With 11 gold,India in second place in the medal standings

Thursday, October 7, 2010 4:58

Shooters, wrestlers and weightlifters kept India in second place in the medal standings, picking up six more gold to swell their tally to 11 at the Commonwealth Games Wednesday, the third day of the competitions. With eight silver and four bronze also in the bag, India have 23 medals as against Australia’s 41 at [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Rajender Kumar wins wrestling gold

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 13:34

Wrestler Rajendra Kumar added tenth gold medal to India’s medal tally on Day 3 of the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Rajender Kumar claimed victory in the 55 kg Greco-Roman category on Wednesday, Oct 6 adding the fourth gold medal won in the wrestling arena.
On Tuesday, Oct 5, Sanjay won the 74 kg Greco-Roman event, Ravinder Kumar [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Dykun wins 66kg wrestling gold

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 13:31

England’s Myroslav Dykun has won the men’s 66kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Dykun, whose team-mate Terrence Bosson won silver in the 60kg category on Tuesday, beat the Canadian Jack Bond by pinning him to the mat in the final.

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Commonwealth Games : India sweep Gold in Greco Roman Wrestling

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 13:29

The Indian team made a clean sweep in the Greco-Roman Wrestling clinching all the 3 Gold Medals.
Indians dominated the event, which took place at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here yesterday.
With their great performance ever, the Indian Grapplers Ravinder Singh (60 kg), Sanjay (74 kg) and Anil Kumar (96 kg) earned their first-ever Commonwealth Games [...]

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Commonwealth Games 2010: Luke Folwell wins gym gold

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 13:23

Huntingdon’S Luke Folwell is the Commonwealth Games all-around gymnastics champion.
He beat England team-mate Reiss Beckford into second to secure the gold medal by just 0.100 points today (Wednesday).
The 23-year-old gymnast, who trains at Huntingdon Gym Club, had already been a part of the England team that won a silver in the team event.
He took [...]

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CWG Badminton : Jwala, Ashwini win gold for India

Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:15

India, which is trying to retain the second place in the XIXth Commonwealth Games, had a good start on Thursday with Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa winning the 37th gold for the country in women’s badminton doubles final.
The Indian won the first ever gold medal in the women’s doubles badminton event for India in [...]

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Kenyan John Kelai won the men’s marathon

Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:01

Kenyan John Kelai won the men’s marathon on the final day of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi today.
Kelai, who became only the second Kenyan to win a Commonwealth marathon title, recorded a time of two hours 14 minutes and 35 seconds.
Australian Michael Shelley, who caught Kenyan Amos Tirop Matui with around a mile to [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Singapore won their first men’s table tennis team gold

Sunday, October 10, 2010 6:24

Singapore won their first men’s table tennis team gold at a Commonwealth Games with a hard-fought 3-1 win over England on Saturday.
The come-from-behind victory followed on from Singapore women’s team’s success in the gold medal match on Friday.
England made a fine start when 17-year-old Liam Pitchford came back from two sets down to beat [...]

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Commonwealth Games : India lose second position at medal tally

Saturday, October 9, 2010 5:24

The Indians have lost their second spot at the medal tally list, as England have managed to clinch 77 medals altogether.
In the gold medal rush, India is in neck-to-neck fight with English. India is looking to increase the gold lead. In today’s game 2 gold medals are expected in tennis and 3 more in [...]

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Commonwealth Games : Vijay Kumar clinches 17th gold for India

Friday, October 8, 2010 9:30

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 [...]

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