Asian Games 2018 - India's Day 13 wrap up

Asian Games 2018 - India's Day 13 wrap up

India women’s hockey team couldn’t add to the medal tally of 13 golds at the 18th Asian Games on Day 13 (Friday) but did contribute with a silver medal. That carried India’s medal tally to 65 medals – 13 gold, 23 silver and 29 bronze which places India at eighth in the medal’s tally of the Asian Games

India clinched three medals in sailing. Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar bagged the silver medal in 49er FX women’s event, while Harshita Tomar claimed bronze in the Open Laser 4.7. Varun Thakkar Ashok and Chengappa Ganapathy Kelapanda then added another bronze in the 49er men’s event.

In boxing, Vikas Krishan had to unfortunately make do with a bronze medal in the 75kg boxing category. He was declared medically unfit to fight his semifinal bout due to a cut on his left eyelid sustained in the previous round. Also in the ring, Amit Panghal progressed to the final of the 49kg category following a 3-2 split decision in his favour during the semi-final

In squash, the seasoned pairing of Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu lost their matches to go down 0-2 to Hong Kong in the semi-finals. Joshna Chinappa created quite some noise following her win over eight-time world and five-time Asian Games champion Nicol David of Malaysia to ensure win for India in women’s team semifinals.

n table tennis, India’s campaign ended with historic two bronze medals. On Day 13 of the Asian Games, none of the paddlers could add to the tally achieved on Thursday. The men’s team and mixed team bronze make up for what has arguably been the story of the Games for India. Sathiyan G, Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra all lost in the Round of 16 in singles.

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