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The 2010 Commonwealth Games
(CWG) got started at the weekend. In the medal tally, Australia
is on the top with four gold medals. And India has the good start on the opening of the mega event.

The host nation India bagged one more Gold medal
in the CWG 2010 on Tuesday. Indian women shooters Anisha Syed and Rahi Sarnobat shot 2nd gold medal for India
on the 2nd day of CWG. This Pair won the gold medal in 25 m pistol event.

Australians Linda Ryan and Lalita Yauhlauskaya triumph silver and Gorgs Geiki and Julia Lydall of England triumph bronze.

Former, Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang brought the 1st Gold for India in 10 m rifle pair events. Deepak-Omkar also triumph silver in the 50 m pistol pair event on Tuesday. They shot 1087 out of 1200

India currently is in the second position in the medals tally with 2 gold medals,3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia 4 3 0 7
India 2 3 2 7
Canada 1 0 3 4
South Africa 1 0 1 2
Nigeria 1 0 0 1
Malaysia 1 0 0 1
Wales 0 1 0 1
England 0 3 1 4
Scotland 0 0 1 1

A footbridge being built near the main stadium for the Commonwealth Games collapsed Tuesday, injuring 23 construction workers and putting the event in further jeopardy less than two weeks before the opening ceremony.

The accident was the latest setback to New Delhi's troubled preparations for the games, which bring together more than 7,000 athletes and officials from the 71 countries and territories in the commonwealth every four years.

Of the 23 workers who were hurt, five were seriously injured and taken to hospitals after the collapse of the footbridge, said police officer H.G.S. Dhaliwal.

The bridge connects the JawaHarlal Nehru Stadium - the site of the opening and closing ceremonies and the track and field competition for the Oct. 3-14 games - with a parking lot.

Earlier in the day, Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell contacted the Indian government and urged them to finish work on the athletes' village, which many have called "unlivable."