Asian Games 2018, Day 12: Jinson, women's 4x400m team win golds; India lose men's hockey semi-final

Hello and welcome to the highlights of Day 12 action of Asian Games 2018 from Jakarta and Palembang.

Medal winners of the day

Women's 4x400m relay team (Hima Das, Poovamma Raju, Saritaben Laxmanbhai and Vismaya Korth) - Gold

Jinson Johnson - Gold in men's 1500m

Men's 4x400m relay team (Kunhu, Dharun, Anas, Rajiv) - Silver

Seema Punia - Bronze in women's Discus

PU Chitra - Bronze in women's 1500m 

Indian track and field athletes have won a total of 19 medals at the ongoing Games. With seven gold, 10 silver, and two bronze medals, this is the Asian giants' second  best performance in athletics after 1951 Games.

India ends track and field campaign in Asian Games 2018 with a silver.

The quartet of Kunhu, Ayyasamy Dharun, Muhammed Anas and Arokia Rajiv finish behind Qatar in the final.

Kunhu, Ayyasamy Dharun, Muhammed Anas and Arokia Rajiv will be running for India. 

What a performance from the women's 4x400m relay team. The quartet of Hima Das, Poovamma Raju, Saritaben Laxmanbhai and Vismaya Korth have beaten the much-fancied Bahrain team to help India win the title for the fifth successive edition. 

Hima's run on the lead leg made all the difference. The 18-year-old has won her third medal at the ongoing Asian Games. What a superstar she has been!

Hima Das, Poovamma Raju, Saritaben Laxmanbhai and Vismaya Korth are the four runners for India as they eye a medal in the women's 4x400m relay final.

Hima Das on lead leg. 

G Lakshmanan finishes sixth in men's 1500m final

Meanwhile, G Lakshmanan finished sixth in the men's 5000m final with a timing of 14:17.09s.

Bahrain's Birhanu Balew took gold with a timing of 13:43.17s.

G Lakshmanan was keeping pace with the Bahranian leaders for the first half of the race. However, he drops behind with only 800m to go. 

It's safe to say the Tamil Nadu athlete's quest for a podium finish has come to an end. 

India's Govindan Lakshmanan, who was disqualified after finishing third in the men's 10,000m, is part of the competitive field here. Can he find redemption in the 5,000m final?

What a run from Jinson Johnson. He has successfully put behind the memories of missing the gold in the 800m to dominate the 1500m event. 

After breaking two national records earlier this year, he has now won to Asiad medals. 

Manjit Singh, the winner of 800m, finishes fourth as his famous late burst came a bit too late. 

The two Indian runners have certainly dominated the middle-distance at the Asian Games. 

Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson, the duo who had finished 1-2 in the 800m final, are eyeing medals in the 1500m final. 

India's PU Chitra wins bronze in the women's 1500m final. She clocks 4:12.56s while Kalkidan of Bahrain took the gold with a timing of 4:07.88s. 

Heartbreak for India! Their title defence comes to an end in the semi-final. They lose to Malaysia in the penalty shoot-out.

SV Sunil missed a sudden death shot and it's all over the defending champions!

Malaysia came up with a spirited effort and found the late equaliser in the penultimate minute of the fourth quarter, which has proved decisive. 

The Indians are down on their knees. The disappointment is evident. They were the favouties and had headed into the tournament after having finished runners-up in the Champions Trophy. 

The 2014 gold medallist fights hard and wins a bronze in Jakarta. The 35-year-old came up with her season-best effort of 62.26m to finish on the podium. 

Sandeep Kumari finishes fifth. 

It remains 2-2 after the first five shots of shoot-out. 

Akashdeep Singh scores and makes it 1-1 and Malaysia's Tengku Ahmad misses. It remains 1-1 after two strokes each. 

Muhammad Firhan scores for Malaysia. Sreejesh had saved his first shot but the ball went in of the second shot just inside 8 seconds.

Not a good start for India. Manpreet Singh's attempt stopped midway for obstruction. The Indian player asked for a referral but the on-field decision stayed. 

Malaysia force penalty-corner with the late equaliser. A momentary lapse in concentration from India in the final quarter may come back to haunt India here. 

Malaysia find a late equaliser. Muhammad Razie coverts a penalty corner in the penultimate minute of the fourth quarter. India would be disappointed for conceding this late in the match. 

Seema Punia betters her mark by throwing 62.26m (season best) in her third attempt. However, she is still in the third spot behind Chen Yang (64.45m) and Bin Feng (62.34m).

Meanwhile, Sandeep Kumari threw 54.61m but still is in the fifth spot.

Seema Punia commits a foul with her second throw. Her best remains 58.51m, which is good enough to keep her in the third spot.

Meanwhile, China's Yang Chen goes into the lead with a throw of 64.45m. Bin Feng also improved her attempt to 61.84m.

Seema Punia, the 2014 Asian Games gold medalist, throws 58.51m in her first attempt. She is currently on the third spot behind China's Bin Feng and Yang Chen. 

Sandeep Kumari is placed fifth with a throw of 53.20m. 

India need only less than a minute to take the lead again. Top-class penalty corner from the Men in Blue. 

Harmanpreet Singh came up with a brilliant behind-the-back slip ball to Varun Kumar, who made no mistake as he slotted it into the net!

This has been a brilliant watch so far. 

Malaysia equalise with a field goal in the third quarter. 

Faizal Saari is the goal-scorer. Sreeejesh had blocked a powerful shot from the left but the Malaysian No. 10 made sure he deflected the ball into the goal. 

India's Seema Punia and Sandeep Kumari will be in action in the women's discus throw final. The former, 35-year-old veteran, will be hoping to defend her gold medal from the Incheon Games today. 

Goal! Harmanpreet Singh takes a clever penalty corner and slotted it past the left of the Malaysian goalkeeper. 

It's a great start to the third quarter for India. They have finally converted one after missing five penalty corners. 

Can the Indian team make use of the momentum and put the match to bed? How will Malaysia, who were brilliant so far, react to the goal? 

After a long discussion, India's video referral for a penalty corner was turned down. It remains 0-0 at the end of the second quarter. 

Malaysia have managed to test the Indian defence and have defended extremely well in the first two quarters and have made it difficult for the defending champions. 

India need to convert the penalty corners as the Malaysians are done pretty well to not give India any chances to finish attacking plays. 

The two goalkeepers — PR Sreejesh and Subramiam Kumar — were two of the busiest men on the pitch in the first quarter. Both the top shot-stoppers were on top form as the match remains goalless at the end of the first quarter. 

India started on an attacking note and were able to keep possession for longer periods of time. Malaysians were good on the counter-attack and threatening the Indian defence quite a few times. 

It remains 0-0 after the first quarter. 

Early drama in the men's semi-final.

Malaysia found the back of the net in the sixth minute but the goal was disallowed after Rupinder Pal Singh went for a quick review. The ball had hit the foot of a Malaysian player after the penalty corner was taken. 

Nonetheless, it was an unnecessary foul from Amit Rohidas that had led to the penalty corner. 

India had started the match with good attacking intent as they won a penalty corner as early as in the first minute. However, the Malaysian goalkeeper kept Harmanpreet's shot from going in. The veteran shot-stopper has been in fine form!

India will be hoping to end their track and field run on a high on the final day of athletics at the Games! 

India have already won 14 medals in athletics, including five gold medals.

Women's Discus Throw Final: 5:10 pm IST

Seema Punia, Sandeep Kumari

Women's 1500m final: 5:50 pm IST

PU Chitra, Monika Chaudhary

Men's 1500m final: 6:05 pm IST

Manjit Singh, Jinson Johnson

Men's 5000m final: 6:30 pm IST

Govindan Lakshmanan

Women's 4x400m final: 6:50 pm IST

Men's 4x400m final: 7:10 pm IST

India take on Malaysia in the men's team semi-final in about 20 minutes from now. India were clinical in the group stage as they went on top Pool B  scoring 76 goals in five matches. 

How will they perform in what seems to be their first big test of the tournament? 

Achantha Sharath Kamal needed just 18 minutes to beat Pakistan's Asim Qureshi 11-4, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 in the men's singles Round of 32 clash. 

The veteran paddler now progresses to the pre-quarterfinals, which will be held tomorrow. 

Earlier, in the day Mouma Das was knocked out in the women's R32. Manika Batra and G Sathiyan will begin their singles campaign, later today. 

Danish Sharma misses out on an opportunity to win India its third Kurash medal. The 24-year-old loses men's -90kg quarter-final to Misri Husein of Kuwait 10-0. 

India's Divesh has lost his Men's -90kg Round of 16 tie to Yakhyo Imamov of Uzbekistan 10-0.

Danish Sharma will be up against Misri Husei, shortly.

Danish Sharma beats Mohanad Abueido of Palestine to reach the quarter-final of Men's -90kg Kurash. The 24-year-old keeps himself in medal contention.

He will take on Misri Husein of Kuwait in the quarter-final bout, shortly. 

Notably, India already has won two Kurash medals at the ongoing games. While Pincky won a silver in the women's -53kg event, Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav won a bronze in the same category.

Earlier in the day, Amisha Tokas lost women's -78kg Round of 16 tie to Vietnam's Thi Lan Nguyen.

15-year-old Jyoti Tokas loses women's 78kg Round of 16 to Turkmenistan's Lohova Mariya 10-0.

The teenager had down well, beating Meesri Prawanwit of Thailand in the Round of 32 clash.

 Earlier in the day, Danish Sharma entered the Men's 90kg Round of 16 after beating Indonesia's Muhammad Dhifa 3-0.

India women are playing their final Pool B tie against Hong Kong.

Having beaten Iran, Thailand, Indonesia, and China in the group stages, the star-studded team has already ensured a semi-final berth and a medal. 

Mouma Das' women's singles campaign comes to an early. She loses 4-0 in the Round of 32 tie to Chinese Taipei's Chen Szuyu.

 Sharath Kamal, who won a historic mixed doubles bronze yesterday, will be in action next (at 2 pm IST) as he takes on Pakistan's Asim Qureshi in the men's singles Round of 32 tie.

Mouma Das loses the first three games of her women's Round of 32 tie to Chinese Taipei's Chen Szuyu in straight games — 11-6, 11-5, 11-6. Not the ideal start and she faces an uphill task to stay in the competition. 

Indian men's hockey team will be eyeing a place in the final as they take on lower-ranked Malaysia in the semi-final today. The Men in Blue had scored a bucketful of goals — 76 to top Pool A in the league phase. Can they carry forward the momentum into the big semi-final today?

Meanwhile, Indian athletes will be hoping to end track and field campaign on a high on athletics' final day. India will be eyeing medals in as many as seven events later in the day.

Here's a look at the schedule of key events on Day 12

Hockey

Men's semi-final: 4 pm IST

India vs Malaysia

Athletics

Women's Discus Throw Final: 5:10 pm IST

Seema Punia, Sandeep Kumari

Women's 1500m final: 5:50 pm IST

PU Chitra, Monika Chaudhary

Men's 1500m final: 6:05 pm IST

Manjit Singh, Jinson Johnson

Men's 5000m final: 6:30 pm IST

Govindan Lakshmanan

Women's 4x400m final: 6:50 pm IST

Men's 4x400m final: 7:10 pm IST

Table Tennis

Indian table tennis contingent has already created history by bagging the first medals for the country at the Asian Games.

While the men's team won the first-ever Table Tennis medal at Asian Games earlier this week, Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal added another bronze to the tally in the mixed doubles event.

Singles campaign begins today and all eyes will be on the star paddlers, who found quite a lot of success at the Commonwealth Games.

Women's singles Round of 32: 10:45 am IST

Mouma Das vs Szuyu Chen (Chinese Taipei)

Men's singles Round of 32: 2 pm IST

Sharath Kamal vs Asim Qureshi (Pakistan)

Women's singles Round of 32: 6:45 pm IST

Manika Batra vs Nanthana Konwong (Thailand)

Men's singles Round of 32: 7:30 pm IST

G Sathiyan

Deborah and Reji Aleena had finished the Women's Sprint event qualification round in the 12th and 16th spot, respectively.

Their challenge came to an end in the Round of 16 event.

While Aleena lost to Hong Kong's Lee Wai Sze by a margin of 0.852s in the one-on-one Heat 1, Deborah lost to Hong Kong's Hoi Yan Jessica by a margin of 0.703s in the fifth heat.

Judo

Garima Choudhary of India lost her women's 70kg elimination round 10-0 to Uzbekistan's Matniyazova, who finished the bout with an ippon.

Earlier in the day, Harshdeep Singh, who had beaten Sri Lanka's Rajith Pushpa Kumara in the R32, fell in the elimination R16 round against Lee Seungsu. The South Korean finished with a Golden Score (Ippon).

50km race walk

India didn't have a good start to the final day of athletics as Sandeep Kumar faced disqualification in the men's 50km race walk event.