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This is an archive article published on March 26, 2006

Commonwealth games 2006

DAY 10: HOW THE INDIANS FAREDSHOOTINGMen8217;s 25m standard pistolSamresh Jung 9th with 551 pts; Ronak Pandit 6th with 557 ptsMen8217;s sk...

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DAY 10: HOW THE INDIANS FARED

SHOOTING
Men8217;s 25m standard pistol
Samresh Jung 9th with 551 pts; Ronak Pandit 6th with 557 pts

Men8217;s skeet individual
Amit Sanghi 14th with 113 points; Baba PS Bedi 17th with 112 points

HOCKEY
Women8217;s final
India lost to Australia 0-1, claim SILVER medal

BOXING
54 kg Bantamweight final
Akhil Kumar beat Louis Richard Bruno Julie Maur 20-12 to win GOLD

69kg Welterweight final
Vijender Kumar lost to Bongani Mwelase RSA 26-33, win SILVER

Heavyweight 91kg final
Harpreet Singh lost 10:25 to M Bradley Aus, bags SILVER

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BADMINTON
Men8217;s singles
Chetan Anand beat Aamir Ghaffar Eng 21-17, 18-21, 21-13 to win BRONZE

Women8217;s doubles
S Nehwal/T Murugunde lost to D Kellogg/Gali Emms 14-21, 9-21 in bronze medal play-off

GYMNASTICS
All round team event
Komal Ishwer, Surekha Rana and Rajni Sharma finished 24th, 25th and 26th eliminated in the qualification round

TABLE TENNIS
Men8217;s singles semi-final
Achanta Sharath Kamal defeated Segun Toriala Nig 11-6, 15-13, 11-8, 11-3 enters final

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ATHLETICS
4x400m women8217;s relay final
Indian quartet of Rajwinder Kaur, Chitra Soman, Manjit Kaur and Pinki Parmanik won SILVER with a timing of 3:29.57s

Double-lucky India get relay silver

Providence smiled on India as its women8217;s 4X400m relay team grabbed the silver medal. The Jamaicans were leading when they dropped the baton on the second exchange helping India move up to third place.The joy doubled up for the Indian quartet when first place finishers England were disqualified for not maintaining their order, resulting in India8217;s elevation.

Women lose hockey

A spirited Indian effort went in vain as hosts Australia today snatched a narrow 1-0 win in the final to bag the gold in women8217;s hockey event. A late goal by skipper Nicole Hudson enabled the hosts to dethrone reigning champions India, who had to be satisfied with the silver. PTI

 

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