Gagan Narang and PT Raghunath set a new record in the 10m air rifle team event as Indian shooters dominated the proceedings with two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze medal on the opening day of the Commonwealth Championship in New Delhi.
Narang was the star of the day as he shot 599 out of 600, whichhelped Team India to win its first gold medal in the championship. Raghunath shot 594/600 to take the team score to an aggregate of 1193 points, breaking the previous championship record of 1183 points set by Narang and Manoj Kumar in 2005.
England's James Huckle and Ken Parr, Jr, won the silver with a score of 1185 points, while Asif Hossain Khan and Shovon
Chowdhury of Bangladesh claimed the bronze medal with 1182
points.
India's second gold medal came in the 25m pistol team event when Anisa Sayyed and Annuraj Singh notched up the top spot with a score of 1147 points.
Linda Ryan and Elena Galiabovtech of Australia bagged the
silver medal with 1138 points. The bronze medal went to England's Georgina Geikie and Judia Lydall, who shot 1129 points.
In the 50m pistol team (men's) event, Bapu Vanzare and Viraj Singh had to settle for a silver medal with a score of 1059 points. The gold medal went to Michael Gault and Nick Baxter of England who scored 1082 points.
Australia's Alfio Casgrande and Janek Janski won the bronze medal with 1030 points.
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