Asian Games 2014: Action On Day 1
India kickstarted the day with a bronze and a gold medal. Jitu Rai became the first Indian athlete to bag a gold medal. Here is the review of India's first day at the Asian Games 2014.
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Shweta Chaudhary won India¡¯s first medal when she won the bronze in the women¡¯s 10m air pistol event on Saturday.
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She shot 176.4 in the final to clinch the third position. South Korean Jung Jeehae (201.3) won the silver and China's Zhang Mengyuan (202.2) won the gold. (AFP)
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Jitu Rai won the 50m pistol event on the opening day of the games which was the first gold medal for India (AFP)
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Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu helped India cruise into the quarterfinal after securing a comfortable 3-0 win over Macau.
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Saina beat Wong kit Leng 21-6 21-4 while Sindhu defeated U Teng Lok 21-8 21-9 in just 36 minutes.
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N Sikky Reddy and Pradnya Gadre won the doubles tie beating Zibo Zang and Rong Wang 21-16 21-17.?India face Thailand next. (AFP)
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Dipika Pallikal (above) beats Jinyue Gu of China 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4 to enter quarterfinals of Women's Singles event. Joshna Chinappa won her match against South Korea's Song Sunmi 11-9 11-7 11-7 to book her place in the quarterfinal (PTI Photo)
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Saina Nehwal gave India 1-0 lead in the quarterfinal against Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand. Saina won 21-15, 17-21, 21-18. PV Sindhu won the second game beating?Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in straight games. PC Thulasi suffered defeat against?Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the third game (Photo: PTI)