India wins first gold medal at XVIth Asiad through Pankaj Advani in Billiards

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Pankaj Advani won first gold medal for India in Billiards at the XVIth Asian Games in progress at Guangzhou, China. India added one Gold, one silver and one bronze to their yesterday's kitty of 2 silver to be placed fifth in the medals rally after China, North Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. All the medals except Gold coming from shooters. China raced way ahead in the competition bagging total of62 medals 36 of them being Gold.