Gold Coast Day 2: Australia ride at the top of medal tally; Sanjita Chanu wins second gold for India
TIA CLAIR TOOMEY’S GOLD IN HER LAST LIFT Australia’s Tia-Clair Toomey became the Women’s 58kg Weightlifting champion with six successful lifts for a total of 201kg. She claimed gold with the last lift of 114kg Clean and Jerk, finishing just 1kg ahead of silver medallist Tali Darsigny of Canada. Jenly Wini of Solomon Islands won the bronze with 189kg. SANJITA CHANU...
Its another medal in Weightlifting; Deepak Lather wins bronze in 69kg at CWG 2018
18-year old weightlifting sensation Deepak Lather won bronze in 69kg category in his debut year in Commonwealth Games. With this India won 4 medals in Weightlifting- Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu won gold and Gururaja Poojary won silver. Deepak Lather began the competition with 132 kg in Snatch and completed it in style. Next he lifted 136kg but failed in...
Day begins with a gold; Sanjita Chanu wins in Women’s 53kg Weightlifting category
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, the 24-year Manipuri girl, gave India the second gold after she won in the Women’s 53kg Weightlifting at Commonwealth Games 2018. Sanjita Chanu’s success came following that of another Manipuri girl, Mirabai Chanu who won gold in 48kg in the opening day of the Games. India’s another medal, till now, came through the weightlifting prowess of...
Gold Coast Day 1: World Champion Sally Pearson pulls out; Mirabai Chanu gives India the first gold
WITHDRAWAL OF SALLY PEARSON Australia’s 100m hurdles World Champion, Sally Pearson, has officially withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games 2018 due to an Achilles injury. Pearson stated that her Achilles injury came back while training at the Athletes’ Village two days ago. The Olympic, two-time world and dual Commonwealth Games hurdles gold medallist made the announcement in front of the media. FLORA...
First gold for India in CWG 2018- lifter Mirabai Chanu wins in 48kg Women’s Weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu was in full form as she grabbed gold in the Women’s 48kg category Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast. Chanu finished with a new Games Record of 196 to win the first gold for India. Chanu, who claimed a silver at the 2014 Glasgow Games, was always a medal prospect for India as her...
India get first medal of CWG 2018- Gururaja win silver in Men’s 56kg Weightlifting
Karnataka's Gururaja Poojary gave India the first medal of 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning silver in the Men's 56kg Weightlifting. The 26-year old, however, missed the gold medal as he twice failed to lift 138kg in the Clean and Jerk category. In the third attempt, he successfully lifted it and finished with a total of 249 points. “After I failed...
Commonwealth Games Opening lit up Gold Coast promising ‘no barriers, no borders, no divisions’
“Welcome to the oldest living culture on earth”- with this begins the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games. It focuses on the changes in the earth over 65 million years. As the land masses separate and the oceans grow we see our first mention of the Gold Coast icon, Migaloo, the white whale. The island is spotlighted musically by...
Commonwealth Games: the rich history that is fighting for its existence
It’s time for the Commonwealth Games again. The 21st edition of the Games will start from 4th April 2018 at Gold Coast in Australia where athletes from 71 participating nations will fight for excellence and sporting glory. GOLD COAST 2018 Gold Coast has been selected in the bid for hosting the Games mainly because the city already has 80 percent of...
As a captain and player, Gautam Dagar leads Indian Rugby to its forward march
It was the occasion of Asian 5 Nation Tournament at Lahore in Pakistan. The Indian boys were ready to leave for their tour after their selection camp in Amritsar. But with a heavy jolt, the news came that 10 out of 23 boys were denied visa as they were serving the Indian army. The 13 left, were in shock...
Indians ready for Gold Coast; settle in Commonwealth village amidst doping probe
The Indian contingent comprising of 218 athletes arrived at the Gold Coast Commonwealth village to participate in the Games that begin on April 4 and will go on till April 15, 2018. The 218-member contingent includes a 31-member athletics team. The Indian athletes will camp and train at Super Sports Center in the Gold Coast till March 25 before...