CWG 2022: ‘Gold’ rush in wrestling and historic silver medals in athletics headline India’s Day 9 show | Commonwealth Games 2022 News
So far, Indian athletes have won 40 medals – 13 gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze – in this edition of the Olympics, with just two days of competition left.
Saturday was filled with medal news for India, highlighted by historic feats in Olympic and a wind came wrestling. Avinash Sable won a memorable silver medal in the men’s 3000m hurdles, while Priyanka Goswami also finished second on the podium to make history by winning the first medal of an Indian woman in the 10km walking race.
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In wrestling, India won a medal for the second day in a row, with the wrestlers adding six more medals.
Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya and Naveen won gold medals in their respective weight classes. Pooja Sihag, Pooja Gehlot and Deepak Nehra decide the bronze.
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On the Victoria Park bowling alley, the grass bowls continued to write CWG history for India, thanks to the four men’s team that finished with a silver medal.
inside Boxing In the ring, Indian track and field athletes Jaismine Lamboria, Mohammad Hussamuddin and Rohit Tokas ended their campaign with bronze, while Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal, Nikhat Zareen and Sagar succeeded in the semifinals. to enter the finals in the respective categories.
In badminton, star punchers PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth all advanced to the singles semifinals, while Aakarshi Kashyap was eliminated in the round.
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Ping pong Achanta stars Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran advanced to the singles semifinals, with Sharath also reaching the mixed doubles final alongside Sreeja Akula. Sreeja, however, lost in her singles semifinal earlier in the day.
The doubles squash duo of Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal were unsuccessful in their semi-final and will now compete for a bronze medal on Sunday.
