Thaindian News

By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Indian shooters continued to add to the medal haul on the sixth day of the Commonwealth Games competitions with the men winning two more gold and women picking up a bronze Saturday.

World No.3 Gagan Narang won the gold in the men’s 50-metre rifle three position individual event while Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh bagged the gold in the men’s 25-metre centre fire pistol pairs event at the Karni Singh Stadium

The women’s team of Shuma Siddharth Shirur and Kavitha Yadav added a bronze from the 10-metre air rifle pairs’ event.

Narang broke his own Games record, set at the 2006 Melbourne Games, both in the qualifying and the final to win his fourth gold medal in the meet.

Narang shot a total of 1166 points in the qualifying and 96.2 in the final for a total of 1262.2 points. In the 2006 Games, Narang had shot 1163 in the qualifying and a final score of 98.4 for a total of 1261.4.

In the final round, Narang started with 9.3, but then shot two excellent shots of 10.1 and 10.6. The only time he faltered in the final was when he shot 7.9 in the seventh shot. In the last three shots, Narang had 10, 9 and 9.6 to seal the gold.

Scotland’s Jonathan Hammond shot a total of 1255.3 (1164 qualifying, 91.3 final) for the silver and England’s James Huckle got the bronze with a total of 1254.9 (1157, qualifying, 97.9 final).

Imran Hasan Khan, another Indian in the fray, finished fourth with a total of 1252 (1157 qualifying, 95.4 final). Narang and Khan had won the gold medal in the pairs event.

In the men’s 25-metre centre fire pistol, Vijay (586) and Harpreet (573) shot a total of 1159 to win the 11th gold from shooting for India ahead of New Zealand and Singapore.

Kiwi shooters Greg Yelavich (574) and Alan Earle (566) won the silver with a total of 1140. Singapore’s Bin Gai (576) and Lip Meng Poh (563) got the bronze with a tally of 1139 points.

In the women’s 10-metre air rifle event, Malaysian girls Nur Suryani Mohammed Taibi (398) and Nur Ayuni Halim (395) won the gold with a total score of 793.

Singapore bagged the silver with Xiang Wei Jasmine Ser (396) and Jian Huan Cheng (394) shooting a total of 790.

Shirur (397) and Kavitha Yadav (388) settled for the bronze with a total score of 785. Shuma and Anjali Bhagwat are the Games record holders with a score of 795 that was set at the 2002 Games in Manchester.