CWG'14: Gowda Lands Discus Gold, Wrestlers Yogeshwar, Babita Triumph
It was also a historic day for the nation in artistic gymnastics, as Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman and the second person from the country to clinch a Commonwealth Games medal when she won the women's vault bronze at the SSE Hydro.Agartala-born Dipa got the bronze with an average score of 14.366.
Ashish Kumar, who had won India's maiden gymnastics medals in CWG by scalping the men's vault silver and men's floor bronze fours years ago in New Delhi, ended sixth in the men's floor final.
The men's hockey team moved into the semi final by winning their fourth and final Pool A game 5-2 against South Africa. They will take on New Zealand Saturday. India needed only a draw to make the cut for the last four, but did it in style by thrashing the Africans, for whom it was a must-win contest.
India thus finished second in Pool A with three wins out of four matches behind defending champions Australia.
In the badminton court, Parupalli Kashyap, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and P.C. Thulasi won their respective Round of 16 matches to enter the quarter-finals.
India went down to England 12-14 in the semi-finals of the men's fours lawn bowls and will face Australia for the bronze medal.
However, road cyclists Arvind Panwar and Sombir finished 28th and 37th in the men's individual time trial,while Anthony Amalraj and Madhurika Patkar lost in the fourth round of the mixed doubles table tennis event.
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