Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 22 (ANI): Defending champions India continued their dominant run within the Asian Games 2026 males’s kabaddi competitors with a complete 63-31 victory over South Korea of their second Group A fixture on Tuesday.
India produced a robust first-half show and went into the break with a 34-14 lead. The defending champions inflicted two all-outs on South Korea within the opening half, with the second coming simply earlier than half-time.
India maintained management after the break and accomplished a 32-point victory over South Korea to make it two wins from two matches in Group A.
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Earlier, India opened their marketing campaign with a 49-24 win over Japan on Monday.
Japan provided larger resistance within the second half and managed so as to add greater than 20 factors, however India remained firmly in management to seal a snug victory of their opening match.
India will subsequent tackle Bangladesh of their Group A fixture on the Tokai Citizen Gymnasium.
Meanwhile, India’s Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane certified for the gold medal match after ending second within the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team qualification.
China topped the qualification with 638.9, setting a brand new world document and bettering on the earlier mark of 636.9.
India made a robust begin to the qualification and reached 211.9 after 20 photographs. The Indian pair maintained their place via the rest of the qualification to complete with 634.9, additionally surpassing the prevailing Asian document.
China accomplished its qualification forward of the opposite groups and posted the document rating of 638.9. Sheng Lihao, who had additionally competed within the males’s 10m air rifle qualification on Monday, helped China end its set of photographs early.
South Korea and Iran had been nonetheless finishing their photographs when China and India completed their qualification, with the ultimate standings to be confirmed in any case groups accomplished their rounds.
The format for the ultimate has been modified this yr. Instead of separate gold and bronze medal matches, all 4 certified groups will compete concurrently within the last, following a format just like the person occasions, with periodic eliminations.
In comfortable tennis, Jay Meena defeated Pakistan’s Hussain Arain 4-0 in males’s singles Group D, whereas Aadhya Tiwari misplaced 1-4 to Thailand’s Alisha Ziegler within the girls’s singles Group D. Wushu’s Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam completed ninth within the girls’s Nanquan last. (ANI)