Samaresh gets 2 more gold, Indians rules at C`Wealth shooting
Samaresh Jung shot down two more gold medals while Gagan Narang and Joydeep Karmakar combined to shatter a meet record as the Indians continued to rule the roost in the Commonwealth Championships here today.
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New Delhi: Samaresh Jung shot down two more
gold medals while Gagan Narang and Joydeep Karmakar combined
to shatter a meet record as the Indians continued to rule the
roost in the Commonwealth Championships here today.
Samaresh, who has already picked up two gold medals, won
the top honours in both the 25m air pistol team and individual
events while Gagan and Joydeep won the 50m rifle prone pair
event as India`s medal tally swelled to 42 - including 22 gold
-- on the event`s penultimate day.
In the individual competition of 25m air pistol event,
Samaresh shot 575, 10 points clear of compatriot Vijay Kumar,
who settled for the silver.
The bronze went to England`s Michael Gault, who scored
556.
Samaresh then combined with Gurpreet Singh to top the
team event. The Indian duo shot a score of 1121, way ahead of
second-placed Gault and Iqbal Ubhi, who finished with a score
of 1097.
Welshmen Steve Pengelly and Alan Green took home the
bronze after ending up just a point adrift of English team.
Gagan, who already has three gold medals in his kitty at
the event, bagged another when he and Joydeep broke the meet
record in the 50m Rifle Prone competition.
Gagan and Joydeep combined for a score of 1186, a massive
improvement on the 1178 mark set by Australians Ryan and
Dennis Taylor in 2005.
The silver in this event went to Robert Howell and Warren
Potent, who shot 1182, while England`s James Huckle and
Richard Wilson clinched the bronze with a score of 1179.
The women too struck gold when Shweta Chaudhary and
Pushpanjali Rana took the top honours in the 10m Air Pistol
Team event.
Shweta and Pushpanjali shot a score of 755 to finish
ahead of England`s Georgina Geikie and Julia Lydall (743).
The bronze in this event went to Danielle Jones and
Nicola Wilson of Wales who scored 727.
After adding the consolation badges given to the third
shooter in a team event, India`s tally swells to 65. England
is a distant second with 31 medals and badges followed by
Wales (12).
PTI
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