Pankaj Advani unleashed his best in the climax in billiards to clasp India's first gold in the Asian Games here on Sunday.
In a dramatic final, in which his opponent Oo Oo Nay Thway of Myanmar had bridged the gap to be teasingly close to him, Advani came up with an unfinished break of 36 from 64-45 to clinch a thriller and the gold along with it, at the Asian Games Town Gymnasium.
This was triumph of spirit, as Advani had to battle alarming swings in form, and the spells of strong play by his opponent. It was unbridled joy as Advani punched the air in delight at accomplishing his goal of defending the precious gold.
“It feels really great. This is like an Olympic gold for me,” said the 25-year-old Advani, after recording a nerve-wracking 33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-4, 100-45 victory in the billiards singles final.
Advani had won the title in the last edition in Doha, and that had happened to be India's second gold medal then, in an eventual collection of 10.
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Virdhawal Khade won India's first medal of the day as he clinch bronze in the men's 50m butterfly event on the fourth day of competition at the Asian Games.
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Somdev Devvarman, Karan Rastogi, Sanam Krishan and Vishnu Vardhan of India stand on the podium with their bronze medal as they finish third of the men's team final tennis match at the Aoti tennis centre during the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. Taiwan won the gold, Uzbekistan the silver, India and Japan the bronze medal.
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Ashish Kumar has won India's first Asian Games medal in artistic gymnastics. Kumar won the bronze in the floor exercise on Tuesday.
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