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Samresh, Bindra clinch gold

Narang, Rana add to medals tally

Melbourne: Samresh Jung and Abhinv Bindra gave a heart-warming performance for India as they won a gold each to end the four-day Badge shooting competition on a highly successful note here on Tuesday.

Adding to India's medal tally on the concluding day were Gagan Narang (silver) and Jaspal Rana (bronze).

India ended the Badge competition with 15 medals — five gold, seven silver and three bronze.

``This was a very good practice for the shooters,'' said a visibly happy chief coach Sunny Thomas.

In the 50m three position men's rifle event, Bindra fired 1154 to bag the gold while his teammate Gagan Narang shot 1150 to finish second.

In the 25m centre fire pistol event, Samresh Jung shot 580 for gold while Jaspal Rana bagged bronze with 577. — UNI

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