With this, India is at the fourth position with 34 medals including nine gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze. 19 of these were achieved in shooting. The combination of Sarabjot Singh and Divya Tadigol also won a silver today in the 10m air pistol mixed category.
Hangzhou: India won ninth gold on the seventh day of the Asian Games. India’s Rohan Bopanna and Rituja Bhosale won gold in mixed doubles tennis. India won the gold by defeating Chinese Taipei in the final.
Despite losing the first set in a thrilling final, Bopanna and Rituja bounced back to win the gold. Score: 2 – 6 , 6 – 3 , 10 – 4 . India’s Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS won silver in the 10m air pistol mixed team event .
The Indian team lost to China in the final. India was in the lead at one stage and was the last to give up the match. This is India’s 19th medal in shooting . India secured two medals from the boxing ring.
India clinched a medal in the women’s 54 kg category of boxing.Indian young player Preeti Panwar reached the semi-finals. Preeti reached the last four by defeating Shaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan in the quarter finals. The star’s victory is 4-1 . Preeti is only 18 years old.
Meerabai Chanu, Boxer Lovelina and others are competing for gold in the Games today. India has a match against Pakistan in Pool A match of hockey. In men’s badminton, the Indian team will enter the semifinals today.
