Its India at Common Wealth Youth Games
India got off to a blazing start at the third Commonwealth Youth Games on Monday with shooters and weightlifters fetching three gold and one silver medal which took the hosts to the top of the medal standings.
India began their quest of glory at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi here in a rather bizarre fashion with just two competitors — India’s Ankush Bhardwaj and Murray Middletonand of Falkland Island — in the 50m pistol category, offering only the gold medal.
And in the straight contest between the duo, Bhardwaj shot to glory to open India’s account — with a yellow metal.
The medal distribution ceremony following the competition also witnessed an unusual picture of only the champion standing on the podium as the rules say the winner takes gold while the second finisher gets certificate of participation.
As per the Commonwealth Games Federation rules only one shooter per country per event was allowed and even the hosts India are barred from fielding two shooters. Shooting earned India its second gold with local girl Rahi Sarnobat emerging winner in the 25m pistol category.
Weightlifter Diksha Gaikwad in the 48kg category earned India the third gold medal as the Maharashtra girl shattered six CYG records enroute the top position.
The hosts wrapped up their day’s proceedings with Shiv Shankar Singh bagging a silver medal in weightlifting (56kg category). India are followed by Fiji and Singapore on joint second spot with one gold medal apiece and Canada, with two silver medals, were on third spot, while Malaysia are placed fourth with one silver and one bronze medal. But Bhardwaj, who won his first international medal, was in no mood to spoil his celebration.
“A win is a win. I am happy about it. It’s not my duty to see the number of participants in the Games. My duty was to perform and I think I have done that,” he said after the match.
“Though I am not happy with my scores, I will try to improve it in future. This is my step forward towards the 2010 Commonwealth Games,” said Bhardwaj who finished with 509 points.
Amrawati weightlifter Diksha lifted a record overall weight of 140 kg, which included the Games’ best snatch lift of 64kg, to finish on top. Jessica Ruel of Canada took silver with an overall lift of 138 kg, while Nauru’s Utako Alikli settled for bronze with 128 kg.
Earlier, Diksha started with a failed first attempt to hoist 62kg in the snatch, but she did not lose heart and lifted the weight to better the previous Games’ record of 56kg.
She then raised the bar by two more kilograms and successfully cleared 64 kg, erasing the mark she had set some minutes back. Diksha also eclipsed the previous mark of 70kg in both clean and jerk category but could not hold it on for long. She lifted 73 and 76 kgs in her first two attempts but Jessica’s 77kg dashed Diksha’s record spree.
India began their quest of glory at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi here in a rather bizarre fashion with just two competitors — India’s Ankush Bhardwaj and Murray Middletonand of Falkland Island — in the 50m pistol category, offering only the gold medal.
And in the straight contest between the duo, Bhardwaj shot to glory to open India’s account — with a yellow metal.
The medal distribution ceremony following the competition also witnessed an unusual picture of only the champion standing on the podium as the rules say the winner takes gold while the second finisher gets certificate of participation.
As per the Commonwealth Games Federation rules only one shooter per country per event was allowed and even the hosts India are barred from fielding two shooters. Shooting earned India its second gold with local girl Rahi Sarnobat emerging winner in the 25m pistol category.
Weightlifter Diksha Gaikwad in the 48kg category earned India the third gold medal as the Maharashtra girl shattered six CYG records enroute the top position.
The hosts wrapped up their day’s proceedings with Shiv Shankar Singh bagging a silver medal in weightlifting (56kg category). India are followed by Fiji and Singapore on joint second spot with one gold medal apiece and Canada, with two silver medals, were on third spot, while Malaysia are placed fourth with one silver and one bronze medal. But Bhardwaj, who won his first international medal, was in no mood to spoil his celebration.
“A win is a win. I am happy about it. It’s not my duty to see the number of participants in the Games. My duty was to perform and I think I have done that,” he said after the match.
“Though I am not happy with my scores, I will try to improve it in future. This is my step forward towards the 2010 Commonwealth Games,” said Bhardwaj who finished with 509 points.
Amrawati weightlifter Diksha lifted a record overall weight of 140 kg, which included the Games’ best snatch lift of 64kg, to finish on top. Jessica Ruel of Canada took silver with an overall lift of 138 kg, while Nauru’s Utako Alikli settled for bronze with 128 kg.
Earlier, Diksha started with a failed first attempt to hoist 62kg in the snatch, but she did not lose heart and lifted the weight to better the previous Games’ record of 56kg.
She then raised the bar by two more kilograms and successfully cleared 64 kg, erasing the mark she had set some minutes back. Diksha also eclipsed the previous mark of 70kg in both clean and jerk category but could not hold it on for long. She lifted 73 and 76 kgs in her first two attempts but Jessica’s 77kg dashed Diksha’s record spree.
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