On the eighth Day of the Commonwealth Games, the only medal so far for India came in shooting, as Tejaswini Sawant and Meena Kumari won bronze in women's 50 meter Rifle Prone pairs event with 1168 points. Scotland won gold while England earned the Silver. Both Scotland and England were at 1169 points but Scotish duo clinched the top spot hitting the Bull's eye.Tejaswini Sawant said she had hoped to win more than a bronze in the competition.Meenakumari also said she was not happy with the bronze. In skeet pairs Mairaj Ahmad Khan and P Allan Danials are competing to add another medal to India's already rich medal haul in shooting.And for more on this we now take you live to Karni Singh shooting range for the latest where our Correspondent Shivendra is waiting. In Badminton Women's Singles, Our correspondent reports, India's Saina Nehwal and Aditi Mutatkar have advanced to last 8. India also lost its Rugby sevens match against Wales by 7-53. Yesterday, India regained the second spot from England on the medals tally with an impressive haul of five gold, five Silver and five Bronze medals. With one more bronze today India's overall medal tally has gone up to to 29 Gold, 22 Silver and 23 Bronze, just one gold short of its best performance at the 2002 Manchester Games. Australia are heading the medal table with a total haul of 61 gold, 39 silver and 37 Bronze. In Athletics, Krishna Poonia, Harwant Kaur and Seema Antil are competing in Women’s Discus Throw event. AIR correspondent reports, that in 800 meters women's final race, Tintu Luka is a medal hope for the country. In weightlifting, only one gold will be decided today, in men's 105 plus Kilogram weight category and Sarabjit will carry the Indian hopes in this event. In boxing, Seven Indian pugilists have reached the semi-finals in different categories of men's boxing events at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, today. In the first session, which is in progress three of the seven boxers are competing for more medals for the country in the first session. These include Amandeep Singh in Light Fly 46-49 kilogram category, Jai Bhagwan in Light 60 kilogram category and Dilbagh Singh in Welter 69 kilogram category.We are now joined by AIR Correspondent Rajesh Bali to update us on the ongoing Boxing bouts at the Talkotora Stadium. Indian players will also be seen in action in Table-tennis and Squash. In Hockey final classification matches will be played in women's category and Indian team will face Canada to decide the fifth-sixth position. Meanwhile, the New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games has been hit by a doping controversy in the same 100 metre Women's event that earlier saw the disqualification of Australia's Sally Pearson who was stripped off her medal for a false start. Our Correspondent Sanjay Ghosh brings you the details.
News On AIR | October 11, 2010 3:15 PM
Indian shooters bag one more medal