Neeraj, who had recently won India's first-ever World Athletics Championships gold, will kickstart his Asian Games campaign in Hangzhou on October 4 with men's javelin throw final. Arshad will be a rival to watch out for during the final. Head to head, both athletes have faced off in nine in
With a total of 1731 points, India managed to get their hands on silver, falling just five short of gold, which was won by China with 1736 points. Chinese Taipei secured the bronze medal with 1723 points.
Indian shooter Vijayveer Sidhu who was part of the trio that clinched India's first medal in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol felt proud after getting felicitated on Thursday.
The Indian rowing team of Parminder Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, Jakar Khan and Satnam Singh joined forces to secure a bronze in the final of the men's quadruple sculls at the ongoing Asian Games earlier in the week.
The Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale assured India at least a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event following their straight-set victory over Kazakhstan pair of Zhibek Kulambayeva and Grigoriy Lomakin in the ongoing Asian Games on Thursday.
He bagged a bronze medal in Dressage Individual Intermediate I Freestyle by scoring 73.030 points. This is also the first individual medal for India in Equestrian.
With a total of 34 points, she secured a silver medal. The gold medal went to China's Rui Liu who had 38 points. The bronze medal was bagged by South Korea's Jiin Yaang, who had 29 points.