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Asian Games: Events schedule of India, Day 8 (IST)

New Delhi: The men's pistol team clinched a silver medal, while Sandeep Sejwal scooped a rare bronze in swimming but India slipped to the 16th position in the overall standings with a tally of 17

India TV Sports Desk India TV Sports Desk Updated on: September 26, 2014 20:46 IST
asian games events schedule of india day 8 ist
asian games events schedule of india day 8 ist

New Delhi: The men's pistol team clinched a silver medal, while Sandeep Sejwal scooped a rare bronze in swimming but India slipped to the 16th position in the overall standings with a tally of 17 medals on the seventh day of competitions in the 17th Asian Games here today.

On Saturday, Indian men archers will be taking on Korea in Compound men's team gold medal match while the eves will be against Iran in for bronze medal match.

Indian men and women squash athletes are also aiming for two gold medals when they will face Malaysia in the final.

In hockey, India will be facing China in their last Pool B match which they need to draw to stay survive.

Sania Mirza will start her Asiad campaign with an aim to book the semifinal berth while Yuki Bhambri and Sanam Singh are also aiming semifinals.

Indian wrestlers led by Yogeshwar Dutt, will be starting their journey to look to end 28-year wait for a gold medal in Asiad.

Indian women boxers start their bouts on Saturday with Mary Kom taking on Korea's Kim Yeji in the 51 kg class followed by her teammates Laishram Sarita Devi (women's 60 kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) will step into the ring later on the same day along with men boxers Gaurav Bidhuri (52 kg) and Mandeep Jangra (69 kg).

With the addition of two more medals on Day 7, India dropped a rung to 16th in the tally with a haul of one gold, two silver and 14 bronze medal so far. China continued to be at the top with 179 medals (91-49-39), followed by South Korea (31-37-36) and Japan (30-42-35).

Following is today's schedule of India on Day 8, 27th September 2014 (Saturday)

Archery:

India v Iran (Compound women's team bronze medal match) -- (06:30am)

India v Korea (Compound men's team gold medal match) -- (07:45am)

Trisha Deb v J Seok (Compound individual women's semifinal) -- (11:00 am)

Abhishek Verma v Muhammad Mahazan (Compound individual men's semifinal) -- (11:32 am)

Athletics:

Men's 400m heats (Kunhu Mohammed and Arokia Rajiv); Women's 100m heats (Sharadha Narayanan); Men's hammer throw final (Chandrodaya Narayan Singh); Women's 10000m final (Preeja Sreedharan); Women's 400m heats (M R Poovamma and Mandeep Kaur); Men's 5000m final (Kheta Ram and Suresh Kumar Patel); Women's 3000m steeplechase final (Lalita Babar, Sudha Singh) -- (02:45 pm onwards).

Boxing:

M C Mary Kom v Kim Yeji (women's 51kg round of 16); L Sarita Devi v R Chungson (women's 60kg round of 16); Pooja Rani v E Undram (women's 75kg round of 16); Gaurav Bidhuri v Prem Chaudhary (men's 52kg round of 16); Mandeep Jangra v Liu Wei (men's 69kg round of 16) -- (10:30 am onwards).

Canoeing and Kayaking:

Men's K1, K2 heats, Men's C1, C2 heats; Women's K1 heats; Men's K4 heats, Women's K1 heats, Men's C1 heats; Women's K2 heats, Men's K2 heats -- (06:40 am onwards)

Golf:

Men's individual and team round 3 --- (03:50 am onwards)

Hockey:

India v China (Men's Pool B) -- (01:30 pm).

Sailing:

Men's optimist -- Races 9 and 10; Women's 29er -- races 9 and 10; women's laser radial race 9; women's optimist -- races 9 and 10; men's hobie 16 open hull -- races 9 and 10; Oper match racing -- (07:30 am onwards)

Shooting:

Men's rifle 3-position individual qualification and individual and team final -- (05:30am onwards)

Women's skeet qualification -- (06:00 am)

Squash:

Malaysia v India (women's team gold medal match) -- (10:30am)

India v Malaysia (men's team gold medal match) -- (01:00pm)

Tennis:

Yuki Bhambri v Danai Udamchoke; Sanam Singh v Lu Yen Hsun (men's singles quarterfinals); Sania Mirza-Prarthana Thombre v P Peangtarn—L Nicha (women's doubles quarterfinals); Divij Sharan—Yuki Bhambri v Y T Wang-H H Lee; Sanam Singh-Saket Myneni v T Cheng-H Y Peng (men's doubles quarterfinals); Sania Mirza-Saket Myneni v N Han-C Kim (mixed doubles quarterfinals) -- (07:30 am onwards)

Table Tennis:

India v Kuwait (Men's Team Preliminary Round Group B) and India v Malaysia (Women's Team Preliminary Round Group A) -- (08:30 am onwards)

India v Nepal (Men's Team Preliminary Round Group B) and India v Nepal Women's Team Preliminary Round Group A -- (12:30 pm onwards)

Volleyball:

China v India (Women's Quarterfinal Match 3) -- (11:00 am)

Wrestling:

Women's freestyle 48kg and 63kg quarterfinals (Vinesh and Geetika Jakhar); Men's freestyle 57kg and 70kg (Amit Kumar and Praveen Kumar) -- (09:30 am onwards).

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