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Indians at London Olympic

Wrestler Sushil Kumar won India their sixth and final medal of the games after settling for silver in the final of the mens 66kg freestyle event. Sushil looked almost unstoppable till Japanese Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu halted his charge, getting the better of him 3-1 in the final.

26 year old Vijay Kumar took the silver in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event with 30 out of 40 shots. He started with a perfect five, shooting his targets in four seconds in a final in which the reigning world champion Alexei Klimov went medal less.

29 year old Mary Kom went down to Britains Nicol Adams 6-11 in a womens boxing semi-final bout to settle for a bronze in the womens fly weight category. Mary, a five time world champion, fought gallantly but was clearly out punched, much to the dismay of a sizeable Indian crowd.

Gagan Narang opened Indias medal account at the 2012 London Olympics, bagging a bronze in the mens 10m Air Rifle. He shot 103.1 in a gripping ten shot finals for an aggregate of 701.1 after scoring 598 in the qualifying round in which also he stood third.

Yogeswar Dutt won bronze, bouncing back in repechage. He pulled off three successive wins in mens freestyle 60 kg wrestling competition on Day 15. I have devoted 21 years of my life to this sport and this is the biggest day of my life. He said as he went to receive his medal.

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Saina Nehwal won the bronze in womens singles badminton, defeating Xin Wang of China 18-21, 01, the latter having retired hurt. The lone Indian shuttler to challenge Chinese domination is hoping her bronze medal will inspire at least half a dozen more to join her at the top.

THE MEDAL TALLY COUNTRY USA CHINA G BRITAIN RUSSIA S. KOREA GERMANY FRANCE ITALY HUNGARY INDIA GOLD SILVER BRONZE 46 29 29 38 29 24 13 11 11 08 08 00 27 17 25 08 19 11 09 04 02 22 19 33 07 14 12 11 05 04 TOTAL 104 87 65 82 28 44 34 28 17 06

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