Shooting brings laurels on the 3rd day of the 20th Commonwealth Games. India bagged a gold and 2 silver today. Indian Medals tally now reads 4 Gold 6 Silver and 3 bronze.The good Indian Shooting contingent doesn't know when to stop! Our marksmen seem to hit bulls eye more than one can think. Delhi's 14 Gold aim is far fetched dream due to reduced events in shooting but we are trying our best. It was Apurvi Chandela today who entered the finals of 10m Air Rifle Event with Games Record to her name. She cruised in the finals and clinched the coveted yellow metal. Her compatriot Ayonika Paul had the silver bite in the same event. Ayonika had entered the finals finishing fourth in the qualification. She came from behind in the finals and with a nervy start she went strong to see the silver. Earlier, in the day Indian shooter Prakash Nanjappa won silver in 10m Air Pistol event. He finished with 198.2 points. He came into the final after finishing top in the qualifying round. More medals are expected in shooting as Anisa Sayyed and Rahi Sarnobat are in the semi final of Women's 25m Pistol event which is slated for later tonight. On the other hand Indian Judokas had a tough day out as they failed to go above quarters round but they won their repechage bouts enabling them to fight for bronze. Parikshit Kumar in Men's +100kg and Sahil Pathania in 100 kg, Rajwinder Kaur in Women's +78kg and Jina Devi Chongtam in 78kg will eye the bronze. Indian pugilist and Delhi's Commonwealth Gold medalist Manoj Kumar have defeated M Moshoeshoe from Lesotho in 64 Kg weight class to enter the round of 16. Indian Women's table tennis team have thrashed New Zealand 3-Nil to enter the semi finals. They will now face Singapore in the semis. As the night progresses in India– we hope that Glasgow's day shine for India.Meanwhile, the Indian Men's Hockey Team is playing against Scotland. The match is in progress.
News On AIR | July 26, 2014 9:00 PM