India’s first medal of the day at Dr. Karni Singh Stadium on Saturday came in the form of Bronze in ‘Pairs 10 M Air rifle Women’. Despite Suma Siddharth (397) hitting the bull’s eye 36 times, her partner Kavitha Yadav (388) lost momentum and scored poorly in the third and fourth round. They manage to win the Bronze just by a point.
It was the Malaysian pair of Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi (398) and Nur Ayuni Halim (395) who won the Gold Medal scoring 793 points. Xiang Wei Jasmine Ser (396) and Jian Huan Cheng (394) of Singapore won the Silver with a score of 790 points.
The Malaysian Shooting Coach Isroil Saidov was very delighted with the girl’s performance saying, I am very happy with the girls’ performance and that’s not just because we won Gold. Look at the result, it’s excellent. This is only the second time in Commonwealth Games history that Malaysia has won Gold in shooting. We last won in 1998.”
India’s delight of shooting Gold came back when Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh won the ‘Pairs 25M Centerfire Pistol Men’. Vijay Kumar continued his superb form scoring 586 hitting the bull’s eye 26 times while Harpreet manage 573 to total 1159 which was 19 more than the Silver Medalists point.
With this Gold, Vijay Kumar has completed a golden hat-trick in the Delhi CWG and he credited Coach Smirnov Pavel for his success. "Whenever there is a problem, he was there to help us," said Vijay. Harpreet after the match said, “I am feeling very nice on winning my first Gold in the Commonwealth Games. I dedicate it to the Indian Navy and my senior officers. Without their support, I could not have made it.”
The Silver Medal went to the duo from New Zealand – Greg Yelavich (574) and Alan Earle (566) scoring 1140 points just one point more than the Bronze medalist from Singapore – Bin Gai (576) and Lip Meng Poh (563).
Meanwhile World No.3 Gagan Narang won the Gold in the ‘Singles 50 M Rifle 3 Position Men’ breaking his own record of 1261.4 set in Melbourne games. 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 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.
However the day ended on a disappointing note for the Indian when Shreyasi Singh put up a dismal performance in the final of ‘Singles Trap Women’ to finish 5th with a score of 85 + 2. England’s Anita North won the Gold with a score of 93 points while Scotland’s Shone Marshall followed her for the Silver scoring 91.
Anita was over delighted over her win and said, “It's my second Commonwealth Games. I won two Silver in the last Games (Manchester 2006). And I have won Silver and Gold here.” She also added that, “Delhi has been very lucky for me. I shot very well. I fell in love with India when I came here and it's a fabulous country. It's paid off, too.”
The Bronze medal went to Namibia’s Gaby Ahrens who scored 88. Earlier in the qualification round, another Indian, Seema Tomar scored just 66 points to be placed 9th. Only the first six qualifies for the final.
With three events tomorrow in shooting, India’s over all position will heavily depend on the shooters. India is placed third next to England in overall medal tally.
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