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Teen sensation Hima Das set a ''' national record ''' in the women’s 400m as she qualified for the final on Saturday. She clocked 51 seconds in the semifinals and finished second behind Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, who set a Games record at 50.86s. | Teen sensation Hima Das set a ''' national record ''' in the women’s 400m as she qualified for the final on Saturday. She clocked 51 seconds in the semifinals and finished second behind Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, who set a Games record at 50.86s. | ||
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==Other results== | ==Other results== |
Revision as of 10:24, 27 August 2018
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Archery
Compound archery
The Indian compound archery teams qualified second in men’s, women’s and mixed categories. The World No. 1 women’s team tallied 2085 points behind Korea. The men’s team scored 2087 and finished behind Korea who topped with 2116 points.In the mixed category, Abhishek Verma and Jyoti Sureka Vennam scored 1409 points to be placed second after Korea who scored 1412.
Other results
Deepika, Atanu exit from recurve mixed event, August 25, 2018: The Hindu

Photo: PTI
From: Deepika, Atanu exit from recurve mixed event, August 25, 2018: The Hindu
Lose to lower-ranked Mongolia in a shoot-out
India’s struggling recurve archers were in for more shock with Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das suffering an upset defeat at the hands of lower-ranked Mongolia in the Asian Games here via shootout. The 4-5 loss in the mixed team quarterfinals left the Indian squad shell-shocked as Deepika yet again floundered in pressure situation, finding a seven in the second shot of the shoot-off, which led to their ouster. Meanwhile, India’s compound team of Abhishek Verma and Jyoti Surekaha moved to the quarterfinal with a 155-147 win over Iraq’s Fatima Saad Mahmood and Eshaq Ibrahim Mohammed. They will next take on Iran.
Athletics
Women’s 400m
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August 25, 2018: The Times of India
HIMA SETS NATIONAL MARK
Teen sensation Hima Das set a national record in the women’s 400m as she qualified for the final on Saturday. She clocked 51 seconds in the semifinals and finished second behind Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, who set a Games record at 50.86s.
Hima bettered the earlier national record set by Manjeet Kaur, in 2004, by 0.05 seconds.
Other results
Also qualifying for the 400m final was Nirmala Sheoran, who stood fourth overall with a timing of 54.09s.
National champion Dutee Chand, competing in her first big event after winning her gender case at the CAS, qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 100m with a timing of 11.38s on August 25, 2018.
Asian champion Mohammed Anas qualified for the men’s 400m final with a timing of 45.30s. Arokia Rajiv also joined him there by clocking 46.08 in the semifinals. Earlier Chetan Balasubramanya qualified for the final of high jump by clearing 2.15m. Making to the final of long jump was Sreeshankar with an effort of 7.83m, which was fourth best of the day. However, there was disappointment for Sarita Romit Singh, who finished fifth in the hammer throw after clearing a distance of 62.03m.
In the women 10,000m, Suriya Loganathan (32:42.08) and Sanjivani Baburao (33:13.06) faded towards the end to finish sixth and ninth respectively.
Badminton
Knocked out in team quarterfinals
Biswajyoti Brahma, Shuttlers knocked out in team quarterfinals, August 21, 2018: The Times of India
PV Sindhu won her match but the rest faltered as the Indian shuttlers failed to put it across Japan and crashed out in the women’s team quarterfinals at the Asian Games. The Indian men’s team did no better, going down to Indonesia in the team quarterfinals later in the day.
Sindhu gave India a winning start in the first singles, beating Akane Yamaguchi in straight games in 44 minutes. The Indian, who enjoyed a 7-4 head-to-head advantage over the Japanese going into the match, was tested by her rival but she used her experience to prevail in the contest 21-18, 21-19.
India wasted the lead in the next match itself when their doubles pair of N Sikki Reddy and Arathi Sara Sunil went down tamely in the doubles 15-21, 6-21 in 34 minutes against Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.
All hopes then rested on veteran Saina Nehwal to regain India’s lead, but she failed to deliver. After losing the first game in the match against Nozomi Okuhara 11-21, Sania made a spirited comeback taking the second game 25-23. But her rival ran away with the match in 71 minutes by taking the third game 21-16.
This was Saina’s second straight loss against Okuhara, who had beaten the Indian in the World Championships last year.
Sindhu later tied up with Ashwini Ponnappa in the fourth match, but failed to do much as Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi wrapped it up 21-13, 21-12 to dash India’s hopes. “They had a strong defence and had prepared well for this match. We tried hard, but it did not work out for us,” Sindhu said.
The men’s team also faced a similar fate as they went down against Indonesia 1-3, with HS Pannoy registering the lone victory for the Indians.
The Indians were caught on the wrong foot when their No. 1 player Kidambi Srikanth was stunned by Anthony Sinsuka 21-23, 22-20, 10-21 in just over an hour. The Indians failed to recover from that setback. They lost the next match, a doubles contest, by three games.
Prannoy delayed the inevitable by winning his tie against Jonatan Christie 21-15, 19-21, 21-19 but Indonesia sealed the issue by winning the doubles match that followed.
Bridge
The team
Sometimes listening to your doctor’s poker-faced advice is the best hand you can play. Just ask Finton Lewis.
Told to “simply waste your time” four years ago by his doctor, Lewis did just that – or probably, completely misread the message. Today, that sage advice has led to one of the most interesting stories at the Asian Games here at Jakarta.
Lewis, a retired 64-year-old school teacher from Mumbai had just recovered from colon cancer and his doctor advised him to “enjoy life to the fullest”. Not really sure what to do, the lover of mathematics turned to a deck of cards, and a sport that his brother had introduced him to nearly four decades earlier. That was it and at 64, a potential Asian Games medal winner was taking shape.
As the bridge event got underway at the Asian Games here on Tuesday, Lewis could not be blamed for concealing a quiet chuckle as he peered over his cards. “What a fantastic way to waste your time,” he must have thought.
Bridge was the Sudoku of a time before the 1990s. Till the advent of online games at the turn of the century, bridge was what your fathers played after officehours and you secretly wished you could learn, and join.
Today, Lewis and Team India are hoping to take bridge back into the mainstream here at Jakarta. A podium finish, a medal around their necks wouldn’t hurt either.
Lewis is part of an eclectic 24-strong Indian mix at Jakarta. The wife of a former union minister and a few septuagenarians are part of the group.
At 79, Rita Choksi is the oldest member of the Indian contingent, and is the ‘elder’ in a squad with an average age of well over 50. Three years Rita’s junior, 76-year-old Vasanti Shah has problem moving around, but that doesn’t deter her from giving her best in India’s bid at the Asiad.
Hema Deora, 67, is the wife of former petroleum minister Murali Deora, while among the ‘younger’ lot, the dashing Jaggy Shivdasani (60) wants to inspire youngsters to break his 42-yearold national record in the sport. 48-year-old Himani Khandelwal and husband Rajeev Khandelwal
(54) are simply happy to soak in the indescribable” feeling of representing India.
The players see the Jakarta experience as an opportunity to drive home the message that bridge is a mind sport and not just another a card game.
Most players rued the fact that India is not producing enough young bridge players unlike in countries in Europe or like China and Singapore.
“For many in India, bridge is cards and cards means gambling,” Shivdasani told TOI on Tuesday, “But in reality, it’s not so and that perception needs to change,” he said.
“There is a need to make youngsters aware of this sport and the governments should promote it,” said Hema Deora, who sponsors several teams in different bridge competitions.
Vasanti Shah said she played bridge since it helped her stay alert. “It’s a passion for me. I picked it up quite early from my father, and I can feel the difference it can make to me even at this age. It helps me stay alert.”
Lewis says he’s saddened to see limited knowledge of the game in the country. “I would love to see the game grow. Right now, the spectator interest is very low,” he lamented.
Shivdasani is the current record holder in Indian bridge, being the youngest-ever national winner at 18 years. “I was a teenager when I won the national championship. Even after 42 years, that record stands. I would love for it to be broken,” he said.
Gymnastics
‘Injured’ Dipa misses vault final

From: Biswajyoti Brahma, ‘Injured’ Dipa misses vault final, pulls out of team final, August 22, 2018: The Times of India
But Gymnast Will Take Part In Beam Final
Dipa Karmakar, who made an appearance in a multi-discipline event for the first time in two years, has pulled out of Wednesday’s women’s team final at the Asian Games after hurting her knee. Dipa hurt her right knee, on which she had undergone surgery for an injury, while landing during a practice session ahead of her participation in the women’s qualification for team and apparatus finals.
The injury did not allow the Indian to give her all in events on August 21, 2018 and she failed to qualify for the individual final in vault. Instead, her compatriots Budda Aruna Reddy and Pranati Nayak made the grade along with the team. The Tripura girl made it to the final in the individual beam event — not her forte — and will take part in that.
Hockey
August 21, 2018: The Times of India
The Indian hockey team started its campaign at the Asian Games on Monday here with a 17-0 mauling of hosts Indonesia in a Pool A men’s hockey match as the defending champions chose the contest to test their preparedness for tougher matches. India pumped in goals at will against the hapless hosts with Dilpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh and Simranjeet Singh scoring three apiece. Coach Harendra Singh later said the match helped India get used to the playing conditions in the tournament. “The score does not matter in this match as it was not about how many goals we scored. It helped us to read the pitch and the conditions. We also experimented with our game through
Men
August 21, 2018: The Times of India
The Indian hockey team started its campaign at the Asian Games on Monday here with a 17-0 mauling of hosts Indonesia in a Pool A men’s hockey match as the defending champions chose the contest to test their preparedness for tougher matches.
India pumped in goals at will against the hapless hosts with Dilpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh and Simranjeet Singh scoring three apiece
Women
August 22, 2018: The Times of India
A ruthless Indian women's hockey team today mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-0 to notch up their second biggest win at the Asian Games here. Goals rained thick and fast in the Pool B match at the GBK Hockey Field with as many as 10 Indians out of 18, who took the field, entering their names in the scoresheet.
The Indians scored almost at will against the hapless Kazakhstan team but the scoreline missed their all-time Asian Games record of 22-0 by a goal. The Indian women's team had beaten Hong Kong 22-0 in the 1982 Asiad. Drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur, who had also scored a hat-trick in India's 8-0 thrashing of Indonesia in their opening match, top-scored again with four goals in the eighth, 36th, 44th and 52nd minutes.
Lalremsiami (9th, 19th, 29th), Navneet Kaur (11th, 12th and 49th) and Vandana Katariya (29th, 37th and 52nd) were the other three hat-trick scorers. Navjot Kaur (16th and 54th), Lilima Minz (38th and 44th), Neha Goyal (10th), Udita (34th), Deep Grace Ekka (43rd) and Monika (55th) were the other goal scorers for India in the completely lop-sided match with Kazakhstan defending all through.
India, who had won a bronze in the 2014 Asian Games, are currently ranked ninth while Kazakhstan are 34th in the latest FIH chart. India is the highest ranked team in the competition.
Kabaddi
August 22, 2018: The Times of India
The Indian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams secured emphatic wins to qualify for the semifinals of the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The men’s team, a seven-time goldmedallist, bounced back from the shock 23-24 defeat against South Korea to beat Thailand 49-30 in their fourth and final Group A match. They had beaten Bangladesh 50-21 and Sri Lanka 44-28 before losing to South Korea. In the women’s competition, India played two matches and emerged victorious in both to top Group A with an all-win record to qualify for the semifinals.
Rowing
Men’s quadruple sculls
August 20, 2018: The Times of India
Dushyant and men’s quadruple sculls team in finals:
Dushyant Chauhan and the Indian men's quadruple sculls team finished first in their respective heats to reach the finals of the rowing competition here on Monday. Dushyant clocked 7:43.08 to emerge the fastest in heat 1 and second overall behind South Korea's Hyunsu Park, who recorded 7:22.08. Starting off in lane 4, the quartet of Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh qualified comfortably for the final, clocking 6:15.18 seconds. They finished the fastest overall.
Sepak takraw
August 20, 2018: The Times of India
India were assured of a maiden Asian Games medal in sepak takraw by progressing to the semifinals with a win over Iran, here. India defeated Iran 21-16, 19-21, 21- 17 in the first match to make a winning start to their campaign. They, however, lost to Indonesia 0-3 in the second match in men’s team Regu (team competition) Preliminary Group B but advanced to the last-four stage to be guaranteed of at least a bronze.
India secure historic bronze
August 22, 2018: The Times of India
It was a ‘victory in defeat’ for the Indian men’s sepaktakraw team which settled for its maiden Asian Games bronze medal after being beaten by a formidable Thailand in the semifinals here on Tuesday. The Indian men’s regu team lost to Thailand 0-2 but picked up a bronze as both the losing semifinalists are also awarded a medal.
Sepaktakraw, which directly translates to kick the ball, has been part of the Games program since 1990. India has participated since the 2006 edition and is slowly catching with the South East Asian countries, where the sport has a huge following. Thailand has won a whopping 22 gold medals at the Games and Myanmar is a distant second in the list with five gold.
The Indian team was training in Thailand for the past two months and that made a huge difference, according to chief coach Hem Raj. “The only way is up for these boys. The government has put us in the priority sport list and we will continue to repay their faith with good performances,” an ecstatic Raj said.
Eight of the 12 members of the squad are from Manipur and the rest from Delhi. The sport is quite popular in Manipur, primarily because of its proximity to Myanmar. “Yes, that is how the sport became so popular in Manipur. It is close to Myanmar and it has always been easy to source equipments from there. Now we use synthetic balls but back in the day, we used to get balls made of bamboo. That was the traditional way of playing the sport,” said another team official Muhindro Singh Thokchom.
Football is also popular in the Northeast and that is another reason why most India players are coming from that region, including captain Niken Singh and Alaksh Yumnam, the acrobatic striker who earlier used to play the ‘beautiful game’. “Compared to people from the other parts of India, people from Manipur pick up the sport faster. They are naturally agile and very skilful with their feet. But slowly the game is getting popular in other parts of the country too,” added Thokchom.
The men’s team is not done yet and promises another medal in regu. The women’s team failed to win a medal but they too are improving fast.
Shooting
Air pistol 10m
Biswajyoti Brahma & Ishita Bhatia, August 22, 2018: The Times of India

From: Biswajyoti Brahma & Ishita Bhatia, August 22, 2018: The Times of India

From: Biswajyoti Brahma & Ishita Bhatia, August 22, 2018: The Times of India
Chaudhary’s gold came after a thrilling contest with a former world champion — Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsuda — who dominated the final and led all the way till the penultimate shot. After an average start in the final, during which he came up with three straight sub-10 shots, the Indian shot 10-plus scores consistently to bridge the gap between him and the leader.
Chaudhary, who began the final 1.9 points behind the Japanese, brought the difference down to just 0.4 before the final two shots.
An 8.9 at a crucial juncture by the Japanese handed the lead to the Indian who closed the contest with shots of 10.2 and 10.4. Matsuda’s 10.3 in the final shot had no impact on the outcome as the Japanese finished one point behind to take silver. London Olympic gold medallist Jin Jongoh of South Korea finished fifth.
Another Indian, 29-yearold Abhishek Verma, also a first-timer at a major event, finished third to claim bronze. Chaudhary aggregated 240.7 while Verma had a total of 219.3 in the final.
Men’s trap: silver
LAKSHAY BAGS SILVER IN MEN’S TRAP, August 21, 2018: The Times of India
Young shooter Lakshay Sheoran punched above his weight to clinch a silver in the men’s trap competition at the Asian Games here on Monday. Lakshay, who came up the junior ranks to be in his first international year as a member of the senior squad, shot down 43 targets out of 50 in the final.
The 20-year-old had managed to hit 119 out of 125 targets in the qualification round. Lakshay jointly led after 16 shots in the final, but eventually lost to Chinese Taipei’s Kunpi Yang, who equalled the world record to emerge triumphant.
Rifle mixed team
August 20, 2018: The Times of India

From: August 20, 2018: The Times of India
India opened their account in the 18th Asian Games with a bronze medal after Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar cracked under pressure to finish third in the rifle mixed team shooting event. The Indians aggregated 429.9 after 42 shots in the 48-shot final and were in second spot for major part of the 48-shot finals before China overtook them to take the silver. The strong Chinese pairing of Ruozhu Zhao and Haoran Yang ended with a score of 492.5. Chinese Taipei’s Yingshin Lin and Shaochuan Lu claimed the gold, scoring 494.1.
It was a maiden Asian Games medal for Chandela, who will be aiming for a better colour medal in the 10m air rifle. Chandela is also a multiple time World Cup winner and had bagged gold at 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. World Cup bronze medallist Kumar, who is mentored by the great Abhinav Bindra, had won a men’s 10m rifle team bronze at last the edition at Incheon.
Swimming
Men’s 50m freestyle
Virdhawal misses 50m bronze by a whisker, August 22, 2018: The Times of India
Virdhawal Khade bettered his national record but missed the bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle by a whisker, finishing fourth in the final at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. After finishing third fastest in overall heats, Khade was a medal contender but missed it by hundredth of a second. He clocked 22.47s while Japan’s bronze winner Shunichi Nakao timed 22.46.
China’s Hexin Yu (22.11) won gold ahead of Katsumi Nakamura
(22.20). In the morning session, 26-year-old Khade marginally bettered his own long-standing national record by clocking 22.43s which was a better effort than his 22.52s, set in August 2009 at Asian Age group swimming championships in Japan.
Khade returned to swimming only 18 months back after remaining out of action due to his job commitment with the Maharashtra government. He is posted as a Tehsildar at Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar, which manages a social welfare scheme.
Other results
August 22, 2018: The Times of India
Indian swimmers Sandeep Sejwal, Sajan Prakash and Avinash Mani topped their respective heats but still failed to qualify for the finals of the Asian Games. Sejwal finished first in his heat with a timing of 62.07 but could not make the final of the men’s 100m breaststroke. Sajan Prakash won his heat with a timing of 54.04 in men’s 100m butterfly, while Avinash Mani won in 56.98s. Both the Indian swimmers failed to qualify for the finals
Tennis
Singles
Ramanathan, Raina advance to pre-quarterfinals:
Singles specialists, including second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina, made a smooth start to their campaign. Ramanathan won the first set 6-0 against Wong Hong Kit but was stretched by the Hong Kong player in the second set before getting past 7-6 (4) on tie-break in a round of 32 match. Prajnesh Gunneswaran had it easy against Indonesia Rifqi M Fitriadi, winning 6-2, 6-0 to progress to the last 16. Ankita Raina beat Beatrice Gumulya 6-2, 6-4 in a round of 32.
Men's double
August 23, 2018: The Times of India
Ankita Raina and top seeds men’s doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan assured India of at least a couple of bronze medals in the tennis competition by progressing to the semifinals of the Asian Games. World no. 189 Raina dispatched Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong 6-4, 6-1 to enter the last four of the women’s singles competition. Bopanna and Sharan played a solid match against the seasoned pairing of Yang Hsieh and Yang Tsung-Hua of Chinese Taipei 6-3, 5-7, 10-1. The Indian mixed pair of Bopanna and Raina beat Wong Chun Hun and Eudice Chong of Hong Kong 6-4, 6-4 to enter the quarterfinals.
Wrestling
Women’s wrestling was introduced at the Games in 2002 in Busan.
Men’s 65kg
Biswajyoti Brahma, August 21, 2018: The Times of India

A list of Punia's top medals, 2013-18
From: Biswajyoti Brahma, August 21, 2018: The Times of India
Bajrang Punia , who had virtually faced no resistance in all his bouts till the final of the men’s 65kg category, was stretched till the end by Japan’s Takatani Daichi. The Indian survived some anxious moments to ultimately emerge the winner [gold].
Women’s 50kg: gold
Biswajyoti Brahma, August 21, 2018: The Times of India’'

From: Biswajyoti Brahma, August 21, 2018: The Times of India

From: Biswajyoti Brahma, August 21, 2018: The Times of India
Vinesh Phogat, from the Haryanvi stable of wrestling sisters of ‘Dangal’ fame, came up with a nearperfect game to clinch a historic gold, the first in for an Indian woman in wrestling in Asian Games. She outclassed Yuki Irie of Japan 8-2 in the 50kg category final.
It turned out to be a disappointing day for other Indian wrestlers as Pinki in failed to impress 53 kg category, while Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg), Pooja Dhanda (57kg) and Sumit (125kg) lost the chance to win bronze medals through repechage.
Women’s 68kg: bronze
August 22, 2018: The Times of India

From: August 22, 2018: The Times of India
Divya Kakran shrugged off a crushing quarterfinal defeat to bag a bronze, ensuring that medals continued to come from the wrestling arena, even as three other Indians crashed out early at the Asian Games on Tuesday. Kakran was demolished by the experienced Mongolian Tumentsetseg Sharkhuu in the quarterfinals of the 68kg category but the Delhi athlete was lucky she did not have to come through a repechage to be in contention for bronze. The draw was such that she was pitted against Chinese Taipei’s Chen Wenling without playing a repechage round and won the bout in just one minute 29 seconds by technical superiority. Divya had won a bronze at the 2018 Gold Coast CWG and silver at the recently-held Asian Junior Championship in New Delhi.
Other results
Three other wrestlers could not reach the medal round. Kiran was ousted from 76kg. The Greco Roman competition started on Tuesday but India did not have anything to cheer about. Gyanender lost in the 60kg while Manish was ousted from 67kg competition. Harpreet Singh is now India’s best bet in Greco Roman.
Wushu
August 23, 2018: The Times of India

From: August 23, 2018: The Times of India
All the four Indian wushu players lost their semifinal bouts to settle for bronze medals on Wednesday but ensured that the country produced its best-ever performance in the Asian Games. Naorem Roshibini Devi, Santosh Kumar, Surya Bhanu Partap Singh and Narender Grewal lost their Sanda event semifinal bouts but in the process gave the Indian team an unprecedented four medals in the Asian Games.
Before this edition, India had taken part in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Asian Games and this four medal haul has been the best so far. In 2014 Incheon, India had won two bronze with Grewal clinching one in men’s Sanda 60kg.
Thus for Grewal, this bronze is his second medal in the Asian Games. In the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games, India had won one (bronze) and two (one silver, one bronze) medals respectively. Roshibini Devi was the first to take the field in women’s Sanda 60kg semifinals and she lost to Cai Yingying of China 0-1.
Next up was Santosh Kumar in men’s Sanda 56kg category but he was no match to Truong Giang Bui of Vietnam as he lost 0-2 in the semifinal bout. Any hopes of an Indian wushu player appearing in the finals on Thursday went up in smokes as Partap Singh (men’s Sanda 60kg) and Grewal (men’s Sanda 65kg) lost their semifinal bouts.
Partap Singh lost to Erfan Ahangarian 0-2 while Grewal was beaten by Akmal Rakhimov of Uzbekistan by the same margin.
Indian contingent

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
India Asian Games Squad for Archery
Men
Recurve: Atanu Das, Jagdish Chaudhary, Sukhchain Singh, Vishwas
Compound: Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Sangamprit Bisla, Aman Saini
Women
Recurve: Promila Daimary, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, Laxmirani Majhi
Compound: Trisha Deb, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar
India Asian Games Squad for Athletics
Men
Track Events
200m – Mohammed Anas
400m– Arokiarajiv, Mohammed Anas
800m – Jinson Johnson, Manjit Singh
1500m – Jinson Johnson, Manjit Singh
5000 m – G Lakshmanan
10000 m – G Lakshmanan
4x400m relay– Dharun Ayyasamy, Mohammed Anas, Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh, Jithu Baby, Arokiarajiv, Kunhu Mohammed Puthanpurakkal
400m Hurdles – Dharun Ayyasamy, Santosh Kumar
3000m Steeplechase – Shankar Lal Swami
Field Events
Triple Jump – Arpinder Singh, Rakesh Babu AV
Javelin Throw – Shivpal Singh, Neeraj Chopra
Long Jump – Sreeshankar
High Jump – Chethan Balasubramanya
Shot Put – Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Naveen Chikara
Road Events
20 km Walk – Manish Singh Rawat, KT Irfan
50 km Walk – Sandeep Kumar
Women
Track Events
100m – Dutee Chand
200m – Dutee Chand, Hima Das
400m – Hima Das
800m – Tintu Luka
1500m – PU Chitra, Monika Chaudhary
5000m – Sanjivani Jadhav, Suriya Longanathan
10000m – Sanjivani Jadhav, Suriya Longanathan
4x400m relay – Jisna Mathew, MR Poovamma, Saritaben Laxmanbhai Gayakwad, Sonia Baishya, Vijayakumari
400m Hurdles – Jauna Murmu, Anu Raghavan
3000m Steeplechase – Sudha Singh, Chinta Yadav
Field Events
Hammer Throw – Sarita Romit Singh
Discus Throw – Sandeep Kumari, Seema Punia
Javelin Throw – Annu Rani
Long Jump – Nayana James, Neena Varakil
Road Events
20km Walk – Soumya Baby, Khushbir Kaur
Combined Events
Heptathlon – Purnima Hembram, Swapna Barman
Mixed
4x400m mixed relay – Kunhu Mohammed Puthanpurakkal, Arokiarajiv, Mohammed Anas, Hima Das, MR Poovamma
India Asian Games Squad for Badminton

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Men
Singles – Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy
Doubles – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Manu Attri, Sumeeth Reddy
Women
Singles – PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal
Doubles – Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy; Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sara Sunil
Mixed double
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Sumeeth Reddy, Pranav Jerry Chopra, N Sikki Reddy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Ashwini Ponnappa
Team – Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, B Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Manu Attri, Sumeeth Reddy, Pranav Jerry Chopra, PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, N Sikki Reddy, Ashwini Ponnappa, Sourabh Verma, Sai Uttejitha Rao, Ashmita Chaliha, Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sara Sunil, Aakarshi Kashyap, Gayathri Gopichand
India Asian Games Squad for Basketball
Women’s Team 5X5: Nisha Sharma, Pushpa Senthil Kumar, Prasannan Geetha Anjana, Hemmige Mahesha Bhandavya, Palanilkumakalayil Skaria Jeena, Rajapriyadharshini Rajaganapathi, Raspreet Sidhu, Shireen Limaye, Priyanka Prabhakara, Madhu Kumari, Sangeeta Kaur, Stephy Nixon
India Asian Games Squad for Boxing

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Men
Light Flyweight (49 kg) – Amit Panghal
Flyweight (52 kg) – Gaurav Solanki
Bantamweight (56 kg) – Mohammad Hussamuddin
Lightweight (60 kg) – Shiva Thapa
Light Welterweight (64 kg) – Dheeraj Rangi
Light Welterweight (69 kg) – Manoj Kumar
Middleweight (75 kg) – Vikas Krishan Yadav
Women
Flyweight (51 kg) – Sarjubala Devi
Featherweight (57 kg) – Sonia Lather
Lightweight (60 kg) – Pavitra
India Asian Games Squad for Bowling
Men
Trios: Dhruv Sarda, Shabbir Dhankot, Akaash Ashok Kumar; Parvez Ahmed Saud, Ramachandraiah Kishan, Shoumick Datta
Team of 6: Dhruv Sarda, Shabbir Dhankot, Aakaash Ashok Kumar, Parvez Ahmed Saud, Kishan Ramachandriah, Shoumick Datta
Masters: Parvez Ahmed Saud, Shoumick Datta
India Asian Games Squad for Bridge
Men
Pranab Bardhan, Sapan Desai, Subhash Gupta, Rajeev Khandelwal, Ajay Khare, Finton Lewis, Debabrata Majumder, Gopinath Manna, Sumit Mukherjee, Shibhnath Dey Sarkar, Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Jaggy Shivdasani, Arun Kumar Sinha, Rajeshwar Tewari and Raju Tolani.
Women
Rita Choksi, Feroza Chothia, Hema Deora, Bharati Dey, Marianne Karmarkar, Himani Khandelwal, Kiran Nadar, Aparna Sain and Vasanti Shah.
India Asian Games Squad for Cande-Kayak
Men
Sprint: Chingching Singh Arambam, Albert Raj Selvaraj, Naocha Singh Laitonjam, Prohit Baroi, Jamesboy Singh Oinam, Gaurav Tomar, Prakant Sharma, Sunil Singh Salam
Traditional Boat Race: Bijender Singh, Ravinder, Sivasankar Thayyil Baburaj, Manmohan Dangi, Dilip singh Negi, Abhay Singh, Arun Nandal, Suraj Singh Negi, Ankit Pachori, Satypal Tomar, Kiran Singh Moirangthem, Hariom Kurmi, Sachin Kumar, Parminder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Heisnam Nganba Meitei
Women
Sprint: Ragina Kiro, Sandhya Kispotta, Soniya Devi Phairembam, Meena Devi Laishram, Inoacha Devi M, Anjali Bashisht, Meera Das
Slalom: Aarti Pandey, Champa Mourya
Traditional Boat Race: Rajeshwari Kushram, Sanjana Singh, Nazis Mansoori, Dimita Devi Toijam, Manju, Oinam Yaiphabi Devi, Sushila Chanu Shoibam, Aarti Nath, Neetu Varma, Thajamanbi Chanu, Sarju Devi Kojenbam, Yumnam Shamashakhi Devi, Menu, Manisha Rani, Kirti Kewat, Ramkanya Dangi.
India Asian Games Squad for Cycling
Men
Ranjit Singh, Manjeet Singh, Raju Bati, Manohar Lal, A. Bike Singh, Rajbeer Singh, Esow, Appolonious and Dilawar
Women
Deborah Herold, Aleena Reji, M. Sonali Chanu, T. Manorama Devi, Nayana Rajesh Priyadarshini, E. Chaoba Devi and Megha Gugad
India Asian Games Squad for Equestrian
Men
Ashish Malik, Rakesh Kumar, Jitender Singh, Fouaad Mirza, Kaevaan Kevic Setalvad, Chetan Reddy Nukala
India Asian Games Squad for Fencing
Women
Thoudam Kabita Devi, Ena Arora, Jas Seerat Singh, Jyotika Dutta
India Asian Games Squad for Gymnastics

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Men
Individual/Team: Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Siddharth Verma
Women
Individual/Team: Dipa Karmakar, Pranati Das, Aruna Reddy, Mandira Chowdhury, Pranati Nayak
India Asian Games Squad for Golf
Men
Individual/Team: Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Harimohan Singh,Rayhan Thomas, Aadil Bedi
Women
Individual/Team: Diksha Dagar, Ridhima Dilawari, Sifat Sagoo
India Asian Games Squad for Handball
Men Team
Kamaljeet Singh, Bajrang Thakur, Atul Kumar, Harender Singh, Sachin Kumar Bhardwaj, Karamjeet Singh, Deepak, Davinder Singh, Harjinder Singh, Navdeep, Naveen, Ramesh Chand, Avin Khatkar, Adithya Nagaraj, Rahul Dubey, Greenidge Dcunha
Women Team
Diksha Kumari, Kajal, Nina Shil, Nidhi Sharma, Deepa, Ritu, Sushma, Indu Gupta, Maninder Kaur, Sanjeeta, Priyanka Thakur, Jyoti Shukla, Banita Sharma, KM Manjula Pathak, Khila Devi, Rimpi
India Asian Games Squad for Hockey=

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Men Team
PR Sreejesh (Captain), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Vice-Captain), Krishan B Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Surender Kumar, Rupinder Pal Singh, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Sardar Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, SV Sunil, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh
Women Team
Rani Rampal (Captain), Savita (Vice-Captain), Rajani Etimarpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Sunita Lakra, Deepika, Gurjit Kaur, Reena Khokhar, Namita Toppo, Lilima Minz, Monika, Udita, Nikki Pradhan, Neha Goyal, Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Navjot Kaur
India Asian Games Squad for Judo
Men
Vijay Kumar Yadav, Harshdeep Singh Brar, Avtar Singh
Women
Th. Kalpana Devi, Garima Chaudhary, Rajwinder Kaur
India Asian Games Squad for Kabaddi
Men Team
Ajay Thakur (captain), Pardeep Narwal, Monu Goyat, Rishank Devadiga, Rahul Chaudhari, Rohit Kumar, Girish Ernak, Surender Nada, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Manjeet Chillar, Surjeet Singh Narwal, Rajulal Chaudari, Sandeep Narwal, Mohit Chillar.
Women Team
Sakshi Kumari, Kavita Devi, Priyanka, Manpreet Kaur, Payel Chowdhury, Ritu Negi, Sonali Vishnu Shingate, Sayali Sanjay KeriPale, Randeep Kaur Khehra, Shalini Pathak, Usha Rani Narasimhalah, Madhu. Standby: Priyanka, Shama Parveen
India Asian Games Squad for Karate
Men
Jayendran Sharath Kumar, Vishal
India Asian Games Squad for Martial Arts (Kurash)
Men
Jatin, Jacky Gahlot, Kunal, Manish Tokas, Divesh, Danish Sharma, Parikshit Kumar, Ashwin Pandari Chandran
Women
Pincky Balhara, Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav, Binisha Nayakattu Biju, Megha Tokas, Jyoti Tokas, Amisha Tokas
India Asian Games Squad for Martial Arts (Pencak Silat)
Men
Boynao Singh Naorem
Women
Sonia, Simran
India Asian Games Squad for Rollersports
Men
Amitesh Mishra, Harshveer Singh Sekhon
Women
Aarathy Kasturi Raj, Varsha Puranik
India Asian Games Squad for Rowing

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Men
Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Sawarn Singh, Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh, Monu, Arjun Lal Jat, Malkeet Singh, Gurinder singh, Dushyant, Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejash Shinde Hanamant, Jegan Sekhar, Bhopal Singh, Manish Yadav, Hardeep Singh, N. Pranay Ganesh, Rahul Giri, Pandu Rang, Lucky, Akshat, M. Lakshman Rohith, Sumith, Sono Laxmi Narayan, Arvind Singh and Manpreet Singh.
Women
Navneet Kaur, Yamini Singh, Harpreet Kaur, Annu, Sanjukta Dung Dung, Sayali Shelke and Pooja Sangwan.
India Asian Games Squad for Sailing
Men
Govind Bairagi, Dayna Edgar Coelho, Varun Ashok Thakkar, Ganpathy Kelapanda
Women
Katya Ida Coelho, Nethra Kumanan, Sweta Shervegar, Harshita Tomar, Varsha Gautham
India Asian Games Squad for Sepak Takraw
Men
Niken Singh Khangembam, Sandeep Kumar, Malemnganba Singh Sorokhaibam, Seitaram Singh Thokchom, Henary Singh Wahengbam, Sanjeck Singh Waikhom, Akash Yumnam, Harish Kumar, Lalit Kumar, Ngathem Jotin Singh, Dheeraj, Gurumayum Jiteshor Sharma
Women
Tharangini Annam, Dolly Srivastava, Maipak Devi Ayekpam, Khushbu, Manisha Kumari, Nganthoi Chanu Yanglem, Aruna Devi Mutum, Chaoba Devi Oinam, Linthoingambi Chanu Pangambam, Rashmi, Ronita Devi Elangbam, Jwensinle Kesen
India Asian Games Squad for Shooting
Men
Rifle
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Sanjeev Rajput, Akhil Sheoran
10m Air Rifle – Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar
300m Standard Rifle 3 Positions – Harjinder Singh, Amit Kumar
Pistol
10m Air Pistol – Abhishek Verma, Saurabh Chaudhary
25m Rapid Fire Pistol – Shivam Shukla, Anish
Shotgun
Trap – Lakshay, Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Skeet – Sheeraz Sheikh, Angadwir Singh Bajwa
Double Trap – Ankur Mittal, Shradul Vihaan
Women
Rifle
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Anjum Moudgil, Gaayathri N
10m Air Rifle – Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan
Pistol
10m Air Pistol – Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu
25m Pistol – Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat
Shotgun
Trap – Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar
Skeet – Ganemat Sekhon, Rashmmi Rathore
Double Trap – Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman
Mixed
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team – Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team – Abhishek Verma, Manu Bhaker
Trap Mixed – Lakshay, Shreyasi Singh
India Asian Games Squad for Squash
Men
Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh Mangaonkar
Women
Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Sunayna Kuruvilla, Tanvi Khanna
Team: Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal
India Asian Games Squad for Swimming
Men
Sajan Prakash, Aaron Agnel D’Souza, Virdhawal Khade, Sandeep Sejwal,Advait Page, Srihari Nataraj, Anshul Kothari, Arvind Mani, Avinash Mani, Neel Roy, Sidharth Bajrang Pardeshi, K Ramananda Sharma
India Asian Games Squad for Sport Climbing
Men
Chingkheinganba Maibam, Bharath Stephen Pereira Kamath
Women
Shreya Sanjay Nankar
India Asian Games Squad for Tennis

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Men
Singles: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan
Doubles: Sumit Nagal, Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan
Women
Singles: Karman Kaur Thandi, Ankita Raina
Doubles: Pranjala Yadlapalli, Prarthana Thombare, Riya Bhatia, Rutuja Bhosale
Mixed doubles: Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina, Prarthana Thombare
India Asian Games Squad for Taekwondo
Men
Navjeet Maan, Akshay Kumar
Women
Kashish Malik, Anamika Walia, Latika Bhandari, Mamta Kumari Shah, Rodali Barua, Shilpa Thapa
India Asian Games Squad for Soft Tennis
Men
Rohit Dhiman, Jay Meena, Jitender Mehlda, Aniket Chirag Patel, Kamlesh Kumar Shukla
Women
Abhilasha Mehra, Namita Seth, Saayana Sreedetha Prakash, Aadhya Tiwari, Shubh Gulati
India Asian Games Squad for Table Tennis
Men
Singles: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Women

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Singles: Manika Batra, Mouma Das
Mixed doubles
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Manika Batra, Madhurika Patkar
Team
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar
India Asian Games Squad for Volleyball
Men Team
Akhin Gopala Ammal, Ashok Karthik, Deepesh Kumar Sinha, Prabagaran, Amit, Ajithlal Chandran, Rohit Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Jerome Vinith Charles, Vinit Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Ukkrapandian Mohan, Prabakaran Pattani, Pankaj Sharma
Women Team
Anju Balakrishnan, Soorya, Anusri Ghosh, Aswani Kandoth, Nirmala, Rekha Sreesailam, Anusree Kambrath Poyilil, Sruthi Murali, Minimol Abraham, Anjali Babu, Jini Kovat Shaji, Ruksana Khatun, Priyanka Khedkar, Aswathi Raveendran
India Asian Games Squad for Weightlifting
Men
Sathish Kumar Sivalingam (77 kg), Ajay Singh (77 kg); Vikas Thakur (94 kg)
Women
Rakhi Halder (63 kg)
India Asian Games Squad for Wrestling

From: Asian Games 2018: India’s full contingent for Asian Games in Indonesia, August 15, 2018: The Indian Express
Men
Freestyle
Sandeep Tomar – 57 kg
Bajrang Punia – 65 kg
Sushil Kumar – 74 kg
Pawan Kumar – 86 kg
Mausam Khatri – 97 kg
Sumit Malik – 125 kg
Greco-Roman
Gyanender – 60 kg
Manish – 67 kg
Gurpreet Singh – 77 kg
Harpreet Singh – 87 kg
Hardeep – 97 kg
Naveen – 130 kg
Women
Freestyle
Vinesh Phogat – 50 kg
Pinki – 53 kg
Pooja Dhanda – 57 kg
Sakshi Malik – 62 kg
Divya Kakran – 68 kg
Kiran – 76 kg
India Asian Games Squad for Wushu
Men
Santhosh Kumar, Surya Singh, Narender Grewal, Pardeep Kumar, Mayanglambam Singh, Anjul Namdeo, Mayanglambam Suraj Singh, Chirag Sharma, Sajan Lama, Mayanglambam Meitei
Women
Sanathoi Yumnam, Roshibina Naorem, Sanatombi Leimapokpam