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CWG: Tejaswani, Lajjakumari win silver medal in 50m rifle | Shooters Tejaswini Sawant and Lajjakumari won silver medals in the 50m rifle event at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. Earlier, shooters Anisa Sayeed and Rahi Sarnobat gave India its second gold as they won in the 25m pistol
pair event. Onkar Singh and Deepak Sharma also won silver medal in 50m Air Pistol
Pair event. Earlier in the day, Olympian gold winner Abhinav Bindra and World
Champion Gagan Narang won their first gold medals in the Pairs 10 m Air Rifle
Mens event. Bindra scored 595 and Narang scored 498. In tennis, top-seed
Somdev
Devvarman will play his first-round singles match, while veterans Leander Paes
and Mahesh Bhupati will play against Sri Lanka at the RK Khanna Tennis Stadium.
In boxing, some of India's best pugilists, including Olympic bronze winning boxer
Vijender Singh, Akhil Kumar, Suranjoy Singh, Jai Bhagwan and Dinesh Kumar will
be seen in the ring. On Sunday, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Prince
Charles jointly inaugurated the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi at the
Jawaharlal
Nehru Stadium here. The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games was
marked
by a cultural extravaganza, dance, music and fireworks. Over 6,500 athletes and
officials from 71 teams representing 54 Commonwealth member states are
participating
in the Games being held from October 3 to 14 in Delhi.
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