On day seven, it was the turn of the Indian Archers, wrestlers and shooters to dazzle. The Indian Hockey players also excelled to book their semi-final berth by beating Pakistan. Archers won two gold medals helping the hosts to maintain the second position in the overall Medals tally. In Men's Tennis, Som Dev Devvarman won the Single's title to give India their 5th Gold today.In free style wrestling, world champion Sushil kumar grabbed the gold in 66 kilogram category outwitting his opponent Heinrich Barnes of South Africa.With 29 gold medals in kitty, India are just 1 short of their best-ever performance in the Commonwealth games, which happened in Manchester 8 years ago. The sterling performance of the athletes in the current 19th edition of the games has seen India bettering their 2006 Melbourne games record which had a haul of 22 gold.Australia continues to dominate the Games, with 60 gold and England are in the third position with 25 gold medals.The first gold of the day for India came when Indian Woman archer Deepika Kumari won the recurve category. Deepika defeated England's Elison Williamson in the final.A victorious Deepika said she had put in her best to grab the gold. Dola Banerjee won a bronze in the same event.After Deepika's win, it was Rahul Banerjee's turn to win the gold in the men's recurve event. Rahul defeated Canada's Jason Lyson. The bronze in the event went to India's Jayanta Talukdar.Harpreet Singh gave India another gold in the Men's 25 metres Centrefire pistol shooting. He said despite stiff competition, he managed to wrest the gold. Vijay Kumar added a silver in the same event.In trapshooting, Manavjeet singh Sandhu bagged a bronze.In freestyle wrestling, India's Anuj Kumar managed to get a silver medal after losing to Pakistan's Mohammed Inam in the 84 kilogram category. Anil kumar grabbed the bronze in the 55 kg wrestling. The gold went to Azhar Hussain of Pakistan and it was the first gold for them. Joginder Kumar has also won a silver in the super heavy weight category of wrestling.In Boxing, Jai Bhagwan and Dilbagh Singh have entered the semifinals, while 2006 games gold medalist Akhil kumar suffered a shock defeat.In women's 112 kilometres Cycling race, the gold and silver went to Australia while New Zealand bagged the bronze.In the discus throw event, Vikas Gowda bagged a Silver medal. Our correspondent takes a look at today's events.Now we have the latest medal tally. Australia 61 gold 36 silver and 35 bronze. India 29 Gold, 22 Silver and 22 bronze. England 25 gold 45 silver and 30 bronze.
News On AIR | October 10, 2010 9:13 PM
‘ CWG: With five more gold added today; Indian tally goes to 29 gold