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India created the difference of two golds from their closest contestant on the beginning 7th day of the Commonwealth Games day as the total gold count of the Indian contingent has increased to 26 in comparison to England’s 24.

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The race between India and England for the second spot in the mega event has really become hot as it has become one of the greatest challenges for athletes of both the teams.

The first gold of the day was brought by Deepika Kumari who made a history by winning the gold medal against former Olympic medallist Williamson Alison Jane of England 6-0.

Immediately after the first success of Deepika in Women’s Recurve Individual event, next good news of the day came from the shooting venue where India won its 26th gold. It was Harpreet Singh who won the individual 25m centre fire pistol shooting event.

Other than gold, one bronze was also added to the kitty of Indian contingent when Dola Banerjee won the bronze after beating Malaysian Anbarasi Subramaniam 6-2 in the third place play-off.

Later in the day, India’s first and only World wrestling champion Sushil Kumar would commence his bid to add the Commonwealth Games gold to his impressive list of career titles while other competitors would also strive hard to lift the hosts back to the second position behind Australia.

England caught up late with India’s overall haul of 24 gold medals, but much superior silverware in their account helped them in standing one position below front runners Australia and one above the hosts on the sixth day of competitions.

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