New Delhi, Oct 6: After clinching the first gold for India at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra have worked their magic again and won gold and silver medals respectively in 10m air rifle category.The shooting stars on Tuesday, Oct 5 officially opened the host country's gold medal account with their thumping record breaking victory in 10m air rifle pair shooting event. The duo set a new Commonwealth Games record by scoring 1193 points.
On Wednesday, Oct 6, the country was yet again treated to good news as the shooters, who took on each other in the singles event, scored one gold and one silver to add to the medal tally.
Somdev easily defeated the Lankan. The latter hardly posed a challenge to Somdev.
He was up 40-0 in the first game, but could not pocket it, committing far too many unforced errors, to hand Somdev a break.
The Indian tennis ace wrapped up the opening set in just 20 minutes.
Somdev will next clash with the winner of the match between Scotland's Colin Fleming and Rubin Statham of New Zealand.
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna are also scheduled to play their singles second round matches today.
On Wednesday, Oct 6, the country was yet again treated to good news as the shooters, who took on each other in the singles event, scored one gold and one silver to add to the medal tally.
Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman entered the men's singles quarterfinals with a thumping 6-0 6-1 win over unseeded Sri Lankan Amresh Jayawickreme in the second round of the tennis competition of the XIXth Commonwealth Games today.
Somdev easily defeated the Lankan. The latter hardly posed a challenge to Somdev.
He was up 40-0 in the first game, but could not pocket it, committing far too many unforced errors, to hand Somdev a break.
The Indian tennis ace wrapped up the opening set in just 20 minutes.
Somdev will next clash with the winner of the match between Scotland's Colin Fleming and Rubin Statham of New Zealand.
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna are also scheduled to play their singles second round matches today.
CWG Aquatics: India in 4x200m relay finalNew Delhi: Indian men's team made it to the final of the 4X200m freestyle relay in the Commonwealth Games at the Dr SPM Aquatics Complex here on Wednesday.
Team consisting of Rehan Poncha, Rohit Havaldar, Madar Divase and Aaron D'Souza clocked 7 minutes 49.20 seconds to grab the eighth position in the preliminaries.
After reaching the final, Poncha said, "This is the first time we made it to the final and it is a good feeling. Though a medal is not a possibility, we will continue to do well. There is no pressure."
"The level of competition is really tough but we will do good for sure in the final," added D'Souza.
Meanwhile, Virdhawal Khade of India qualified for the semifinals of the men's 100m freestyle after finishing 13th, while Pooja Alva also entered the semifinals of the women's 100m butterfly by bagging the 15th spot, as the top 16 make it to the last four stage.
A para-sport swimmer also brought some smiles as Sachin Verma progressed to the final of the 50m S9 freestyle men category by finishing eighth.
But the other Indians failed to advance. In women's 800m freestyle, Richa Mishra missed the bus and also they could not make a mark in either men's 200m backstroke or women's 200m breaststroke.
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