CWG, 2014 Photos

CWG: Wrestlers, Shooters Shower India with Medals

July 30, 2014 00:40

Wrestlers and shooters shone on Day 6 of Commonwealth Games 2014 to help India increase its total medals tally in Glasgow.

Sushil Kumar, who has Olympic bronze and silver medals, took just 107 seconds to beat Pakistan's Qamar Abbas to win the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74kg category wrestling final. (All images courtesy AP and PTI)

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Wrestlers and shooters shone on Day 6 of Commonwealth Games 2014 to help India increase its total medals tally in Glasgow.

Sushil Kumar, who has Olympic bronze and silver medals, took just 107 seconds to beat Pakistan's Qamar Abbas to win the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74kg category wrestling final. (All images courtesy AP and PTI)
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Former World Champion Sushil, who had won the gold in the 66kg category in 2010, was leading 6-2 in the first period when referee V. Keelan decided to give it in favour of the Indian, who managed to pin down Abbas.
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It was the third gold for India after Amit Kumar and Vinesh Phogat's triumph in their respective categories.
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Amit won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57kg category beating Nigerian Ebikweminomo Welson. Amit won the bout 3-1 on classification points. Amit won six points in the two periods while Welson got two.
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Indian teenager Vinesh Phogat then made it a double delight as she registered a thrilling 11-8 win over England's Yana Rattigan to clinch the gold medal in the women's freestyle 48kg wrestling competition.
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Vinesh, 19, is the cousin of Geeta Phogat, who had won the first gold medal for India in women's wrestling in the 2010 Delhi Games.
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Earlier in the day, shooters Sanjeev Rajput (right) and Gagan Narang claimed the silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's 50-metre rifle 3 positions.
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Rajput (in pic) and Narang finished with scores of 446.9 and 436.8 respectively at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre.
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Lajja Gauswami won the women's 50-metre rifle 3 positions bronze.

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