9 Oct 2010

Shooters claim silver for NZ in Delhi

8:29 pm on 9 October 2010

The New Zealand shooter Greg Yelavich has won his 12th Commonwealth Games medal after combining with Alan Earle to win silver in the men's pairs 25 metre centrefire in Delhi.

Yelavich and Earle totalled 1140 points at the Dr Karni Singh shooting range, with Indian pair Vijay Kumar and Harpet Singh taking the gold medal on 1159.

Yelavich now has two gold, five silver and five bronze Commonwealth Games medals, after winning his first in Edinburgh in 1986.