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CWG: Abhinav Bindra wins Gold in 10m Air Rifle shooting; Malaika Goel bags silver in 10m Air Pistol event

Shooting brings a gold and a Silver on the second day of 20th Commonwealth Games. India's former Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra shot 205.3 in finals of 10m Air Rifle to win Gold. Bindra stood third in qualification this is his last Commonwealth Games appearance. Earlier, 16 year old Malaika Goel bagged silver in the 10m Air Pistol event with 197.1 points on the second day of the games. Sishun Teo from Singapore won the Gold in this event with 198.6 points.India's Sandeep Sejwal qualifies for men's 100m breaststroke. In the process, he became the first Indian swimmer to clear the qualification round. Sejwal finished 12th overall after clocking 1 minute and 2.97 seconds in the heat to advance for semis.Judoka Sunibala Huidrom in 70Kg won the Repachage contest to qualify for the bronze medal event. Earlier, Balvinder Singh in 73 Kg and Vikender Singh in 81kg had lost their bout in Round of 32.Indian Men's Hockey team have started their campaign with 3-1 victory over Wales in it's opening preliminary match. For India Gurwinder Chandi, Rupinder Singh and Raghunath Ramachandra found net. The lone goal came from Welsh was scored by Andrew Cornick.In Table Tennis, Indian Men's paddler shunted Guyana 3-Nil and Indian Women's paddler thrashed Kenya 3-Nil in the prelimnary round.Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa has been knocked out in the Round of 16 by Kiwi, Joele King 1-3.Indian pugilist that will be seen in action today are Mandeep Jangra in the 69 Kg weight class and Parveen Kumar in +91 Kg weight class. Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan got Byes in their respective weight class.

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