Commonwealth Games 2014: Rahi Sarnobat, Apurvi Chandela star for India on Day 3

Click here for full schedule of the Commonwealth Games 2014. Squash: Ghosal wins in five! India’s Sourav Ghosal beat New Zealand’s Campbell Grayson 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 to move into the semi-finals of the men’s singles competition. Super stuff by Ghosal. Another weightlifting medal for India India’s Omkar Otari (69kg wtlifting) has won the bronze medal with a combined total of 296 kg. Malaysia’s Mansor took the gold with a combined total of 305 kg while Nigeria’s Ayenuwa took the silver with a total of 301 kg. India add bronze as Rajwinder Kaur wins in judo; Kumar, Pathania lose out Rajwinder Kaur beat Kenaya’s EA Ratugi in the +78kg category by conceding fewer penalties. But it was disappointment for Parikshit Kumar and Sahil Pathania who could have added two more bronze medals but were beaten by Aussie J Andrewartha and Kiwi T Slyfield respectively. JD Chongtham also lost her bronze medal contest 0-2 to Cameroon’s Mballa Atangana in the -78kg class. Another gold and silver for India! Rahi Sarnobat wins gold and Anisa Sayyed silver in 25m Air pistol event - detailed report here . https://twitter.com/virenrasquinha/status/493078911945670657 Boxing results India’s Manoj Kumar has won in the 64kg weight category in the round of 32. He beat Lesotho M Moshoeshoe on a points decision. Vijender Kumar won his bout in the 75 kg category to enter Pre-QFs. He beat Andrew Kometa of Kiribati. Weightlifting: Women’s 58 kg Weightlifting results India’s Meena Kumari finished 5th with a total of 194 kgs. She went for broke towards the end in a bid to get the bronze but couldn’t complete the lift in the clean and jerk. England’s 20-year-old Zoe Smith won the gold with a total of 210kg. Shooting Women’s 25m Pistol GOLD & SILVER assured for India. Rahi Sarnobat & & Anisa Sayyed to faceoff for the Gold MEDAL. Rahi shot 16 and Sayyed 14 in the 5 series. The gold medal match will start at 2215 IST. Hockey: India vs Scotland FT: India 6-2 Scotland. 69th min: GOAL! Another goal for the Scots, through a PC. Well deflected into the goal. They have fought well in the last 10 minutes. Full credit to them. India 6-2 Scotland. 56th min: GOAL! This time the Scots have a goal. The home crowd can finally cheer. India 6-1 Scotland. 48th min: GOAL! Now, Rupinder from a PC. The two PC specialists are turning it on. It wasn’t stopped well but Rupinder was just too good. India 6-0 Scotland. 45th min: GOAL! Raghunath gets his second goal of the match and third of the tournament. This time he went low and put all his power behind it. Brilliant. India 5-0 Scotland. 39th min: GOAL! Super flick by Chandi off a nice cross gets India their fourth goal. Very classy. This is more like it. This was the India we were expecting to see. India 4-0 Scotland. 36th min: GOAL! Rupinder Singh scores from a PC. He hit it straight at the Scottish goalkeeper, who couldn’t respond in time. India in comfort zone now. India 3-0 Scotland. HT: India did enough to get the lead and stay there. 23 mins: GOAL! Super PC from Raghunath. He got a lot of power behind the scoop to the right of the keeper. India 2-0 Scotland. 20 mins: India are keeping possession well but it seems like they haven’t really decided to go on an all out attack. Scotland are hanging on. India 1-0 Scotland. 15 mins: India have failed to make any further inroads. Scotland have managed to keep it together in defence so far. India have, yet again, not shown what they are capable of so far. No pace. 6th min: India have the lead through Gurbaj Singh. Brilliant run into the D and then a shot. The goalkeeper couldn’t keep it out. India 1-0 Scotland. India versus Scotland is about to begin. India will need to turn in a much better performance than they did against Wales in the first match. Here goes…. Shooting – 10m Air Rifle final (women’s) [caption id=“attachment_1636117” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Super shooting by Chandela (left) and Paul. Img courtesy OGQ[/caption] Apurvi Chandela of India has won the GOLD medal in the event with a total of 206.7 – super shooting all the way, very consistent and hardly got a shot wrong. Ayonika Paul started off slowly but then picked up pace with some superb shooting to climb up through the ranks once the eliminations began. She claimed the silver with a total of 204.9. Shooting India’s Anisa Sayyed and Rahi Sarnobat qualify for Women’s 25m Pistol semifinals. More Judo results Parikshit Kumar of India will face Australia’s Jake Andrewartha in over 100kg judo bronze medal match. Nanjappa wins silver in 10m Air Pistol [caption id=“attachment_1636031” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of Prakash Nanjappa. Courtesy OGQ.[/caption] Solid shooting by India’s Prakash Nanjappa (198.2) but the Australian D Repacholi (199.5) was just too strong in the finals. England’s 60-year-old M Gault won the bronze. 38-year-old Nanjappa’s 12th shot was just 7.7 and that sort of ruined a superb final for him. He came into the final after finishing top in the qualifying. He had given up shooting for 5 years and is a computer engineer by profession. His father – P.N. Papanna who was himself a national-level shooter – coaxed him to take up the sport again. Prakash also had a paralytic attack last year – partial facial paralysis – and has still not recovered completely. It was later diagnosed as a rare condition called Bell’s palsy, a rare condition that affects one of the facial nerves. Though the partial paralysis doesn’t bother Prakash Nanjappa anymore, he still suffers from dry eye syndrome, requiring him to use eye drops. He was the only Indian shooter to win a medal at a World Cup in 2013. He won the bronze medal at the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup in Changwon, Korea in the 10 m Air Pistol event. In 50 Free Pistol Prakash qualified for the final at the Korea World Cup. Judo results Men’s +100kg: Parikshit Kumar beats Malaysia’s Abdul Razak by Ippon, advances to quarters. Men’s -100kg: S Pathania beats Ghana’s R Normeshie in just 46 seconds by Ippon in round of 16. He moves into the last 8. Men’s -90kg: Avtar Singh loses to Scotland’s M Purssey by Ippon in the round of 16. Women’s +78kg Q/F: Rajwinder Kaur beaten by J Myers 0-1. Women’s -78kg quarters: JD Chongtham loses 0-1 to Canadian A Portuondo. Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Men’s Qualification Prakash Nanjappa of India has qualified for the finals, he topped the Qualification round with 580 points (97, 96, 95, 99, 97, 96). Om Prakash finished 9th with 568 points. 12.55: Day 2 review: India had mixed day in boxing as Mandeep Jangra advanced to the men’s 69 kg Round of 16 after beating Augusto Mathule of Mozambique 3-0 but Parveen Kumar was knocked out of the men’s +91 kg category in the Round of 16 by Ross Henderson. Click here for the full report. 12.50: Day 2 review: India’s Santoshi Matsa bags bronze in weightlifting Indian weightlifter Santoshi Matsa also bagged bronze medal in the women’s 53kg. Click here for full report. 12.40: Day 2 review: Bindra’s gold, Malaika’s silver help India’s shooters get off the mark Shooters brought India pride yesterday as Abhinav Bindra bagged Gold in men’s 10m air rifle event while 16-year-old Malaika Goel clinched silver in the women’s 10m air pistol event. Click here for full report . [caption id=“attachment_1635811” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  India’s Raghunath Vokkaliga Ramachandra in action during a men’s field hockey match between India and Wales. India won the match 3-1. AFP[/caption] 12.30 PM: Here’s the full schedule of the Indian athletes today - 26th July Badminton Participants (men): P. Kashyap, K Srikanth, RMV Gurusaidutt, Akshay Dewalkar, Pranaav Jerry Chopra Participants (women): PV Sindhu, PC Thulasi, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa Mixed Teams Group Play from 13.30 onwards Boxing 17.30: 64 kg - Manoj Kumar 19.06: 52 kg - Shiva Thapa 23.00: 49 kg - Devendro Singh 00.04: 75 kg - Vijender Singh Cycling Athletes (men): Alan Baby, Amrit Singh, Amarjit Nagi, Suresh Bishnoi, Manjeet Singh, Sombir, Amit Kumar, Shreedhar Savanur, Arvind Panvar. Athletes (women): Deborah, Mahitha Mohan, Kezia Varghese, Sunita Yanglem 1530 onwards Men’s sprint quarterfinals Women’s 3000m individual pursuit Men’s 4000m individual pursuit Men’s 1000m Time Trial B2 Tandem Hockey 1330: India vs Scotland - men Judo 14.30: Women’s -78 kg preliminaries onwards - Jina Chongtham 15.30: Women’s +78 kg quarters onwards - Rajwinder Kaur 16.30: Men’s 90 kg - Avtar Singh 17.30: Men’s 100 kg - Sahil Pathania 18.30: Men’s +100 kg - Parikshit Kumar Lawn bowls Athletes (men): Sunil Bahadur, Dinesh Kumar, Samit Malhotra, Kamal Sharma, Chandan Singh Athletes (women): Lovely Chubey, Tania Choudhry, Pinki, Nayanmonia Sakia, Rupa Rani Tirkey 13.15 to 23.15: Men’s triples, women’s fours, men’s pairs, women’s singles, mixed pairs Shooting 13.15: 10m air pistol men’s qualification onwards - Prakash Nanjappa, Om Prakash 13.30: Skeet men’s qualification day two - Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Baba P.S. Bedi 13.30: 25m pistol women’s qualification onwards - Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed 15.15: 10m air rifle women’s qualification onwards - Ayonika Paul, Apurvi Chandela Squash - 17.00 onwards Participants (men): Saurav Ghosal, Mahesh Mangaonkar Participants (women): Dipika Pallikal, Joshana Chinappa, Anaka Alankamony Swimming 16.10: Men’s 100m freestyle heats - Sandeep Sejwal Table tennis 14.00 onwards Participants (men):Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai, Amalraj Anthony, Sanil Shetty Participants (women): Manika Batra, Ankita Das, Poulomi Ghatak, Shamini Kumaresan, Madhurika Patkar Weightlifting 20.00: Women’s Group A 58 kg - Meena Kumari Midnight: Men’s 69 kg Group A - Omkar Otari