Today in Asian games India won gold in women’s Kabaddi
GUANGZHOU: On Friday India defeated Thailand 28-14 to clinch the inaugural women’s kabaddi gold medal in the Asian Games .
At the Nansha Gymnasium today with aggressive tackling India first took control of the game and then dismissed the entire Thai team for a two-point bonus before taking a commanding with17-7.
National coach Balwan Singh said, “We are proud to have won the gold for the country in a tough competition.”
“Our defense was very good. We had studied the rival’s game. They were very fast but could not wriggle out of our grasp when making raids into our territory,” he said.
Thai girls tried to make a comeback after conceding a massive first-half lead, but the Indians did not allow them with strong defense strategy.
Indian assistant coach Sunil Dabas said Thursday’s close shave against Iran was the perfect wake up call for the girls.
He said, “They were determined to win after being really shaken up by Iran. It turned out to be blessing in disguise and was a well-timed wake up call.”
Indian girls had played a lot of practice matches with Thailand and the gold was a “dream come true”, said Snehal Salunkhe.”Only in my dreams had I thought we could win gold but now it has come true,” she added.
