CWG: India's Bag Full of Shooting Medals


New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) World No.3 Gagan Narang edged out Beijing Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra to win the gold in the 10-metre air rifle shooting competition of the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday.

Narang, who equalled his own world record in the qualification round with a perfect score of 600, shot 703.6 in the finals, leaving Bindra (698 points) behind. The bronze medal went to James Huckle (693.5) of England.

CWG Shooting: Anisa and Rahi Clinch Gold and Silver 

 India's Anisa Sayyed won gold and Rahi Sarnobat silver in the 25-metre women's pistol event in the shooting competition of the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday.

 

CWG shooting: Noria, Sodhi Win Double Trap Silver 

Junior world champion Asher Noria and world No.3 Ronjan Sodhi of India teamed up to win the silver in the men's pairs double trap shooting event at the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday. They missed the gold by one point.

Noria and Sodhi together shot 188 points.

Stevan Walton and Steven Scott of England bagged the gold with a total of 189 points, a new Games record.

Sodhi had a perfect 50 in the first and 45 in the second at the Karni Singh Shooting Range.

Noria shot a total of 93. Of this, 46 came in the first round and 47 in the second.

Walton shot 96 and Scott 93. They went past the record of 186 set by Australian Mark Russell and Craig Trembath in the 2006 Melbourne Games.

Malaysian pair of Benjamin Cheng Jie Khor (93) and Seng Chye Khor (92) got the bronze.

India's Italian coach Marcello Dradi was unhappy with the performance of the shooters.

"I am not happy with the silver. I am a professional coach and have come here to give India a gold medal. This was the best team we could have and unfortunately we missed the gold by one point," he said.

  

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