India wins 3 golds on Day 5, Somdev and Sania in singles finals

INDIAN ACE shooter Gagan Narang won his third gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range on Friday. Gagan Narang with Imran Hasan Khan won his third gold and this was the 16th gold overall for the Indian contingent in the Commonwealth Games.
Earlier, Gagan Narang with Abhinav Bindra had won gold medals in men's 10m air rifle pair event and in the 10 m Air Rifle Men Singles events. Indian shooters have now won nine golds, six silvers and a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010. Total of 32 golds are at stake in the Shooting event, which will continue till October 13.
Today, one more shooter Vijay Kumar won a gold in the men's singles of 25m rapid fire pistol event.
The first gold medal for India today was won by archers Deepika Kumari, Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi Laishram in Women's Recurve team event.
In Tennis, country's top seeded tennis players Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza secured their berth in the men's and women's singles final. Somdev Devvarman won against Matt Ebden of Australia 6-3, 6-1, whereas, Sania Mirza defeated her Australian opponent Olivia Rogowska by 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinal.
Indian Wrestler Babita Kumari stormed to the finals of the women's 51 KG freestyle wrestling event and ensured another medal for India. Yesterday, another wrestler Geeta had won the gold medal in the Women's freestyle 55 kg event.

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India retains second spot in Commonwealth Games 2010 medal tally

AFTER A glittering opening ceremony which marked the opening of Commonwealth Games 2010, now the sports fever has caught on the athletes, officials and millions of spectators from across the Commonwealth nations. During the last four days, many records have been broken and many new records have been set up during the Commonwealth Games.

Australia, the topper of 2006 Commonwealth Games is again on the top with a big margin as it has won 32 golds, 19 silver and 18 bronze medals so far. Their swimmers have won 31 medals including 11 golds, 11 silver and nine bronze medals. In the cycling competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games,  Australian cyclist have won ten gold medals so far. Australian Gymnasts have bagged seven golds in this event.

Indian athletes have won 15 golds, 11 silver and nine bronze medals in shooting, wrestling and weightlifting events in the Commonwealth Games 2010. In the shooting event, Indian shooters performed exceptionally well and so far they have won 13 medals include seven golds and five silver medals. In the Wrestling event they won five golds, two silvers and three bronze medals whereas, in the Weightlifting competition, Indian weightlifters have won seven medals including two golds, two silver and three bronze medals.

The English team has won 12 gold, 23 silver and 12 bronze medal. In Aquatics, they have won total of 18 medals include four golds, eight silver and six bronze medals. There gymnasts also clinched eight medals include two golds and six silver medals.

During the 13 days long event, a total of 272 golds medalist will come to the podium. Today on the fifth day of the Commonwealth Games fate of total 43 gold medals will be decided in Shooting, Athletics, Weightlifting, Wrestling and Gymnastics events.

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Indian shooters strike gold, archers win bronze

THE INDIAN women's archery team scripted history when they won an unexpected bronze medal in the women's compound team event in New Delhi on Thursday. The team which comprised of Gagandeep Kaur, Jhano Hansdah and Bheigyabati Chanu defeated Malaysia by 223-219 at Yamuna Sports Complex. On the victory, an elated Gagandeep said that it's the first medal for India in Games archery. I am excited to be part of this. We tried our best in the semi-finals but it did not happen.

India was defeated by Canada in the semi-finals by a seven point difference with a score of 224-217. England bagged the gold medal.

In tennis, India's top seed, Somdev Devvarman advanced to the semi-finals in the men's singles tennis event at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

Meanwhile, at the Karni Singh Shooting range, Indian shooters Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet Singh struck gold in the Pairs 25 metres Rapid Fire pistol event. With this the duo also scripted a new Games record with a final total of 1162. Both of them shot 293 each in the second stage.

Hafiz Adzha and Hasli Izwan of Malaysia took silver in the Pairs event. Their total score was 1144 and Australia ended up winning bronze with a score of 1125.

This is the sixth gold medal for India in the shooting event and the total number of golds won by India so far is 12. However, India's favourite Tejaswini Sawant's incapability of making it through the finals in the womens 50 metres Rifle-3 Positions was a more disappointing one.

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India breathes easy as Commonwealth Games unfold splendidly

THE COMMONWEALTH Games 2010, began on a splendid note with the successful ‘opening ceremony’ putting to rest all fears of India putting up an embarrassing show in front of the rest of the world. No doubt everyone from an average Indian to Suresh Kalmadi had the pre-event jitters but they vanished into thin air by the end of the opening ceremony. Many who had given up the hope of the success of CWG are now pleasantly surprised.

Even days before the ‘opening ceremony’, the not so encouraging stories about the Games were trickling in and reinforcing the fears of the Games going awry. However, the post ‘opening ceremony’ mood was positive, proud and happy. The web was inundated with expressions of love and pride for the country.
The ceremony was no less than a festival. Certain moments like the entry of the Indian team into the stadium receiving a standing ovation, performance by artists presenting the six folk dances of India and the ‘Journey of India’ put together by the Indian Railways really struck a chord with the masses.

Though I couldn’t catch the ‘opening ceremony’ in the stadium, but while I was watching the frenzy unfold on the television set, a message I had received a few days back on my cell phone came to my mind. The message was about the conversation between a foreign tourist who had returned from a trip to India and his friend. The friend asks his India returned friend, “How is India and the Indians?” The India returned friend replies, “India is beautiful but I didn’t meet any Indian there. All the individuals I met were either Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati or something similar.”

When I first read this message, unfortunately I was in partial agreement but the ‘opening ceremony’ left a proud smile on my lips and made me realise that the message was anything but credible.

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Gagan Narang, Anisa Sayyed win Gold in CWG 2010 shooting event

ONCE AGAIN Indian shooters proved their supremacy in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2010 and won two gold medals today. First Gagan Narang targeted for gold in 10 m Air Rifle Men Singles Final  and later Anisa Sayyed in the 25 m Pistol Women Singles final at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range.
Earlier today, two of the best Indian shooters Gagan Narang and Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra won gold and silver medal in the 10 m Air Rifle Men Singles Final. Narang shot a perfect 600 and equaled his own world record. It was third gold medal for India in shooting. James Huckle of England won bronze medal in this event.
Shooter Anisa Sayyed continued her gold charm in Commonwealth Games again today. She gunned for gold in the 25 m Pistol Women Singles Final. Another Indian shooter, Rahi Sarnobat had to be satisfied with silver medal. Malaysian shooter Pei Chin Bibiana begged bronze medal in this event.
In the Men's Pairs Double Trap event, Asher Noria and Ronjan Sodhi of India bagged silver medal in the Commonwealth Games today. England's shooter Steven Scott and Steven Walton won gold and Benjamin Cheng Jie Khor and Seng Chye Khor of Malaysia won bronze medal in the event.
Yesterday, Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang had won gold medal in men's 10m air rifle pair event and Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayeed won gold in pairs 25m pistol event in the Commonwealth games 2010. India has already won four golds and five silver medals in the shooting event so far.

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India expected to put up a good show today, 28 medals at stake

THE COMMONWEALTH Games are in for tough competition. And now with India already having raked in 5 gold medals, it stands second after Australia. The Indian contingent is leaving no stone unturned to rake in the maximum number of medals.

The start was made by ace shooter and Olympic Gold medalist, Abhinav Bindra along with his teammate Gagan Narang, who is a world champion. Hopes are again high with these two ace shooters appearing individually in the 10m air rifle event which has been mastered by Bindra. Although he might face tough competition from Narang, the chance of India bagging another gold in shooting is quite close.

The situation in the pool looks captivating as well as grim as India's lone gladiator, Virdhawal Khade is all set to fight it out alone vying for at least one medal in the 50m butterfly event.

More action and surprises await in the womens hockey event: The Indian team will be facing world champions Australia afer their opening match against Scotland ended up in a draw. The mens hockey team emerged victorious with their classic 3-2 win against Malaysia yesterday.

With 28 gold medals at stake in today's event, a lot is expected from the players, who will be representing India in different disciplines like shooting, weightlifting, archery.

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Indian shooters eying four golds today in Commonwealth Games

DAY TWO of the Commonwealth Games 2010 was great for Indian athletes and Indian sports spectators. On Tuesday India won five gold medals in total in shooting and Wrestling events. First shooter Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang bagged first gold medal for the country in men's 10m air rifle pair event in the Commonwealth games 2010 then women shooter Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayeed followed their male counterpart and won gold in pairs 25m pistol event.

Later, it was Ravinder Singh, who won third gold for India and first in the wrestling event. He clinched gold in 60kg Greco-Roman style wrestling event. Fourth gold medalist of the day was wrestler Sanjay Kumar, who won second gold in the wrestling event in the 74kg Greco-Roman style. Fifth man of the day, who came to the podium was Anil Kumar. He won gold in the 96 kilogram category of men's wrestling played at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.

Today in Commonwealth games 2010, Indian shooters are eying for four gold medals. First Asher Noria and Ronjan Sodhi will participate in Pairs Double Trap Men event, then Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang will be gunning for 10 m air rifles Singles event. Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed are also in the fray of gold medal event in 25 m Pistol Women Singles. Finally, Deepak Sharma and Omkar Singh will try to set target for gold in 50 m Pistol Men Singles event.

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