October 13, 2010 12:19 PM

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India start its medal hunt with bronze on day 10

India started its medal hunt with a bronze in Shooting on the tenth day of Commonwealth games. Samresh Jung of India finished third in Men's singles 25 meters standard pistol event with 559 points. The Gold went to Singapore's Bin Gai. Trinidad and Tobago finished second in the event. Medal hopes prevail for india as Heena Sidhu and Annuraj Singh are competing in the women singles 10 metre Air pistol women Shooting. 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. The Women's singles gold will also be decided today. In Men's Single's semifinals Sharat Kamal takes on Yangzi of Singapore while Soumyadeep Roy plays Ning Gao also of Singapore. In women's Doubles semifinal Paulomi Ghatak and Mauma Das takes on Li and Sun pair of Singapore. 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. Maximum 10 golds will be decided in boxing with host India in contention for gold in Fly Weight, Light Welter Weight and Super Heavy Weight categories. India boxers Suronjay, Manoj Kumar and Paramjeet Smaota will be in action for the yellow metal. The day will also see the 29 Kilometres women's cycle road event where India's Helen Devi, Panna Chaudhary and Sunita Devi will be in action. 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. 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 enjoyed a another glorious day yesterday. History was created when the host athletes won their first medals on the track since the legendary Milkha Singh won gold more than half a century ago. The women's 4 into 400 metres relay quartet grabbed the second athletic gold for India. The quartet comprising Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji and Mandeep Kaur ran a blistering race to cross the line first in 3 minutes, 27.77 seconds. In the 4 into 100 metres women's relay, India's Geetha Satti, Srabani Nanda, Priya P.K. and Jyoti Manjunath won the bronze clocking 45.25 seconds. Complimenting their female counterparts, India's Rahamutulla Molla, Suresh Sathya, Shameer Mon Manzile and Mohammad Abdul Qureshi clocked 38.39 seconds to win another bronze in Men's 4 into 100 metres. In the men's triple jump finals, India's Renjith Maheshwary stood third to bag a bronze with a new national record jump of 17.07 metres. Javelin thrower Kashinath Naik added the fourth bronze with a throw of 74. 29 metres to make it a fabulous day in track and field events for the hosts. Yesterday, the women shooting pair of Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh grabbed the gold in 10 metre air pistol to open the medal harvest on the ninth day of competitions. It was also the 14th gold won by India in shooting. Melbourne Commonwealth Games' best athlete, Samresh Jung won his first medal of the Delhi Games, when he and his partner C K Chaudhary took the silver in the men's 25 standard fire pistol. World champion Tejaswini Sawant captured the silver in women's 50 metre prone event. With action enetring the two days of the Games, the hosts are in the second spot in the medals tally with a haul of 32 Gold, 25 Silver and 33 Bronze. Australia are holding the top spot with a rich haul of 68 Gold, 45 silver and 40 bronze. England are third with 30 gold, 50 silver and 41 bronze. In Men's Hockey, India made their maiden Commonwealth Games final by beating England on penalties. In Badminton, India's Saina Nehwal 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.

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