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On penultimate day, India closing in on 100 medals

On penultimate day, India closing in on 100 medals


New Delhi: Boxers and paddlers picked up four gold between them in a late evening suge at the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday to take India's gold tally to 36 and the overall medal count to 95 as the hosts and England were locked in a neck-and-neck race for the second spot in the medal table on the Games penultimate day.

At 2100 IST, India were at the second spot thanks to Paramjit Samota's gold in the 91+ kg category.

Two other boxers won gold, with Manoj Kumar defeating Bradley Saunders of England 11-2 in the 64 kg category and Suranjoy Mayengbam Singh taking one in the 52-kg category after his Kenyan opponent Benson Njangiru gave him a walkover.

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