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S S Ramaswamy Guangzhou, Nov 24 (PTI) Tarundeep Rai clinched a historic silver medal in archery while teen sensation Vikas Krishan (60kg) and Dinesh Kumar (81kg) stormed into the men''s boxing finals as India as bagged six medals on the 12th day of competitions in the 16th Asian Games here today. Tarundeep had his moment of glory as he became the first Indian archer to win a medal in the men''s individual event on a day which saw as many as five bronze medals coming India''s way.
The women''s men and women''s squash teams, woman boxer Kavita Goyat and pugilists Suranjoy Singh and Paramjeet Samota were among the bronze medals winners. With the addition of six more medals, India''s medal haul went up to seven gold, 13 silver and 25 bronze.
India had finished tenth on the medal rostrum in the last edition of the Games in Doha. A listless India finished a disappointing fourth in the women''s hockey event of the Asian Games after going down to Japan 0-1 via golden goal in the bronze medal play-off match.
India, who claimed the bronze four years ago in Doha, were buried by Keiko Manabe''s 78th minute golden goal after both the sides failed to break the deadlock in regulation time. It was a mixed opening session for the Indian boxers with two of them managing to storm into the finals and two of them losing their semi-final bouts.
The 18-year-old Vikas outwitted Uzbekistan''s Hurshid Tojibaev 7-0 to make the finals where he would be facing China''s Qing Hu. Dinesh also had little trouble in dispatching Nepal''s Deepak Maharjan 7-1 and set up a final clash against Uzbekistan''s Elshod Rasulov.
However, Commonwealth Games gold medallists Suranjoy Singh (51kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) had to be content with bronze medals after losing in the semifinals in contrasting fashion. While Suranjoy lost 5-6 to China''s Chang Yong in a thriller-of-a-contest, Samota was all at sea against Zhilei Zhang before the referee stopped the contest midway through the third round and awarded the bout to the home favourite.
Indian woman boxer Kavita Goyat (75kg) lost to China''s Jinzi Li in the semfinals and settled for a bronze medal. Kavita went down 1-5 to Li at the Foshan Gymnasium.
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