PALEMBANG/JAKARTA: An athlete now not old enough to seize the enormity of his feat struck gold, a seasoned however scarred professional found his silver lining and a person here for hobby accrued a bronze as shooters ruled India's medal haul within the Asian Games on Tuesday.
The 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary, son of a farmer, become the youngest Indian shooter to strike gold with a Games record of 240.7 within the 10m air pistol event in a box of Olympic and global champions, the only wherein lawyer-cum-marksman Abhishek Verma (219.3) picked up a bronze to justify his hobby in Palembang.
"I did not feel any pressure. It doesn't help," mentioned Chaudhary, a class XI pupil who picked up the sport most effective 3 years ago, when requested concerning the pageant that included global champion Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan and Jin Jong-oh from South Korea, the more than one Olympic and global champion.
Then came Sanjeev Rajput, whose life and profession was scarred via allegations of rape via a girl he was in a relationship with. The 37-year-old, together with his silver within the 50m rifle 3 positions event, continued his efforts of regaining a way of at least professional normalcy.
In commonplace cases, it could have counted for a mild unhappiness given that he led after the kneeling and susceptible rounds. But as of late, Rajput was hoping that he could secure again a role, one thing that he lost after the allegations have been made.
"I hope to get a job now. Let's see," mentioned Rajput.
At the end of day 3 of competitions, India have been placed seventh within the medals tally with 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.
A medal trickled in from the wrestling enviornment in Jakarta with Divya Kakran selecting up a bronze within the women's 68kg class.
And the maiden bronze secured in sepaktakraw the day prior to this remained just that when India lost the semifinal to powerhouse Thailand in Palembang.
Four Indian players scored a hat-trick each as the ladies's hockey team mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-Zero to notch up its 2d consecutive win.
Goals rained thick and fast within the Pool B match with as many as 10 Indians entering their names within the scoresheet.
The nation was also confident of at least four medals in wushu with all however certainly one of them reaching the semifinals.
Five Indians took the sector in numerous classes of sanda pageant and 4 received their respective events to be confident of at least a medal each.
Naorem Roshibini Devi, Santosh Kumar, Surya Bhanu Partap Singh and Narender Grewal have been the wushu players to style good fortune in Jakarta.
Dattu Baban Bhokanal certified for the boys's single sculls ultimate spherical while the boys's light-weight four team also made it to the title race within the rowing pageant.
The Indian men's and girls's kabaddi groups also secured emphatic wins in opposition to their respective fighters to qualify for the semifinals. The men's team bounced again from the surprise 23-24 defeat in opposition to South Korea to overcome Thailand 49-30 in its fourth and ultimate Group A match. It had crushed Bangladesh 50-21 and Sri Lanka 44-28 ahead of losing to South Korea.
In the ladies's pageant, India played two suits and emerged victorious in both to most sensible Group A with an all-win record and certified for the semifinals.
In the first match of the day, the Indian women's team defeated Sri Lanka 38-12 ahead of trouncing Indonesia 54-22 in its ultimate team match.
On the tennis courts of Palembang, most sensible seeds Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan breezed into the boys's doubles quarterfinals while Ankita Raina entered the closing eight of the ladies's singles.
Not to say there weren't disappointments, the most important of them being famous person gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who did not make the finals of her pet vault event, the only which brought her into nationwide limelight after a fourth position end on the Olympics. She, alternatively, made the steadiness beam finals with a seventh position within the qualifying spherical.
The heartbreak moment of the day was swimmer Virdhawal Khade lacking a medal via a centesimal of a 2d within the 50m freestyle event. Khade progressed his nationwide record however ended fourth with a timing of 22.47sec.
The Indian women's volleyball team slumped to its 2d consecutive defeat, losing Zero-3 to Vietnam in a Pool B initial match. The Indians gave a excellent battle to their fighters within the first two sets ahead of losing the come across 18-25, 22-25, 13-25 that lasted an hour and 6 minutes.
Also, the ladies's handball team's marketing campaign ended with a fourth successive defeat. India lost 19-49 to North Korea in their ultimate Group A match to bow out of the contest without locking any points.
The 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary, son of a farmer, become the youngest Indian shooter to strike gold with a Games record of 240.7 within the 10m air pistol event in a box of Olympic and global champions, the only wherein lawyer-cum-marksman Abhishek Verma (219.3) picked up a bronze to justify his hobby in Palembang.
"I did not feel any pressure. It doesn't help," mentioned Chaudhary, a class XI pupil who picked up the sport most effective 3 years ago, when requested concerning the pageant that included global champion Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan and Jin Jong-oh from South Korea, the more than one Olympic and global champion.
Then came Sanjeev Rajput, whose life and profession was scarred via allegations of rape via a girl he was in a relationship with. The 37-year-old, together with his silver within the 50m rifle 3 positions event, continued his efforts of regaining a way of at least professional normalcy.
In commonplace cases, it could have counted for a mild unhappiness given that he led after the kneeling and susceptible rounds. But as of late, Rajput was hoping that he could secure again a role, one thing that he lost after the allegations have been made.
"I hope to get a job now. Let's see," mentioned Rajput.
At the end of day 3 of competitions, India have been placed seventh within the medals tally with 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.
A medal trickled in from the wrestling enviornment in Jakarta with Divya Kakran selecting up a bronze within the women's 68kg class.
And the maiden bronze secured in sepaktakraw the day prior to this remained just that when India lost the semifinal to powerhouse Thailand in Palembang.
Four Indian players scored a hat-trick each as the ladies's hockey team mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-Zero to notch up its 2d consecutive win.
Goals rained thick and fast within the Pool B match with as many as 10 Indians entering their names within the scoresheet.
The nation was also confident of at least four medals in wushu with all however certainly one of them reaching the semifinals.
Five Indians took the sector in numerous classes of sanda pageant and 4 received their respective events to be confident of at least a medal each.
Naorem Roshibini Devi, Santosh Kumar, Surya Bhanu Partap Singh and Narender Grewal have been the wushu players to style good fortune in Jakarta.
Dattu Baban Bhokanal certified for the boys's single sculls ultimate spherical while the boys's light-weight four team also made it to the title race within the rowing pageant.
The Indian men's and girls's kabaddi groups also secured emphatic wins in opposition to their respective fighters to qualify for the semifinals. The men's team bounced again from the surprise 23-24 defeat in opposition to South Korea to overcome Thailand 49-30 in its fourth and ultimate Group A match. It had crushed Bangladesh 50-21 and Sri Lanka 44-28 ahead of losing to South Korea.
In the ladies's pageant, India played two suits and emerged victorious in both to most sensible Group A with an all-win record and certified for the semifinals.
In the first match of the day, the Indian women's team defeated Sri Lanka 38-12 ahead of trouncing Indonesia 54-22 in its ultimate team match.
On the tennis courts of Palembang, most sensible seeds Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan breezed into the boys's doubles quarterfinals while Ankita Raina entered the closing eight of the ladies's singles.
Not to say there weren't disappointments, the most important of them being famous person gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who did not make the finals of her pet vault event, the only which brought her into nationwide limelight after a fourth position end on the Olympics. She, alternatively, made the steadiness beam finals with a seventh position within the qualifying spherical.
The heartbreak moment of the day was swimmer Virdhawal Khade lacking a medal via a centesimal of a 2d within the 50m freestyle event. Khade progressed his nationwide record however ended fourth with a timing of 22.47sec.
The Indian women's volleyball team slumped to its 2d consecutive defeat, losing Zero-3 to Vietnam in a Pool B initial match. The Indians gave a excellent battle to their fighters within the first two sets ahead of losing the come across 18-25, 22-25, 13-25 that lasted an hour and 6 minutes.
Also, the ladies's handball team's marketing campaign ended with a fourth successive defeat. India lost 19-49 to North Korea in their ultimate Group A match to bow out of the contest without locking any points.
Asian Games: Shooters dominate India's medal haul on Day 3
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