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Vikas Gowda Gets Silver, Mary Kom Enters Final and India Play Pakistan for Hockey Gold

 October 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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There were no gold medals for India on Day 11 but the overall performance of Indians was satisfactory. In men’s discus, Vikas Gowda’s second attempt of 62.58m earned him the silver against gold medal winner Iranian Ehsan Hadadi. Celebrated woman Indian boxer, Mary Kom easily defeated Le Thi Bang Le of Vietnam. Mary used a […]

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Yogeshwar Wins Wrestling Gold for India on a Day Marked by Good Performances

 September 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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On Sunday, India added another gold to their dismal looking medal tally, when wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt won his 65kg freestyle bout against Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan. That helped India jump to the eighth place in the Incheon Asian Games. The ninth day also brought good news from other disciplines like boxing and athletics, where Indians came […]

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Grea8 Day for India: 9 Medal with 2 Golds in Squash and Archery Take Them to 11th Spot

 September 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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Day 8 at Incheon proved to be lucky for India. It was good beginning to the weekend with gold in archery and towards evening, they got a gold in squash as well. India’s women lost to Malaysia in squash and had to remain content with silver. Compared to their performance all week, the day proved […]

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India Slip to 16th Spot despite a Silver and a Bronze on a Day of Yet Another Dismal Show

 September 27, 2014   R K Gupta

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It has been the worst first week for Indians in Asian Games history. They began well on day one but afterwards, their performance has not been much to talk about. Except in shooting and aquatics, the sizeable Indian contingent has failed to put up any creditable display belying the expectations of a billion Indians and […]

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Where Are the Golds? Hopeless India End Day 6 with Three Bronzes at Incheon

 September 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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Except that day 6 was slightly better for India than the previous day, India’s sub-par show was starkly evident at the Incheon Asian Games. Of the Six shooting gold medals on offer on Thursday, India’s share was just a single bronze. Two more bronze medals on Thursday came from the efforts of India’s rowers. India […]

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Poorly Performing Indians Had Only A Lone Rowing Bronze to Show for Day 5 at Incheon

 September 25, 2014   R K Gupta

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The fighting spirit seemed lost as the Indian competitors performed extremely poorly in most events scheduled for them on Wednesday. The tale of miserable performance from some highly rated Indian participants was compounded by an evident lack of enthusiasm and a couldn’t-care-less attitude. Yesterday, Saurav Ghosal literally gifted the gold on a platter to his […]

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Saurav Ghosal at Incheon

Ghosal Misses Gold; Bronzes to Grewal, Sanathoi, Bindra on 4th Day at Incheon

 September 24, 2014   R K Gupta

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Other than Saurav Ghosal’s silver in squash, where he came tantalizingly close to winning the gold, it was just a tale of a few more bronze medals for the Indian men and women on day 4 at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. After the first day’s gold by Jitu Rai, India has failed to take […]

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Another Miserable Day for India at the Incheon Asian Games

 September 23, 2014   R K Gupta

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Towards the end of day 2, Indian women shuttlers failed to counter a tough South Korean challenge in women’s team badminton. The spirited Korean girls, backed enthusiastically by the crowd defeated India 3-1 to enter the final. Indians will have to remain content with a bronze. Squash brought some cheer to the Indians as Dipika […]

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Indians’ Lackluster Show on Day 2 After Winning Gold and Bronze on First Day

 September 21, 2014   R K Gupta

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After a good start on day 1, India’s medal hunt at the Incheon Asiad could only fetch them only one more shooting bronze on the second day. There were some close finishes but by and large, performance in several events was disappointing. The bronze came in the team event in the 10m Air Pistol shooting […]

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Anand is the Master Performer at Bilbao Despite Loss to Aronian on Final Day

 September 21, 2014   R K Gupta

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On Friday, Vishwanathan Anand played his round 5 match against Ukraine’s Ruslan Ponomariov and even as the game ended in a draw; Anand led the competition with 11 points. On the nearby table Levon Aronian desparately needed a win against Spain’s Vallejo Pons to remain in contention at the Bilbao Masters. But Vallejo was a […]

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