Ahmed Al Mansouri seals historic cycling bronze for UAE at Asian Games
Ahmed Al Mansouri clinched a historic cycling bronze at the Asian Games on Thursday as he became first Arab to win a medal on the track.
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Golf: Aditi Ashok Stays T-2, Women's Team Third; Anirban Lahiri 9th In Men's Section At Asian Games
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok continued to stay in medal contention in the individual event as she was just one shot behind the leader at tied second in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. In the process, she also kept the Indian women's team in the race for another medal at the West Lake International course. Aditi (67-66) was one behind Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol (67-65) while the Indian women's team is lying third behind China and Thailand. India has never won an Asian Games medal in the women's section.
David Beckham, Esow Alben Reach Semi-Finals In Track Cycling Men's Keirin
Indian cyclists David Beckham and Esow Alben progressed to the semifinals of Men's Keirin event at the Asian Games on Friday. David finished 0.112s behind topper Kaiya Ota of Japan in first round heat 2 and made it to the semifinal. According to the rules, the first two riders in each heat qualify to the semifinals, while all other riders advance to the repechages.
Asian Games, Squash: Indian Women's Team Signs Off With Bronze
The Indian women's squash team signed off with a bronze medal after going down fighting to Hong Kong in the semifinals at the Asian Games on Friday. The trio of veteran Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna went down 1-2 to Hong Kong. Joshna was the only Indian who won her match as she defeated world number 24 Tze Lok Ho 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8) to level the tie after Tanvi went down meekly (3-0) to Sin Yuk Chan in the opener.
Zhang's brilliant Asian Games continues with fifth gold medal
HANGZHOU, China: Asian Games poster-girl Zhang Yufei pipped Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey in a thrilling sprint for the 50 metres freestyle gold medal on Thursday (Sep 28) while former Olympic champion Ye Shiwen turned back the clock to claim a breaststroke title.
Equestrian Star Anush Aggarwalla Wins India's First Ever Individual Medal In Dressage
India's Anush Agarwalla secured another medal in the Equestrian event at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday. He bagged a bronze medal in Dressage Individual Intermediate I Freestyle scoring 73.030 points. This is also the first individual medal for India in Equestrian. Malaysia's Fathil Mahamad clinched gold with 75.780 scores and Hong Kong's Jacqueline Wing Ying claimed silver by scoring 73.450 points. Indian rider Hirday Chedda had also qualified for the medal event, but he was eliminated.
World champions Qin and Zhang light up Asian Games pool
HANGZHOU, China: World-record holder Qin Haiyang barrelled to the Asian Games 200m breaststroke title on Thursday (Sep 28) as Chinese teammate Zhang Yufei edged Siobhan Haughey in a blockbuster showdown to clinch her fifth gold in Hangzhou.
Games-Zhang's brilliant Asian Games continues with fifth gold medal
HANGZHOU, China :Asian Games poster-girl Zhang Yufei pipped Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey in a thrilling sprint for the 50 metres freestyle gold medal on Thursday while former Olympic champion Ye Shiwen turned back the clock to claim a breaststroke title.