“I will continue serving Para Powerlifting and producing champions is my ultimate goal”…..Vijay Munishwar
The Indian contingent is back from a highly successful Commonwealth Games. The Games at Gold Coast perhaps, is the most successful Indian campaign, not in terms of medal count but in terms of gold medals won by the athletes. This is the first time India’s gold medals had exceeded silver and bronze. The medals ranged from Shooting to Athletics,...
Closing Day: Australia emerge leaders, India third; flag passed on to Birmingham
KURT FEARNLEY SIGNS-OFF WITH A GOLD Australian para-sport legend Kurt Fearnley created a new Games record to win the gold in T54 Men’s Marathon and finishing off his career in style. Fearnley was in a dominating position from the start to win in a time of 1:30:25 seconds. He added this gold to his silver medal won in T54 1500m. Madison...
Squash silver in Mixed Doubles and Women’s Double; bronze in TT Mixed Doubles
Defending Champions Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa settled for silver after losing their Women’s Doubles Squash final match to the New Zealand pair of Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy at the Commonwealth Games. Pallikal and Chinappa lost the final in straight games 9-11, 8-11, who lost just three games in their six matches on their way to the final. Earlier,...
Saina conquers Sindhu- wins Commonwealth gold, Kidambi Srikanth earns silver
Saina Nehwal defeated compatriot PV Sindhu in straight games to win the women's singles title in the Badminton competition. Saina had a 21-18, 23-21 victory in the final to claim her second individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. The vastly-experienced Saina took her overall head-to-head record against Sindhu to 4-1. Newly-crowned World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth settled for a silver...
Day 10: New Zealand won their first Women’s Hockey gold; Neeraj Chopra gives golden Javelin moment
NEW ZEALAND DOWNED AUSTRALIA IN WOMEN’S HOCKEY The New Zealand women's hockey team won their first Commonwealth Games gold medal by defeating defending champions Australia by 4-1. This ended Australia's run of three successive Commonwealth Games gold medals in women's hockey. England won the bronze by defeating India by 6-0. INDIA ON A ROLL India claimed medals in Boxing, Wrestling, Javelin Throw and Shooting. India’s most decorated...
Manika Batra wins historic singles gold in Table Tennis; paddlers deliver 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
India's next superstar, Manika Batra, created history by becoming the first Indian woman Table Tennis player to win a singles gold at the Commonwealth Games. Manika defeated Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7) in a one-sided final. On the way to the final, she won a hard-fought battle against multiple Olympic medallist, Feng Tianwei 4-3 (12-10,...
Formidable show by Indian wrestlers- Vinesh Phogat, Sumit Malik win gold, bronze by Sakshi Malik, Somveer Kadian
The Indian wrestlers continued their good form in international events by winning four medals today at the Commonwealth Games 2018. The cousin of the Phogat sisters, Vinesh Phogat kept the family traadition of winning gold at the CWG by winning in the Women's 50kg Freestyle title. Vinesh outdid Canada’s Jessica Macdonald with a 13-3 scoreline to defend her gold...
Javelin gold by Neeraj Chopra and Shooting glory by Sanjeev Rajput add to India’s golden run
Young Javelin thrower of India, Neeraj Chopra registered his season best effort of 86.47 meters in Men's Javelin to win the gold at the Commonwealth Games 2018. He became the first Indian to win a medal in Javelin Throw at the Commonwealth Games. Chopra had a first throw of 85.50 meters that put him into gold medal position. He had...
Journey continues for Mery Kom as she bags her 1st CWG gold; 8 other Boxing medals follow
Magnificient Mery won gold medal in Women's 45-48kg category at the Commonwealth Games by defeating Northern Ireland's Kristina O'Hara 5-0. The 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, five-time world champion, 2014 Asian Games gold medallist and five-time Asian champion dominated the title clash as all five judges awarded the 35-year-old identical 30-27 scores. In the men’s 52kg, boxer Gaurav Solanki defeated Brendan...
Day 9: India’s 15-year old Shooting sensation Anish Bhanwala was the star of the day
DIAMANTO EVRIPIDOU RHYTHMICALLY WINS IT FOR CYPRUS Rhythmic gymnast Diamanto Evripidou brought her haul to a total of six medals for Cyprus. Apart from winning individual all-around and team gold medals, she also won gold in the hoop and ball, silver in the ribbon and bronze in the clubs. TOM DALEY GETS HIS 5TH CWG GOLD Englishman Tom Daley got his 5th...