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Saina Nehwal rallied from a game down to beat Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia in the final of the women's singles at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
The Indian ace won 19-21, 23-21, 21-13 and swelled India's gold medal tally to 38.
Saina is the first Indian woman to win a badminton gold at the Commonwealth Games. Prakash Padukone and Syed Modi won the men's singles gold at the Games in 1978 (Edmonton) and 1982 (Brisbane).
Pulella Gopichand won a singles bronze in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
Earlier in the day, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa created history as they beat top seeds Singapore's L Yao and S M Sari 21-16, 21-19 to clinch the gold medal in women's doubles.
Malaysia won the men's singles gold after world No 1 Lee Chong Wei beat England's Rajiv Ouseph a 21-10, 21-8 in the final.
Australia rout India in men's hockey final
India went down tamely to Australia, losing 8-0, in the final of the men's hockey tournament at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
The home side was thoroughly outplayed by the World champions, who led 4-0 at half-time.
Jason Wilson opened the scoring with goals in the 19th and 28th minute.
Luke Doerner also scored a brace of goals (34th, 52nd minute), while Chris Ciriello (21st), Simon Orchard (60th) and Glenn Turner (70th) found the net once for the Aussies.
TheAussies have now won all four editions of the hockey competition at the Games since the sport made its debut in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
The Delhi Games gold also saw?the Kookaburras perform the?rare feat of?becoming?the only men's hockey team to?win the World Cup, Champions Trophy and?Commonwealth Games in the same?year.
For the record, Australia beat India 5-2 in the league stage of the tournament and by a similar margin at the World Cup earlier this year.
Kiwis claim bronze
New Zealand defeated European champion England on penalty strokes to claim the bronze medal earlier. The teams were locked 3-3 at full-time and even extra-time failed to break the deadlock.
In the tie-breaker, New Zealand were on target with all its five strokes, while goalkeeper Kyle Pontifex stopped Adam Dixon's attempt from the third stroke to clinch a 5-3 win for the Kiwis.
Sharath bags bronze, Poulomi-Mouma bag doubles bronze
Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal won a bronze, defeating compatriot Soumyadeep Roy 4-0 in the men's singles third place play-off as Indian paddlers finished their campaign in the Commonwealth Games with five medals.
Reigning national champion Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das also claimed another bronze for India, beating Australian duo of Tan Z Vivian and Campbell-Innes Peri 3-0 in the women's doubles' play-off at the Yamuna Sports Complex.
World number 40, Sharath started on a positive note by bagging the opening game 11-8 in front of almost a full house at the stadium complex.
In the second game, Soumyadeep tried hard to stage a comeback but Sharath showed consummate ease in playing long returns and bagged it 11-5.
The third game was, however, a keenly contested affair, which Sharath narrowly won 12-10 and then claimed the next one 11-9 to pocket the bronze.
Kenyans win both marathon golds
Kenyans ran away with two marathon gold medals on offer to bring down the curtain on the athletics events.
John Eriku Kelai won the men's gold, covering the 42.195 km distance in two hours 14 minutes and 35 seconds.
Australia's Michael Shelly bagged the silver in 2:15:18s, while another Kenyan Amos Tirop Matui pocketed the bronze in 2:15:58s.
The two Indians in the fray, Ram Singh Yadav and Bining Lyngkhoi, finished eighth and ninth in 2:21:24s and 2:23:01s respectively.
In women's marathon, Kenya bagged both gold and silver, with Irene Kosgei winning the race in two hours 34 minutes and 32 seconds while compatriot Irene Mogake clocked 2:34:43s.
Australia's Lisa Weightman took the bronze in 2:35:25s.
