Rifle shooting ace Gagan Narang picked up his third gold medal, and second individual, in the Commonwealth Games while the women’s archery team grabbed their first as India widened the lead over England in the race for the second spot on Friday. Narang, who had won the men’s 10m air rifle pairs and individual gold medals going into Friday’s competition, added the pairs 50m rifle 3-position gold to his kitty with Imran Hasan Khan, with a Games record to add to the feat.

It was the country’s 16th gold after women archers Deepika Kumari, Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi Laishram fetched India their 15th title and more medals were primed to be plucked by the Indians during the day.

India’s highest gold medal tally, 30, was in Manchester in 2002 while four years later at Melbourne the country’s athletes scooped up 22.

CWG 2010 Medals Tally | Delhi Commonwealth Games