New Delhi, June 28: Vijay Rao, Ketan Bhobe and Sarfaraj Timiriz excelled in their respective fields on the penultimate day of competitions today as India's medal tally continued to swell at the special Olympic Games in Dublin, Ireland today. India now boast of a total of 47 medals including 12 gold, after today's results.
Vijay Rao of Gujarat was in limelight after snatching his second gold in the table tennis (singles) event while Sarfaraj Timiriz, also from Gujarat, clocked in at 16.17 sec to win a yellow metal in 100 mt roller skating. Goa's Ketan Bhobe won the gold in badminton (singles).
In other events, India secured three silver medals through Shanta Swarup Jena of Orissa (15.52 sec) and Sriram Kavassary of Tamil Nadu (16.56 sec) in 100 mt run, and Maharashtra's Vimal overtook his three participants to get a silver, behind USA, in the 25 m freestyle swimming. India also won seven bronze medals -- with Babur Arafat in 100 mt walk, Nitin Babu and V Nishathi in 100 mt roller skating, M Abirami in 25m freestyle swimming, Pooja Tulshankar and Hasit Zatia in table tennis (mixed doubles), and the 11-player handball team taking the honours.
India's medal treads 12-15-20 at the end of eighth day of the nine-day event to be conclude tomorrow. Bureau Report