Asian Games 2018 Day 13: Highlights

India, at the 8th rank, have bagged a total of 65 medals so far, which include 13 Gold, 23 Silver and 29 Bronze medals.

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The 13th day of sporting events at the 18th edition of the Asian Games 2018 kicks-off in Indonesia on August 31, Friday. India, at the 8th rank, have bagged a total of 59 medals so far, which include 13 Gold, 21 Silver and 25 Bronze medals.

India’s 27-year-old middle-distance runner Jinson Johnson scripted history by winning Gold in the Men’s 1500m event. He became the first Indian, after 56 years, to win an Asian Games yellow metal in the track event. Johnson had also bagged the silver medal (1:46:35) in the 800m. 

The Indian track- and-field contingent continued their impressive form as Women’s 4x400m relay team sprinted to their fifth-successive Asian Games gold. Hima Das, M R Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and Vismaya Velluva Koroth clocked 3:28:72s to finish on top.

Seasoned discus thrower Seema Punia, who had won Gold in the 2014 Games, had to settle with a Bronze medal with a 62.26 effort. Chitra Unnikrishnan added another Bronze with a timing of 4:12:56 in the Women’s 1500m. India signed off with seven gold, 10 Silver and two Bronze medals, their best-ever show in the track-and-field events since 1951. 

The Men’s Hockey team suffered a 6-7 loss to Malaysia in sudden death and will take on Pakistan for the third-place play-off.  

India went past 2014 Incheon Games’ overall tally of 57 medals with 59 medals in its kitty at the current edition. They will look to better their best-ever performance of 65 medals (14 gold, 17 silver, 34 bronze) in the 2010 Asian Games. 

Follow the highlights from Day 13: 

31 August 2018

19:52 IST

Hockey, Women's Tournament: India settles for Silver after losing 1-2 to Japan in the Gold Medal match.  

FT| The Indian Women's Hockey Team were put to the test by a challenging Japanese side as they claim the Silver medal at the @asiangames2018 after a valiant effort by the Eves goes unrewarded on 31st August.#IndiaKaGame #AsianGames2018 #INDvJPN pic.twitter.com/lxEMBNLauV

— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) August 31, 2018

19:31 IST

Hockey, Women's Tournament: India trail 1-2 against Japan at the end of third quarter.

19:08 IST

Hockey, Women's Tournament: India level 1-1 against Japan at halftime in the gold medal match.

18:51 IST

Hockey, Women's Tournament: India trails 0-1 against Japan after the 1st quarter.

18:37 IST

Hockey, Women's Tournament: India take on Japan in the Gold Medal Match.

18:22 IST

Boxing, Men's Middle (75kg): India's Vikas Krishan bags Bronze after beating Kazakhstan's Amankul Abilkhan in the semifinal match.

17:01 IST

Boxing Men's Light Fly: India's Amit qualifies for the final after beating Philippines' Carlo Paalam 3-2 in the semifinal match.  

16:47 IST

Boxing Men's Light Fly: India's Amit faces Philippines' Carlo Paalam in the semifinal match.  

16:25 IST

Squash, Men's Team: India settle for Bronze after losing 0-2 against Hong Kong in semifinals.

15:19 IST

Sailing,  49er FX Women: Another Podium finish in Sailing. Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar win Silver with 44 points after Race 15. 

15:16 IST

Sailing: Varun Thakkar Ashok/Ganapathy Kelapanda Chengappa clinch another Bronze medal for India in Sailing. They scored 53 points to finish third in 49er Men. 

15:10 IST

Sailing, Open Laser 4.7: India's Harshita Tomar bags Bronze medal in Laser 4.7 with 74 points at the end of Race 12. 

13:16 IST

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan settles for a bronze medal in the Men's Middle (75kg) after he was declared unfit to participate in the semifinal. Vikas had injured his left eyelid during the quarterfinal bout. 

12:57 IST

Table Tennis, Men's Singles round of 16 (match7): India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is knocked out of the event. He loses 1-4 against Japan's Kenta Matsudaira. 

12:47 IST

Table Tennis, Men's Singles round of 16 (match7): India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran loses the fourth set 6-11 against Japan's Kenta Matsudaira. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 1-3 Kenta Matsudaira!!

12:37 IST

Table Tennis, Men's Singles round of 16 (match7): India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran goes down 9-11 in the third set against Japan's Kenta Matsudaira. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 1-2 Kenta Matsudaira!!

12:31 IST

Table Tennis, Men's Singles round of 16 (match7): India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran loses the second set 4-11 to Japan's Kenta Matsudaira.  Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 1-1 Kenta Matsudaira!!

12:26 IST

Table Tennis, Men's Singles round of 16 (match7): India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is off to a great start. He wins the first set 11-9 against Japan's Kenta Matsudaira in the pre-quarters. 

12:02 IST

Bridge, Women's Pair: Hema Deora/Marianne Karmarkar advance to the Final round. 

11:59 IST

Bridge, Men's Pair: Sumit Mukherjee/Debabrata Majumder, Pranab Bardhan/Shibhnath Sarkar and Subhash Gupta/Sapan Desai qualify for the Finals. 

11:57 IST

Bridge, Mixed Pair: Bachiraju Satyanarayana/Kiran Nadar and Rajeev Khandelwal/Himani Khandelwal have advanced to the Final round. 

11:26 IST

Squash, Women's Team Semifinal 1: India's Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Kuruvilla Sunayna and Tanvi Khanna beat Malaysia 2-0 and advance to the Final. 

11:08 IST

Table Tennis, Women's Singles round of 16: Manika Batra goes down 1-4 against China's Wang Manyu in the pre-quarters. 

10:55 IST

Table Tennis, Men's Singles round of 16 (Match 3): India's Sharath Kamal loses 2-4 to Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang in the pre-quarters. 

10:53 IST

Soft Tennis, Men's Team Preliminary Group C: India go down 0-3 to Cambodia in their preliminary group match. 

10:37 IST

Table Tennis, Men's Singles round of 16 (Match 3): India's Sharath Kamal makes a remarkable comeback to win the 4th set 16-14 against Chinese Taipei's Chihyuan Chuang. Sharath Kamal 2-2 Chihyuan Chuang!

10:32 IST

Table Tennis, Women's Singles round of 16: Manika Batra gears up to take on China's Wang Manyu in the pre-quarters match. 

10:19 IST

Soft Tennis, Women's Team, Preliminary Group A: India team beat Mongolia 3-0.  

09:29 IST

Judo, Women's +78 kg Repechage contest: India's Rajwinder Kaur goes down 0S2-10 to Chinese Taipei's Jiawen Tsai. 

08:50 IST

Volleyball, Women's Tournament, Classification 9-10: India lose 0-3 (21-25, 16-25, 15-25) to Chinese Taipei. 

08:43 IST

Judo, Men's -100kg Elimination round of 16:  India's Avtar Singh goes down 0S1-10 to United Arab Emirates' Ivan Remarenco in the pre-quarters. 

08:40 IST

Canoe/Kayak Sprint, Canoe Double (C2) 200m Men (Heats): India's Prakant Sharma and Oinam Jamesboy Singh clock 43.452 and qualify for the semifinals. 

07:49 IST

India's schedule for the day: 

8.00 AM  

Bridge

Men's Pair, Semifinal 3- round 1: Pranab Bardhan/Shibhnath Sarkar, Subhash Gupta/Sapan Desai, Sumit Mukherjee/Debabrata Majumder.  

Women's Pair, Semifinal 3- round 1: Aparna Sain/Feroza Chothia, Marianne Karmakar/Hema Deodar. 

Mixed Pair, Semifinal 3- round 1: Bachiraju Satyanarayana/Kiran Nadar, Rajeev Khandelwal/Himani Khandelwal. 

8.30 AM

Canoe/Kayak Sprint

Kayak Single (K1) 200m Men (Heats): Naocha Singh

8.36 AM 

Judo

Women's 78 kg Quarterfinal: Rajwinder Kaur vs Akira Sone (Japan) 

9.30 AM 

Squash 

Women's Team Semifinals: India vs Malaysia. 

Table Tennis

Men's Singles round of 16: Sharath Kamal vs Chuang Chih-yuan (Chinese Taipei) 

10.30 AM 

Sailing (Medal event)

49er Men: Ashok Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa

Table Tennis

Women's Singles round of 16: Manika Batra vs Wang Manyu (China) 

10.35 AM 

Sailing (Medal event)

49er FX Women: Gautham Varsha, Shweta Shervegar

Laser Radial: Nethra Kumanan

Open Laser 4.7: Govind Bairagi, Harshita Tomar 

Mixed RS One: India

11.30 AM 

Table Tennis

Men's Singles round of 16: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran vs Matsudaira Kenta (Japan) 

12.30 PM 

Roller Skate (Medal event) 

Men's Road 20 km Race Final: Harshveer Singh, Amitesh Mishra. 

1.30 PM

Roller Skate (Medal event)

Women's Road 20 km Race Final: Varsha Sriramakrishna, Aarathy Raj Kasturi. 

2.30 PM

Squash 

Men's Team semifinals: India vs Hong Kong. 

6.30 PM 

Hockey

Women's Final: India vs Japan