Good show by Indians at World Police and Fire Games

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Press Trust of India Belfast
Last Updated : Aug 04 2013 | 2:10 PM IST
Indian Police sportspersons got off to an excellent start at the XV World Police and Fire Games 2013 at Belfast, Northern Ireland, pocketing 12 gold medals by the end of the second day of the meet.
The 39-member Indian team is taking part in a number of disciplines -- athletics, archery, boxing, judo, swimming and wrestling.
The first medal was pocketed by S I Nandar Anand Divase of BSF yesterday after he finished on top in the men's 400m freestyle swimming by clocking 4:12:21 minutes.
Divase followed it up by another gold by also winning the men's 200m individual medley in 2:19:12 minutes.
Indian team comprising Divase, Rohit Kumar of CRPF, Rajvir Singh of Punjab Police and Tulse Chetanya of Andhra Pradesh Police then went on to win the 4x50m freestyle relay in 1:44:26 minutes.
Rajvir Singh bagged a silver in men's 50m butterfly.
In athletics, India ended up with two medals on the first day. Long distance runner Anuradha Singh won a gold in 5,000m for women, while Tajinder of Punjab Police stood second in Hammer Throw event for men.
The second day saw the Indians adding as many as eight gold, four silver and three bronze to their kitty.
While Ravinder Rautela of Uttarakhand Police pocketed the gold in 1500m for men, S Sini of Kerala Police emerged victorious in 200m for women.
Mukesh Rawat of Uttarakhand Police (5000m for men), Chinchu Jose of Kerala Police (1500m for men) and Anuradhapura Singh (5000m race-walk for women) -- all won silver medal.
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First Published: Aug 04 2013 | 2:10 PM IST

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