Date:28/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/28/stories/2007102861581700.htm

Sport - Asian Games

India wins first gold medal

Macau: India asserted its supremacy in chess by fetching the first gold medal for the country in mixed rapid team event at the second Asian Indoor Games here on Saturday.

The Indian team of Grandmasters K. Sasikiran, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Koneru Humpy and D. Harika topped the table with 12 points from six rounds.

India defeated Pakistan, the Philippines, Vietnam, China, Kazakhstan and Indonesia in the six rounds in that order.

Sasikiran and Harika have qualified for the individual rapid event.

India posts win

The Indians also had a good day in hockey as the team thrashed Hong Kong 6-0 in their second match of the event.

Diwakar and Hardeep Singh scored a brace apiece, while Kulwinder and Dinesh Mujtaba also sounded the boards once each in the preliminary six-a-side match.

India had lost its opener against Iran on Friday. — PTI