Asian Games 2010 Day 12: India add 6 more medals
By Victor D’Souza, Doha
From various sources
Bellevision Media Network
Wednesday, 24 November 2010: Tarundeep Rai clinched a historic silver medal in archery while teen sensation Vikas Krishan (60kg) and Dinesh Kumar (81kg) stormed into the men`s boxing finals as India bagged six medals on the 12th day of competitions in the 16th Asian Games on Wednesday. With the addition of six more medals, India`s medal haul went up to seven gold, 13 silver and 26 bronze.
Tarundeep had his moment of glory as he became the first Indian archer to win a medal in the men`s individual event on a day which saw as many as five bronze medals coming India`s way. The women`s men and women`s squash teams, woman boxer Kavita Goyat and pugilists Suranjoy Singh and Paramjeet Samota were among the bronze medals winners.
A listless India finished a disappointing fourth in the women`s hockey event of the Asian Games after going down to Japan 0-1 via golden goal in the bronze medal play-off match. It was a mixed opening session for the Indian boxers with two of them managing to storm into the finals and two of them losing their semi-final bouts. The 18-year-old Vikas outwitted Uzbekistan`s Hurshid Tojibaev 7-0 to make the finals where he would be facing China`s Qing Hu.
Dinesh also had little trouble in dispatching Nepal`s Deepak Maharjan 7-1 and set up a final clash against Uzbekistan`s Elshod Rasulov. However, Commonwealth Games gold medallists Suranjoy Singh (51kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) had to be content with bronze medals after losing in the semifinals in contrasting fashion.
While Suranjoy lost 5-6 to China`s Chang Yong in a thriller-of-a-contest, Samota was all at sea against Zhilei Zhang before the referee stopped the contest midway through the third round and awarded the bout to the home favourite. Indian woman boxer Kavita Goyat (75kg) lost to China`s Jinzi Li in the semfinals and settled for a bronze medal. Kavita went down 1-5 to Li at the Foshan Gymnasium.
In squash, the women`s team settled for a bronze medal in the Asian Games after slumping to a 0-2 defeat at the hands of favourites Malaysia in the semifinals on Wednesday. The men`s squash team also had to be content with the bronze after going down to arch rivals Pakistan 0-2 in the semi-final.
Indian skeet shooters signed off their Asian Games campaign without a medal after finishing seventh in the men`s team event and failing to qualify for the individual competition. Indian men got the better of Qatar for the second time in the volleyball competition by beating them in straight sets during the 5-8 placements round at the Guangyao Gymnasium.
Medals Tally
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
China |
173 |
93 |
86 |
352 |
South Korea |
71 |
59 |
81 |
211 |
Japan |
36 |
66 |
74 |
176 |
Iran |
16 |
10 |
18 |
44 |
Chinese Taipei |
12 |
12 |
33 |
57 |
Thailand |
9 |
7 |
30 |
46 |
Hong Kong |
8 |
14 |
15 |
37 |
Malaysia |
8 |
14 |
11 |
33 |
Kazakhstan |
7 |
14 |
31 |
52 |
India |
7 |
13 |
26 |
46 |