Asian Games 2018: From Vinesh’s gold to silver in shooting, India on Day 2

From Vinesh Phogat’s gold to Deepak Kumar’s silver in shooting, here’s how India performed on the second day

Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asiad gold while the shooters bagged two silver medals on the second day of Asian Games 2018 at Jakarta on Monday. Vinesh defeated Japan’s Yuki Irie in the 50-kilogram women’s Freestyle final. This was India’s second gold after wrestler Bajrang Punia bagged one in men’s 65kg on

Day 1. Meanwhile, Deepak Kumar and Lakshay Sheoran won silver medals in the men’s 10m Air Rifle and Trap events respectively as Indian shooters continued their impressive performance at the Asian Games 2018. Deepak finished second with a score of 247.7, while compatriot Ravi Kumar finished fourth scoring 205.2 in the men’s 10m Air Rifle competition. China’s Haoran Yang bagged gold with a new Games record of 249.1m. It was the 30-year-old Deepak’s first medal at the Asiad. With this, India took the eighth spot in the Asian Games medal tally with 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.

Manavjit Singh Sandhu disappoints

In the men’s trap final, Lakshay finished second, while compatriot Manavjit Singh Sandhu was fifth. The 20-year-old Lakshay, who had finished fourth in the qualification round, got 43 points in the final to finish second behind Chinese Taipei’s Kunpi Yang, who equalled the world record score of 48. A H N Daemyeong of South Korea got the bronze medal with 30 points, four ahead of Indian veteran Manavjit who had topped the two-phased qualification.

A summary of Indian contingent’s performance on the 2nd day of the Asian Games.

Shooting

Men:

10m Air Rifle: Deepak Kumar (Silver, 247.7); Ravi Kumar (5th)

Trap Event: Lakshay Sheoran (Silver, 43); Manavjit Sandhu (4th)

Women:

10m Air Rifle: Apurvi Chandela (5th); Elavenil Valarivan (Out in Qualifiers)

Trap: Seema Tomar (6th), Shreyashi Singh (Last in Qualifiers)

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