Yelavich wins 12th Commonwealth Games medal

5:01 am on 10 October 2010

Shooter Greg Yelavich has won an unprecedented 12th medal at a Commonwealth Games.

He combined with Alan Earle to win silver in the pairs 25m centrefire competition in Delhi on Saturday.

Yelavich, 53, 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 points.

Bin Gai and Lip Meng Poh of Singapore won bronze with 1139 points.

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