Asian Games 2018, Indonesia - Jakarta Palembang 2018

[sameerph]

Sure, we can put in the Tokyo olympics thread which we already have and maybe keep editing/ updating it. We will probably do it after shooting world championships where we can insert a few and if needed remove some of the shooters.

[sameerph]

For me, the absolute standout of this Asian Games has to be Swapna Burman. The heptathlon is a tremendous endeavor, and to complete & dominate it while nursing the injury to her face, is completely incredible. I am happy with all of our medalists, but this one is truly special.

Yes, my top 5 performers for these games are - Amit Panghal, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Neeraj Chopra and Swapna Barman. Swapna for her grit and others for close to world class performances. Table tennis team will also come close.

[IndiaSports]

If possible let us start for a thread for the Youth Olympics as well , which is a month away.

[sameerph]

You can start the thread yourself, IndiaSports if you have the information about details of Indian participation and all.

[prasen9]

I do not know if this was reported/discussed here, but it seems there was some drama about the selection or non-selection of the women's 4x400m team. Anyway, all's well that ends well.

[sameerph]

I think it was reported here although not this article in particular.

Anyway , it did not matter as girls won the gold.

[kujo]

From this article:
http://www.rediff.com/sports/special/ho ... 180926.htm

On the morning of August 30, only one person in the world knew India would win its first-ever Asian Games gold medal in the heptathlon.

Coach Subhas Sarkar had done the math.

Swapna Barman had a 63-point lead over her nearest competitor, Chinese athlete Wang Qingling but, more importantly, he knew that the girl he had been rigorously training for seven years could deliver.

Swapna came in fourth in the penultimate 800 metres of the seven-event heptathlon at 2:21, logging 6,026 points from the seven events that comprise the sport and pipping Wang to gold and forever emblazoning her name in sports history.

I disagree! At a minimum, in this forum, both Hombre and Ankit knew that Barman will win Gold in heptathlon... See the post below!!

With a 50.63 she seems to have reduced the deficit by 130 points .

It seems the Chinese still in the lead by a whisker .

Could any one double check on this

She has won the gold unless she falls in the 800m or something

[suresh]

I disagree! At a minimum, in this forum, both Hombre and Ankit knew that Barman will win Gold in heptathlon... See the post below!

True!

[sameerph]

This is our final medal tally -

Total medals- 69

Gold (15)-

Bajrang Punia - Wrestling Mens 65 kgs.
Vinesh Phogat - Wrestling Womens 50 kgs.
Saurabh Chaudhuri - Shooting mens 10M Air Pistol
Rahi Sarnobat - Shooting Womens 25K Pistol
Rowing - Quadruple Sculls
Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan - Tennis mens doubles
Tejinder Singh Tur - Athletics- Mens shot put
Neeraj Chopra - Athletics - Mens Javelin
Manjit Singh - Athletics - Mens 800M
Arpinder Singh - Athletics - Mens Triple jump
Swapna Barman - Athletics - Womens Hepthalon
Jinson Jonson - Athletics - mens 1500M
Womens 4X400M relay - Athletics
Amit Panghal - Boxing - Men's Light Fly (49kg)
Mens pair - Bridge

Silver (24)

Deepak Kumar - Shooting Mens 10M Air rifle
Lakshay Sheron - Shooting Mens Trap
Sanjeev Rajput - Shooting Mens 50M rifle 3 positions
Shardul Vihan - Shooting Mens double trap
Kabaddi - Womens team
Fouaad Mirza - Equestrian eventing
Team event- Equestrian eventing
Hima Das - Athletics Womens 400M
Mohd. Anas Yahiya - Athletics mens 400M
Dutee Chand - Athletics Womens 100M
Dharun- Athletics Mens 400M hurdles
Neena - Athletics Womens long jump
Sudha Singh- Athletics Womens 3000M steepalchase.
Mens Compound archery team
Womens Compound archery team
PV Sindhu - Badminton womens singles
Pincky Balhara- Kurash womens 48 kg.
Jinson Johnson - Athletics mens 800M
4X 400 mixed relay - Athletics
Dutee Chand - Athletics Womens 200M
4X400 mens relay - Athletics
Varsha Gautam/Sweta Shervegar - Sailing 49er FX Women
Womens hockey team
Womens Squash team

Bronze (30)

Ravi Kumar/ Apurvi Chandela - Shooting Air rifle mixed team
Abhishek Verma - Shooting Mens 10M Air rifle
Divya Kakran - Wrestling Womens 68 kgs.
Sepak Takraw - Mens team event
Naorem Roshibini Devi - Wushu - women’s Sanda 60kg
Santosh Kumar- Wushu - men’s Sanda 56kg
Surya Partap Singh - men’s Sanda 60kg
Narender Grewal- men’s Sanda 65kg
Mens Kabaddi team
Ankita Raina - Tennis Womens singles
Dushyant - Rowing Lightwright single sculls
Bhagwan Singh/Rohit Kumar - Rowing Lightwright double sculls
Heena Siddhu - Womens 10M Air Pistol
Prajnesh Gunneswaran - Tennis Mens Singles
Saurav Ghosal - Squash mens singles
Dipika Pallikal - Squash womens singles
Joshana Chinappa- Squash womens singles
Mens team - Bridge
Mixed team- Bridge
Saina Nehwal - Badminton - Womens singles
Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav - Kurash womens 48 kg.
Mens Table tennis team
Achantha Sharath Kamal/ Manika Batra - Table tennis mixed doubles
PU Chitra - Athletics Womens 1500M
Seema Punia- Athletics Womens discus
Ashok Thakker Varun/K.C. Gapathi- Sailing - 49er Men
Harshita Tomar - Sailing - Open Laser 4.7
Vikas Krishan - Boxing - Men's Middle (75kg)
Mens team - Squash
Mens team - Hockey

8th in medal tally, also 8th in terms of total medals.

19 medals in athletics, 9 in shooting, 5 in squash, 4 in Wushu, 3 each in wrestling, bridge, rowing, Sailing and tennis, 2 each in boxing,archery,equastarian,badminton,hockey,kabaddi,Kurash and table tennis, 1 in sepak takraw.

Our mixed relay team were uppgraded to gold as Baharain team was disqualfied with 1 of the athletes testing positive. Similarly, Anu Raghvan i in womens 400M hurdles was upgraded to bronze.

So, we now have 16 golds and 70 medals in total.

[jayakris]

I believe we needed one more Gold, to get in front of Taiwan as the 7th best in Asia. So we stayed at the 8th spot.