22-year old Narang kept a 100 percent record of four gold medals in four events as the Hyderabad lad took gold in the 10m air rifle individual and pairs and in the 50m rifle 3-position individual and pairs. His pairs golds came in partnership with Abhinav Bindra, who also has a tally of 4 medals: two gold from pairs, a bronze in the 10m air rifle and a silver medal in the men's 50m rifle 3-position.

"This is really a dream come true," said Narang. "I knew we had a great chance in air rifle but the men's 50m rifle 3-position is a new event for me. Winning the pairs was great, but adding the individual gold is just

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the first gold of the day for India. Having won the silver in the Double Trap Pairs event earlier, Rathore followed it up with a superb performance in a nail biting final of the Men's Double Trap event. Shooting 181 out of 200, Rathore prevailed over the competition at the Lillydale Trap Range. He beat South Africa's Byron Swanton (180) and Malta's William Chetcuti (179) to the second and third positions. Olympic silver medalist Rathore's win shows his remarkable success with a weapon he switched to late last year.

"It was a tense battle and the shooters in the field were world class," Rathore said, after successfully defending the go

Seema Antil is one of the country's leading throwers and had won the world junior gold in Santiago in 2000. However as a result of a failed dope test, her medal was stripped away. The athlete said that she had mistakenly taken a curative for the common cold that contained a banned substance and was let off lightly.

Discus was not Antils first choice, as she turned to it after having a try at both the hurdles and the long jump. She found her forte in the discus throw event and was one of the only two throwers here to go over 60 metres in the qualification round. South African Elizna Naude, the champion achieved a best of 6

Indian weightlifting picked up the perfect 1-2 with lifters Geeta Rani and Simple Kaur Bhumrah taking home a Commonwealth Gold and Silver medal respectively in women's over-75 kg class on Wednesday.

From the moment the Indian duo entered the arena, it was a two-horse race and it stayed so till the end of the event. Experience beat youth as Geeta won the day with a total of 241kg, narrowly beating Simple's 240kg lift.

The 25-year-old Geeta, who won the Commonwealth Championships last year, snatched 104 kg, compared to Simple’s 105 kg. The round started with Simple beginning with 97 kg while her teammate took on 95 kg. Both lifted the weight cleanly as Geeta went up to 100 but was still outdone by Simple who went up to 101 kg. On the third snatch lift, Simple cleared 105 kg while Geeta asked for and managed 104 kg.

In clean and jerk, Geeta began with a modest 123