Asian Games 2026: Srihari Natraj in males’s 50 m backstroke finals; success for India in sepaktakraw

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 21 (ANI): Swimmer Srihari Natraj made it to the finals of the boys’s 50 m backstroke occasion after success of their warmth through the ongoing Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya on Monday. 

Srihari and Rishabh Das completed third and fourth of their heats respectively, as per ESPN. Srihari clocked timings of 25.37, which was +57 behind the warmth chief, and Rishabh clocked 25.41 seconds, turning into one of many reserves for the ultimate. 

Top 10 swimmers from the warmth had a shot at qualifying for the ultimate, with Srihari ending joint-ninth throughout all three heats. 

Shifting focus to sepaktakraw, India began off their three regu-match collection in opposition to Japan in Group B with a 2-0 win. 

Team India began their regu Group B match with a degree and finally went down 3-6. The guests tried clawing their manner again, decreasing the deficit to 5-6. Japan managed to take the lead once more on the time of timeout, main by 10-5. After the day out, India managed 5 fast factors, making it 10-10. India managed to safe the primary set 15-13, making a effective comeback from being down 5-10 to profitable 15-13. 

India began the second set on a good be aware with a 2-2 scoreline, however finally rattled Japan group with a surprising lead of 9-3. The Indian group continued to demoralise the native favourites with their sport, taking a 14-5 lead. 

India finally prevailed, beating Japan 2-0 (15-13, 15-9) for a optimistic begin of their three-match regu collection.

Lastly, within the Wushu girls’s changquan remaining, Nyeman Wangsu completed fifteenth, persevering with India’s poor run within the sport. 

Wangsu managed a rating of 9.573, scoring 4.90 in high quality of motion, 2.673 in general efficiency and a pair of.00 in diploma of issue.

Hong Kong, Macao and Indonesia took dwelling the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, with Hong Kong’s Sham Hui Yu Lydia managing a rating of 9.713, adopted by Macao’s Sou Cho Man (9.710) and Indonesia’s Widodo Eugenia Diva (9.706).

Earlier, Aparna Dahiya suffered a 0-2 defeat to Iran’s Sogand Sinkaeichetan within the girls’s 52kg Sanda Round of 16 on Sunday.

Aparna, who received gold on the eleventh Sanda World Cup in Macau in May, misplaced each rounds by a 5-0 scoreline as Sinkaeichetan superior to the subsequent stage. The Indian had entered the continental competitors following a powerful run on the World Cup, the place she defeated reigning world champion Thi Phuong Nga Ngo of Vietnam in straight units to say the gold medal.

Also, Vikrant Baliyan bowed out of the boys’s 75kg Sanda competitors after dropping 0-2 to Iran’s Soheil Mousavi within the Round of 16 on Sunday. Mousavi dominated each rounds, profitable them 5-0 to advance to the quarterfinals and convey India’s wushu marketing campaign in Sanda to a detailed. (ANI)