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CWG : Harpreet Singh wins silver in Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistolevent

In the Commonwealth Games, India on Tuesday won four medals in the shooting competitions. Ace Indian shooter Harpreet Singh clinched the silver medal in Men's 25m Rapid Fire pistol. In Riffle Three position Sanjiv Rajput bagged Silver while Gagan Narang won a Bronze. Manav Jeet Singh Sandhu bagged a bronze in Men's trap shooting competitions. Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar crashed out in the 25m rapid fire pistol shooting.Ace Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar entered the finals in the 74kg category after defeating Nigerian wrestler Bibo 8-4 in ongoing Glasgow commonwealth games on Tuesday. Rajeev Tomar, another Indian wrestler also entered finals in the 125kg category after defeating New Zealand wrestler Marcus Carney 11-1.Nigerian teenage weight lifter Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games after testing positive in a doping test taken after she won gold in the women's 53kg category, the Commonwealth Games Federation announced today. With this, India's Bronze medalist Santoshi Matsa may be upgraded to silver medal and Swati Singh may get the Bronze.In Hockey, India lost to Australia 4-2.In the medal tally, with seven gold 14 silver and 9 bronze India is on 7th place with a total of 30. Australia with 87 medals tops the tally and England on Second place with 74 medals.

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