India's Swapna Barman and Arpinder Singh on Wednesday won gold in women's Heptathlon and Men's Triple Jump respectively in Asian Games 2018.
The 11th day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 29, Wednesday. India, at the 8th rank, bagged a total of 54 medals so far, which include 11 Gold, 20 Silver and 23 Bronze medals.
In one of the major highlights of the day, Arpinder Singh won gold in men's triple jump. Indian sprinter Dutee Chand clinched the silver medal in women's 200m event of Asian Games. Swapna Barman clinched a gold in women's Heptathlon today taking the total number of gold medals to 11.
Indian women's squash team entered semifinals and assured itself a medal. In Boxing, Amit Panghal entered semifinals to assure himself a medal. In women's Hockey, India beat China 1-0 and secured its place in the final. It is all set to take on Japan on Friday.
Follow the live updates from Day 11:
India schedule for the day:
7.30 AM
Athletics, Women's Heptathlon Long Jump: Purnima Hembram, Swapna Barman.
Cycling Track (Medal event), Women's Omnium, Scratch Race: Manorama Devi.
7.50 AM
Cycling Track (Medal event), Men's Sprint, Qualification: Esow Esow, Ranjit Singh
8.30 AM
Bridge
- Women's Pair, Qualification Round 3 - Round 1: Aparna Sain- Feroza Chothia, Hema Deora-Marianne Karmarkar, Vasanti Shah-Bharati Dey.
- Men's Pair, Qualification Round 3 - Round 1: Pranab Bardhan-Shibhnath Sarkar, Subhas Gupta-Sapan Desai, Sumit Mukherjee-Debabrata Majumder.
Pencak Silat (Medal event), Women's Double Final: Simran Sonia
10.30 AM
Sailing, 49er Men, Race 12: Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa
12.15 PM
Boxing, Men's Light Fly (49 kg) Quarterfinals: Amit (India) vs Kim Jang Ryong (DPR Korea)
12.30 PM
Handball, Men's Handball main round Group 3 (Match 9): India vs Indonesia
Kurash (Medal event), Women's 63 kg round of 32: Binisha Biju (India) vs Koolivand Azan (Iran)
12.54 PM
Kurash (Medal event)
Men's 81 kg round of 32: Manish Tokas (India) vs Sobirov Muso (Uzbekistan), Kumal (India) vs Bayanmunkh Gaajadamba (Mongolia)
1.36 PM
Kurash, Women 63kg round of 16: Megha Tokas (India) vs TBA
1.45 PM
Boxing, Men's Middle 75kg Quarterfinals: Vikas Krishan (India) vs Tanglaitihan Tuoheta Eribieke (China)
2.15 PM
Boxing, Women's Fly 51kg Quarterfinals: Sarjubala Devi Shamjetsabam (India) vs Chang Yuan (China)
5.15 PM
Boxing, Men's Light Welter 64kg Quarterfinals: Dheeraj (India) vs Baatarsukh Chinzorig (Mongolia)
5.20 PM
Athletics (Medal event), Women's 200m Final: Dutee Chand
6.30 PM
Hockey, Women's semifinal: India vs China
6.45 PM
Athletics (Medal event), Men's 4x400m Relay (qualification): India