Go India Go in the london

(prHWY.com) June 26, 2012 - new delhi, India -- Having secured the go india goOlympic berth in the men's team event, India narrowly lost to USA under gusty wind conditions in Ogden (USA) to settle for a silver medal and conclude their campaign in the Archery World Cup Stage III. The men's team of Tarundeep Rai, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee were locked 213-213 to force a shoot-off where the trio lost 27-28 to settle for a silver medal. There was more heartbreak in store on Sunday when the Asian Games silver medallist Rai lost the individual bronze play-off to Gael Prevost in a nail-biting thriller that stretched till the shoot-off.

Sebastian Coe and Sergei Bubka are the latest athletic greats to join the IAAF's inaugural Hall of Fame. Those already named as members to mark the centenary year of athletics' governing body include Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zatopek, Al Oerter, Adhemar da Silva, Ed Moses, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Betty Cuthbert, Wang Junxia, Irena Szewinska, Mildred Didriksen, Michael Johnson, Dan O'Brien and Alberto Juantorena. Five others will make up the inaugural class to 24. The induction ceremony will be at the IAAF Centenary Gala on November 24 in Barcelona.

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