October 10, 2010 8:27 AM

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India's gold medal haul in Commonwealth Games goes upto 24

India bagged four gold, one Silver and five bronze medals in the Commonwealth Games yesterday to take their overall medals tally to 24 Gold, 17 Silver and 17 Bronze. But England nosed ahead of the hosts in the medals table to take the second position. On a day which saw fortunes fluctuating for the number two spot between the two nations, England finally caught up with India's haul of 24 gold medals. A higher number of silver medals helped them overtake India in the medal standings. With a haul of 24 Gold, 43 Silver and 29 Bronze, England were one rung below front runners Australia on the sixth day of competitions. Australia were comfortably placed at the top with 55 Gold, 30 Silver and 31 bronze. India's top drawer marksmen were bang on target yesterday, while freestyle grapplers Yogeshwar Dutt and Narsingh Pancham Yadav came up with a power-packed display to help India bag four gold medals. Rifle ace Gagan Narang won his fourth gold medal, just one short of compatriot Samaresh Jung's haul at Melbourne four years ago, winning the men's 50m 3-position event with a Games record aggregate 1262.2. He will now aim to overhaul Jung's record haul on October 12 and 13 in the 50m prone (pairs and individual) event and become the new “Gold Finger”. Centre fire pistol shooting pair, Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh, and wrestlers Dutt (men's 60kg) and Yadav (men's 74kg) also snapped up their gold medals in impressivefashion to take the host country's gold tally to 24. It was also India's second-highest gold medal tally in Games history and six short of the record 30 at Manchesterin 2002. Sania Mirza, India's best bet in women's singles tennis, had to settle for a silver medal when she lost to Australia'sAnastasia Rodionova in three sets in the final. “Indian Express” duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, pre-Games favourites, ended up third in men's doubles while the country won four other bronze medals, including a first-ever in men's 20 kilometre road walk through Patiala's based Harminder Singh. Harminder clocked One hour, 23 minutes, 28 seconds. Harminder was only the fifth man to win an athletics medal in Games history. The other bronze medals were claimed by women shooters Suma Shirur and Kavita Yadav, in women's 10 metres air rifle pairs event, men's table tennis outfit which blanked Nigeria 3-0 in the bronze medal tie and weightlifter Monica Devi in women's 75kg.

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