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Much was expected from the kabaddi teams to provide the
boost to the gold haul and they did not disappoint.
The men's kabaddi team maintained their impeccable track
record by winning the gold medal for the sixth time on the
trot, demolishing Iran with a facile 37-20 margin what turned
out to be a lop-sided contest.
The script unfolded on expected lines for the women's
kabaddi team also as they completed a memorable Asian Games
debut by clinching the gold medal with a comprehensive win
over Thailand in the final.
The Indians beat Thailand 28-14 in a dominating
performance to clinch the inaugural women's kabaddi gold of
the Asian Games.
World number one Vijender added another feather on his
cap by clinching an unprecedented second boxing gold for India
in the Asian Games to round off the best ever campaign by the
country's pugilists at the quadrennial mega-event.
It was sweet revenge for Olympic and World Championship
bronze-medallist Vijender when he blanked reigning world
champion Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan 7-0. Atoev had beaten the
25-year-old Indian at the World Championship semifinals last
year but Vijender wiped off the disappointment with a
performance fitting the hype around him.
The dashing six-footer Indian crouched a bit and took
full advantage of his long reach and taller height against
Atoev, whom he had beaten in Asian Championships last year.
Hitting straight and clear, Vijender, who was a
bronze-medallist at the 2006 Asian Games, defended stoutly,
seldom letting Atoev to attack.
However, V Santhosh Kumar (64kg) and Manpreet Singh
(91kg) settled for silver medals after losing in the finals.
While Santhosh lost 1-16 to Kazakhstan's Daniyar
Yeleussinov in finals, Manpreet went down 1-8 to Mohammad
Ghossoun of Syria to take India's silver tally to three in
boxing after Dinesh Kumar (81kg) had finished second
Thursday.
The athletics team also ended their campaign with a
bagful of medals with the women's 4x400m relay quartet winning
the gold to bring down curtains with a bang.
India emerged from the track and field events with five
gold, two silver and four bronze medals, one of their best
efforts in Asian Games history, though below their performance
in 2002 Busan Asian Games where they had a 7-6-5 medal haul.
Having started their campaign with a golden double in the
women's 10,000m and 3,000m steeplechase through Preeja
Sreedharan and Sudha Singh on the first day, the 4x400m relay
team of Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, AC Ashwini and Mandeep Kaur
ended the campaign by clinching gold in 3 minutes 29.02secs.
Kazakhstan took the silver in 3:30.03 while China
claimed the bronze in 3:30.89. MORE PTI SSR MRM PDS
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