October 8, 2010 2:41 PM

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Indian archers earn first gold of day five

India's first gold of day five was shot down by women Archers Dola Banejee, Deepika Kumari and Bombayala Devi in the recurve team category. The indian trio defeated England 207-206, they had earlier dumped Malaysia in the semifinals.Good news also greeted india in Wrestling, as three indian women have entered the finals of free style wrestling. India's women grapplers Anita in the 69 kg category, Alka Tomar in 59 Kg and Babita Kumari in 51 kg will wrestle for gold today. Alka Tomar fiercly dominated the bout overpowering England's Louis Bernard Salmon in just 21 seconds, Babita defeated Joe Madiark also of England while Anita got the better of Scotland's Elisia Mc Manes.India has so far won 15 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze medals. Australia meanwhile continues to lead the tally with a huge margin with 33 gold, 19 silver and 18 bronze medals. England is at third place with 12 gold, 23 silver and 11 bronze.Intense competition is on at the Commonwealth games venues across the Nation capital region. 43 Gold medals are up for grabs today. Maximum 11 gold medals will be decided in swimming, and 8 medals are in offer in Athletics. Gymnastics and Shooting will each account for 5 gold medals, while Cycling will provide 3 gold, the same as Wrestling. Archery, Weightlifting and Squash have 2 gold medals each on offer today. First medals of Badminton and Table-Tennis events will also be decided today.Indian prospects are bright in Shooting, wrestling and weightlifting events. India's Chandrakant Mali will be hunting for gold in men's 85 kilogram category in weightlifting.In Shooting, India's Gagan Narang and Imran Hasan Khan are favourites in men's 50 meters rifel 3 positioning pairs, while the Pairs trap of Women will see the duo of Shreyasi Singh and Seema Tomar in action. Men's Pairs trap gold will also be decided today in Manavjeet Sandhu and Mansher Singh are contesting. In, Men's Singles 50 meter rapid fire pistol event Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet singh are competing while Gurpreet Singh and Onkar Singh are contenders for the top spot in 10 meter air pistol singles men's event.Indian hopes prevail in Archery with the men's team in competition in the semifinals of the recurve category. India also has one assured medal in badminton as Indian team contests Malaysia in the mixed team event final.India also hope for medals today in Athletics, Swimming, Gymnastics and Table Tennis events.

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