India has swept all the three golds that were at stake in wrestlingon Tuesday. This coupled with the superlative performance by shooters inwinning two golds, propelled India into the second position in themedals tally. Australia continued to lead the tally with 9 golds. India's Wrestling trio of Ravinder Singh, Sanjay Singh and Anil Kumar won in three different weights in Greco Roman category. The Indian shooters came up with an excellent performance winningtwo golds and as many silvers medals. Ace marksman Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang opened India'sgold medal haul in the mens 10 meter air rifle pairs event with a games record.Their feat was followed by a superb display of calm nerves anddead center shooting by women's duo of Rahi Sarnovat and Aneesa Sayeed, who added the second gold in the women's 25 meter pistol pairs event, with the championship record. The silver medals were earned by Deepak Sharma and Omkar Singh in the men's 50 meters pistol pairs event and the women's duo of Tejaswini Sawant and Lajja kumari Goswami in 50 meter rifle 3position. AIR Correspondent reports, Indian Boxers also had a good day inthe ring, with Amandeep making a winning start in the 49 kg lightflyweight. Joining him were Manoj Kumar in light welter category. In weightlifting 62 kg category for men, Malaysia's A. Jumith won thegold, India finished fourth in this event. In Badminton mixed team event, second seeded India blanked trouncedBarbados 5-0 in their second pool D match of the Badminton mixed teamevent. India will take on Wales tomorrow. In tennis, India's top player Som Devdevvarman outclassed DevinMullings from Bahamas 6-4 6-2 in the first round. In Archery all the Indian recurve archerous barring Tarundeep Rai in Men and Bombayala Devi in Women reaching the quarter finals. In cycling, Olympic and World Champion Anna Meares of Australia wonthe Women's 500 meters time tria with a games record. In men's hockey, Pakistan, looked far from impressive but stillcarried enough firepower to down Scotland 3-0 in a pool A match. England, the highest ranked team in the women's hockey competitionscored a 4-1 win against arch-rivals Wales. In swimming, Australia continued to dominate the pool. CristianSpringer set a new games record in the 100 meters breaststroke. In the women's 50 meter breaststroke the first two positions went toAustralia. World champion Liam Tancock and Francesca Halsall gave England theirfirst two gold medals in the Commonwealth games pool with Halsall upsetting world champion Marieke Guehrer of Australia of the Women's 50meters fly. Robert Renwick opened the gold medal tally for Scotland winning theMen's 200 meters freestyle. Kenrick Monk of Australia captured thesilver. Australia took the gold in Women's team gymnastics the Silver goingto England and Canada picking up the bronze. Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games Organising committee chairman Mr SureshKalmadi today announced that school children and the poor would begiven free entry to watch the games.
News On AIR | October 5, 2010 10:19 PM
India sweeps all 3 golds in wrestling on Tuesday