Asian Games 2018 Day 3 live updates

The third day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 21, Tuesday. 

By Zee Media Bureau | Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 21:25
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The third day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 21, Tuesday. India bag a total of 10 medals so far, which include 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat bagged India’s second gold medal in the 50 kg Women’s Freestyle event. She also became the first Indian to win a gold in Women’s wrestling. Indian Shooters continued their good form to clinch two silver medals. Shooters Deepak Kumar scored 247.7 in the 10m Air Rifle and Lakshay Sheoran finished at the second position in the Trap event with 43 points. India are currently on the eight rank with a tally of five medals ( 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze).

Earlier on Day 1 (Sunday), Wrestler Bajrang Punia, 2014 defending champion,  bagged India’s first gold medal in the 65 kg Men’s Freestyle.  He beat Japan’s Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final. Shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar opened the account for India by clinching the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event. They had scored 429.9 to finish third in the final. 

The month-long multi-sport event is being co-hosted by Indonesian cities Jakarta and Palembang. 

Follow the live updates from Day 3: 

21 August 2018, 21:17 PM

With the end of Day 3, India bag 5 medals which include 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. The total medal tally for India goes up to 10, 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.

21 August 2018, 18:57 PM

Women's Hockey: India taking on minnows Kazakhstan in their 2nd pool match, lead by 7-0.

21 August 2018, 17:33 PM

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 68 kg: Divya Kakran beats Chinese Taipei's Chen Wenling 10-0 to bag the Bronze medal in 68 kg Freestyle. 

21 August 2018, 17:05 PM

Tennis, Mixed Doubles round of 16: India's Sharan/Kamran Kaur lose 4-6, 6-3, 5-10 (tie-break) to Kazakhstan's Danilina A/Nedovyesov in the pre-quarters. 

 

21 August 2018, 17:00 PM

Tennis, Mixed Doubles round of 32: Rohan Bopanna/Ankita Raina edge past Korea's Kim N/ Lee J 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 (tie-break). The Indian mixed doubles pair advance to pre-quarters. 

21 August 2018, 16:42 PM

Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle FINAL: India's Virdhawal Khade finishes 4th with a timing of 22.47 in a tense 50m Freestyle final.

21 August 2018, 16:33 PM

Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle FINAL: India's Virdhawal Khade will compete in the 50m Freestyle final shortly. He had finished in the 3rd position (22.43s) in the heats. 

21 August 2018, 16:28 PM

Kabaddi (Men), Group A- Game 8, India vs Thailand: India beat Thailand 49-30 in their final group match. India advance to the semifinal round. 

21 August 2018, 16:14 PM

Kabaddi (Men), Group A- Game 8, India vs Thailand: India continue to dominate Thailand with an unassailable 25-point lead. Inda 41-16 Thailand!!

 

21 August 2018, 16:11 PM

Meanwhile the Indian Women's Kabaddi team top Group A and storm into the semifinals. 

21 August 2018, 15:57 PM

Kabaddi (Men), Group A- Game 8, India vs Thailand: Defending champion India off to a great start with a massive 11-point lead over Thailand. India 21-10 Thailand!

21 August 2018, 15:01 PM

Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL:  Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh bow out after finishing in 6th position with 16 points.

21 August 2018, 14:54 PM

Sepaktakraw, Team Regu (Men): India win the Bronze medal in Team Regu event after losing 0-2 to Thailand in the semi-finals. This is India's 3rd Bronze medal and their 9th overall. 

 

21 August 2018, 14:45 PM

Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL:  Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh on the brink of elimination score 8 points after 15 shots. 

 

21 August 2018, 14:42 PM

Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL:  Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh slip to the 6th position, score only 5 out of their first 10 shots. 

21 August 2018, 14:37 PM

Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL:  Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh are on the 2nd position with four points after the first five shots. 

21 August 2018, 14:34 PM

Shooting, Trap Mixed Team FINAL: India's Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh gear up to compete in the final round. They had finished in the 5th position and qualified to final with 142 points in the qualifiers. 

21 August 2018, 13:53 PM

Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg Quarterfinals: India's Manish bows out after losing 0-8 to Kazakhstan's Kesbispayev Almat in the quarters. 

21 August 2018, 13:42 PM

Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Quarterfinals: India's Gyanender goes down 0-5 against Uzbekistan's Bakhramov Islomjon in the quarters.  

21 August 2018, 13:38 PM

Tennis, Men's Doubles: India's Rohan Bopanna/Sharan Divij beat Thailand's Kadachapanan/ Trongcharoenchaik in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in the round of 16. They advance to Doubles quarterfinals!

21 August 2018, 12:56 PM

Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 68 kg Quarterfinals: India's Divya Kakran loses 1-11 to Mongolia's Sharkhuu Tumentsetseg in the quarters. 

21 August 2018, 12:51 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Silver!! Sanjeev Rajput scores 452.7 points in the final and clinches the Silver medal.

 

21 August 2018, 12:50 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput scores 442.3 points after 44 shots and assures a gold/silver medal for India. 

21 August 2018, 12:49 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput jumps to the 2nd position with 431.7 points after 43 shots. 

21 August 2018, 12:47 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput slips to the 3rd position with 411.2 points after 41 shots.

21 August 2018, 12:42 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput continues to stay on the 1st position with 355.6 points after 35 shots. 

21 August 2018, 12:41 PM

Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 1/8 finals: India's Manish gets the better of Japan's Shimoyamada Tsuchika 7-3 and enters the quarterfinal round. 

 

21 August 2018, 12:29 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput back on top with 307.1 points after first 30 shots. 

21 August 2018, 12:26 PM

Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 1/8 finals: India's Gyanender outclasses Thailand's Wiratul Piyabut 10-2 and advances to the quarterfinals. 

21 August 2018, 12:19 PM

Tennis, Women's Singles round of 16: India's Kamran Kaur goes down 6-2, 4-6, 6 (4)-7,  to Chinese Taipei's Liang En-Shuo in the round of 16. 

21 August 2018, 12:14 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput slips to the 2nd position with 151.2 points after the second round. 

21 August 2018, 12:10 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput on top with 103.0 points after the first 10 shots. 

21 August 2018, 12:05 PM

Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men FINAL: Sanjeev Rajput gears up to compete in the final round. In the qualification round, He had finished at the 7th position with 1160 points to enter the finals. 

21 August 2018, 11:51 AM

Shooting, Trap Mixed Team: India's Lakshay & Shreyasi Singh finish in the 5th position with 142 points in the qualifiers and advance to the final round. 

21 August 2018, 11:35 AM

Kabbadi (Women): Defending champion India hammer host nation Indonesia 54-22 to win their 4th successive win in group A. 

21 August 2018, 11:33 AM

Tennis, Women's Singles round of 16: Ankita Raina beats Japan's Eri Hozumi 6-1, 6-2 and advances to the quarterfinals. 

21 August 2018, 11:16 AM

Interestingly, Saurabh Chaudhary, 16, becomes the youngest to win a Gold medal (10m Air Pistol), since 2006, in the shooting event at the Asian Games. Thailand's Thanyalak Chotphibunsin, at 16 (14 days), had won the Gold in the Women's team category in 2006. Abhishek Verma won the Bronze medal in the same event as India won two medals in a particular shooting event (in Asian Games) for the first time.  

 

21 August 2018, 10:43 AM

Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: GOLD!! 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary scores 240.7 points to clinch India's 3rd gold. What an effort!! 

21 August 2018, 10:40 AM

Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: Abhishek Verma bags the bronze medal with 219.3 points. 

21 August 2018, 10:28 AM

Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: Sourabhi Chaudhary finishes on the 2nd spot after stage 1 with 101.4 points. Abhishek Verma hangs in the 4th spot with 99.4 points after the 1st round. 

21 August 2018, 10:18 AM

Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men FINAL: Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma gear up to compete in the final round.

21 August 2018, 09:47 AM

Volleyball (Women), Pool B preliminary round: India Women's Volleyball team their lose pool B match 18-25, 22-25, 13-25 to Vietnam. 

21 August 2018, 09:39 AM

Taekwondo (Women) 57 kg Quarterfinals: Kashish Malik goes down 8-17 to Korea's Ahreum Lee in the quarters.

21 August 2018, 09:29 AM

Taekwondo (Women) 57 kg round of 16: Kashish Malik outwits Malaysia's Roslan Nural Farah Alisa 28-10 and advances to the quarterfinals. 

21 August 2018, 09:21 AM

Rowing, Men's Lightweight Four Repechages: Indian team qualifies for the final round. The team of four, Bhopal Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejas Shinde and Pranay Naukarkar, finished second in the Repechages with a timing of 6:51:88. 

 

21 August 2018, 09:08 AM

Fencing, Women’s Epee Individual Event: India's Jyotika Dutta and Jas Seerat Singh qualify for the round of 32. Jyotika won four and Jas Seerat won two out of their five preliminary matches. 

 

21 August 2018, 09:00 AM

Rowing, Men's Single Sculls Repechages: Bhokanal Dattu Baban qualifies for the final round. He finished 1st in the Repechage with a timing of 7:45:71. 

 

 

21 August 2018, 08:53 AM

Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men: Double delight for India as Abhishek Verma has also qualified for the final round. He had finished 6th in the qualification stage with 580 points.   

21 August 2018, 08:51 AM

Shooting, 10m Air Pistol Men: Saurabh Chaudhary finishes 1st in the qualifiers with 586 points and storms into the final round. 

21 August 2018, 08:29 AM

Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle (Heats): India's Virdhawal Khade clocks 22.43s to finish 3rd in the heats. He has qualified for the final event.