Saturday, October 9, 2010

India Tally of twenty four CWG Gold medals

Nksagar-Sagar Media Oct 09,2010: Delhi CWG 2010:
India bagged 24 golds, has 16 Silver and equal number of Bronze medals to its credit.With Pancham Yadav of India wins gold in the men's 74 kg wrestling category. India retains second spot.

Swimming: In the 1,500 free,Shave finish Canadia Ryan Cochrane wins the gold.South Africa's Heerden Herman move in to second for a silver. England's Daniel Fogg took the bronze finish for bronze .

Freestyle event
India's Yogeshwar Dutt won the gold in the 60 Kilogram freestyle event, beating Canada's James Mancini. Narsingh Pancham Yadav in 64 kg category advanced to the finals beating Mac donald of Canada 2-1.

Shooting
With Gagan Narang striking a fourth gold for India in the Singles 50 m Rifle 3 Positions (Men) event,India total of Gold moves on 22.The Silver went to Jonathan Hemund of Scotland and bronze to James Heckle of England.

Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh started the day on a high note for Indian shooters in the Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal thus totaling twenty one, in men's 25m-centrefire pistol pairs event at the Karni Singh Shooting Range on Saturday.Vijay and Harpreet shot an impressive 1159 to bag the top prize, ahead of New Zealand's Greg Yelavich and Alan Earle who won the silver.Singapore's Lip Meng Poh and Bin Gai grabbed the bronze.

In women's section, India's Suma Shirur and Kavita Yadav had to be content with the bronze in the 10-metre air rifle event as Malaysia's Ayuni Halim and Nur Suryani bagged the yellow metal.Singapore's Ser Xiang Wei Jasmine and Cheng Jian Huan bagged the bronze medal.

"I am naturally delighted to win my first gold in the Commonwealth Games. I dedicate it to the Indian Navy and my senior officers. Without their support, I wouldn't have made it," said Harpreet after bagging the top prize.Asked about the competition he and his partner faced from New Zealand's Poh and Gai, Harpreet said, "It was a very tough and it was difficult to perform in front of the home crowd. But I was well prepared for the Games." Vijay credited coach Smirnov Pavel for his success."Whenever there is a problem, he was there to help us," said Vijay.

However, woman shooter Shirur was disappointed not to have won the gold medal."We could have done better. In fact we were hoping for a better showing but I guess it just wasn't our day," Suma said after her event.On her teammate Kavitha, Suma said, "She is down with a fever and is also suffering cold and cough. It's not easy to shoot if you are not fit physically."

India won their second medal in shooting. Suma Shirur and Kavita Yadav finished third in 10 meter Air rifle pairs winning the bronze. Another medal came from Table-Tennis as Indian men's team defeated Nigeria 3-0 in contest for the third place.

Oz win the gold in the women's 4X100 mtr medley and England bags the silver while Canada settles for the bronze.

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