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In CWG, Indian shooters add two more medals to tally; Australia to take on New Zealand in Women's Hockey Final

India today added two more medals in Shooting including one Silver and a Bronze on the tenth day of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Heena Sidhu won silver in the women singles 10 metre Air pistol women Shooting while compatriot Annuraj Singh finished fourth. The Bronze for India also came in Shooting as Samresh Jung finished third in Men's singles 25 meters standard pistol event with 559 points. The Gold in the event went to Singapore's Bin Gai. Trinidad and Tobago finished second in the event. Samresh Jung said, he had hoped to do better.In boxing, the Indian pugilists Suranjoy in fly weight, Manoj Kumar in light welter weight and Paramjeet samota in super heavy weight category are boxing their final gold bouts today. In Table Tennis, Indian duo of Subhajit Saha and Achanta Sharat Kamal entered the Men's Doubles final defeating their English rivals Baggaley and Pitchford, 11-13, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 11-6. In Men's Single's semifinals, Sharat Kamal takes on Yangzi of Singapore. Soumyadeep Roy lost to Ning Gao of Singapore today. In Women's Doubles semifinal, Paulomi Ghatak and Mauma Das takes on Li and Sun pair of Singapore.In Badminton, 5 Bronzes will be decided today, with India assured of one in men's Singles Bronze medal match between Kashyap and Chetan Anand. India's Saina Nehwal had on Tuesday reached the final with a straight game victory over Scotland's Susan Egelstaff. The Women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have also advanced to the final. With action entering the last two days of the Games, the hosts are in the second spot in the medals tally with a haul of 32 Gold, 26 Silver and 33 Bronze. Australia is holding the top spot with a rich haul of 68 Gold, 45 Silver and 40 Bronze. England is third with 30 Gold, 50 Silver and 41 Bronze.28 more Gold medals will be on stake today. The day will see the last results in Aquatics Diving, Boxing, Cycling, Lawn bowls, Shooting and Squash events. Medals will also be on offer in Rhythmic Gymnastics, Hockey and Table Tennis. In Cycling, Canada's Tara Alice Whitten won Gold in the 29 Kilometres women's cycle road event, where India's Helen Devi, Panna Chaudhary and Sunita Devi participated. In Men's 40 Kilometers cycle road event, Amandeep Singh, Atul Kumar and Sombir will carry the Indian hopes. Women's Hockey final between Australia and New Zealand will also be held today. Two Gold medals will be decided in Aquatics Diving and Lawn Bowls events each while 3 Gold are on stake in Squash and one in Gymnastics. India had on Tuesday made it to their first Commonwealth Games Hockey final in Men's Hockey beating England on penalties.Indian Hockey Captain Rajpal Singh said, it was team work that led to the victory.The Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Michael Fennell today said that one Indian athlete has flunked dope test. He said, notice has been issued to the athlete and also the Chef- de- Mission. Fennel said, he is not able to give the name now, but can only tell that it is in athletics and the country is India. Earlier Nigerian 110m hurdler Samuel Okon and compatriot Women's 100m Gold medalist Osayemi Oludamola have been tested positive. Both of them have been disqualified. The 100 M Women's medal have been awarded to Natasha Mayers of St. Vincent and Grenadines. The Silver was given to Katherine Endacott and the Bronze to Bertille Delphine. On one Indian Athlete testing positive in the drug test, the Secretary of the Organising Committee, Mr. Lalit Bhanot said, the procedure is on. Mr. Lalit Bhanot said, the sports infrastructure that has been created for the games will be put to optimum use for the promotion of sports. He said, the government had made massive investment in developing infrastructure, in terms of stadiums. Endorsing Bhanot's view, Mr. Fennel said, the federation would also take initiative with India for the use of the games legacy to promote sport in the country. AIR correspondent reports that athletes and foreign delegates are enjoying their stay in the games village and visiting historic monuments in Delhi and its neighbouring areas.

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