Asian Games: Sandhyarani saves the day for India with a silver medal

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GUANGZHOU: Unheralded Sandhyarani Devi proved to be the saving grace for India by bagging a silver medal in wushu while the fancied shooters fell by the wayside for the third successive time on a rather unproductive fifth day of competitions in the 16th Asian Games here today.

The 27-year-old Sandhyarani's achievement was the lone bright spot in an otherwise heart-breaking day which generally saw below-par performances in most disciplines though star pugilist Vijender booked a berth in the quarter-finals and the men's hockey team kept themselves in medal reckoning with a 9-0 trouncing of Bangladesh.

With the addition of just a silver medal, India's medal tally rose to one gold, five silver and seven bronze but the collection could have been far better had the shooters lived upto their reputation.

In Image: India's Wangkhem Sandhyarani shows her silver medal won in the women's Sanshou 60kg wushu final event of 16th Asian Games at Nansha Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday

Text: PTI

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Coverage: Asian Games