Новости за 29.08.2018

On Wednesday, Swapna Barman, the 21-year-old daughter of a rickshaw-puller and a tea-picker won India’s first heptathlon gold in the Asian Games, working her way through the seven events spread out over two days. Barman, with a bandage on her jaw and her now-famous 12 toes encased in special shoes, took on the pain and Qingling during the last three events of the heptathlon — long jump, javelin and 800m.

The revision of a controversial 'gender' rule has left Dutee Chand free to compete anywhere but the double Asian Games silver medallist says she is still traumatised by the memories of her gruelling court battle to gain legitimacy.

India's silver medal in the 4x400m mixed relay will not be upgraded to gold after the country's protest against champions Bahrain was rejected by the Asian Games' Jury of Appeals for the athletics competition on Wednesday.

800m gold and silver medallist Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson will look to replicate their show in the 1500m final scheduled on Day 12 of the 18th edition of the Asian Games as Indian athletes will feature in multiple athletics finals.

The first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold, Swapna Barman - who has six toes in both her feet - produced her career-best performance by logging 6026 aggregate points from the seven events spread for two days.

R Ashwin has recovered from his hip injury and is fit to play the fourth Test against England, said Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who hinted that he would field an unchanged side on Thursday after changing the playing XI in each of the last 38 Tests.

The Indian women's hockey team made its first Asian Games final in 20 years, outlasting three-time champions China 1-0. India's only title at the Asiad came way back in 1982. India will now face Japan, who upset five-time champions South Korea 2-0 in the other semifinal.

Heptathlete Swapna Barman added a dash of heroism to her historic gold medal, triple jumper Arpinder Singh personified the predictability that comes with the favourite tag as track-and-field remained India's happy hunting ground at the 18th Asian Games.

Arpinder Singh clinched India's first men's triple jump gold in 48 years with a jump of 16.77m in the Asian Games on Wednesday.

Swapna Barman on Wednesday created history by becoming the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold here, a feat she achieved despite competing with pain due to a toothache.

Indian track and field athletes continued to shine at the 2018 Asian Games with Arpinder Singh and Swapna Barman winning gold medals in men's triple jump and women's heptathlon respectively on Wednesday.

The Indian mixed doubles table tennis pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra bagged the first-ever bronze medal after going down in the semi-finals of the 18th Asian Games here on Wednesday.

Dutee Chand joined her illustrious compatriots such as PT Usha in the list of athletes who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women's 100m dash on Wednesday.

The Indian mixed doubles tennis pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra brought India's first doubles medal at the Asian Games in the sport as they had to contend with bronze after suffering the defeat at the hands of Chuqin Wang and Yingsha Sun of China in the semifinals.

Champion wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat are in contention for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour, after notching up gold medals in this year's Commonwealth Games and the ongoing Asian Games.

Having made a commendable comeback from the brink of a series defeat, India will look to increase their stranglehold on hosts England to draw parity when the two teams square off for the fourth Test, on Wednesday.

The concern over the fitness of premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continued for the touring Indian team ahead of the fourth Test on Wednesday.

Indian boxer Amit Panghal (49kg) advanced to the semifinals to assure himself of a maiden medal at the Asian Games on Wednesday.

India captain Virat Kohli has ruled out participating in the initial stages of the England and Wales Cricket Board's new 100-ball format and says he is worried that commercial concerns are eroding the quality of the game.

After winning two silver medals in archery, India's first from the ranges at this Asiad, compound archers have a new mission on hand - getting jobs.

On a day when the country's compound archers brought medal glory to the nation from the Asian Games, India's archery ambitions suffered a huge setback.

Jonny Bairstow is a crucial cog in the England wheel and the hosts want him fit for the fourth Test. But the injury he sustained during the third Test is likely to force him to give up the gloves, although the 28-year-old is reluctant to do so.

Mohammed Shami doesn't mind bowling the odd bouncer to James Anderson, but the Indian pacer also looks up to the English swing-bowling legend, who is closing in on Glenn McGrath's record of 563 Test wickets, the highest by a pacer.

The Indian team hadn't yet taken the field when coach Ravi Shastri knelt down on the Ageas Bowl pitch, trying to figure out its nature. He had his reasons - India have been in England for more than a month, but not once have played on a strip which looked green.

Five-time champion Roger Federer eased into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday, beating Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.