Gold won by wrestler Bajrang Punia, 2 silver and 1 bronze follow in Wrestling
The grapplers of India had again made India proud. On day 9th of the Commonwealth Games, the wrestlers accumulated a total of 4 medals with 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. Bajrang Punia delivered gold in the Men's Freestyle 65kg category by defeating Kane Charig of Wales 10-0 in just over two minutes. Bajrang had stormed into the final...
15-year old shooter Anish Bhanwala wins gold; Tejaswini Sawant gives another gold
15-year old shooting sensation Anish Bhanwala won the coveted Commonwealth gold in his Games debut in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Australia’s Sergei Evglevski claimed the silver with 28, while the bronze medal went to Sam Gowin (17) of England. Anish shot a Games record score of 30 to win the finals and become the youngest Indian gold medallist at...
Day 8: Canada, Australia win first Beach Volleyball contest; Sushil Kumar makes hat-trick of CWG medals
FIRST BEACH VOLLEYBALL MEDAL AWARDED Australia and Canada won the first Men’s and Women’s Beach Volleyball medal in Commonwealth Games history. In the Men’s section Australians Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann overcame a 12-9 deficit in the third set to defeat Canada's Samuel Pedlow and Sam Schachter in the gold medal match. However, in the Women’s section, Canada had an...
India Eves keep the record of winning home series against England; Raj now has the most 50+ scores
The Indian Women’s team have never lost a home series against England. This time they completed a 2-1 home series victory over their World Cup conquerors. In the last match of the series, India had a comfortable 8-wicket victory with 28 ball to spare. England had a dismal start to their innings as veteran Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami removed the...
Silver from Shooting by Tejaswini Sawant; Discuss Thrower Seema Punia, Navjeet Dhillon give silver and bronze
Another medal from the shooting range for India. Tejaswini Sawant won silver in the women's 50m prone finals. Tejaswini won the silver with a total point of 618.9, fewer than 3 points than gold medallist Martina Lindsay Veloso of Singapore. Competing in her third Commonwealth Games, Tejaswini added the 6th Coomenwealth Games medal after having won gold in 10m Air...
Wrestlers’ day out: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze; Sushil Kumar completes Commonwealth hat-trick
Sushil Kumar became the first Indian wrestler to win three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. Sushil won against South Africa's Johannes Botha in the 74 kg final by technical superiority in just 80 seconds. This is Sushil's third gold after winning it in 66kg in Delhi 2010 and in 74kg in Glasgow 2014. He is also the only...
Day 7: Botswana’s historic 400m double; Shreyasi Singh’s heroic shoot-off gold in Double Trap
AMANTLE MONTSHO COMPLETES 400M DOUBLE FOR BOTSWANA Just 24 hours after Issac Makwala claimed the 400m Men's gold, his compatriot Amantle Montsho clinched the Women's event to complete the historic double for Botswana. Montsho, the World Champion of 2011, was back at her best and clocked 50.15, her quickest time for five years. It is the first time in Commonwealth Games history...
Shooter Shreyasi Singh bags India’s 12th gold; Ankur Mittal, Om Mitharval win bronze
The star of the day is definitely the 26-year old Shreyasi Singh. The shooter from Delhi has won gold in the Women's Double Trap event at the Commonwealth Games 2018. She shot 96 in the finals and beat Australia’s Emma Cox two shots to one in the shoot-off. Singh bettered her performance at the same event in the 2014 Glasgow...
Curling of the Scots- migrated and dominated by others, but remains essentially Scottish
In the recently concluded Curling World Championship, Canada, skipped by Jennifer Jones, claimed a 7-6 win over Olympics gold medallist Sweden in the Women’s category. Russia took bronze following a 6-5 win over the United States. In the Men’s division there was a role reverse as Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin, beat Canada by 7-3. Scotland took the bronze after...
Day 6: At 79, Robert Pitcairn debuts in shooting; becomes the oldest athlete in Commonwealth history
ROBERT PITCAIR’N DREAM DEBUT Canadian fullbore shooter Robert Pitcairn, became the oldest athlete in Commonwealth Games history when he debuted in the Queen's Prize Pairs finals 1 event at the age of 79 years and 9 months. Pitcairn partnered with Nicole Rossignol for the event, broke the record held by Lawn Bowls player Doreen Flanders. Pitcairn and Rossignol finished in...