar
Mixed Pair, Semifinal 1- Round 1: Bachiraju Satyanaryana/Kiran Nadar, Rajeev Khandelwal/Himani Khandelwal.
8.40 AM
Canoe/Kayak Sprint (Medal event)
Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Men: Naocha Singh, Ching Ching Sing.
9.10 AM
Canoe/Kayak Sprint (Medal event)
Canoe Double (C2) 1000m Men: Gaurav Tomar, Sunil Singh.
9.20 AM
Judo, Women's 70 KG Round of 16: Garima Choudhary vs Gulnoza Matniyazova.
10.45 AM
Table Tennis, Women's Singles round of 32: Mouma Das vs Chen Szuyu.
11.00 AM
Volleyball, Men's Classification: India vs Myanmar
12.30 PM
Kurash, Women's 78 kg round of 32: Jyoti Tokas vs Meesri Prawanwit
12.36 PM
Kurash, Men's 90 kg round of 32: Danish Sharma vs Alfais Muhammad Dhifa.
12.48 PM
Kurash, Women's 78 kg round of 16: Amisha Tokas vs Nguyen Thi Lan
12.50 PM
Diving (Medal event), Men's 1m springboard Preliminary: Ramananda Sharma.
1.18 PM
Kurash, Men's 90 kg round of 16: Divesh vs TBA
4.00 PM
Hockey, Men's Semifinal: India vs Malaysia
5.10 PM
Athletics (Medal event), Women's Discus Throw: Seema Punia, Sandeep Kumari.
5.50 PM
Athletics (Medal event), Women's 1500m Final: Monika Chaudhary, Chitra Unnikrishnan.
6.05 PM
Athletics (Medal event), Men's 1500m Final: Manjit Singh, Jinson Johnson
6.30 PM
Athletics (Medal event), Men's 5000m Final: Lakshmanan Govindan
6.50 PM
Athletics (Medal event), Women's 4x400m Relay Final: India
6.45 PM
Table Tennis, Women's Singles round of 32: Manika Batra vs Komwong Nanthana