India's Medal Tally: Gold 7, Silver 10, Bronze 19
Day 8 Medals: 2 Silver (Equestrian
Eventing
), 3 Silver (Athletics), 2 Bronze (Bridge)
Gold: --
Silver: Fouaad Mirza
(Eventing, Individual); Fouaad Mirza,
Rakesh Kumar,
Ashish Malik
,
Jitender Singh
(Eventing, Team), Hima Das (Women's 400m), Muhammed Anas Yahiya (Men's 400m), Dutee Chand (Women's 100m)
Bronze: Bridge Men's and Mixed Teams
Hima Das shone the brightest with a brand new record to her name, Muhammed Anas did enough to hold on to his status of a regional force and Dutee Chand won another battle of relevance on a jinx-breaking day for India at the
Asian Games.
It was a day when India counted the silvers, a total of five, even though there was no gold in the tally. The country took the ninth spot in the overall standings with 36 to its credit, including seven gold, 10 silver and 19 bronze medals.
India's first medals on the eighth day of the competition at the 2018 Asian Games in
Jakarta
came in equestrian, where two silver medals were won in the Individual and Team categories of Eventing.
Mirza finished with a penalty points of 26.40 to finish second in the individual event. The gold medal went to Japan's Oiwa Yoshiaki, who had 22.70 points. China's Hua Tian Alex ended third to settle for bronze with 27.10 points.
In the Team event, India totalled 121.30 penalty points, behind gold medallists Japan with 82.40 points. Thailand got the bronze medal with 126.70 points.