OMKAR SINGHNEW DELHI: India's shooters continued their dominant show at the Commonwealth Games, collecting three more gold medals here on Friday.
Gagan Narang and Omkar Singh won their third golds, while Vijay Kumar collected his second, as the host inflated its shooting tally to 10 gold medals.
The Indian trap shooters had to settle for silver, missing out on gold by one point, thanks to the brilliance of Australia's Michael Diamond, who shot a perfect 100.
Wrestlers Alka Tomar and Anita and the women's archery team clinched gold medals to ensure that India stayed at the No.2 spot in the medals table, with 20 golds overall , behind Australia.
Dola Banerjee and company found the wind in India's favour and completed a 207-206 victory over England in the women's archery recurve final.
Ashish Kumar won his second gymnastics medal, a silver on the vault, while the Indian women clinched the table tennis silver. Jwala Gutta and V. Diju added another silver to India's haul in the badminton mixed doubles.
Kavita Raut won bronze in the 10,000m, becoming the first Indian woman to win a track medal in the Commonwealth Games history.
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