Gurpreet Singh and Shweta Chaudhary added a couple of more golds as Indian shooters swept the Commonwealth Championship`s final day to finish on
top of the tally with a whopping 49 medals at the Karni Singh
Range here.
|Last Updated: Feb 27, 2010, 06:42 PM IST|Source: Bureau
New Delhi: Gurpreet Singh and Shweta Chaudhary added a couple of more golds as Indian shooters swept the Commonwealth Championship`s final day to finish on
top of the tally with a whopping 49 medals at the Karni Singh
Range here.
India ended the event with 23 gold, 17 silver and 9
bronze medals and after adding the consolation badges given to
the third shooter in a team event, the hosts` tally swells to
74.
England finished a distant second with 31 medals and
badges, while Wales ended third on the table after winning 13
medals and badges.
Gurpreet stunned Samaresh Jung to clinch the 25m Standard
Pistol gold.
Gurpreet, who partnered Samaresh to clinch the standard
pistol pairs gold yesterday, shot a score of 567 to grab the
top honours in the individual event, two points clear of
Samaresh.
Indians made a clean sweep in this event with Vijay Kumar
grabbing the bronze medal after shooting 564.
Similar was the scene in 10m Air Pistol competition for
women where Indians took all three positions on the podium.
Shweta Chaudhary notched up the gold medal with a score
of 479.9 (380+99.7), while Annuraj Singh finished a close
second after shooting 478.9 (379+99.9).
PTI
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