Asian Games 2018 Day 3 Highlights: Saurabh Chaudhary Wins India's Lone Gold Medal

So, that brings us to the end of Asian Games 2018 day three. Towards the end of the day, India were assured of four medals in Wushu. The highlight of the day was Saurabh Chaudhary's gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol. Abhishek Verma also won the bronze in the same event. In shooting, Sanjeev Rajput won a silver medal while in wrestling Divya Kakran won the bronze. Asian Games Medals 2018 Tally.

In Wushu, India is now assured of two more medals. Which means a total of four. Surya Singh reached the semifinal of 60kg men’s Sanda while Narender Grewal, bronze winner in 2014, has made it to the semis as well.

What a performance by Indian women's hockey team! A day after Indian men's team defeated Indonesia by 17-0, the women's team has overhauled that score and now defeated Kazakhstan by an impressive margin of 21-0. 

India is assured of a couple of medals in Wushu. Naorem Devi, who beat Pakistan’s Mubashra 0-2, has qualified for the semi-final. Similarly, Santosh Kumar defeated Thailand's Paokrathik Phithak 1-2 to make it to the semi-finals.

Indian swimmer Virdhawal Khade missed out on a medal by a narrow margin as he finished fourth in the men's 50 metre freestyle final at the 18th Asian Games on Tuesday. Khade registered a time of 22.47 seconds which was a mere .01 second slower than Japan's Shunichi Nakao who took the bronze.

Yu Hexin of China won the gold medal with a time of 22.11 seconds. The silver medal went to Japan as well with Katsumi Nakamura registering 22.20 seconds to come in second.

India touches double-figure mark in medal tally with grappler Divya Kakran winning bronze medal in Women's 68Kg Freestyle Wrestling. She beat Taiwan's Chen Wenling 6-0 to take the bronze medal.

After suffering a shock defeat to South Korea in the last match, the Indian kabaddi team bounced back in style as they defeated Thailand 49-30 in their fourth match of the Asian Games on Tuesday. Rahul Chaudhari was the standout raider in a match which saw Thailand giving a fight in patches.

India got its first-ever medal in sepaktakraw as it settled for a bronze medal after losing to Thailand in the semi-finals of the men's team regu event in Asian Games 2018 on Tuesday. India, who had finished second in Group B, lost 0-2 to sepaktakraw powerhouse Thailand in a semi-final to get a podium finish.

Men's Team Regu Bags Bronze Medal in Sepaktakraw. Meanwhile, Shooters Shreyasi Singh and Lakshay Sheoran bow out of mixed team trap event. India's medal tally rises to 9 and they also move to sixth place in Asian Games 2018 team standings.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced a cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for Meerut resident Saurabh Chaudhary, who bagged gold in the Men's 10 metre Air Pistol final in the ongoing 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. The Chief Minister also announced a Rs 20 lakh prize for Ravi Kumar, also a Meerut resident, for winning a bronze medal in the mixed team competition of 10-meter air pistol competition at the Asian Games-2018. Asian Games Medal Tally 2018 Updated: Sanjeev Rajput Clinches Silver Medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men, India’s Medal Tally 8 in Current Table and Country-Wise Medal Standings.

India's mixed trap shooting team of Lakshay Sheoran and Shreyasi Singh qualified for the finals at the 18th Asian Games on Tuesday. Lakshay and Shreyasi finished fifth with a total score of 142 to qualify for the five-team finals. Chinese Taipei and China scored 146 to finish first and second respectively, with both registering qualifying world record scores. Asian Games Medal Tally 2018 Updated: Sanjeev Rajput Clinches Silver Medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men, India’s Medal Tally 8 in Current Table and Country-Wise Medal Standings.

For India, Lakshay, who on Monday got a silver medal in the singles trap event, contributed 72, while Shreyasi scored 70. Lakshay got 23, 24, 25 in three series, while Shreyasi got 23, 25, 22 in her three series.

Sanjeev Raut bags silver medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Finals on Day 3 of Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games. The 37-year-old shooting champ has also won the gold medal in Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. India's medal tally moves to 8.

A flurry of low-scoring points and Sanjeev Rajput squanders the chance to be on leaderboard. 

Sanjeev Rajput with 307.1 is three points clear of the second-placed Haoran Yang of China who has shot 304.1 points in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men. Takayuki Matsumoto of Japan is currently at the third place with 303.9 points.

Gyanender Beats Piyabut Wiratul 10-2 in Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 1/8 Finals.

Sanjeev Rajput leads with 202.6 points in in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Finals, while Yuriy Yurkov of Kazakhstan is at the second place. 

Sanjeev Rajput of India is leading in  50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Finals event. The 37-year-old had finished at sixth spot in the qualifications stage. India eyes another gold on the third day of Asian Games 2018.

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore writes, "16 years. Very first Asian Games. AND A 🥇 MEDAL. The INCREDIBLY talented #SaurabhChaudhary has truly arrived! WELL DONE, young man! Proud of you! #AsianGames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames".

Vijender Singh writes, "Congratulations to India's Young Champ, 16-year-old #SaurabhChaudhary for clinching GOLD and truly Hardworking #AbhishekVerma, for winning Bronze in Men's 10m Air Pistol event. The Nation is celebrating Your Victories with Pride !!! #AsianGames2018⁠"

Congratulations Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma!!

Indian women's team are in terrific form as they mercilessly thrashed host nation Indonesian team 54-22 in group A match. They had earlier beaten Sri Lanka 38-12 on Tuesday.