The sixth day of Asian Games 2018 takes place on 24th August, Friday. The multi-sports event, which began a week ago with grand opening ceremony in Jakarta, Indonesia has reached a stage where every day new stars are born, games records are broken, and history is scripted. Fans are closely following the 18th Asian Games, with both live telecast and online live streaming. In addition to, we at LatestLY are also doing special coverage to keep you guys updated about Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games, from qualification to gold medal match events to medal tally and team standings details. The Day 6 of 18th Asiad is expected to be an eventful one from India’s point of view with big names like gymnast Dipa Karmakar, shooter Manu Bhaker, badminton player Srikanth Kidambi all in action. And of course, all eyes will be on Indian women’s kabaddi team as they take on Iran in the gold medal finals match. Asian Games 2018 Day 6 India Schedule in IST & Medal Tally: Full Fixtures List of Indian Athletes in Action on August 24.
It has been a topsy-turvy ride for the major stars in the 18th Asian Games, especially after tasting success in Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games held in April this year. We saw wrestling champion Sushil Kumar perish in first round at Asiad, shooter Shreyasi Singh looked shadow of herself in the tournament, while weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam also bit dust after getting injured in men’s 77kg category event on Thursday. Interestingly, all these three players are CWG 2018 gold medallist. Young 16-year-old Manu Bhaker would be hoping to not join the above in this inglorious list when she participates in women's 10m air pistol event. Asian Games Medal Tally 2018 Updated: Kabaddi Team Settles for Bronze, Takes India's Medal Tally to 18 in Current Table and Country-Wise Medal Standings.
In 2018 Asian Games, Manu Bhaker scored a game's record score of 593 in the qualification round of 25m Air pistol event. However, she had a meltdown in finals, which was eventually won by fellow Indian Rahi Sanorbat. Now, the Haryana girl from Jhajjar district would be aiming to rectify all her lows and make India proud again with a top finish. India will also have Heena Sidhu, 2014 Incheon Asian Games silver medallist taking part in the women’s 10m air pistol event.
Asian Games 2018 Medal Table and Team Standings
Moving from shooting to artistic gymnastics, it will be 24-year-old Dipa Karmakar in the balance beam event starting at 2.38 pm IST. The Tripura star who pulled out of artistic team finals after a career-threatening knee injury flared up again is itching to make up for the lost opportunity. Dipa who had earlier stated to fed up of fourth-place finish should get a podium finish this time around.
Coming to the biggest match of the day – India vs Iran in women’s kabaddi final. With a comprehensive win over minnows Chinese Taipei, Indian women’s team assured themselves a silver medal – of course, winning gold remains the target. Too much is at stake for the side, especially after men’s team suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Iran and the seven-time champion had to settle for bronze medal. Women’s team can diminish the damage by winning gold for India.
Apart from all these, there are several interesting matches in badminton with men's doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan in contention for gold medal in tennis, Srikanth Kidambi in action in men’s singles round of 32, as many as four squash players Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal in women’s and men’s singles quarterfinals. And, there’s Indian men’s hockey team taking on Japan and fans are already wondering about the margin with which Team India will beat their opponents. So stay tuned for all the action right here.