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Pankaj Advani fetches first gold

Guangzhou, November 14
Star cueist Pankaj Advani provided the first gold for India (in billiards singles) at the 16th Asian Games while Alok Kumar claimed a bronze in 8-ball pool event and the shooters accounted for a silver and bronze on the second day of competitions here today.

shooters win silver Alok Kumar creates history, claims a bronze in 8-ball pool event Shooters Heena Siddhu, Annu Raj Singh and Sania Rai clinch silver in the women's 10 m air pistol team event Vijay Kumar bagging the bronze in the men's 10 m air pistol

Advani kept his reputation intact with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Myanmar's Oo Nay Thway in the billiards final as India pushed their medals tally to one gold, three silver and two bronze to retain their fifth position on the table.

Hosts China continued to rule the roost and maintained the top position on the medals table with a tally of 37-14-12 while South Korea (13-10-12) and Japan (8-20-15) were in the second and third spots respectively.