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The troika of Deepika Kumari, Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi Laishram  added gold medal  to  the host Indian athletes records of  bagging the yellow metal by winning in the Women's Archery Recurve event of the 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi today. Deepika Kumari, Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi Laishram  The Women Recurve team defeated England 207-206 in a thrilling final at the Yamuna Sport Complex here as India's Gold medal tally swelled to 15. Earlier in the morning, the Indian Women team beat Malaysia 213-185 in the semi-finals. Yesterday, the Indian compound archers had claimed a Silver and a Bronze in the Men's and Women's team events respectively.

Jamaican Leron Clarke became the fastest man of the 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi clocking the second quickest time of 10.12 seconds on the Indian soil. In the men's event, Clarke won Gold recording the second fastest time in India after the 10.10 s by Samuel Francis of Qatar in the 2007 World Military Games in Hyderabad. Clarke led the eight-man field from the beginning after being the third fastest to kick out of the block and he eased through the finishing line with his hands raised. His 10.12s effort was a tad less than his season's best of 10.10s and also below his personal best of 9.99s. Englishman Mark Lewis Francis, who won a Silver in the European Championships, was second with a timing of 10.2 s while Trinidad and Tobago's Aaron Armstrong was third with 10.24s. Addressing a press conference after the 100 m dash at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Clarke said he practised hard for the Games and the slew of star pull outs can...