India today hit gold on the second day of the Commonwealth Games with shooters hitting the bull's eye. While Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang won a gold in the 10 metre air rifle pairs event with a new meet record, shooters Anisha Sayyed and Rahi Sarnobat have also won a gold in the 25 metre pistol pairs women event. Sarnobat and Sayyed shot an impressive 1158 to finish ahead of Australia's Lalita Yauhleuskaya and Linda Ryan (1148) and England's Gorgs Geikie and Julia Lydall (1122) in the event. Deepak Sharma and Omkar Singh brought silver in the 50 metre pistol pairs event.Ace marksman Abhinav Bindra, who shot down India's first gold in the 19th Commonwealth Games, said he was relieved that he gave the country the glory for the second time in two years after his Olympic triumph. Bindra and Gangan Narang fired a Games record of 1193 points in men's 10m air rifle pairs event to give the countryits first gold medal in the Commonwealth Games today. Bindra praised his partner Narang for the victory and expressed happiness that they were able to comer over the pressure and emerge victorious Our correspondent reports that shooting is a discipline where India is expected to collect the maximum number of medals. While Tejaswini Sawant and Lajjakumari Gauswami won silver in Women 50m air riffle 3 position. They secured 1143 points.Jasmine Wei Xiang and Aqilah Sudhir from Singapore won Gold securing 1149 pionts. They have also created Games Record in this event.In boxing, India's Amandeep won his preliminary bout 6-2 against Warui Peter of Kenya. In Tennis, Somdev won against Devin Mullings of Bahamas.On the second day of the competition, all together 54 medals including 18 golds are to be decided. Vijendra Singh and Dinesh Kumar are hot favourites while the Men's hockey team will take on Malayasia in their opening match. Cycling and Wrestling will also account for three golds each today while two golds are on offer in the weightlifting category. Yesterday, Indian weightlifters bagged two silver and two bronze medals.With India winning 2 golds, three silver and two bronze today, the position of the hosts has bounced to second position in the Commonwealth Games medal Tally. Australia is in first position with seven medals, including 4 Golds and 3 Silvers. Canada is in third position with 4 medals including one gold, and 3 bronze.Commonwealth Games Organising committee chairman Mr Suresh Kalmadi today announced that school children and the poor would be given free entry to watch the games. Addressing a joint press conference along with President of the Games Federation, Mr Mike Fennel, Mr Kalmadi said there is great enthusiasm among the people to witness the events.Denying charges that the price of tickets are high, Mr Kalmadi said, 6 lakh tickets have already been sold for different sports. AIR correspondent reports big crowds including foreigners were seen lining up in front of central bank of India to purchase tickets for watching the sports. To meet the demand for tickets, the organizers have decided to set up stalls outside the venues, where the general public can buy them. Mike Fennel said, messages from different parts of the world continue to pour about the excellent quality of broadcast and telecast of the games.Weightlifters Soniya Chanu and Sandhya Rani who won a silver and a bronze respectively in the women's 48 kg class in the CWG today dedicated their medals to criss-ridden Manipur. They expressed hope that peace would soon return to the insurgency hit state.Crista Cullen smashed a hat-trick as England posted a 4-1 win over Wales in a Pool B women's hockey match of the Commonwealth Games today. The 25-year-old defender put England ahead in the 10th minute before scoring her second goal in the 20th to help her side go into the half-time with a 2-0 lead at the sun-baked Major Dhyan Chand Stadium.Wales managed a consolation goal just one minute before the final hooter through Sarah Thomas, who played an integral part in Britain's Olympic campaign in Beijing in 2008. Wales will have their task cut out after suffering their second loss in as many days. They lost 5-1 to New Zealand in their opening match yesterday. With that we end the commonwealth games special bulletin.
News On AIR | October 5, 2010 5:32 PM
Indian shooters bag two gold medals