Yogeshwar Provides Golden Touch, India In Top-10
Mary Kom (51kg), L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) entered the semifinals of their respective weight categories with commanding victories.
Mary Kom gave a perfect start against Si Haijuan of China. Sarita, on the other hand, endured an energy-sapping slug fest against Mongolia’s Suvd Erdene Oyungerel but was a clear winner.
Pooja then rounded off an all-win day for the women by out-punching Shen Dara Flora of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal bout.
But the Indian recurve archers wrapped up a thoroughly disappointing performance after the women’s team lost a tense bronze medal match to Japan in a shoot-off here.
However, the Indians were seen performing well in the canoeing and kayaking competitions, reaching six out of 11 finals.
The Indians entered the finals of five men’s and one women’s events, with Gaurav Tomar even winning his semifinal race in the men’s 1000m C1 event at the Hanam Misari Center and the duo of S Ajit Kumar and Rajiv Rawat taking the second place in men’s 1000m C2.
As was expected, India made a resounding start in the kabaddi competition with both the men’s and women’s teams thrashing Bangladesh in their opening preliminary round matches at the Songdo Global University Gymnasium.
Indian women’s team was the first to get across their Bangladeshi counterparts as they trounced their neighbours 29-18 in a Pool A match.
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