Press Trust of India
Guwahati, Feb 11: The star-studded shooting squad was expectedly on target as India held on firmly to the top spot by remaining way ahead of competition on the sixth day of the 12th South Asian Games here Thursday.
Hitting a double century of medals, the Indians have so far garnered 237 medals, including 139 gold, 78 silver and 20 bronze. Consistent at the second position are the Sri Lankans with 151 medals – 25 gold, 50 silver and 76 bronze medals in all. Pakistan occupied the third spot with 72 medals – seven gold, 22 silver and 43 bronze medals.
India dominated the shooting ranges grabbing all the five gold medals on offer. However, Olympic bronze-medallist Gagan Narang had to be content with a silver in men’s individual 50m rifle prone event on the second day of the shooting competitions.
Narang was leading till the fifth series but could not sustain it till the end. Compatriot Chain Singh caught up with Narang in the sixth series before running away with the gold. Chain Singh shot a total of 184.10 points while Narang had 183.10 points. Umar Siddique of Pakistan took the bronze.
‘Gold finger’ Samaresh Jung rolled back the years as he won the gold in men’s individual 25m center fire pistol event at the Kahilipara Shooting Range here. He beat the likes of Pemba Tamang and Vijay Kumar to win the gold. Jung shot of 580 points to clinch the gold in a tough field.
The Indians swept the individual event of the women’s 50m rifle prone event while also winning the team gold. Kuheli Ganguly bagged the gold with a total score of 619.9, while Lajja Gauswami and Anuja Jung grabbed the silver and bronze with 608.2 and 607.5 points, respectively.
