Shooters reap rich harvest
Dhaka, Feb. 2: The Indians shot to glory bagging two gold, one silver and two bronze medals on the opening day of the shooting event at the 11th South Asian Games here on Tuesday.
The two gold came in the men’s section when Vivek Singh clinched the top honours in individual 25m standard pistol and then combined with Chandrasekhar Kumar Chaudhary and Harpreet Singh to win the second gold in the 25m standard pistol team event.
In the individual section, Vivek outskilled Pakistani Mustkim Shah who had to settle for the silver medal, while Chaudhary bagged the bronze medal.
In the women’s section, the 13-year-old Mampi Das became the cynosure of all eyes when she overcame fever to bag the bronze medal in the 10m air rifle.
Mampi shot 496.6 out of 500 for the bronze medal. Bangladesh reigned supreme with a one-two finish in the 10m air rifle women event.
In cycling, India’s Rajendra Bishnoi won a silver in the men’s 170km road race mass start after being pipped to the post by Sri Lankan Janaka Hemanth Gonagalage.
After putting up a dominant show in the team events, the Indian shuttlers asserted their supremacy in singles also as their top players advanced to the semifinals of many events.
In the men’s singles, top seed Chetan Anand got the better of Mohammad Rais Uddin of Bangladesh 21-19, 21-10 to set up a last-four clash with Dinuka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka.
Second seeded Guru Sai Dutt lived up to his reputation, beating Lanka’s nine time national champion Niluka Karunaratne 21-12, 21-13. In the women’s singles, top seeded Sayali Gokhale beat Achini Ratnasiri or Sri Lanka 21-13, 23-21 to set up a semifinal battle with Palwasha Bashir of Pakistan. National champion Trupti Murgunde, defeated Sara Devi Tamang of Nepal 21-7, 21-15.
Meanwhile in football, India rode on a three goal effort from Lalpekhula Jeje to thrash archrivals Pakistan 5-1 and make it to the semifinal. — PTI
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