India finishes in 4th position at Commonwealth Games 2022 organised in Birmingham, England. India finished with a victorious tally of 61 medals in total in CWG 2022; comprising 22 golds, 16 silver and 23 bronze medals.
India concluded its Common Wealth Games with a medal tally of 61 medals in total; consisting of 22 golds, 16 silvers and 23 bronze medals.
In a concluding match, India showed a spectacular performance by victoriously claiming six medals on the last day. The six medals comprised – four golds, one silver and one bronze medal won by PV Sindhu(also the flag-bearer for the country at CWG 2022), Lakshya Sen. the pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the evergreen Sharath Kamal, all being triumphant in their respective matches.
2022 Commonwealth Games without Shooting
Since the CWG’s inception in 1966, this was the first game without Shooting. Before this in 1970, and then this year CWG was organised without Shooting.
Shooting – A game that has been dominated by India over the years and is also considered the most successful sport CWG in history. In the last edition of the CWG games held in 2018, India had let alone won over 16 medals in Shooting(alone); comprising 7 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze. Even in the 2010 medals tally, 30 were from shooting alone, which crystal-clearly displays how much importance Shooting holds for India.
Since the shooting game was not included this time, hence we can only imagine what performance India would have given if only the game was included in the roster.
Comparing India’s performance in CWG 2018 and CWG 2022
- Shooting
Though in the final count, India won five medals less than in the CWG 2018, organised in Gold Coast. Still, India’s performance was spectacular in the 2022 CWG.
For a neck-to-neck comparison between the 2018 and 2022 CWG, the game of Shooting would be excluded from the list of games and ultimately the medal tally. Hence, we would count the total medals without Shooting medals.
In 2018, India won 50 medals in total(excluding medals in Shooting) including 19 gold medals which is less than 2022, 22 gold medals that India won. Hence, showcasing an outstanding performance given by India in 2022.
The Sports to sports comparison of India’s Performance:
- Athletics
Though India missed its big performer, Neeraj Chopra on the ground. However, India victoriously managed to clinch over 8 medals in total, unlike in 2018 when India won only three medals in total.
- Weightlifting
With a total number of medals being 10 medals India secured a medal more than in 2018. India won 9 medals in weightlifting in 2018, which consisted of 5 gold medals in them.
- Table Tennis
In Table Tennis, India fails one medal short of its 2018 tally. In 2022 India won seven medals, one medal less than that in 2018. Even a gold medal was clinched by the women’s team event last time, however, India didn’t win any medals from that time.
- Lawn Bowls
Since its inception, the country has not won any medals in the game. However, this year the country was able to open its fortune by winning two medals in this sport.
- Boxing
In this game, India won over seven medals this time. This was two less than India had earlier secured over nine medals in 2018.
- Wrestling
India took home 12 medals from the 2018 CWG in the wrestling sport, which included five gold medals. However, in the 2022 CWG, India took away 6 gold medals from wrestling, one more gold than previously.
- Badminton
Though, the country matched its tally of 6 medals in 2018. However, in 2018 India won two gold medals while being three in 2022.
- Squash
India matched its tally of two medals in the game as of 2018. However, the medals were two silver in 2018, while being bronze this time.
- Para Powerlifting
India won one medal in both 2018 and 2022. However, the one medal in 2018 was bronze, unlike the Gold in 2022.
- Hockey
In 2018, there were two medals in this sport. However, missed out on the medals tally from this game in 2022. In 2018, India won a bronze and a silver in this game.
Games that were not part of the 2018 Games but were part of this year
- Judo
Judo was not part of the 2018 games, in which in 2022 India won over three medals comprising two silvers and a bronze.
- Cricket
It became a part of CWG after 24 years. India managed to clinch a silver medal in this game.
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