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Fourth gold for Narang

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GOLDFINGER:Ace shooter Gagan Narang took his tally to four gold medals in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. The Indian was on target in the 50m rifle 3-position event in New Delhi on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Gagan Narang won his fourth gold medal, with new records in the rifle 3-position event, as India enhanced its gold collection to 24 on Saturday. It was the eighth gold on the trot in two editions for Narang.

Vijay Kumar captured the centre fire pistol gold, in partnership with Harpreet Singh, to claim his third gold of the event. The shooters have won 12 gold medals so far.

Wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt and Narsingh Pancham Yadav contributed two more gold medals. Yogeshwar battled a career-threatening knee injury to win the 60kg title, while last-minute replacement Narsingh showed his class in the 74kg final.

In tennis, Sania Mirza fought gallantly against the top-seeded Anastasia Rodionova of Australia in the women's final, saving three matchpoints, but had to settle for the silver.

She later partnered Rushmi Chakravarthi to lose the women's doubles final to Anastasia and Shally Peers 4-6, 4-6.

Harminder Singh won the first-ever medal by an Indian walker in the Commonwealth Games, a bronze that brought the Indian athletics team's tally to two medals. Kavita Raut had won a bronze on Friday. India now has 11 medals in athletics since 1958 when an Indian won the first (gold) for the country in Cardiff.

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