The fifth day was a very successful one for India. Shooting has been India's second most successful event in the Games after weightlifting.
Gold medals for India came in Table Tennis, Shooting, and Badminton on Day 5. Weightlifter Pardeep Yadav started Day 5 winning a Silver medal in Weightlifting Men's 105kg category. In Badminton, India's Mixed Team won Gold, defeating Malaysia. Indian Men's Table Tennis repeated what their Female colleagues had done a day before by claiming Gold as well. India starting the 6th day with hopes of winning many more medals just as they did yesterday. In shooting, Jitu Rai won Gold in the 10m Air Pistol event. Om Mitharwal won Bronze in the same event.
The qualifiers of the Men's 50m Rifle Prone recently ended in the morning with Olympic Gold Medalist Gagan Narang finishing 3rd with a score of 617.0 after six series. The other Indian participating in the Men's 50m Rifle Prone, Chain Singh has also qualified with a score of 614.2 & placed in 6th position.
The two Indians are expected to start off Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games 2018 with a few medals in the bag for India.