india thrash thailand in kabaddi
Incheon: Six-time champions India notched up their second successive win in the men's Kabaddi competition after thrashing Thailand 66-27 in a Group A preliminary-round match here on Monday. The Indian team, which has won all five world cups played till now, dished out another dominating show to teach the Thai players a lesson or two in Kabaddi as they surged 29-15 ahead at the break and wrapped up the match after pocketing the second half 37-12.
The Indian team registered five bonus points in each half, beside adding two and six lona points in the two halves respectively, while Thailand could manage just two bonus points at each half. India had defeated Bangladesh 30-15 yesterday to start their campaign on a positive note in Pool A, which also consists of Pakistan, runners-up at the 1998 and 2006 Games, apart from Thailand. India will take on Pakistan on Tuesday in their last league match.The Indian women's team will play against Korea in their second and final Pool A tie on Tuesday.
DISAPPOINTMENT in water sports
It turned out to be a disappointing day for the Indians in canoeing and kayaking competitions as none of them could fetch a medal despite reaching the finals in several events at the 17th Asian Games here today. Gaurav Tomar, who had topped the semifinal yesterday, found the going tough at the Hanam Misari Center as he took 4:17:389 minutes to cover 1000m in the Canoe Men's Single (C1) Final A to finish at the seventh spot. Albert Raj Selvaraj also had a disappointing outing in the Kayak men's Single K1 Final A as he finished at eighth spot after clocking 3:59.933 to cover a distance of 1000m. Ajit Kumar Sha and Raju Rawat clocked 4:00.800 to finish fifth in Canoe Double (C2) 1000m Men Final A, while the quartet of Ragina Kiro, Biju Ausha, Soniya Devi and Nanao Devi Ahongshangbam could manage a timing of 1:52.022 to sign off at the seventh spot in Kayak Four (K4) 500m Women Final A. Men's quartet of Ajit Singh, Sunny Kumar, Ramesh Golli, Chingching Singh Arambam also were lacklustre in their performance as they ended in the eighth spot, ahead of only bottom-placed Singapore, after clocking 3:15.291 in Kayak Four (K4) 1000m Men Final A. In Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women Final A, Ragina Kiro and Nanao Devi clocked 1:55.351 to languish at the bottom.
sAIlING PUT OFF DUE TO WEATHER
Rain played spoilsport today as it affect the Asian Games yachting competition here and all the races, barring some in the match racing category, scheduled for today at the Wangsan Sailing Marina have been postponed. All those races will now take place tomorrow. “The races were cancelled today because of rains and no wind. The 11th race will be held on Tuesday along with the last one in most categories that India is participating in. If there are any issues tomorrow, they will be held on October 1," team manager Cdr. K D Singh said.
MIXED lUCK AT SEPAKTATRAW
Indian men's Sepaktakraw team registered a comprehensive straight-game win over Brunei and Nepal but their women counterparts sunk against Indonesia in preliminary round matches of the 17th Asian Games here today. The Indian team took just 38 minutes to see off the challenge from Brunei 21-12 21-15 in men's regu preliminary group B match early in the day before getting a 2-0 result in their favour after Nepal did not start the match, here at Bucheon Gymnasium. With two wins from as many matches, the Indian men are now placed at the top of the group, while Korea is second. However, the women's team went down in a little over half an hour as their fight was crushed 12-21 13-21 by Indonesian eves in a Women's Regu preliminary Group A match. Indian eves are placed at the bottom of Group A, which also comprises China and laos, besides Indonesia.
tt not too good, not bad either
The Indian table tennis players had a bitter-sweet day in the Asian Games today as the mixed doubles team of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak crashed out while the women's doubles team got the better of arch-rivals Pakistan in a round-of-32 match, here. Star paddler Sharath Kamal and Poulomi lost to the Thai duo of Padasak Tanviriyavechakul and Suthasiniin Sawettabut 6-11 9-11 14-16 in a round-of-32 match at the Suwon Gymnasium. West Bengal ace Poulomi then combined with Ankita Das to thrash the Pakistani pair of Shabnam Bilal and Rahila Kashif 11-5 11-1 11-7 in just 12 minutes. The India duo of Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj and Madhurika Suhas Patkar got past the Mongolian pair of Munkh Orgil Batbayar and Enkhjin Barkhas 12-10 11-3 11-6 to enter the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals. In the women's singles, Ankita humbled Menwah Alshammari of Kuwait 11-4 11-9 11-3 11-9 in a best-of-seven clash to move into the round-of-32. In the final outing of the day for Indian paddlers, Neha Aggarwal, prided to be the only female table tennis player to represent the nation in Olympics — 2008 Beijing Games, combined with Madhurika to make it to the last-16. The Neha-Madhurika duo eased past Aishath Nisa and Aminath Shiura Shareef of Maldives 11-3 11-6 11-2 in the round-of-32 clash in a well fought match witnessed by many.
indian cagers in 5th play-off
Indian women cagers set up 5th place play-off with Kazakhstan. After a disappointing few days for Indian basketball, the women cagers finally had reason to smile after they beat Mongolia to set up a fifth-place play-off against Kazakhstan in the 17th Asian Games here today. Playing for pride at the Hwaseong Sports Complex Gymnasium, the women's team outplayed its Mongolian counterpart 68-50 after taking a lead from the first quarter itself. The Smruthi Radhakrishan-led side covered all bases from the start and kept increasing the lead as they progressed. Indian coach Francisco Javier Garcia Alvarez was seen celebrating the win with assistant Divya Singh but a tougher test lies ahead. In an earlier match at the Samsan World Gymnasium, Kazakhstan got past Thailand 62-49 after trailing in the first quarter. Thailand and Mongolia will clash in the 7th-place play-off. The Indian men's team had crashed out of the Asiad after losing to Iran in a preliminary round match on Wednesday. It was a tough game but the cagers played with full grit and determination. It has been one of India’s worse performances when it comes to basketball in Incheon.