Published>Mon, Oct 11 10 09:07 PM
India today created history by breaking the 52-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medal jinx with Krishna Poonia winning the yellow metal in women's discus throw to become the first woman from the country to win a Commowealth Games gold here today.
India swept the event with Harwant Kaur and national record holder Seema Antil also winning the silver and bronze respectively.
Poonia's gold, which she won by throwing the discus to 61.51m, was the first gold after 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh's 440 yard race gold in the 1958 edition of the Games in Cardiff, Wales.
Harwant came up with an effort of 60.61m, a tad below her season's best of 60.66m, while national record holder Seema Antil threw the discus to a distance of 58.46m.
India missed out on the gold in boxing and shooting but Saina Nehwal led a host of shuttlers into the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Commonwealth Games Monday, on a day when the first dope case hit the event.
India's hopes of a slew of gold medals in boxing were dashed as Commonwealth Championships gold medallist Amandeep Singh (49kg), Asian Championships silver medallist Jai Bhagwan (60kg) and nine-time national champion Dilbag Singh (69kg) lost their semifinal bouts. The trio will get a bronze each as both semifinalists are given a bronze in boxing.
In shooting too, India lost a gold narrowly in the women's 50 metres rifle prone event.
Tejaswini Sawant, a world champion in the event, shot 583 and Meena Kumari 585 for a total of 1,168 points, one less than Scotland's Jen McIntosh (591) and Kay Copland (578) and English girls Michelle Smith (590) and Sharon Lee (579) who tied on points.
Jen and Gay took the gold on the basis of 60 perfect 10s to the 52 of Michelle and Shaon.
It was good news from the badminton courts.
Led by world No.3 Saina Nehwal, a host of Indian players moved into the quarterfinals of the individual event, raising hopes of multiple medals.
Top seeded Saina spanked Caroline Black of Northern Ireland 21-0, 21-2 to set up a clash with sixth seeded Canadian Anna Rice, whom the Indian beat in the quarterfinals of the mixed team event.
Aditi Mutatkar also moved into the women's singles quarterfinal with a 21-11, 21-17 victory over Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour. But the Indian now faces second seeded Malaysian Mew Choo Wong.
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa pulled off a fine victory against Malaysian Eei Hui Chin and Woon Khe Wei 15-21, 21-10, 21-16 to advance to the last eight of the women's doubles.
In the men's singles, Parupalli Kashyap got the better of Kieran Merrilees of Scotland 21-12, 21-5. Kashyap, too, will have a difficult opponent in fourth seeded Mohammad Hafiz Hashim in the quarterfinals.
Top ranked Indian and third seed Chetan Anand defeated Jamie Van Hooijdonk of Wales 21-8, 21-2 in another third round match.
In the mixed doubles, second seeds Jwala Gutta and V. Diju defeated compatriots Rupesh Kumar and Ashwini Ponnappa 15-21, 21-18, 21-16. (Agencies)
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