Three gold medals lift India to eighth on Super Sunday

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Guangzhou: It was a delightful Sunday for India at the Asian Games with shooter Ronjan Singh Sodhi and long distance runners Preeja Sreedharan and Sudha Singh winning gold medals, while a silver and five bronzes during the day took the country's tally to 33.

The three gold medals lifted India to the eight position from 14th in the medals table.

Ronjan, a double world record holder, ended India's gold medal drought from shooting by winning the double trap event and also helped the Indian team bag the bronze medal at the Aoti Shooting Range. Sodhi's gold was India's third after cueist Pankaj Advani and rower Bajrang Lal Thakar.

Text: IANS

Images: AP/AFP

Image: India's Sudha Singh, right, outsprints China's Jin Yuan to win the women's 3000m Steeplechase final, at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010.