October 9, 2010 2:45 PM

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India bounces back to second place

India have bounced back to second place in the Commonwealth Games medal tally adding one more gold in the afternoon, won by Gagan Narang in the 50 metre rifle 3 position shooting event. It was the fourth gold for Gagan who had earlier achieved a golden hatrick. With Gagan's gold India have equalled its 2006 Melbourne Games performance. 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.England now third, had earlier occupied second position on account of more total number of medals than India. Australia meanwhile is first, having gained a massive lead with 48 golds. With two golds and three more bronze added today so far, India's medal tally has gone upto 22 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. 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. 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 2-1. 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 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. In shooting, Seema Tomar and Shreyashi Singh will be top contenders in women's Single trap event.

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