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CWG badminton: Saina, Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa win gold

By The Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (IANS) - India's Saina Nehwal won the gold in the women's singles badminton event at the Commonwealth Games, defeating Malaysia's Mew Choo Wong 19-21, 23-21, 21-13 in a cliff-hanger here Thursday.

Saina's medal took India's gold count to 38.

Earlier, India's Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa upset top-seeded Singaporeans Yao Lei and Sari Shinta Mulia, 21-16, 21-19 to win the women's doubles gold.

--Indo-Asian News Service

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2010-10-14-15:31:07

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