Asian Games 2018, Women's Singles Canoe Day 5: Champa Mourya in action, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results

The action is set to get underway shortly!

Updated: 23 August 2018 08:43 IST - Published: 23 August 2018 07:45 IST

That's all from us for now, but do join us again at 9.50am for the final.

Incidentally, all the athletes have qualified for the final, which is set to get underway at around 9.50am, IST.

Champa Mourya qualifies for the final, with a 7th-placed finish.

This means that Champa Mourya has now moved down to 7th on the table.

And the two remaining Chinese competitors Shi Chen and Jie Yang take the top two spots, with timings of 105.9 and 110.7, respectively.

Champa Mourya has now moved down to 5th.

Meanwhile, India's Champa Mourya is now at 5th!

Ren Mishima of Japan has not take the top spot with a timing of 122.62, while Kamila Safina of Kazakhstan has taken the fourth spot with a timing of 128.65.

Champa Mourya has already qualified for the final.

Significantly, all six of the athletes who have gone so far, have qualified for the finals, including Champa Mourya!

This puts Mourya on third at the moment.

However, Atcharaporn Duanglawa of Thailand and Weihan Chen have posted much better timings of 124.71 and 125..11, and are way ahead of the rest of the pack.

And she post a timing of 176.14, which takes her to the top of the list!

Champa Mourya is up next....

Iran's Shaghayegh Seyedyoosefi is up first, and she posts the qualification time of 275.14s

The women's singles canoe semifinal is set to get underway, and it's Champa Mourya, who will be flying the Indian flag high in this event!

A top of the morning to all our readers!

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Canoe event at the 2018 Asian Games today!

India will be represented by Champa Mourya, who will take part in the semifinals today, giving her a great chance of winning another medal for the country.

The 2018 Asian Games are underway as a strong Indian contingent contest in over forty sports in Jakarta & Palembang.

The 4th day of the multi-sporting extravaganza was excellent for India. Rahi Sarnobat won another gold in shooting by bagging the top spot in the Women's 25m Pistol event. The shooter from Kolhapur has created history by becoming India's first female shooter to win Gold in an individual event at Asiad. India also bagged 4 medals in Wushu on Day 4, taking their medal tally to 15.

Elsewhere, two medals were confirmed in tennis -- Ankita Raina confirmed her medal after defeating Chong Euduce Wong of Hong Kong 6-4, 6-1 to enter the top 4 in women's singles while the Men's duo of Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan also won their quarterfinal encounter 6-3, 5-7, 10-1 and entered the semis, thereby confirming a medal. They will be in action in their respective matches today!