Asian Games 2018 Day 1 - As it happened

Wrestler Bajrang Punia, 2014 defending champion, bagged India’s first gold medal in the 65 kg Men’s Freestyle event on Day 1 (Sunday).

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The first day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 19, Sunday. An Indian contingent comprising 804 athletes and officials will look to better their 2014 Incheon Games record.

India had concluded the previous edition (2014) at the eight rank with a tally of 57 medals (11 Gold, 9 Silver, 37 Bronze). China had topped the medals table with a staggering tally of 345 medals (151 gold, 109 silver, 85 Bronze), followed by South Korea with 228 medals (79 gold, 70 silver, 79 bronze) and Japan at third with 200 medals (47 gold, 77 silver, 76 bronze). 

The month-long multi-sport event is being co-hosted by Indonesian cities Jakarta and Palembang. 

Asia's biggest sporting extravaganza will see over 10,000 athletes from 46 nations compete to grab the bragging rights in Asia.

Updates from Day 1 as it happened:  

19 August 2018

20:45 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 86 kg Bronze: India's Pawan Kumar loses 1-8 to Mongolia's Orgodol Uitumen.

20:43 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 86 kg Bronze: Pawan Kumar takes on Mongolia's Orgodol Uitumen.

20:22 IST

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India rout host Indonesia 8-0 in their first Pool B match. 

19:39 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg Final: India's Bajrang Punia wins first Gold for India. Punia beats Japan's Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final.

19:25 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg Final: India's Bajrang Punia take on Japan's Daichi Takatani.

19:23 IST

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India leads 6-0 against Indonesia at half-time.

18:57 IST

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India leads 2-0 against the host nation at the end of the first period. 

18:35 IST

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India take on host Indonesia.

18:34 IST

Swimming (Men) Butterfly 200m final: Indian Swimmer Sajan Prakash finishes 5th cocking 1:57.75

18:02 IST

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Sri Lanka: Defending champions India rout Sri Lanka at the end of the match. India 44-28 Sri Lanka.

17:53 IST

Swimming (Men) Backstroke 100m: Srihari Nataraj finishes 7th in the finals. China's Jiayu Xu finished 1st in 52.34 seconds while Nataraj finished in 56.19 seconds. 

17:41 IST

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Sri Lanka: Defending champions India lead Sri Lanka by 14-points at the end of first-half. India 27-13 Sri Lanka!!

16:29 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg Semifinals: India's Bajrang Punia outclasses Mongolia's Batchuluun Batmagnai 10-0 and storms into the final.

16:09 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 97kg Quarterfinal: India's Mausam Khatri loses 0-8 to Uzbekistan's Ibragimov Magomed in the quarters. 

15:59 IST

Handball (Women) Preliminary round: India vs China, India lose their group A match 21-36 to China.  

14:59 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65kg: India's Bajrang Punia beats Tajikistan's Abdulqosim Fayziev 12-2 and advances to the semi-finals. 

14:54 IST

Tennis, Mixed Doubles: India's Divij Sharan and Karman Kaur Thandi beat Philippines pair Capadocia Marian Jade and Lim Alberto Jr 6-4, 6-4. They advance to the pre-quarterfinals!

14:45 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 86kg: India's Pavan Kumar pins Cambodia's Vuthy Heng to win the 1/8 finals. Pavan Kumar 8-0 Vuthy Heng ( Victory by fall)!

14:39 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 57kg Quarterfinals: India's Sandeep Tomar loses 9-15 to Iran's Reza Atrinagharchi. 

13:40 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg: India's Bajrang Punia outclasses Uzbekistan’s Sirojiddin Khasanov 13-3 in the qualifiers to enter the quarter-finals.  

13:35 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 74 kg: Huge upset for India as Sushil Kumar goes down 3-5 to Bahrain’s Adam Batirov in the qualification match. 

13:21 IST

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: Defending champions India hammer Bangladesh 50-21 in their first group A match. 

13:10 IST

Kabbadi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: India surge ahead with a massive 29-point lead. India 46-17 Bangladesh!

13:08 IST

Regu Team Preliminary match (Women): India lose 0-3 to Korea in their preliminary group A match. 

13:00 IST

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 57 kg: India's Sandeep Tomar beats Turkmenistan's Nazarov Rustem in 1/8 Finals.  Sandeep Tomar 12- 8 Nazarov Rustem!

12:45 IST

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: India lead Bangladesh 20-12 at the end of first-half. 

12:38 IST

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: India dominate Bangladesh early in the match, they have a healthy 10-point lead. India 15-5 Bangladesh!

12:27 IST

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: Defending champions India take on Bangladesh in their first Group A match. India have never lost a Gold at the Asian Games stage. 

11:51 IST

Shooting 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team:  Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela clinch India's first medal at the 2018 Asian Games. They finished third in 10m Air Rifle Mixed in the final. 1st Bronze for India. 

11:30 IST

Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: India’s Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela gear up to compete in the final. China, Mongolia, Taipei and Korea are the other contenders. 

11:05 IST

Regu (Team) Preliminary Group A: India Women take on Korea Women. 

10:33 IST

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team: India's Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma finish 6th in the qualifier, fail to qualify for the Final. 

10:12 IST

Women's Basketball 5x5 Group A: Game 5, India vs Chinese Taipei. India lose 61-84 against Chinese Taipei.

09:29 IST

Rowing, Men's Pair: India’s Malkeet Singh and Gurinder Singh finish 3rd in the Heats, enter Final. 

09:04 IST

Swimming, Men's 100M Backstroke: Srihari Nataraj clocks 55.56 seconds to finish 1st in Heat 1. What a performance! Nataraj sails into the Final. 

09:03 IST

Wushu - Men's Changquan: China's SUN Peiyuan wins the first Gold medal of the 18th Asian Games. This is China's 2900th overall medal in the history of the Asian Games. What a start! Interestingly, China was also the first to a Gold medal in the previous edition in 2014 ( held at Incheon, South Korea). 

08:53 IST

Rowing, Men's Double Sculls: India’s Om Prakash and Sawaran Singh finish 1st in second Heat, enter Finals.

08:45 IST

Rowing, Men's Single Sculls: India’s Dattu Baban Bhokanal clocks 8:09.21, finishes second in Heat 1. 

08:41 IST

 Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle: India's Saurabh finishes second out of 3 competitors (Heat 1), fails to qualify for the final event. He finishes on the 24th position (Total- 34).

08:28 IST

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event - India's Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar finish second in qualifiers with 835.3 points. They are through to the Finals. 

08:23 IST

Men's 200M Freestyle (HEATS) -  Indian swimmer Saurabh Sangvekar finishes second in 200m Freestyle heats. 

08:20 IST

Kabaddi (Women), India vs Japan: India rout Japan with a massive 31-point lead. Complete dominance from the defending champions. Final Score- India 43-12 Japan! 

08:00 IST

Kabbadi (Women) - India vs Japan, India continue to dominate Japan, they have a whopping 21-point lead. India 31-10 Japan!

07:49 IST

Kabbadi (Women) - India vs Japan, India have got off to a great start, they end the first-half with a massive 11-point lead.  India 19-8 Japan!

07:44 IST

Kabbadi (Women) - India vs Japan, India have surged ahead with a 10-point lead.  What a start! India 18-8 Japan.

07:40 IST

Kabbadi (Women) - Defending champions India lead Japan 8-6 at the break. 

07:34 IST

Kabbadi- India Women take on Japan Women

06:56 IST

India's schedule for the day:

Women's Trap Qualification

7:00 am - Shreyasi Singh (Squad 1)

Men's Singles Sculls

8:00 am - Dattu Baban Bhokanal - Heat 2

Men's Double Sculls

8:00 am - Om Prakash/Sawarn Singh - Heat 2

Men's Trap Qualification

8:00 am - Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Squad 7)

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification

8:00 am - India (Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar)

Men's Singles Sculls

8:00 am - Dattu Baban Bhokanal - Heat 2

Men's Double Sculls

8:00 am - Om Prakash/Sawarn Singh - Heat 2

Men's Trap Qualification

8:00 am - Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Squad 7)

- Lakshay (Squad 10)

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification

8:00 am - India (Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar)

Men's Pair

8:30 am: Malkeet Singh/Gurinder Singh - Heat 1

Women's Pair

8:40 am - Sanjukta Dung/Harpreet Kaur - Heat 1

Women's Basketball Preliminary: Group A

9:00 am - Chinese Taipei vs India

Women's Double Sculls

9:10 am - Sayali Rajendra Shekale/Pooja - Heat 2

Men's Lightweight Four

10:00 am - India - Heat 2

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification

10:00 am - India (Manu Bhaker/Abhishek Verma)

Wrestling (Starts at 12:00 pm)

11:40 am - Sushil Kumar vs Adam Batirov (Men's Freestyle 74kg)

Medal Events (Shooting)

12:00 pm - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Finals

Men's Team Round of 16

1:00 pm - Maldives vs India

2:00 pm: Pawan Kumar vs Vuthy Heng (Men's Freestyle 86kg)

Handball:

3:00 pm - India vs China

3:20 pm - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Finals

Women's Hockey:

7:00 pm - India vs Indonesia