More gold for shooters in Commonwealth championships

21 February,2010 07:07 AM IST |   |  Agencies

India's gold count in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship increased with Gagan Narang winning the men's 10 metre air rifle singles event and Navy man Sanjeev Rajput bagging the silver at the Karni Singh Shooting Range on Saturday


India's gold count in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship increased with Gagan Narang winning the men's 10 metre air rifle singles event and Navy man Sanjeev Rajput bagging the silver at the Karni Singh Shooting Range on Saturday

Narang shot a total of 699.5 (595 qualification, 104.5 finals) for the yellow metal and also came close to breaking his own championship record of 699.7 set in Australia in 2005.

Rajput got the silver shooting a total of 694.8 (591 qualification, 103.8 finals) and the bronze went to Englishman Huckle James with an aggregate of 694 (593 qualification, 101 final).


Another Indian PT Raghunath, who bagged the gold in the pairs event with Narang, narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth.
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Commonwealth Shooting Championship gold medal Gagan Narang Sanjeev Rajput Karni Singh Shooting Range