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Commonwealth Games: India take 31st gold,
tally highest in Games
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 06:00:01 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Shooters Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh won a gold in the 10-metre
air pistol pairs event at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday,
taking India's gold tally to 31, the highest the country has
earned in the Games' history.
India had won 30 gold medals at the
Manchester Games eight years ago.
Of the 31 gold, 14 have come from the shooters at the Karni Singh
Shooting Range.
World champion Tejaswini Sawant won the silver in the women's
50-metre prone event and 'Goldfinger' Samresh Jung and
Chandrasekhar Kumar Chaudhary got the silver in the men's 25-metre
standard pistol pairs' event.
At 13 hours IST Tuesday India's medals tally read: 31 gold, 25
silver and 28 bronze. With 64 gold, 42 silver and 39 bronze
Australia remained table toppers. England were third with
28:49:36.
Soumyadeep Roy upset fancied Cai Xiaoli of Singapore 4-1 to enter
the semi-finals of the men's singles table tennis event.
In the women's 10-metre air pistol, India, Australia and Canada
were tied for the gold with 759 points each. Canada got the bronze
on the basis of lesser number of perfect 10s - they shot 14. India
and Australia had 21 each. India bagged the gold on the basis of
count-back.
Tuesday evening India will take on England in the men's hockey
semi-final. The winner will face world champions Australia who
beat arch-rivals New Zealand 6-2 in the morning.
A second dope case, also involving a Nigerian athlete, has been
found, Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Fennell told reporters.
"We have had a second anti-doping code violation. Nigeria's Samuel
Okon, a 110-metre hurdler, has tested positive for the same
Methylhexaneamine substance," Fennell said.
Fennell announced Monday that Nigerian athlete Osayemi Oludamola,
who was awarded gold in 100 metres race after Australian Sally
Pearson was disqualified for false start, had tested positive for
Methylhexaneamine substance.
She has been provisionally suspended. A decision on withdrawing
her gold medal will be taken after the results of test of her B
sample are received.
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