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      6 August

      CWG 2022: Indian grappler Anshu Malik clinches silver in Women’s Freestyle 57kg

      Birmingham [UK]: Grappler Anshu Malik won the silver medal in the Women’s Freestyle 57kg category in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 after losing to Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye of Nigeria at the Coventry Arena Wrestling Mat B on Friday.Malik faced 3-7 defeat against Nigeria’s Adekuoroye in the gold medal match. Malik bagged the first medal for India in the wrestling of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022. Malik faced 3-7 defeat against Nigeria’s Adekuoroye in the gold medal match. Malik bagged the first medal for India in the wrestling of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022. Anshu Malik fought hard but was too defensive at the start of the bout and changed her tactics in the last minute to bounce back which allowed Odunayo…

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    • 6 August

      Chris Hemsworth praises Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu

      Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu did the entire nation proud when she won a gold medal in the 49 kg category at Commonwealth Games 2022 being held in Birmingham, England. She lifted a total of 201 kg in snatch and clean and jerk. Chanu received praises from her admirers in India, but a special compliment recently came from the other end of the world. On Friday, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth heaped praises on Chanu via his official Twitter account. The Hollywood actor, known for his role as the mighty God of Thunder Thor in the Marvel movies, said that Chanu was worthy of his hammer. It all started when a fan of Chanu, Saurabh Sinha, retweeted a tweet of hers and…

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    • 5 August

      CWG 2022: Mother of twins Dipika Pallikal shines on mixed day for India in squash

      Birmingham: India had a mixed day in the 2022 Commonwealth Games squash competitions here on Thursday with Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal winning their match while Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu getting knocked out in the Round of 16 matches at the Birmingham University Hockey and Squash Centre here. There was success for India in the women’s doubles as Sunayna Kuruvilla and Anahat Singh won their match while the men’s doubles pair of Senthilkumar Velavan and Abhay Singh also advanced to the next stage. All eyes at the squash court were on the seasoned mixed doubles combine of Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal after the latter bagged his first singles medal in the Commonwealth Games — a bronze.…

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    • 5 August

      CWG 2022: India’s Murali Sreeshankar wins historic silver in Men’s Long Jump final

      Birmingham: India’s Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men’s Long Jump final with a mark of 8.08m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Thursday. Sreeshankar won the historic silver with a distance of 8.08m in the Men’s Long Jump, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the long jump. Laquan Nairn (8.08m) of Bahamas clinched the gold while Jovan van Vuuren (8.06) of South Africa claimed the bronze medal at Birmingham 2022. India’s Murali Sreeshankar started with a successful jump of 7.60 metres in his first attempt. He took a smooth jump as he jumped to the mark of 7.84m with complete ease on his second attempt. In his third…

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    • 5 August

      CWG 2022: Para-powerlifter Sudhir clinches historic gold medal in Men’s Heavyweight final

      Birmingham: Para-powerlifter Sudhir clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with the best weight of 212kg on Thursday. Sudhir won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games. He defeated Nigeria’s Ikechukwu Obichukwu (133.6 points) by 0.9 points as his final score read a Games record 134.5 points for the gold. Sudhir started his event with a successful attempt of a 208kg lift without breaking a sweat, scoring 132.0 points. In his second attempt, he improved his last attempt and lifted 212kg successfully, scoring 134.5 points. In the third and last attempt, he failed to lift 217kg but clinched the gold medal with 134.5 points.Earlier in the day, Indian Para-Powerlifters failed to win…

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    • 4 August

      CWG 2022: Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh wins bronze in men’s 109-plus kg final

      Birmingham: Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh bagged the bronze medal in the men’s 109-plus kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with a combined weight of 390kg on Wednesday. In the Snatch category, he failed to lift 167kg in his first attempt. In the second attempt of the category, he swiftly lifted 167kg. In the third and final attempt in the category, he added more weight but was unsuccessful to lift 173kg. He ended the Snatch round with the best of 167kg. In the Clean and Jerk category, Gurdeep gave a sensational performance as he lifted 207kg in the first attempt. Indian weightlifter failed his second attempt and could not lift 215kg. In his final and third attempt in the category,…

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    • 4 August

      CWG 2022: Tejaswin Shankar wins India’s first track and field medal

      Birmingham: Till about a few days back, high jumper Tejaswin Shankar was not sure whether he would be able to participate in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. On Wednesday, he was standing on the podium at the Alexander Stadium here, with a bronze medal around his neck and a smile of satisfaction on his lips as he bagged his first medal in a major multi-discipline international competition. After not being picked for the Games as he did not participate in the Inter-State meet — which were the trials, his name was eventually cleared for participation by the court and it was only last week that the organisers relented and permitted him to join the Indian athletics squad as a late…

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    • 4 August

      CWG 2022, boxing: Nikhat Zareen storms into semis, assures India of medal

      Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen assured herself and India a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after she stormed into the semifinals of the women’s light flyweight boxing with an impressive 5-0 win over Wales’ Helen in the quarterfinals, here on Wednesday. Nikhat, for whom it will be the first medal at the CWG, was aggressive from the get-go against Jones. She landed a left jab early into the first round and was unfazed by her opponent’s flurry of punches, expertly dodging them while managing to land most of her own to dominate at the National Exhibition Centre. The Indian boxer barely had her guard up through the bout and smartly mixed up her punches, using the left jab when Jones…

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    • 4 August

      2022 Commonwealth Games: Indians in action on Thursday

      Athletics and Para Athletics Women’s Hammer Throw: Qualifying round – Sarita Singh, Manja Bala – 2.30 PM Women’s 200m – Round 1 – Heat 2 – Hima Das – 3.30 PM Men’s Long Jump Final – Muhammed Anees Yahiya, Murali Sreeshankar – 12.12 AM (on Friday) Boxing 48kg-51kg flyweight – quarterfinal 2 – Amit Panghal– 4.45 PM 57-60 kg lightweight – quarterfinal 2 – Jasmine Lamboria – 6.15 PM 92kg super heavyweight – quarterfinal 1 – Sagar Ahlawat – 8 PM 63.5-67kg welterweight – quarterfinal 3 – Rohit Tokas – (12.30 AM on Thursday) Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual qualification sub division 1 – Balveen Kaur – 4.30 PM onwards Hockey Men’s Pool B – India versus Wales – 6.30 PM Lawn…

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    • 4 August

      Commonwealth Games 2022: Judoka Tulika Maan clinches silver medal in women’s 78 kg category

      Birmingham: Indian Judoka Tulika Maan claimed the silver medal in the final of the women’s +78 kg category after suffering a defeat against Scotland’s Sarah Adlington at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Wednesday. Playing at the Coventry Arena Judo Mat 2, the Indian Judoka faced tough competition from her opponent while she received second ‘Shido’ on the board. The match lasted for 3 minutes and 29 seconds. The Scottish judoka was too good for Tulika, she enforced an ippon to take home gold. The Indian had to be settled for a silver medal in the women’s +78 kg category. It is India’s third medal in Judo this Commonwealth Games. Earlier today, Maan reached the final of the women’s…

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