Shooting brings two early medals on 5th day of Glasgow Commonwealth Games. In the 50m Pistol event, Jitu rai have secured Gold whereas his compatriot Gurpal Singh won the silver. Jitu Rai had entered the finals by creating Games Record and he also created the games final record. In the finals he shot 194.1 points for the medal. Gurpal Singh on the other hand claimed silver with 187.2 points.Olympian Gagan Narang has also entered the finals in Men's 50 metre Rifle Prone event. He finished 3rd overall in qualifications. Joydeep Karmakar missed narrowly in the qualifications. In Women's 50m Rifle Prone event, Lajja Goswami and Meena Kumari will shoot in finals later tonight.In Men's trap event Mansher Singh and Manavjit Sandhu have advanced for the second day of Qualifications. While the Women's Trap event is under progress with Shreyasi Singh and Seema Tomar hitting marks.Olympic Silver medallist Vijay Kumar and compatriot Harpreet Singh will feature in the Men's 25 metre Rapid fire Pistol section slated for later tonight.In Latest medal tally India has risen to fourth position overtaking Canada. India now has 7 Gold –10 Silver–and 7 Bronze.
News On AIR | July 28, 2014 5:45 PM
Jitu Rai wins Gold in 50m Pistol event in CWG; Gurpal Singh bags Silver