Sunday, January 16, 2011

CWG: GOLDEN SAINA TAKES INDIA TO NUMBER TWO

New Delhi: India won 101 medal at the Commonwealth Games - its uppermost in the Games' history - and elbowed out England to settle the second spot in the overall medals table, thanks to Saina Nehwal's gold late on the final day of the biggest sporting event the country has hosted since the Asian Games in 1982.
Adding to Saina's 'golden' magnificence on day 11, gold in badminton women's double from Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa.
silver in men's hockey and two bronze from table tennis took the medal count up to 101 as the curtains come down on the Games that started with a spectacular opening ceremony on October 3.
The Indian gold count ended at a amazing figure of 38 and with 27 silver and 36 bronze the total sky-rocketed to 101. In the process, India hit leap-frogged England

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