Recordbreaking Khade falls short
Indian swimmer betters own national record but misses out on bronze by onehundredth of a second
JAKARTA: The saying, there’s many a slip between the cup and the lip, came true for Virdhawal Khade, who missed bronze by 100th of a second in 50m freestyle here on Tuesday.
Khade, who bettered his longstanding national record (22.43 seconds) in the heats earlier in the day, clocked 22.47 to finish fourth. China’s Yu Hexin (22.11), Japan’s Nakamaura Katsumi (22.20) and Nakao Shunichi (22.46) bagged gold, silver and bronze. Khade had set 22.52 as his best in August 2009 at the Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in Japan.
He did his best at the GBK Aquatic Centre here but was disappointed at missing out on a medal. A bronze medallist at the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010, Khade was off the blocks in no time but couldn’t touch the finish line ahead of the top three.
“After finishing fastest in the eight-man heat, I was targeting gold as it was possible. Nothing went wrong and this was the best I could do but a medal would have been good here,” said Khade.
It’s a great achievement for Khade, who returned to the sport after eight years before this year’s Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, where he clocked 23.11. “There was no swimming pool at Malvan in Maharashtra so I couldn’t train when I was posted there. I started training when I came back to Mumbai. Had I enough time to train, I could have won a medal,” said Khade, a revenue inspector with the Maharashtra government.
INDIA REACH SEMIS IN WOMEN’S KABADDI
JAKARTA: In yet another spectacular show, the Indian women’s kabaddi team thrashed Indonesia 54-22 in their last group tie of the 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday.
After registering victories in all of their group games, the India team is now on top of Group A with eight points and has entered the semi-finals.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Indian women had outclassed Sri Lanka 38-12.
India had earlier defeated Japan and Thailand in their previous outings.
LIGHTWEIGHT FOURS TEAM, DATTU IN FINALS
PALEMBANG India’s men’s lightweight fours rowing team and men’s single sculls rower Dattu Bhokanal qualified for the finals in the Asian Games on Tuesday.
Dattu, 27, topped the Heat 1 of the repechage round with a timing of 7:45.71 minutes. His timing was third best in the round.
In the men’s lightweight fours event, India’s Bhopal Singh, Jagvir Singh, Tejas Hanamant Singh and Pranay Ganesh were placed second in Heat 1 of the repechage round.
Meanwhile, in the women’s pair, Sanjukta Dung Dung and Harpreet Kaur made it to Final B after finishing third in Heat 1 of the repechage round with a timing of 8:54.67 minutes.
RECURVE ARCHERS 7TH IN RANKING ROUND
JAKARTA: India finished seventh in the ranking round of the women’s recurve archery event at the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
The Indian team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi, Promila Daimary and Ankita Bhakat scored a cumulative total of 1908 with 55 10s and 16 Xs in the 15-team contest to set up a Round of 16 clash against Mongolia.
South Korea delivered a Games record score of 2038 with to top the round, while Chinese Taipei and China finished second and third with scores of 2010 and 1960, respectively.
In the individual ranking round, Deepika was 17th with a score of 649, which included 22 10s and 10 Xs. The second best performer for India was Promila, who scored 642, which includes 19 10s and three Xs to be 21st.
Ankita was 36th with a total of 617, with 14 10s and three Xs. Laxmirani was 44th with a total of 608, with 16 10s and four Xs.
South Korean Chaeyoung Kang topped the round with a Games record score of 681, with 40 10s and seven Xs. Her compatriots Eungyeong Lee and Hyejin Chang were second and third with scores of 680 and 677, respectively.
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