Bomb threat fails to deter hosts
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October 6, 2010, Wednesday
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INDIA won its first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games at the shooting venue yesterday but a bomb threat at the athletes' village didn't help a games that has been beset by problems, including a list of athletes who didn't come because health and security concerns.
New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said police searched the village after receiving an anonymous phone call claiming that a bomb had been placed there. Bhagat said no one was evacuated.
Yesterday, there were 18 gold medals to be won, and host India won its first two - both in shooting.
Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang won the men's 10-meter air rifle pairs event, and Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed later won the women's 25-meter pairs pistol.
"It was always important for us to do well on home ground," Bindra said. "It gives us a good start and hopefully, we will have many more medals in the coming days."
Singapore also claimed two shooting gold medals when Swee Hon Lim and Bin Gai won the men's 50-meter pistol pairs event and Xiang Wei Jasmine and Aqilah Sudhir won the 50-meter rifle pairs.
India won two more golds in wrestling, with Ravinder Singh beating England's Terence Bosson 6-3 in the final of the 60 kilogram Greco-Roman bout and Sanjay Kumar winning the 74kg class by outlasting Richard Addinall of South Africa.
In track cycling, Australia won the men's and women's time trial races and the men's pursuit. Olympic champion Anna Meares won the women's 500 time trial in 33.758 seconds, Scott Sunderland won the men's 1-km time trial in 1:01.411.
Jack Bobridge took the 4,000 individual pursuit.
England won its first two gold medals of the games in the pool. Francesca Halsall beat world champion Marieke Guehrer of Australia in the women's 50 butterfly, and world champion Liam Tancock won the men's 50 backstroke.
Also, Leiston Pickett gave Australia its fourth gold of the six-day swimming meet by winning the women's 50 breaststroke and Robert Renwick won Scotland's first gold with victory in the 200 freestyle.
New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said police searched the village after receiving an anonymous phone call claiming that a bomb had been placed there. Bhagat said no one was evacuated.
Yesterday, there were 18 gold medals to be won, and host India won its first two - both in shooting.
Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang won the men's 10-meter air rifle pairs event, and Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed later won the women's 25-meter pairs pistol.
"It was always important for us to do well on home ground," Bindra said. "It gives us a good start and hopefully, we will have many more medals in the coming days."
Singapore also claimed two shooting gold medals when Swee Hon Lim and Bin Gai won the men's 50-meter pistol pairs event and Xiang Wei Jasmine and Aqilah Sudhir won the 50-meter rifle pairs.
India won two more golds in wrestling, with Ravinder Singh beating England's Terence Bosson 6-3 in the final of the 60 kilogram Greco-Roman bout and Sanjay Kumar winning the 74kg class by outlasting Richard Addinall of South Africa.
In track cycling, Australia won the men's and women's time trial races and the men's pursuit. Olympic champion Anna Meares won the women's 500 time trial in 33.758 seconds, Scott Sunderland won the men's 1-km time trial in 1:01.411.
Jack Bobridge took the 4,000 individual pursuit.
England won its first two gold medals of the games in the pool. Francesca Halsall beat world champion Marieke Guehrer of Australia in the women's 50 butterfly, and world champion Liam Tancock won the men's 50 backstroke.
Also, Leiston Pickett gave Australia its fourth gold of the six-day swimming meet by winning the women's 50 breaststroke and Robert Renwick won Scotland's first gold with victory in the 200 freestyle.
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