Just Plain Obvious: 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games

Hola. Yesterday was day 5 of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, hosted by the city of Melbourne, Australia.

India has fared pretty well, considering we don't seem to perform to ones liking in international sporting fora. We have 12 golds and are third in the standings. Australia, the sporting powerhouses that they are, are wayy ahead of the pack with 42 golds.

India created a major upset by beating table tennis powerhouse Singapore to win the men's gold. The Ladies won the bronze.

Shooting is where its at for team India. Most of our golds came from the shooting range. Major Rathore has won a silver to date. But the other usual suspects, Jaspal Rana, Anjali Bhagwat, they all have struck gold.

We have two golds in women's weightlifting. In fact, the games' first gold was won by Kunjarani Devi. She is all of 38 and India's face in women's weightlifting, coming through once again. I salute you, ma'am. The other gold is by Yumnam Chanu in the 58 kg category.

Men's boxing team seems to be doing pretty good as well.

Women

Indian men's hockey, my matter of personal interest, continues its bad form, and only recently lost to Pakistan 4-1. The Eves lost to Australia earlier, but bounced back by beating Nigeria 8-0.

Men's hockey performance so far:

Prelim Round:
India 1 - 1 Malaysia
India 1 - 4 Pakistan
India 10 - 1 Trinidad & Tobago

Here is the full medal tally from the official website:

http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/Medals

Heres complete day 5 coverage from Rediff.com

Hola. Yesterday was day 5 of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, hosted by the city of Melbourne, Australia.

India has fared pretty well, considering we don't seem to perform to ones liking in international sporting fora. We have 12 golds and are third in the standings. Australia, the sporting powerhouses that they are, are wayy ahead of the pack with 42 golds.

India created a major upset by beating table tennis powerhouse Singapore to win the men's gold. The Ladies won the bronze.

Shooting is where its at for team India. Most of our golds came from the shooting range. Major Rathore has won a silver to date. But the other usual suspects, Jaspal Rana etc, they all have struck gold.

We have two golds in women's weightlifting. In fact, the games' first gold was won by Kunjarani Devi. She is all of 38 and India's face in women's weightlifting, coming through once again. I salute you, ma'am. The other gold is by Yumnam Chanu in the 58 kg category.

Men's boxing team seems to be doing pretty good as well.

Women

Indian men's hockey, my matter of personal interest, continues its bad form, and only recently lost to Pakistan 4-1. The Eves lost to Australia earlier, but bounced back by beating Nigeria 8-0.

Men's hockey performance so far:

Prelim Round:
India 1 - 1 Malaysia
India 1 - 4 Pakistan
India 10 - 1 Trinidad & Tobago

Here is the full medal tally from the official website:

http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/Medals

Heres the complete day 5 coverage from Rediff.com

http://ia.rediff.com/sports/2006/mar/20cwgi-day5.htm

some images:

Shooting