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Silver Will Motivate Bagging Gold In New Delhi

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Bernama) -- On Tuesday, Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi out-gunned the competition to win a silver at the World Cup Shooting Championships in Sydney, Australia.

Now, her success is set to motivate other Malaysian shooters to achieve greater success at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October.

National Shooting Association of Malaysia (NSAM) executive secretary Major Jasni Shaari said Nur Suryani's feat was an indication the national shooting squad was capable of winning at least one gold medal in New Delhi.

"The challenge in New Delhi is easy as compared to that in Australia because not many Olympic shooters will participate in the Commonwealth Games.

"I am confident our shooters will have no problem winning the gold," he told Bernama here on Sunday.

Jasni said that so far, only three shooters had qualified to compete in New Delhi, namely, national Olympic shooter Hasli Izwan Amir Hassan, Nur Suryani and Shahera Rahim Raja.

Hasli Izwan will compete in the 25m rapid fire, 25m centre fire and 50m free-pistol events, while both Nur Suryani and Shahera would compete in the 50m rifle prone, 50m three-position rifle and 10m air rifle events.

"The final list of those qualifying for the Games will only be known in early May, upon approval by the Olympic Council of Malaysia," said Jasni.

Seventeen sport events will be contested at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, including shooting, weight-lifting, aquatic, badminton, cycling, netball, lawn ball, gymnastics, hockey, table-tennis and boxing.

-- BERNAMA

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