2018 Para Asian Games: India pick 5 medals on Day 1
Sunday - October 7, 2018 10:26 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Jakarta Oct 7 (IANS) India started its 2018 Para Asian Games campaign on a glorious note after bagging five medals on the opening day of the event.
Of the five medals three were bronze and two silver.
The first medal a bronze came from badminton when the Indian men s badminton team lost a close contest to Malaysia 1-2 in the semifinals. Suhas Yathiraj won the first singles match after he thrashed Omar Bakri 21-8 21-7. However the Indian doubles pair comprising Raj Kumar and Tarun was outclassed 9-21 8-21 by Cheah Honn and Saaba Hainul.
In the third singles Chirag Baratha lost 14-32 15-21 to Mohammad Ahmad as India lost 1-2. In the 49 kg men s powerlifting event Farman Basha bagged the silver medal while Paramjeet Kumar settled for bronze. Swimmer Devanshi Satijawon handed India the fourth medal as she bagged a silver in women s 100 metre butterfly in S-10 category.
Another swimmer Suyash Jadhav clinched a bronze in the men s 200 metre individual medley in SM-7 category.
--IANS kk/mr
Of the five medals three were bronze and two silver.
The first medal a bronze came from badminton when the Indian men s badminton team lost a close contest to Malaysia 1-2 in the semifinals. Suhas Yathiraj won the first singles match after he thrashed Omar Bakri 21-8 21-7. However the Indian doubles pair comprising Raj Kumar and Tarun was outclassed 9-21 8-21 by Cheah Honn and Saaba Hainul.
In the third singles Chirag Baratha lost 14-32 15-21 to Mohammad Ahmad as India lost 1-2. In the 49 kg men s powerlifting event Farman Basha bagged the silver medal while Paramjeet Kumar settled for bronze. Swimmer Devanshi Satijawon handed India the fourth medal as she bagged a silver in women s 100 metre butterfly in S-10 category.
Another swimmer Suyash Jadhav clinched a bronze in the men s 200 metre individual medley in SM-7 category.
--IANS kk/mr
