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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Ghosal takes historic silver; Bindra, wushu players bag bronze INCHEON, Sept 23: world, produced top drawer ued to struggle as Deborah and regu but they found the going Kumar and Punam Yadav com- stuff when he was down and out K Vargheese finished 9th and tough in the second and third ing up with listless performanc- Star Indian shooter Abhinav for the count to manage a 10-12, 10th respectively in women's regu to eventually lose 21-16, es. Bindra brought the curtains 2-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-9 win that sprint qualifying. 18-21, 16-21 in a group A match Silver medallist at the down on his competitive career stunned the Indian camp, and Deborah and Vargheese that lasted two hours and 26 Glasgow Commonwealth with two bronze medals while the player especially, into deep clocked 12.118 and 12.897 with minutes. Games, Ravi Kumar lifted a Saurav Ghosal had to be content despair, notwithstanding that it an average speed of 59.415 and The women's team too start- total of 313kg after an effort of with a historic squash silver as was country's first ever silver 55.826 respectively to occupy ed its Group B match against 141kg in snatch and 172kg in India maintained 13th position from the squash courts in the last two spots. Myanmar on a positive note, clean and jerk to finish seconds after the fourth day of competi- Games history. After topping their group in winning the first game 22-20 in Group B. Satish Sivalingam, tions at the 17th Asian Games Wushu players contributed the qualifiers, Indian cagers had but its opponents came back whose name was there in the here today. to India's medal kitty by bring- a disappointing outing in the strongly to clinch the next two initial start list, did not take part While Bindra was the star ing two bronze before ending opening game of the prelimi- games to go 1-0 up after the due to illness. performer as he picked up the their campaign. nary round as they went down first regu, which went on for In women's 63kg division, individual as well as team Sanathoi lost to Zhang Luan against Philippines 76-85. one hour and four minutes. Punam, who had bagged a bronze in the men's 10m air rifle of China in women's Sanda In Equestrian also, Indian 2010 medal winner Ashish bronze medal at CWG, finished event, Ghosal narrowly missed 52kg category semifinals, while women Shruti Vohra and Nadia Kumar and Aditya Singh Rana a lowly seventh in the field of out on a coveted yellow metal Grewal was defeated by Jean Haridass finished a disappoint- failed to make a mark in the nine lifters. (PTI) on what turned out to be a Claude Saclag of Philippines in ing 8th and last respectively in Individual All-Around gymnas- mixed day for the Indian contin- men's Sanda 60kg semifinals. the Women's Dressage tics final after ending 12th and BA Part-III students lift gent. Both the Indians went down in Individual Intermediate event. 17th respectively at the Yumnam Sanathoi Devi and identical 0-2 'Win by Round' Shruti riding a horse named Namdong Gymnasium. Volleyball Tourney title Narender Grewal also brought verdicts. 'Akira' scored an average Ashish, who won a bronze Excelsior Sports Correspondent Artists performing during event organised on the seventh day of Display Your Talent at laurels for the country by bag- The two bronze today 69.375 percent having scored in Men's floor exercise and University of Jammu on Tuesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh ging a bronze each in wushu ensured that wushu players 71.6 percent in the 'Artistic' later a silver medal in Men's JAMMU, Sept 23: BA Part- Display Your Talent Day-7 competition. managed to equal the two round while she could manage vault in 2010 Guanghzou III students defeated BA Part-II With the addition of five medals they bagged in the 2010 only 67.15 percent in the 'tech- Games, started off well in the students by straight 2-0 sets and more medals, India held on to edition in Guangzhou, China nical' round. Her standing in the Floor Exercise and fared better clinched the title trophy of the GCW Gandhi Nagar emerges overall winner their 13th position on the where India won a silver and a two rounds were 9th and 8th in the Vault, but came a cropper Inter-Classes Volleyball medals table with a tally of one bronze. respectively. in the remaining disciplines. Tournament organized by gold, one silver and nine Apart from Bindra and his Nadia Haridass finished Ashish's accumulated score Government Degree College in Mime, Mimicry & Mono Acting events bronze. Powerhouse China con- team's bronze-winning effort, 15th and last in the event with a of 81.750 was way behind the (GDC) Budhal today. tinued to top the table with 81 there was disappointment for poor score of 60.35 with only total top score of Japan's In the competition, four Excelsior Correspondent History, University of Jammu, Mime, Mimicry and Mono (40-21-20), followed by hosts clinched the first prize whereas Acting events and also conduct- the other Indian shooters who 57.9 percent in the 'Technical Kamoto 87.950. teams of the college participat- JAMMU, Sept 23: South Korea 58 (18-19-21) and were in action today. Round' while she could score Meanwhile, Railways gym- ed and were vying for the title Pallavi Kunwer from ed the events effectively. Japan 60 (16-22-22). Government College for Government College for The events were compeered In trap women's team finals, only 62.8 percent in the nast Rana (77.150) suffered due trophy. Women (GCW), Gandhi Nagar Bindra, who had announced India's Shreyasi Singh (66 pts) 'Artistic' round. to a string of ordinary landings Principal of the College Dr Women, Gandhi Nagar and by Aenny Mattoo, Joint that he will quit competitive emerged overall winner during Kanav Chopra from Secretary Students Cultural Seema Tomar (63) and Shagun Rowers, however, produced amongst the 23 gymnasts in the Shakeel Ahmed Raina congrat- Mime, Mimicry and Mono shooting after the multi-sport- Chowdhary (59) finished at a creditable show today with fray. ulated the winning team and Government MAM College Council and Maida Rasool ing event, broke his Asian Acting events organized on the secured second and third prizes whereas Rakesh Kumar and eighth place after scoring a total Sawarn Singh Virk made the Indian swimmers continued hoped that the college team will seventh day of the "Display Games jinx by clinching his of 188. final of men's single sculls and to struggle at the Asian Games perform best in the forthcoming respectively. The Certificate of Yash Pal acted as the time-keep- first individual medal after bag- Your Talent" by Department of Merit was awarded to Richa er. In men's 25-m rapidfire pis- the double sculls and light- with Sajan Prakash and Governor's Inter-Collegiate Students Welfare, University of ging a medal of the same hue in tol event, Harpreet Singh was weight quadruple sculls teams Saurabh Sangvekar finishing Silver Rolling Volleyball Sharma from Government Prof Pankaj Srivastava, team event along with Sanjeev Jammu at Brigadier Rajinder College for Women, Gandhi Dean Students Welfare and Prof lying seventh with a score of too entered the medal round. fourth and seventh respectively Trophy which is being organ- Singh Auditorium here today. Rajput and Ravi Kumar at the 290 after qualification stage 1, Sawarn claimed the top in their men's 400 metre ized in GDC Udhampur. Nagar. Parmeshwari Sharma, Gyeonggido Shooting Range. Government College for In Mono-Acting Chairperson, Campus Cultural while the other two shooters place in repechage 1 of the 2000 freestyle heats and Anshul Mudasir Ahmad Dar, PTI, Women, Gandhi Nagar, secured The Glasgow Gurpreet Singh and Pemba metre race in seven minutes and Kothari ending at the sixth spot Dr Mohammad Sajir Malik, Competition, Radhika Rasyal Committee, distributed the cer- Commonwealth Games gold first prize, whereas Government from Department of History, tificates amongst the partici- Tamang finished way behind. 10.93 seconds. The 24-year-old in 50m freestyle. Prof Mohammad Arif, staff College for Women, Parade and medallist had a fine sequence of As a team also, they could not Indian finished ahead of Memo Weightlifters also expected- members and students were also University of Jammu bagged pants. scores barring 9.9 and 9.6 on his PG Integrated, University of first prize whereas Damini Among others present were do much. Memo of Indonesia, who took ly failed to make a mark Ravi present on the occasion. Jammu, were adjudged as sec- 6th and 12th shots, and had to The Indian men's hockey seven minutes and 13.38 sec- Baloria from Government Dr Sanjay Sharma, Dr Sanjay be content with the bronze ond and third, respectively in College for Women, Gandhi Gupta, Dr Abdul Rashid team continued their winning onds to complete the race at the the Mime Competition. The medal after shooting 10.6 and run as they thrashed minnows Chungju Tangeum Lake Nagar and Jagpreet Kour from Manhas, Assistant Dean (SW), 10.7 in his last two shots. Certificate of Merit in Mime The Law School, University of Dr Yudhbir Singh, Assistant Oman 7-0 but were far from Rowing Center. competition was awarded to the It was heartbreak for impressive in their perform- The double sculls team com- Jammu cinched second and third Dean (SW), Ifra Kak, Cultural Ghosal, Asian number one and team from Trikuta College of prizes respectively.