India grabbed two more gold medals through Jaspal Rana, in centre fire pistol individual event, and Rajkumari, in 50 m sports rifle prone 60 shots, in shooting in the ninth SAF Games in Islamabad on Sunday.
With six more golds to be decided (in three events) India has already surpassed their last year's performance by securing 22 gold, six silver and seven bronze medals as compared to their last year's tally of 21-10-6.
Rana, who did not face any stiff competition, won the gold with a tally of 582.
"The target was in a shade and he faced little problem with it. Otherwise, I am happy with my performance," he said.
The ace shooter asserted his superiority after he also clinched the team gold medal along with father and son combination of Ashok Pandit and Ronak Pandit.
But it was a tough day for India's Rajkumari and Meenakumari and Sri Lanka's Pushpamala Ramanayake in the 50 m sports rifle prone 60 shots, the lone women's event today.
Rajkumari with 589 points claimed the gold and Ramanayake (588) and Meenakumari (587) settled for the silver and the bronze medal respectively.
Rajkumari and Meena led in the first two details and the Sri Lankan trailed at the third place. Ramanayake who was still lagging behind by two points at the end of fourth round, went for the last ditch effort in the sixth and final detail, where she got a 99 to Rajkumari's 98.
However, Ramanayake lodged a protest that in the third detail Rajkumari had scored only 94 points and it has been changed to 96 while Meenakumari's also protested about her scores in the third to fifth series. The organising committee after checking the target cards rejected both the protests.
Results: Men: Centre Fire Pistol: Individual: 1. Jaspal Rana (Ind) 582 -NGR (Old: Rana 581-chennai-1995), Ashok Pandit (Ind) 578, 3. Ronak Pandit (Ind) 574.
Team: 1. India (Jaspal rana 582, Ashok Pandit 578, Ronak Pandit 574) 1734 NGR (Old 1724 India in Chennai 1995); 2.Pakistan (Irshad Ali 569, Zahid Ali 562, Kashif Riaz 560) 1691 and 3.Sri Lanka (Gamini walgama 559, Dasanayaka 557, G N Karunathailaka 527) 1643.
Women: 50m sports rifle prone (60 shots):
Individual: 1.Rajkumari (Ind) 589 NGR (Old: Khueli gangulee 586 {chennai 1995), 2.Pushpamala (Sri) 588, 3.Meenakumari (Ind) 587
Team: 1.India (Rajkumari 589, Meena 587, Sindhu 575) 1751 NGR (Old: sri lanka 1745 at Chennai 1995), 2.Pakistan (Nazish Khan 583, Urooj 578, Nadia Saeed 577) 1738, 3. Sri Lanka (Pushpamala 588, Malini 569, Dimuthu 552) 1709.
