India’s medal count goes up; para lifter Sachin Chaudhury wins bronze at Commonwealth Games
35-year old Indian para-powerlifter, Sachin Chaudhury, delivered the first medal from the country's para-athletic contingent at the Commonwealth Games 2018. Sachin claimed bronze in the men's heavyweight final with a combined effort of 181kg. Nigeria’s Abdulazeez Ibrahim won the gold and Malaysia’s Yee Khie Jong took the silver. Sachin Chaudhury won a silver medal at the Powerlifting World Cup in...
Heena Sidhu makes up for Gagan Narang’s loss; bags gold in Women’s 25m Pistol
Experienced Indian shooter Heena Sidhu bagged the first gold of Day 6 in the 25m Pistol event at the Commonwealth Games 2018. Heena compensated the loss of eight-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Gagan Narang, who finished at the 7th position in Men's 50m Rifle Prone event. This is Heena's second medal at this year's Games after she bagged silver...
Gold Coast Day 5: Michelle Ahye, Akani Simbine are the fastest runners at Commonwealth Games 2018
YOHAN BLAKE PUT BEHIND BY AKANI SIMBINE Yohan Blake who is regarded as the successor of Usain Bolt suffered a shock defeat in Men’s 100m final at Gold Coast. The Jamaican had to settle for a bronze behind Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies of South Africa. Simbine took gold in 10.03sec and Henricho Bruintjies claimed silver in 10.17. Trinidad and Tobago’s...
Its gold for Indian Men’s Table Tennis and Mixed Team Badminton
The Indian Men’s Table Tennis team followed their female counterpart and won the gold at the Commonwealth Games 2018 by defeating Nigeria by 3-0. The team on their way to the final upstaged defending champions Singapore. Sharath Achanta, in the first match of the final, had a shaky start as he lost the first game by 4-11 to Bode Abiodun. But...
Shooter Mehuli Ghosh and lifter Pardeep Singh get silver; Apurvi Chandela settles for bronze
The Indian girls continue to bring glory at the Commonwealth Games. In the Women's 10m Air Rifle event, Mehuli Ghosh and Apurvi Chandela bagged silver and bronze respectively. 17-year old Mehuli lost in the final shoot off after she was tied with Martina Lindsay of Singapore at a Commonwealth record score of 247.2. Mehuli scored 9.9 in the final...
Day 4: Records smashed on Cycling track; Weightlifting, Shooting and TT glory for India
CYCLING RECORDS TOPPLED AND CREATED In this year’s Commonwealth Games, Cycling records were set and reset in most of the events. Australia won 10 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze, a total of 19 medals. Scotland lie second with 10 medals and England are in third position with 9 medals. COMMONWEALTH GOLD ADDED TO LAKEISHA PATTERSON’S COLLECTION The golden girl of Paralympic...
Jitu Rai shoots another gold in Shooting; Om Mitharval wins bronze
India's Jitu Rai won gold in the Men's 10m Air Pistol event after shooting 235.1. Om Prakash Mitharval won the bronze in the same event after shooting 214.3 points at the Commonwealth Games 2018. Remaining in the top-three in the competition by the end of the final eliminator, both Indians assured themselves of a medal. But Australia's Kerry Bell...
Two more medals in India’s tally-bronze for shooter Ravi Kumar and lifter Vikas Thakur
29-year old shooter Ravi Kumar entered the ongoing Commonwealth Games with plenty of hope after his commendable performance at the ISSF World Cup. But he has to settle for a bronze in 10m Air Rifle at Gold Coast 2018. Ravi Kumar entered the final after finishing second in qualifying round. It was a tough battle in the final rounds...
Indian Table Tennis girls create history by winning the first-ever Commonwealth gold
Indian Table Tennis team scripted history after the Women's team won the first ever gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with a 3-1 victory over Singapore in the final. The team of Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahashrabudhe and Sutirtha Mukherjee gave India much joy to celebrate. India's star player, Manika Batra, recorded a four-game 11-8, 8-11, 7-11,...
India enter finals of Mixed Team Badminton and Women’s Team Table Tennis
India entered the final of Mixed Team Badminton event defeating Singapore 3-1. In the first Mixed Doubles match played by Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa, India had a comfortable win against Yong Kai Terry Hee and Jia Ying Crystal Wong by 22-20, 21-18. The next Singles match was also an easy one for Kidambi Srikanth who won against Kean...