Manjit Wins 800m Gold, Recreats 36 Year Old Record!

Manjit Wins 800m Gold, Recreats 36 Year Old Record!

Jakarta: Being fifth for a majority part of the 800m Men’s Final, India’s Manjit Singh surprised everyone as he dashed ahead out of nowhere in the final 100m to bag the gold, ahead of compatriot Jinson Johnson on Tuesday, 28^th August 2018. No Indian male has won the 800m gold since Charles Borromeo in 1982 at the Games in Delhi.

Johnson, who recently broke Sriram Singh’s national record, went in as a gold medal favourite after having won his semi-final heat. Manjit, in fact, had qualified for the final as the eighth fastest runner.

When the final started, Jinson was right up there with the two leaders, Qatar’s Abubaker Abdalla and Abraham Rotich, who were favourites to win along with the Indian. The first lap was completed in less than a minute. At this point, Manjit was nowhere in the picture.

The Qataris upped the pace and tried to break away from the group once into the second lap. The two Indians were still a part of the leading group.

As the participants neared the last 100m, it was race to the finish line, and everybody wanted to outdo the other. Out of nowhere, Manjit Singh raised his game, and got into the picture and how. One would imagine that the leaders by then were running low on energy given the humidity at the venue, while Manjit still had plenty of stamina left within him at that point.

Manjit then moved into the outside lane and first ran past Rotich, then came in right parallel to Johnson, and then burst past Abdalla to run to gold out of nowhere! There could not have been a more brilliant run on the home stretch as India bagged the 800m after 1982. India last managed a 1-2 in the event for the first time since 1966 win Bhogeswar Barua and Ramaswamy Subramanian won gold-silver.

28 year old Manjit doesn’t have a permanent job yet, and has been on a contract with ONGC. His sensational gold should help improve his situation.

Bopanna-Divij Sharan clinch gold in Tennis

New Delhi: Bopanna and Sharan won the second gold of the day for India as they romped home to vistory in men’s doubles tennis on Friday, 24^th August 2018. Heena Sidhu registered a strong comeback to clinch broze in 10m air pistol women’s final.

This came after the rowers added 1 gold and 2 bronze earlier in the day. Gold followed two bronze and day 6 has got off to a blazing start for the rowers.

After a heartbreaking day 5, India finally finish on the podium with Dushyant finishing third with a time of 7:18.76.

Bhagwan Singh and Rohit Kumar then doubled the joy as they bagged bronze in men’s lightweight double sculls.

 India will also be aiming for gold medals in kabaddi and tennis on Day 6 of Asian Games 2018. The Indian women’s kabaddi team, who defeated Chinese Taipei in the semi-final, will face Iran in the summit clash.

In tennis, the men’s doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan registered a hard fought victory to enter the tennis final and on Friday, they will have a brilliant chance of adding another gold to India’s tally.

On Day 5, shooter Shardul Vihan bagged silver in Men’s Double Trap while Indian men’s kabaddi team failed to enter the final for the first time since 1990.

Earlier India Rowers team created history by winning the Gold Medal for the first time.

ಏಷ್ಯಾಡ್ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ: ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ "ಡಬ್ಬಲ್ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ' India bags Double Gold in Asiad

ಏಷ್ಯಾಡ್ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ: ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ ಡಬ್ಬಲ್ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಪದಕ

ಇಂಚೋನ್ (ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾ): ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾದ ಇಂಚೋನಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ 17ನೇ ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟದ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತ ‘ಡಬ್ಬಲ್ ಸ್ವಣ ಪದಕ’ಗಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಮಡಿಲಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಿತು.

ಭಾರತದ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ತಂಡ ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ಇರಾನಿನ ಮಹಿಳಾ ತಂಡವನ್ನು ಪರಾಭವಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಭಾರತದ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ ತಂಡವು ಸತತ ಎರಡನೇ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಏಷ್ಯಾಡ್ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಪದಕವನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಮಡಿಲಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಿತು.

31-21 ಅಂಕಗಳ ಅಂತರದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಈ ಪದಕ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಪಾಲಾಯಿತು. ದಿನದ ಆರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಮೂಲಕ ಗೆಲುವು ಪಡೆದರೆ ಬಳಿಕ ಪುರುಷರ ಮೂಲಕವೂ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ ಪಂದ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸತತ 7ನೇ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಪದಕವನ್ನು ಗೆದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿತು.

ಪುರುಷರ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ: ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ ಸತತ 7ನೇ ಏಷ್ಯಾಡ್ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ

ಇಂಚೋನ್ (ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾ): ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾದ ಇಂಚೋನಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ 17ನೇ ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದ ಪುರುಷರ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿ ತಂಡವು ಸತತ 7ನೇ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಪದಕವನ್ನು ಗೆದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿತು.

ಭಾರತದ ತಂಡವು ಬಿರುಸಿನ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯಲ್ಲಿ 27-25 ಅಂಕಗಳ ಅಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರಿ ಹೋರಾಟ ನೀಡಿದ ಇರಾನ್ ತಂಡವನ್ನು ಪರಾಭವಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಪದಕವನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಮಡಿಲಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಿತು. ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟಕ್ಕೆ 1990ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕಬಡ್ಡಿಯನ್ನು ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಲಾಗಾಯ್ತಿನಿಂದಲೂ ಭಾರತವು ಚಿನ್ನದ ಪದಕವನ್ನು ಗೆಲ್ಲುತ್ತಲೇ ಬಂದಿತ್ತು.

ಇಂಚೋನ್ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲ 20 ನಿಮಿಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 10 ಅಂಕಗಳ ಭಾರಿ ಮುನ್ನಡೆ ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ ಇರಾನ್ ಭಾರತವನ್ನು ತುದಿಗಾಲ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಲ್ಲುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿತ್ತು. ಪಂದ್ಯದ 37ನೇ ನಿಮಿಷದಲ್ಲಷ್ಟೇ ಭಾರತೀಯ ತಂಡಕ್ಕೆ ಇರಾನ್ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಮುನ್ನಡೆ ಸಾಧಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಯಿತು. 

India bags Double Gold in Asiad

Incheon: The Indian men's kabaddi team clinched its seventh successive gold medal at the Asian Games after coming from behind to beat a spirited Iran 27-25 in the summit clash here today, 3^rd October 2014. Earlier the Indian Woman's Kabaddi Team won Gold by defeating Iranian team. 

The Indian mens team, which has been winning gold ever since the sport was introduced on the Asiad roster in 1990, was given a massive scare by Iran, who had finished runners-up in the 2010 edition as well.

 The Iranians took a massive 10-point lead in the first 20 minutes before the Indians got their act together to nullify the deficit and edge past in the closing few minutes of the match. In fact, the Indians managed to take a lead only in the 37th minute of the match.