Expelled for theft
Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita has been Expelled from the Asian Games after he admitted stealing a photojournalist's Camera at the Incheon pool. Tomita, 25, was questioned by police over the incident and has apologised, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) said, calling it a “very serious violation” of its code of conduct. “The Japanese Olympic Committee recognises the serious misbehaviour of Naoya Tomita and decided to expel him from the delegation,” a JOC statement said. “He apologised to us. We called an emergency, top delegates official meeting and decided the most appropriate decision was to expel him,” the JOC said.
Reward for Varman
bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh scholarship to bronze medal (team event) winner from the State, Varsha Varman to pursue her Olympic goals. The 19-year-old double trap shooter from Bhopal, Varman won the bronze in women's double trap shooting event at the ongoing Incheon Asian Games in South Korea, becoming the first sportsperson from the State to achieve the feat at the Asiad.
3 nepalese athletes vanish
Three Nepalese athletes have disappeared from the Asian Games athletes' village this week in an apparent attempt to find jobs, police said. One male Nepalese Sepak Takraw competitor failed to show up when his team flew home from Incheon on September 24. Two Wushu players crept out of the athletes' village early Thursday. CCTV footage showed the two Wushu players walking out of the village in the dark with their bags. “We have asked Nepalese workers and local companies hiring immigrant workers to help find the three,” senior inspector at Incheon police.
India lose in volleyball
Indian women spikers went down to a formidable Chinese side in straight games in the women's quarterfinal match of the volleyball competition, to bow out of the Asian Games. The Indian eves lost 3-0 (25-11 25-12 25-10) against their more fancied opponents in a contest that lasted 54 minutes at Songnim Gymnasium. For India, Rekha S was the top-scorer with seven points. She earned all seven from spike.
Kayakers make a mark
The Indian kayaking and canoeing team also made its presence felt after a host of national kayakers, including Albert Raj Selvaraj, made it to the semi-finals of the singles and team events. Selvaraj was good in the 1000m men's heat as he covered the distance in 15.306 minutes to make the final-four of the kayak single. Gaurav Tomar also kept himself in the running as he qualified for the semi-finals of the Canoe single, clocking 17.160 minutes in the 1000m heat. The women also did not disappoint as Biju Anusha made it to the Kayak single semi-finals after clocking 16.063 minutes in 500m heat. Ragina and Nanao impressed in the kayak double 500m.
Men wrestlers lose
It was curtains for men's freestyle wrestlers as both Amit Kumar and Parveen Rana lost in the Round of 16 to their respective Japanese opponents at the Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday. Much was expected of CWG gold medalist Amit Kumar, but he was off-colour against Fumitaka Morishita, going down 1-3 in 57kg category.Praveen was beaten by Takafumi Kojima with an identical scoreline in 70kg division. In 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, India had won just three bronze in wrestling.
India 4th in golf
The Indian men's golf team kept alive its chances of a medal for the fourth time in a row at the Asian Games, as it leapt to tied fourth with one more round to go in the 17th edition. The Indian team comprising Manu Gandas (71-69-68), Udayan Mane (70-66-72), Feroz Garewal (70-73-69) and Samarth Dwivedi (71-73-75) were tied 4th with China.
Sailing medal in pipeline
Indian sailors Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan placed themselves in medal contention as they occupied fourth with two races to go in the 29th Women's Two Person Dinghy event at the Asian Games here on Saturday. Varsha and Aishwarya finished third and fourth in the ninth and 10th races today to be at fourth with 11th and 12th races to go. In fact, the Indian duo was at second spot after the ninth race but fell back to fourth.