Wed, Nov 24 10 07:52 PM
S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 24 (PTI) Tarundeep Rai clinched a historic silver medal in archery while star boxer Vijender Singh and three of his colleagues stormed into the men''s boxing finals as India slipped to the tenth position on the 12th day of competitions in the 16th Asian Games here today. 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 six bronze medals coming India''s way. But the failure to win a gold resulted in India going down by two rungs to tenth position on the medals table. The women''s men and women''s squash teams, woman boxers Mary Kom, Kavita Goyat and pugilists Suranjoy Singh and Paramjeet Samota accounted for the bronze medals. With the addition of seven more medals, India''s medal haul went up to seven gold, 13 silver and 26 bronze. India had finished tenth on the medal rostrum in the last edition of the Games in Doha. China maintained their supremacy atop the medals table with a stunning haul of 172-92-86 while South Korea (71-59-81) and Japan (36-66-74) were in the second and third position respectively. After the heart-breaking defeat of the men''s hockey team yesterday, the women''s hockey team added to the gloom by finishing a disappointing fourth in the bronze medal play-off match, going down to Japan 0-1 via golden goal. India, who claimed the bronze four years ago in Doha, were buried by Keiko Manabe''s 78th minute golden goal after both the sides failed to break the deadlock in regulation time. It was a mixed day for Indian boxers with four of them managing to storm into the finals and two of them losing their semi-final bouts. But Mary Kom''s defeat in women''s semi-final came as a huge disappointment for the Indian contingent. Vijender outpunched Iran''s Mohammad Sattapour to cruise into the finals and keep himself on course for a gold medal in the 75 kg category. Manpreet Singh also moved into the finals in 91 kg. 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. More PTI SSR MRM
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