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India wins third gold

New Delhi June 25. India won a gold medal for the third successive day at the Special Olympics in Dublin, Ireland, with the duo of Vijay Rao and Hasit Zatia taking the top honours in men's doubles table tennis event. This was the third gold for India in the Games.

India also won a silver and a bronze in aquatics event on the third day of competition on Wednesday.

Nitin Handigund, a 19-year-old swimmer from Karnataka, won the silver in 50m backstroke clocking 1 minute 5.77 sec while Vidhya N Kanthinathi from Tamil Nadu settled for the bronze with an effort of 2min 1.06sec, according to information received here.

India, which won a silver in aquatics on Tuesday, now boast of a total 13 medals from various disciplines including cycling and bocce.

The Games do not have upper age-limit, which gave a chance to athletes from 17 to 65 years of age to participate in as many as 26 disciplines. — PTI

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