First the news about the Commonwealth Games. On day seven, it was the turn of the Indian Archers to dazzle. They won two gold medals helping the hosts to maintain the second position in the overall Medals tally. In free style wrestling 66 kg category, Sushil kumar grabbed the gold outwitting his opponent Heinrich Barnes, from South Africa. With 28 gold medals in kitty, India are just 2 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 continue to dominate the Games, with 56 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 the third gold of the day 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. The Union Sports Minister, Mr. M.S Gill, has said that he is pleased with the performance of the Indian Shooters. 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. In the on-going Pool A India – Pakistan hockey match, the hosts were leading 4-2 at half-time. Now we have the latest medal tally. Australia 57 gold 33 silver and 35 bronze. India 28 Gold, 21 Silver and 22 bronze. England 25 gold 45 silver and 29 bronze.
News On AIR | October 10, 2010 8:22 PM
CWG: With four more gold added today; Indian tally goes to 28 gold