STRENGTH AND SKILL: World Champion Sushil Kumar beat
South Africa's Heinrich Barnes to win the men's 66-kg freestyle wrestling gold
at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Sunday.
NEW DELHI: World champion Sushil Kumar triumphed in wrestling while Somdev Devvarman wore the men's tennis singles crown as India took its gold medal tally to 29 in the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar won the gold in the 66kg category. M.A. Prajusha and Vikas Gowda won silver medals in long jump and discus to make it the most successful Games ever for Indian athletics.
Not to be left behind, the shooters continued with the gold spree and took their tally to 13 gold medals, with Harpreet Singh pipping favourite Vijay Kumar for the centre fire pistol individual gold. The archers were impressive against quality opposition. The young Deepika Kumari captured the women's individual recurve gold and Rahul Banerjee topped in the men's section.
The Indian hockey team made it a memorable day for the host with a glorious 7-4 win over Pakistan to earn a place in the semifinals.
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