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Advani fetches India`s first gold, shooters add 2 more medals
S S Ramaswamy
Guangzhou, Nov 14 (PTI) Star Indian cueist Pankaj Advani
opened India's gold medal account in the 16th Asian Games by
clinching the title in the billiards singles event while the
shooters provided a silver and bronze on the second day of
competitions here Sunday.
Defending champion Advani kept his reputation intact with
a 3-2 victory over Myanmar's Oo Nay Thway in the billiards
final as India boosted their medals tally to one gold, three
silver and a bronze.
The Indian shooters were again in the spotlight with
Heena Siddhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sania Rai clinching the
silver in the women's 10 m air pistol team event and Vijay
kumar bagging the bronze in the men's 10 m air pistol at the
Aoti shooting range.
India's men's tennis team also assured itself of a bronze
medal by securing a place in the semi-finals against top seed
Chinese Taipei while both the men's and women's table tennis
teams cruised into the quarter finals of the team events.
The strong Indian contingent pinned hopes on Advani to
fetch the first gold medal for the country after shooter Gagan
Narang had to be content with a silver Saturday and the
25-year-old cueist delivered the goods.
The former world professional champion Advani beat Nay
Thway with frames of 33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-4, 100-45 in
the summit clash.
Among other Indians in fray at the Games here, Alok
Kumar fought his way to a 7-4 win over Ricky Yang of Indonesia
to advance to the semifinals of the men's 8-ball pool.
However, compatriot Sumit Talwar squandered a 2-frame
lead to lose 4-7 to Afrinneza Irsal Nasution in another
quarterfinals tie.
After Narang's exploits on the opening day, the Indian
women shooters Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sonia Rai
had their moment of glory as they won the silver medal in the
10m Air Pistol team event.
The Indian trio combined to shoot 1140, a point adrift of
the gold medallist Korean troika of Yunmi Gim, Byunghee Kim
and Lim Ho Lee. Chinese shooters Qi Sun, Jun Wen Guo and Ling
Su Yu settled for the bronze medal with a score of 1139.
Heena shot a score of 381, while Annu and Sonia managed
scores of 380 and 379 respectively to help India win its third
silver in shooting. More PTI
Guangzhou, Nov 14 (PTI) Star Indian cueist Pankaj Advani
opened India's gold medal account in the 16th Asian Games by
clinching the title in the billiards singles event while the
shooters provided a silver and bronze on the second day of
competitions here Sunday.
Defending champion Advani kept his reputation intact with
a 3-2 victory over Myanmar's Oo Nay Thway in the billiards
final as India boosted their medals tally to one gold, three
silver and a bronze.
The Indian shooters were again in the spotlight with
Heena Siddhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sania Rai clinching the
silver in the women's 10 m air pistol team event and Vijay
kumar bagging the bronze in the men's 10 m air pistol at the
Aoti shooting range.
India's men's tennis team also assured itself of a bronze
medal by securing a place in the semi-finals against top seed
Chinese Taipei while both the men's and women's table tennis
teams cruised into the quarter finals of the team events.
The strong Indian contingent pinned hopes on Advani to
fetch the first gold medal for the country after shooter Gagan
Narang had to be content with a silver Saturday and the
25-year-old cueist delivered the goods.
The former world professional champion Advani beat Nay
Thway with frames of 33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-4, 100-45 in
the summit clash.
Among other Indians in fray at the Games here, Alok
Kumar fought his way to a 7-4 win over Ricky Yang of Indonesia
to advance to the semifinals of the men's 8-ball pool.
However, compatriot Sumit Talwar squandered a 2-frame
lead to lose 4-7 to Afrinneza Irsal Nasution in another
quarterfinals tie.
After Narang's exploits on the opening day, the Indian
women shooters Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sonia Rai
had their moment of glory as they won the silver medal in the
10m Air Pistol team event.
The Indian trio combined to shoot 1140, a point adrift of
the gold medallist Korean troika of Yunmi Gim, Byunghee Kim
and Lim Ho Lee. Chinese shooters Qi Sun, Jun Wen Guo and Ling
Su Yu settled for the bronze medal with a score of 1139.
Heena shot a score of 381, while Annu and Sonia managed
scores of 380 and 379 respectively to help India win its third
silver in shooting. More PTI
