India shining: 11 golds so far; shooters, wrestlers come good on Day 3
Mangalore Today
New Delhi, Oct 6, 2010: India continued to dominate at the shooting range where they garnered three gold and as many silver medals on the third day of competitions at the Commonwealth Games today. Weightlifter Ravi Kumar gets 11th CWG gold for India.
Ravi Kumar Katulu, who only took up weightlifting three years ago, rewrote the record books on Wednesday when he cruised to victory in the 69kg class.
Kumar Katulu won with a record total of 321kg after having set new marks of 146kg in the snatch and 175kg in the clean and jerk.
Shooting gold medals were won by Gagan Narang, at the expense of Olympic champion and teammate Abhinav Bindra, and pistol shooters Omkar Singh and Anisa Sayyed, while two silver medals were brought home by Sarnobat Rahi, who finished second behind Anisa, and double trap duo of Ronjan Sondhi and Asher Noria.
There was a fourth gold for the host country earned through the effort of woman lifter Renu Bala Chanu in the 58 kg class. The fifth gold of Day 3 came from Rajender Kumar when he won the gold in the 55kg Greco-Roman style event.
Manoj Kumar and Sunil Kumar won silver and bronze medals for India in the 84kg and 66kg Greco-Roman wrestling category respectively.
India’s tally going into the evening session of competitions stood at 11 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze.
CWG Day 4: 35 gold medals on stake; more glory for India?
New Delhi: With 35 gold medals at stake, Day 4 is also set to be an eventful day in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.The Indian interest once again comes from the sport of shooting where World Champions Tejaswini Sawant is expected to win the gold for the hosts in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions singles event. Lajakummari Gauswami will look to better her silver performance in the same event. In athletics Najeeb Qureshi who made it to the semi-finals of the 100 mts will be looking to make the finals. In weightlifting, Sudhir Kumar will contest in 77 kg men’s final. In archery too the Compound will look to emulate the good work of the recurve archers by qualifying for the finals of the event. (Read: Indian archers make it to the last four) Golds at Stake: Aquatics (5), Archery (2), Athletics (7), Cycling (4), Gymnastics (5), Shooting (4), Synchronized swimming (2), Weightlifting (2) and Wrestling (4)
Omkar Singh who won gold in the 50 m pistol event will again be in action in the 10m Air Pistol Men. Another World Champion will also be in action as Ronjan Sodhi will look to excel in the Double Trap Men singles event. The ace shooter won a silver in the doubles event on Wednesday.
Boxers Akhil Kumar and Suronjoy will be in action in the pre-quarter finals and are expected to sail through to the next round. In the 400 meters women’s category, Mandeep Kaur and Manjeet Kaur will take part in the semi-finals, while the Indian women’s hockey team will try to lift themselves up against Trinidad and Tobago today.
Following is the Thursday’s complete schedule of Indian participation in the Commonwealth Games:
Athletics:
High Jump Men: Nikhil Chittarasu, Hari Sankar Roy
1500m Women: Jhuma Khatun, Orchatteri Puthiyaveetil Jaisha, Sushma Devi
100m Women: Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi, Satti Geetha
100m Men: G Nagaraj, Md Abdul Najeeb Qureshi, Krishnakumar Satish Rane
400m Women: Mandeep Kaur, Manjeet Kaur
400m Men: Vinay Chouldhry, Harpreet Singh
Swimming:
50m Breaststroke Men: Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Puneet Rana, Sandeep Sejwal
50m Backstroke Women: Fariha Zaman, Jyotsna Pansare
100m Butterfly Men: Virdhawal Khade, Arjun Muralidharan
100m Breaststroke Women: Poorva Kiran Shetye
50m Freestyle Women: Talasha Satish Prabhu, Sneha Thirugnanasambandam
100m Backstroke Men: Rohit Rajendra Havaldar, Balakrishnan Melkote Badrinath, Rehan Jahangir Poncha
400m Individual Medley Men: Merwyn Roark Chen, Rehan Jahangir Poncha
Boxing:
Light Fly Weight (46-49kg): Amandeep Singh
Bantam Weight (56kg): Akhil Kumar
Fly Weight (52kg): Suranjoy Mayengbam
Light Welter Weight(64kg): Manoj Kumar
Hockey:
Women Group A: Trinidad and Tobagao vs India
Shooting:
Singles 50m Rifle 3 Position Women: Lajjakumari Gauswami, Tejaswini Sawant
10m Air Pistol Men: Gurpreet Singh, Omkar Singh
25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Vijay Kumar, Gurpreet Singh
Singles Double Trap Men : Asher Noria, Ronjan Sodhi
Weightlifting :
77kg Men Finals: Sudhir Kumar
Gymnastics:
Rings Men: Ashish Kumar
Pommel Horse Men: Ashish Kumar
Vault Women: Dipa Karmakar
Netball:
India vs Trinidad and Tobago
Archery:
Compound Team Women Semifinals: Bheigyabati Chanu, Jhano Hansdah, Gagandeep Kaur
Compound Team Men Semifinals: Ritul Men Chatterjee Jignas Chittibomma, Chinna Raju Srither
Lawn Bowl:
Triples Women: India vs Northern Ireland, India vs Niue Island
Pairs Men: Malawi vs India
Pairs Women: India vs Namibia
Triples Men: India vs Brunei Darussalam, Niue Island vs India
Squash:
Women’s singles: Anaka Alankamony, Joshna Chinappa, Surbhi Misra, Dipika Pallikal, Anwesha Reddy
Men’s singles: Saurav Ghosal, Sandeep Jangra, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Siddharth Suchde