NEW DELHI: India has swept all the three golds that were at stake in wrestling today. This coupled with the superlative performance by shooters in winning two golds, propelled India into the second position in the medals tally. Australia continued to lead the tally with 9 golds.
India’s Wrestling trio of Ravinder Singh, Sanjay Singh and Anil Kumar won in three different weights in Greco Roman category.Our Correspondent has details:
Indian shooters came up with an excellent performance winning two Golds and as many silvers medals . Ace marksman Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang opened India’s gold medal haul in the mens 10 meter air rifle pairs event with a games record. Expressing happiness over the performance, Gagan Narang later said:
Their feat was followed by a superb display of calm nerves and dead centre shooting by women’s duo of Rahi Sarnovat and Aneesa Sayeed, who added the second gold in the women’s 25 meter pistol pairs event, with the championship record. The silver medals were earned by Deepak Sharma and Omkar Singh in the men’s 50 meters pistol pairs event and the women’s duo of Tejaswini Sawant and Lajja kumari Goswami in 50 meter rifle 3 position. Our correspondent has filed this report:
Indian Boxers also had a good day in the ring, with Amandeep making a winning start in the 49 kg lightfly weight. Joining him were Manoj Kumar in light welter category.
And the weightlifting 62 kg category for men,Malaysia’s A. Jumith won the gold, India finished fourth in this event. In Badminton mixed team event, second seeded India blanked the Barbados 5-0 in their second pool D match of the Badminton mixed team event. India will take on wales tomorrow. In tennis, India’s top player Som Devdevvarman outclassed Devin Mullings from Bahamas 6-4 6-2 in the first round. In Archery all the Indian recurve archerous barring Tarundeep Rai in Men and Bombayala Devi in Women reached the quarter finals. In cycling, Olympic and World Champion Anna Meares of Australia won the Women’s 500 meters time tria with a games record. In men’s hockey, Pakistan, looked far from impressive but still carried enough firepower to down Scotland 3-0 in a pool A match. England, the highest ranked team in the women’s hockey competition scored a 4-1 win against arch-rivals Wales . In swimming, Australia continued to dominate the pool. Cristian Springer set a new games record in the 100 meters breastroke. In the women’s 50 meter breaststroke the first two positions went to Australia. World champion Liam Tancock and Francesca Halsall gave England their first two gold medals in the Commonwealth games pool with Halsall up setting world champion Marieke Guehrer of Australia of the Women’s 50 meters fly. Robert Renwick opened the gold medal tally for Scotland winning the Men’s 200 metres freestyle. Kenrick Monk of Australia captured the silver. Australia took gold in the Women’s team gymnastics the Silver going to England and Canada picking up the bronze.
Meanwhile, 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. Tourism Minister Kumari Selja has also announced that Medal winners for India during the ongoing Comonwealth Games will be awarded with complimentary passes for free travel in luxury trains visiting various tourists attractions of the country.
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