Former Indian athlete PT Usha on Monday lashed out at Indian media for categorising the athletes participating in the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast in Australia by state.
Taking to Twitter, the former sprint queen said, "Reporters: Haryana boy wins, Delhi girl does it....Chennai girl - Punjab boy!!! We could do without the states? Have you heard USA report of a Florida boy winning or a Texas girl? Or Australia go like - Melbourne girl wins?" she asked.
Usha evoked Shah Rukh Khan's character Kabir Khan from Chak De! India. In a scene where the players are asked to introduce themselves, each player comes forward and tells the coach that they represent a particular state of India. Kabir Khan, not too impressed with this attitude, waits until Vidya Sharma, played by Vidya Malvade, comes and introduces herself. "Vidya Sharma! India!" she says, prompting Kabir Khan to tell the rest of the team that they no longer represent states, but represent the country.
Earlier, Indian shooting ace Jitu Rai claimed the gold medal in men's 10m air pistol event by creating a new games record while compatriot Om Prakash Mitharval bagged a bronze at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, on Monday. With this, India’s medal tally went up to 15.
Mitharval, who had established a new qualification record with 584, eventually finished with the bronze medal after aggregating 214.3 in the eight-man finals at the Belmont Shooting Centre.
Indian weightlifter Pardeep Singh (105kg) came agonisingly close to a gold but eventually settled for a silver after a close contest with Samoa's Sanele Mao in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, on Monday.
Singh, the reigning Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist, lifted a total of 352kg (152kg+200kg) to claim the second spot after an exciting showdown with Mao, which had the packed arena on its feet.
Young Mehuli Ghosh settled for the silver medal after forcing a shoot-off in the women's 10m air rifle event with a perfect final shot of 10.9 while Apurvi Chandela secured bronze in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, on Monday.
The 17-year-old Ghosh shot an excellent 10.9 to take the finals into a shoot-ff with Singapore's Martina Lindsay Veloso, the eventual gold medallist with a games record score of 247.2.
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