Asian Games 2014 Mary Kom boxing final Live, Mary Kom boxing final in Asian games 2014 Live






1140 (IST):Mary Kom Wins a historic gold!

1139 (IST): Round 3 goes to Mary again. All judges vote for her. Mary's experience is showing in cat-and-mouse bout.

1138 (IST): Mary more aggressive in third round. Good combination punches as crowd eggs her on.

1136 (IST): Mary wins the second round 2-1. It was a close round. The third will be crucial.

1135 (IST): Zhaina is using her combinations very well. Mary fighting back with a flurry of rights in Round 2.

1134 (IST): Judges not impressed by Mary Kom though. All three give first round to Kazak.

1130 (IST): Mary looks to attack early. Tries to intimidate Shekerbekova and is surely more aggressive on her feet between the two in the ring. Mary was a sprinter and javelin thrower before taking to boxing and it is  showing here.

1129 (IST): Mary's strategy has been to study her opponents first - almost like a predator waiting for the eventual kill. Zhaina though may not allow herself to be eaily hunted. The 25-year-old beat a favoured Mongolian Nandintsetseg Myagmardulum in her previous bout in what was a closely contested match.

Bout Begins!

1128 (IST): Four rounds of two minutes each will decide the winner. Both Mary Kom and Zhaina Shekerbekova are eying their first Asian Games boxing gold. While Mary has been a little slow in the first two rounds of her previous bouts here, she has turned up the heat on her opponents in the next two to seal a win with ease. Will today see a different approach?

1127 (IST): The 'battle' of the day! Mary Kom comes out to battle Zhaina Shekerbekova (KZK) for gold in flyweight (48-51 kg) boxing.

1122 (IST): It's over for Manoj in this bout. He loses 4-0 to Peng Fei.

1120 (IST): Manoj more aggressive in the second round against the Chinese. Peng Fei though is a balanced wrestler and does not allow Manoj to get back into the bout.

1118 (IST): Manoj trails 4-0 after 1st round.

1117 (IST): Peng Fei - a national elite athlete in China - is using sheer strength against 22-year-old Manoj. Collects four points in a rush.

1115 (IST): Manoj Kumar walks out for his Greco-Roman 85 kg Quarterfinal wrestling match vs China's Peng Fei. Did you know? Manoj works as an accountant and has been a strong wrestler for India. He was fifth in the previous edition of Asian Games and third in the Asian Championships earlier this year.

1113 (IST): Great defensive work helps Payam Payani beat Gurpreet 7-2 in quarters. Gurpreet can still get a bronze if the Iranian makes the final.

1112 (IST): Gurpreet needs to attack Payani's upper body for points but seems to be lacking the strength.

1111 (IST): Payani continues with his aggression in the second round and quickly collects two more points against Gurpreet.

1110 (IST): Gurpreet trails Payani 5-2 at the end of first round.

1109 (IST): Payani is 20-years-old but is looking stronger than his more senior Indian opponent Gurpreet who trails 5-2 in the first round.

1107 (IST): Wrestling - Gurpreet takes on Iran's Payam Payani in 75kg Greco Roman quarters. Two rounds of three minutes each will decide the winner.

1037 (IST): Despite a brave fight, Indian men lose volleyball quarters to Japan 3-2.

1025 (IST): Volleyball - Japan take the fourth set against India in a see-saw quarterfinal battle. Fifth and final set coming up...

1018 (IST): Even as Indian wrestlers go down fair and square today, there was a huge outcry when boxer Sarita Devi lost in the semi on Tuesday. While most felt she deserved to win against her Korean opponent, India's appeal was turned down.

Here's why former international referee - Farhad  Engineer -  however says that punches from knuckles and not from the sides count. He feels therefore that the judges' call on the matter may have been correct despite all the commotion:

1010 (IST): Another defeat in wrestling - Tulsi goes down to Khusrav Obloberdiev of Tajikistan. A comprehensive (10-0) defeat for the Indian on the wrestling mat.

1008 (IST): Next up is Tulsi Yadav in 66 kg quarters of Greco Roman wrestling. Can he bring joy to the Indian contingent after Gurpreet's triumph.

1002 (IST): Gurpreet shows class as he brings down his more experienced opponent 10-0 to enter 75kg Greco Roman quarters. He will next face Iran's Payam Payani.

1001 (IST): Gurpreet's opponent - Sharif - is a far more experienced campaigner. He had won bronze in 2006 edition of Asian Games.

0959 (IST): Gurpreet Singh comes out for his Greco-Roman 75 kg wrestling quarters bout against Qatar's Sharif Badr Bakhit. Gurpreet was seventh in this year's World Championships. The 21-year-old was tenth in the World Junior Championships in Sofia (Bulgaria) last year.

0955 (IST): No joy for Dalal today as he loses 8-0 to Darzi.

0953 (IST): Dalal was honoured with Arjuna Award in 2013. His fight back into the international arena has been inspirational, espcially as he suffered a serious back injury in 2002. He was reportedly advised to give up wrestling but Dalal refused to pay heed to medical advice.

0952 (IST): Wrestling - Dharmender Dalal takes on Bashir Darzi of Iran in Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg quarters. Did you know? Dalal is employed as a railway worker and was introduced to wrestling at age 12. His brother -Nardender Dalal - is a former international wrestler too.

0949 (IST): Volleyball - Indian men win third set against Japan to lead 2-1 in the quarters. Did you know? Indian captain Ranjit Singh is nine years junior to his Japanese counterpart Yu Koshikawa. Also, the tallest players in the two teams are all six feet nine inches tall! They are - Vaishnav Ramakrishnan and Navjit Singh in the Indian team and Yamato Fushimi in the Japanese side.

0931 (IST): Recap read - The most closely watched Asian Games clash will be when Indian men take on Pakistan for the hockey gold on Thursday. The match will take place at 1530 (IST). Read full preview here.

0916 (IST): Volleyball - Indian men lose second set against Japan 25-19. The Japanese make a good comeback after losing the first set.

0850 (IST): Canoe Kayak Obstacle Slalom: Ganeshvri Dhurwe and Champa Mourya are sixth and eight in kayak single women's repechage 1, respectively.

0846 (IST): India take the first set 25-20 against Japan. A spirited fight from the Indians in the first set and looking good to advance against a better-ranked Japanese team.

0830 (IST): Volleyball - Indian men take on Japan in the quarterfinal. Did you know? Brazil, Russia and Poland are the top three teams in men's FIVB international rankings. Japanese men are ranked 25th while the Indians are 39th.

0820 (IST): Taekwondo - Anand Pandiarajan is defeated by Korea's Yonghyun Park in 80kg Round of 16.

0805 (IST): Athletics - Sandeep Kumar is fourth and Bahadur Rana takes fifth spot in 50km race walk.

0800 (IST): Canoe Kayak Obstacle Salom - Namita Chandel is tenth at the end of canoe single women qualification heat 1. Prince Parmar finishes 15th in the men's division. Update: Kuldeep Singh Keer fails to qualify.