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...
Shooting campaign begins- Manu Bhaker wins gold, Heena Sidhu bags silver
16-year old shooting sensation Manu Bhaker of India won the coveted gold in 10m Air Pistol at the Commonwealth Games 2018. Veteran Hena Sidhu bagged the silver in the same event. Bhaker achieved a Games Record with 240.9 points while Heena battled elimination early in the final and shot brilliantly to claim silver with a total of 234.0. Manu Bhaker...
Punam Yadav gives India the 5th gold in Weightlifting by winning 69kg division
Bronze medallist of Glasgow 2014, Punam Yadav, changed the medal colour by winning gold in Women's 69kg Weightlfting category at Gold Coast 2018. Punam defeated her closest rival Sarah Davies of England with a total of 222kg lift. Punam finished her Snatch with 100kg weight with three successful attempts of 95kg, 98kg and 100kg. Her Clean and Jerk was not...
Day 3: Chad Le Clos claims his 16th CWG medal; India’s gold rush in Weightlifting continues
LE CLOS MOVES TOWARDS BEING THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CWG ATHLETE South African swimmer Chad Le Clos added another medal to his Commonwealth Games record when he won gold in the 200m Butterfly for the third consecutive time. It was his 16th medal at a Games, making him the second most successful athlete ever at a Commonwealth Games. The Michael Phelps of...