Aichi-Nagoya: India added another silver to its Asian Games tally on Thursday as Manu Francis and Prince Noble finished runners-up in the men’s skiff event, taking the country’s overall medal count to 62 at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
The Indian duo finished behind China after nine races with 23 points, while Hong Kong took bronze. Francis and Noble, who compete in the 49er class, also won one race during their campaign. The medal was India’s first in sailing at these Games and took the country’s overall Asian Games tally in the sport to 24, including one gold, nine silver and 14 bronze medals.
India also strengthened its position in wrestling, with Nitesh Siwach reaching the men’s Greco-Roman 97kg final after defeating Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbaatar 9-0. The Asian Championships silver medallist will now compete for gold against the winner of the other semifinal.
In the women’s 62kg category, Mansi was beaten 0-6 by Japan’s two-time world champion Nonoka Ozaki in the semifinal and will now compete in the bronze-medal bout.
The women’s squash team secured a bronze after going down 1-2 to Hong Kong in the semifinal, while India’s men’s sepaktakraw team assured itself of a medal by defeating Vietnam 2-0 in their Group A quadrant match.
Archery also produced contrasting results for India. Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru advanced to the men’s compound individual semifinals after defeating Chinese Taipei’s Chen Chieh-lun. Chikitha Taniparthi, however, bowed out of the women’s individual event following a narrow 143-144 quarterfinal loss to Indonesia’s Nurisa Dian Ashrifah.
In judo, Yamini Mourya entered the women’s 57kg repechage after her quarterfinal defeat, keeping her medal hopes alive.
At the time of writing, India’s tally stood at 62 medals, 10 gold, 22 silver and 30 bronze.
