Gagan Narang Shoots Gold Again: Indian Shooters On Gold Spree

By BOB Goswami

India NEWS - Gagan Narang, the record holder, shot his fourth straight gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

Gagan Shot gold in the individual 50m Air Rifle 3 position event to present India 22nd gold and 12th from shooting alone. In 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games India won 16 gold in shooting.

India continue the gold rush in Commonwealth Games. Earlier national champion Gagan Narang defeated own country mate Abhinav Bindra who won the first Olympic gold medal for India. Narang edged Bindra in the event -10 m air rifles (Singles) - to clinched the gold medal. Moreover, it is a Commonwealth Games record where Narang broke earlier record, scoring 103.6.

On the other hand, the women shooters also head to head to with their counterpart as Anisa Sayyed won the gold while Rahi Sarnobat shot the silver medal. The Indian team has also won a silver in the double trap event, raising a competition for all teams. Another shooter Omkar Singh won a gold.

India has clinched a gold in the pairs competition of the same event on Day 2. The close competition between Narang and Bindra gave a wonderful display at Dr. Karni Singh ranges. The close scores between two Indian shooters showed an indication the rivalry would continue in future.

Meanwhile in the another sport lifter Reny Bala Chanu (58 kg women) broke the record, lifting weight of 107 Kgs in her category to win the gold. Lifter Ravi Kumar (69 kg men) is also hopeful to win a medal for the country.

Commonwealth Games Is A Web Of Corruption: Aslam Sher Khan

Commonwealth Games 2010 (New Delhi)
Commonwealth Games Is A Web Of Corruption: Aslam Sher Khan

By ONE Liners Agency

INDIA NEWS – Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010 (New Delhi) can’t even escape the wrath of former players. In a recent expulsion, former Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan has accused Commonwealth organizers for corruption. While talking to journalists he said the game was surrounded by corruption. He intensified his statement by declaring it a record breaking Commonwealth Games corruption has ever been witnessed by the world. He also accused the baton in England.

"I have been told that Rs. 28,000 crore has been spent on the games, and I feel that this was a colossal waste and nothing else," he added.

He lamented that the government had spent a huge lump sum of 280 billion rupees for the Games when the aspiring athletes are looking at government with parched hope. He said even the basic facilities were not provided for the players, be it on or off the field.

He said it was a wrong priority of the Government of India to organize such corrupt event, whereas one balloon was hired for two hours for 40 crores rupees. On the other hand budding players are dying of want of a little help from the government.

He also strongly condemned Union Sports Minister M S Gill for asking wrestling coach Satpal to stand aside in a photo session with World Championship gold-medalist winner Sushil Kumar in New Delhi.

"Maybe Gill wanted to show to the world that he was to be credited for the medal won by Sushil Kumar and Satpal had nothing to do with it," Aslam said.

The Commonwealth Games 2010 will be India’s grandest sporting extravaganza since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. India is expecting about two million visitors and 10,000 athletes from 71 teams of Commonwealth Nations. CWG New Delhi will start from October 3 and end on 14 of same month.