Indian shooters Abhinav Bindra along with Gangan Narang fired in unison and shot a Common wealth Games record 1193 in men's 10 metre Air Rifle event to give the country its first gold medal in the XIX Commonwealth sports competition 2010 Delhi today.
The pair together scored 1193 to break their own record, which they had set four years ago in Melbourne, by notching up 1189.
World record holder Gagan, shot a spectecular sequence of 99, 100, 100, 99, 100, 100 to total a grand 598, while Beijing Olympic gold medalist, Bindra's series read 100, 98 ,99, 100, 99, 99 for a total of 595 in the first Shooting event of the Games.
England's James Huckle and Kenny Parr (1174) won the silver medal while Bangladesh's Abdullah Hel Baki and Md. Asif Hussain Khan (1173) bagged the bronze.
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