Asian Seashore Video games: Indian Girls Clinch Gold in Kabaddi; Males Safe Silver

Sanya (China) (IANS): India opened its medal tally on the sixth Asian Seashore Video games on Monday as the ladies’s kabaddi group captured gold, whereas the boys’s group secured silver. The ladies’s squad maintained their continental dominance in Sanya, defeating Sri Lanka to assert India’s first gold of this version.

Girls’s Group Extends Golden Streak

The Indian girls’s group secured a commanding 47-31 victory over Sri Lanka within the closing to clinch their sixth consecutive Asian Seashore Video games title. The squad reached the summit conflict after a convincing 50-31 win towards Bangladesh within the semifinals.

The Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) Gandhinagar, which hosted the nationwide teaching camp, celebrated the victory on social media, noting that the rigorous preparation in India paved the best way for this historic end in China.

Males’s Group Settles for Silver

The Indian males’s group earned a silver medal for the second consecutive version after falling to the Islamic Republic of Iran within the closing. The six-member Indian squad—comprising Brijendra Singh Choudhary, Jitendra Yadav, Yatharth Deshwal, Neeraj, Jai Bhagwan, and Bhanu Pratap Tomar—trailed 23-11 at halftime and ultimately misplaced the match 44-31.

Earlier within the event, the boys’s group efficiently avenged their earlier closing defeat by crushing rivals Pakistan 50-27 within the semifinals to safe their place on the rostrum.

The Video games Resume After Decade-Lengthy Hiatus

Resuming after a ten-year hole as a result of pandemic, the Asian Seashore Video games are presently showcasing 31 Indian athletes within the resort metropolis of Sanya. Organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), this multi-sport occasion focuses on coastal and seaside disciplines.

India goals to construct on its 2016 efficiency in Vietnam, the place the contingent received 24 medals. With the kabaddi occasions concluded, India now appears to its remaining representatives to bolster the medal depend in Sanya.