India creates history by surpassing its best ever gold haul of 30 at Manchester commonwealth games eight years ago. With 31 Gold, 25 Silver and 28 bronze medals, India continues to remain in the second spot firmly. Australia leads the table with a rich haul of 64 Gold. Even on the ninth day of the games, shooters continue to bring laurels for the country as they were bang on targets bringing one gold and two silver medals. Annuraj Singh and Heena Sidhu won a Gold in women's Pairs 10 meters Air Pistol category. Samresh Jung and Chandrasekhar won Silver in 25 metre pairs standard pistol event while Tejaswini Sawant bagged a silver in 50 metre rifle prone singles event. Samresh Jung was little disappointed.AIR Correspondent reports that this is one of the best performances in shooting event so far by India.18 gold medals will be decided today with maximum of nine for Athletics. Indian teams are in the finals of the Men’s 4 into 100 meters and women's 4 into 400 meters relays. In Women’s 5000 meters, home hopes lie with Lalita Babbar and Jhuma Khatun. In Men’s Javelin Throw, India's Kashinath Naik, Samerjeet Singh and Rajender Singh are in pursuit of the yellow metal. In Men’s Triple Jump event, Renjith Maheshwari will be in contention for the Gold. Rugby Sevens, Gymnastics and Table Tennis will account for one gold each today. AIR Correspondent Rajesh Bali is at the venue, where Table Tennis is being played, to give us the latest update. Two Golds will be on offer in Weightlifting and Three in Aquatics Diving events.Indians in action in Badminton, where Saina Nehwal is looking to secure a final berth in the women's Singles later this evening. In men's singles semifinals, Chetan Anand plays Malaysia's Lee Chang Wei while P Kashyap meets Rajiv Ouseph of England. India will also be hoping for a good show in Women's Doubles semifinal from the duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa. In Squash, India's Mixed double pair of Saurav Ghoshal and Deepika Pallikal will compete against the Malaysian team of Nicol David and Hee Beng for a berth in the semifinals. Also, all eyes will be on Major Dhyanchand National Stadium, where India faces England in semifinal of the Men's Hockey event. India created history on Monday by sweeping all the medals in the women's discus throw. Discus thrower Krishna Pooniya became the first Indian woman gold medallist in Commonwealth Games athletics. Meanwhile, another Nigerian athlete O Samuel winner of 100 meter men hurdle race has tested positive for a banned stimulant. The President of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mr. Michael Fennel while addressing press conference jointly with Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, said the same banned mehtyle hexalimine stimulant has been found in the second case from same country. He said athlete has been notified and hearing will be held in accordance with anti-doping rules of the games. About women Nigerian athlete, Mr. Fennell said detail report of B sample is awaited and final decision will be taken after that. Referring to encouraging performances of Indian athletes during games, Mr. Kalmadi said the government had provided sufficient money and resources in terms of foreign coaches and training for improvement of the sports scenario in the country.
News On AIR | October 12, 2010 2:18 PM
Annuraj Singh and Heena Sidhu win Gold; Samresh Jung and Chandrasekhar win Silver; Tejaswini Sawant wins a Silver in 50 metre rifle prone singles even