Though India won one more gold in the Games today, England has gained second position on the medal tally pushing the hosts to third place with 21 golds. Though both India and England bagged the same number of golds, England has gone up on account of more total number of medals. Australia meanwhile, have gained a massive lead with 48 golds. With one gold and three more bronze added today so far, India's medal tally has gone upto 21 gold, 16 Silver and 16 Bronze medals. Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh won gold for India in 25 metres Centre fire pistol pairs in shooting. It was the third gold for Vijay Kumar in games and the second golden hatrick by Indian shooters. India is just one gold behind their second best tally of 22 gold in the last Games in Melbourne. England also have 21 gold while Canada have 14. The hosts had won 14 medals yesterday, including six gold and a rare athletics bronze in track events. The first medal today came in Athletics with Harminder Singh securing bronze in 20 Kilometer Men's walk race. Australia won the gold and silver in the event. Harminder Singh expressed happiness over his victory. In Women's 20 Kms walk category, England's Jo Jackson won gold. Australia's C. Tallent won silver while Kenya won bronze. India today won their second medal in shooting Suma Shirur and Kavita Yadav finished third in 10 meter Air rifle pairs. The Third medal of the day came from Table-Tennis as Indian men's team defeated Nigeria 3-0 in contest for the third place. In Wrestling, India's Yogeshwar Dutt advanced into the finals of the 60 Kilogram freestyle event, while Anil Maan lost his match in the 96 Kilogram category. Narsingh Pancham Yadav in 64 kg category advanced to the finals beating Mac donald of Canada In Squash, India's Harvinder Paul Sandhu and Sandeep Jhangda defeated Uganda 8-11,11-4,11-3 to advance to the sixth round. With a haul of 21 Gold medals so far, India is well on course to better its past record of 30 in Manchester Games, Eight years ago as the Games reach the halfway mark. With 32 gold up for grabs in Archery, shooting, Wrestling, weightlifting and Tennis events, India's quest for more medals will be watched with huge fanfare before the home crowd throughout the day. Of these, the Maximum of 9 gold medals each will be decided in swimming and athletics, while Shooting will account for 4 gold medals. Wrestling will offer 3 golds followed by 2 each in Tennis, Archery and weightlifting events. In Table Tennis, gold will be decided in men's team event. Hosts India are hoping for Gold medals in Shooting, Wrestling, Tennis and Weightlifting events. Two golds will be decided in weightlifting in 94 kilogram men's and 75 kilogram women's categories. India are hoping for a good show from the lifters Gita Rani, Monika Laishram Devi and Srishti Singh in women's category. In Tennis, India today is sure of a couple of medals with Sania Mirza competing in the Singles Final against Australian Anastasia Rodionova. India are assured of a Bronze in men's doubles as Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes will be facing Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devverman for a third place finish. Our correspondent has the details. In shooting, Men's singles 50 meter rifle 3 positions event will see Gagan Narang and Imran Hasan Khan in action. Seema Tomar and Shreyashi Singh will be top contenders in women's Single trap event.
News On AIR | October 9, 2010 2:21 PM
England gains second position pushing hosts to third place