Swapna Barman created history by winning the women’s heptathlon title while Arpinder Singh ended India’s 48-year wait for men’s triple jump gold at the 18th Asian Games yesterday.
Experienced sprinter Dutee Chand grabbed her second silver medal at this year’s Asiad in the women’s 200 metres event.
Barman’s triumph in the women’s heptathlon is the first ever gold for India in the event at the Asiad. 
Barman posted a score of 6026 points. Wang Qingling of China scored 5954 to take silver while Japan’s Yuki Yamasaki produced her personal best of 5873 to bag the bronze medal.
In men’s triple jump, Arpinder won gold with an effort of 16.77 metres. He pipped Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Kurbanov, who took the silver medal with a personal best jump of 16.62 metres. The bronze medal went to China’s Cao Shuo, who jumped 16.56 metres.
Before the 25-year-old Arpinder, the previous Indian champion at the Asiad was Mohinder Singh Gill in 1970 with an effort of 16.11m.
Arpinder flopped in his first attempt. After the invalid jump, he came back strong with a jump of 16.58 metres in the second attempt which made him the leader after the first two attempts.
Arpinder gained further ascendancy when he came out with a jump of 16.77m. Ruslan too made his best attempt of 16.62 metres. The Uzbek athlete, however, could not topple Arpinder as the former made attempts of 15.99, 16.43, 16.41 in his final three chances respectively.
Arpinder jumped 16.08 in his fourth attempt before fouling the last two attempts.
China’s Cao delivered his best in his sixth and last attempt with a jump of 16.56 to push Japanese Kohei Yamashita to the fourth spot.
Yamashita had fouled his last three attempts. His best of 16.46 came in his third attempt.
Sharath-Manika take mixed doubles TT bronze
The Indian mixed doubles table tennis pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra bagged bronze after going down in the semi-finals yesterday.
Sharath-Manika were outplayed 4-1 (9-11, 5-11, 13-11, 4-11, 8-11) in 39 minutes by China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the last-four clash.
Sharath and Manika, who defeated the North Korean pair of An Ji-song and Cha Hyo-sim 3-2 (4-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8) in 38 minutes in the quarter-finals, got India’s first doubles medal at the Asiad in the sport. 
It was also India’s second TT medal in Asiad history. The first medal came in this edition with the men’s team winning a bronze medal.
Indian women blank China in hockey
Ending a two-decade wait, a resilient Indian women’s hockey team stormed into the final after edging past world No.11 China 1-0 in the semi-final. Inspired by Gurjit Kaur’s solitary goal in the 52nd minute, India ensured themselves of at least a silver when they face lower-ranked Japan in the final tomorrow.