Services win gold in equesterian

Jamshedpur, Feb 14 (PTI) Services grabbed their firstgold medal in the 34th National Games when they won the yellowmetal in equesterian pipping silver-medallist Haryana, at theGopal Maidan here today.

The Bihar team, comprising of Jitendra Singh, ShahnawazKhan, Yogendra Yadav and Trilok Prasad had to be content witha bronze after they accummulated 99.5 points.

Maj. Kishan Yadav, Mahesh Patil, P J Sakpal and R NShinde of Services exhibited good control and gathered 112points to clinch the top prize, followed by Haryana''s NarSingh, Ram Bhagat and Rameshwar Das, who scored 109 points.