Tuesday 7 October 2014

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India's M.C. Mary Kom punched her way to a historic gold medal on Wednesday. The world number five defeated Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan to win her first gold in an Asian Games. This is India's seventh gold at Incheon, South Korea. (All AP, AFP and PTI images)

The 17th Asian Games drew to a close with an enthralling cultural extravaganza on Saturday after 15 days of high-voltage action at the end of which India managed to stay inside top 10 even as China extended its supremacy at the top for the ninth successive edition. (All images AFP, PTI)

India, second only to China in population, finished eighth on the medals table with a total haul of 57, comprising 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. Four years ago, the country had finished higher in sixth position with 14 gold meals, 17 silver and 34 bronze. The closing ceremony was split into sections.

It was touch and go for the Indian men, who have won the gold medal with ease on the six previous occasions since kabaddi was introduced in the 1990 Games at Beijing. They played catch-up with Iran for most part of the game before drawing level with the last seven minutes of the 40-minute match left.


The Indian women led 15-11 at the halfway stage of the 30-minute final but then put up a determined show in the second half to maintain their supremacy for the second edition running, having clinched gold when the event made its debut four years ago in Guangzhou.The winners were trailing by a big margin of 13-21 at half time and a huge upset was on the cards before the defending champions pulled it around in the second half with some aggressive raiding and smart catching.



The two gold medals provided the final flourish for India at the Games, which can be considered a disappointment for the country given that the overall medal count went down in this edition.

Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra claimed his first Asian Games individual medal by winning the bronze in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range. (All AP, AFP and PTI images)

Saurav Ghosal failed to create history at Incheon on Tuesday as he lost the chance to become the first Indian to win a men's singles Asian Games squash gold. In a thrilling final against Kuwait's Abdullah Al Muzayen at Yeorumul Squash Courts , Ghosal lost 3-2 after winning the first two games.


India's Yogeshwar Dutt (R) competes with Tajikistan's Zalimkhan Yusupov (L) in the men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling event for the gold medal.

Shin So-Min of Korea is tackled by Bangladesh during their women's Kabaddi preliminary group A match.


South Korean players tosse the manager Ryu Joong-Il into the air during the victory ceremony over Chinese Taipei in the baseball final between South Korea and Chinese Taipei.

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