Even as the gold rush continues at the Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, India has crossed its Manchester Games tally.
Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj Singh win gold
It's the shooters who have done India proud again and helped India overcome the Manchester 2002 Games tally. And it happened when shooters Anuraj Singh and Heena Sidhu won the Gold in 10 m Air pistol pair. India, Australia and Canada were tied on 759 but India won on countback. India now have 31 gold.
Tejaswini Sawant settles for silver
India's first women world champion, Tejaswini Sawant, had to settle for the silver medal in the women's 50 metre rifle prone event. Tejaswini was beaten to gold by Scotland's Jen McIntosh.
Samresh Jung & CK Chowdhury win silver
Samresh Jung combined with Chandrasekhar Kumar Chowdhury to win silver in men's 25-metre standard pistol pairs. Jung scored 561 and Chaudhary 542 to win silver with a score of 1103.
Gagan Narang misses out on 5th gold
However, there was also disappointment after Gagan Narang and Hari Om Singh missed a medal in 50m rifle prone pairs after finishing fifth. The result robbed Gagan of the chance of bagging his 5th gold of the Games.
Soumyadeep enters men's singles semis
In table tennis, Soumyadeep became the first ever player to enter semi finals of the men's singles. Soumyadeep beat Cai from Singapore in 4 sets to reach the semi finals.
P Ghatak , Mouma Das advance to semis
There was more cheer in table tennis as Indian women's doubles team of Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das have advanced to the semi finals. Ghatak and Mouma beat their Aussie opponents in tough 5 sets to advance to the last 4.
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