Birmingham Commonwealth Games is in full swing and we Indians have tightened our boots to win this time. All the sportspersons have done a tremendous job by winning at every spot.
Weightlifting has begun to get India its first gold and slowly pacing towards other sports for winning.
Women’s Weightlifting Category
Indian athletes do their best at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG) in Birmingham. Day 2 saw several high-profile athletes in action. On a successful day, India won their first gold by the outstanding Mirabai Chanu in the 49kg weightlifting category.
He set a new record at the Commonwealth Games by lifting a total of 201 kg. Indian athletes won three more weightlifting medals on Saturday.
Later, just after midnight, Bindyarani Devi caused celebrations again with an impressive third attempt in the clean and jerk to secure a silver medal in the women’s 55kg category.
Men’s Weightlifting Category
Earlier in the day, Sanket Sargar captured India’s first-ever medal at the CWG 2022 by winning silver in the 55kg category.
Gururaja Poojary became the second athlete of the day to win a medal by winning bronze in the 61 kg category. Sanket Mahadev Sargar won a silver medal in the men’s 55 kg power lift.
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Debutant Sheuli, the favorite to win, lifted 313kg (143kg + 170kg) on ​​Sunday to take gold here at the NEC Hall.
Sorry, Hidayat Muhammad of Malaysia, who gave Sheuli a tough match, finished the event as the second-best lifter. He had the best performance of 303 kg (138 kg + 165 kg).
Earlier in the day, young weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga won India’s second Commonwealth Games gold medal with a record weight of 300kg.
The 19-year-old reigning junior Olympic champion, making his senior-level multi-discipline debut, struggled with excruciating muscle spasms but broke two records en route to a gold medal in the men’s 67kg category.
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Commonwealth Games- Badminton
Aside from the weightlifting achievements, the Indian badminton stars also put on a good performance. They defeated Sri Lanka in team competition after destroying Pakistan yesterday.
The Indian team beat Sri Lanka 5-0 to win their second game in Pool A of the mixed team event. They also defeated Australia 4-1 in their last group game.
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Commonwealth Games -Table Tennis
India’s men’s team defeated Northern Ireland 3-0 to finish their group with three wins out of three. The women’s team also won three games out of three, beating Guyana 3-0 in their last group game.
The Indian women’s team met Malaysia in the quarterfinals. After leading 3-2 at one point, Manika Batra lost to a lower-ranked Ying Ho to take the game to the decider where Reeth Tennison also lost to the same opponent.
The Malaysian players were delighted after eliminating the reigning gold medalists in the women’s team event, leading to one of the biggest upsets of the tournament.
Ice Hockey
The Indian women’s ice hockey team met Wales in their second meeting in Group A in a tasty quarter. Ultimately, the game ended 3-1 in India’s favor thanks to a second from Katariya in the fourth quarter.
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Badminton
In badminton, defending champions India beat Minnows South Africa 3-0 to advance to the semi-finals of Sunday’s mixed team competition, while India’s men’s hockey team in their first Group B decimated weak Ghana 11-0.
Boxing
Mohammad Husammuddin won his pre-quarterfinal matchup against Amzolele Dyeyi of South Africa by unanimous decision. On Monday he meets his next opponent from Bangladesh in the 57 kg category.
Marathon
Narender Singh Rawat finished 12th in the men’s marathon with a time of 2:19:22.He was 8:27 off the lead and more than three minutes slower than his personal best.
Gymnastics
India’s Ruthuja Nataraj and Pranati Nayak finished 6th and 14th in the women’s team final and in the individual qualification with 46,250 and 43,500 points respectively. The top 18 athletes would qualify for the all-around final.
Cricket
The Indo-Pak cricket affair turned out to be a bust as Harmanpreet Kaur’s team clinched their first CWG victory with a reckless win.
Pakistan’s decision to bat first backfired as India eliminated them in the 18-overs-a-side contest by a narrow 99 after rain delayed the start of the game.
In response, Smriti Mandhana (63 not from 42 balls) led the chase as India brought down the goal in just 11.4 overs.
