On the sixth day of competitions in the Commonwealth Games today, India have so far bagged four Gold, one Silver, and three bronze medals. The hosts now have a tally of 24 gold, 17 Silver and 15 bronze medals. The highlight of India's show today, is Gagan Narang's fourth gold of the Games. The shooter emerged victorious in the 50 metre rifle 3 position shooting event this afternoon. Gagan also created a new games record scoring 1262.2 points. The Silver in the event went to Jonathan Hemund of Scotland and bronze to James Heckle of England.There is stiff competition between India and England for the second place. During the day, England over took India for a short period to get the second spot when they also won 21 golds. They took the second position, as besides the 21 gold, they had a tally of more silver and bronze medals. Australia which continue to remain at the top by establishing an unassailable lead in the medals tally. They have so far won 53 Gold, 29 silver and 31 bronze. The first medal of the day for India came in Athletics with Harminder Singh securing bronze in 20 Kilometer Men's walk race this morning. Australia won the gold and silver in this event. A jubilant Harminder expressed happiness on his achievement.Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh won gold in 25 metres Centre fire pistol pairs in shooting. It was the third gold for Vijay Kumar in the current Games. It is the second golden hat-trick by an Indian shooter, after Gagan Narang's feat.After his gold medal winning performance, Vijay Kumar said:In Wrestling, India's Yogeshwar Dutt won the gold in the 60 Kilogram freestyle event, beating Canada's James Mancini. The fourth gold for the country came through Narsingh Pancham Yadav in the 74 kg category Wrestling event. Yadav defeated South Africa's Richard Brain Addinall.In Women's 20 Kilometres walk category this morning, England's Jo Jackson won the gold. Australia's C. Tallent won silver while Kenya won the bronze. India also won a bronze today in shooting when Suma Shirur and Kavita Yadav finished third in 10 meter Air rifle pairs. Another bronze medal came from Table-Tennis as Indian men's team defeated Nigeria 3-0 in the contest for the third place. In Squash, India's Harvinder Paul Sandhu and Sandeep Jhangda defeated Uganda 8-11,11-4,11-3 to advance to the sixth round.In Tennis, India bagged a silver medal when Sania Mirza lost to Anastasia Rodinova of Australia in three sets in the Singles Final. A Bronze is also in the offing in men's doubles as Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes are playing their Indian compatriots Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devverman for a third place finish.The day started today, with 32 gold medals up for grabs in Archery, shooting, Wrestling, weightlifting and Tennis events. India's quest for more medals is being watched with huge anticipation. Of these, the Maximum of 9 gold medals each were to be decided in swimming and athletics. In Table Tennis, gold is to be decided in men's team event. Hosts India are hoping for Gold medals in Weightlifting events. Two golds will be decided in 94 kilogram men's and 75 kilogram women's categories. India are looking for a good show from lifters Gita Rani, Monika Laishram Devi and Srishti Singh in women's category.Monika Devi has won the Bronze in Women's Weightlifting 75 kg category.
News On AIR | October 9, 2010 10:46 PM
Day 6: India bags 4 more gold