On the sixth day of competitions of the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, India bagged four Gold medals and four bronze. The hosts now have a tally of 24 gold, 16 Silver and 16 bronze medals.Gagan Narang won his fourth gold of the Games, when he emerged victorious in the 50 metre rifle 3 position shooting event on Saturday afternoon. With Gagan's gold, India equalled their 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.There is stiff competition between India and England for the second place. Earlier on Saturday, England over took India for a short period to get the second spot as they also had 21 golds. They took the second position, besides the 21 gold, they had a tally of more silver and bronze medals. Australia which continues to remain at the top by establishing an unassailable lead in the medals tally. They have so far won 50 Gold, 26 silver and 29 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.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 on Saturday 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 is assured of a medal with Sania Mirza competing in the Singles Final against Anastasia Rodinova of Australia. A Bronze is also in the offing in men's doubles as Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander paes take on their Indian compatriots Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devverman for a third place finish.The day started on Saturday, 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.
News On AIR | October 9, 2010 8:10 PM
India bounces back to second position in CWG medal tally