Commonwealth Games 2022: Revisit India's day 4 at the multi-nation sporting event
Table Tennis:
- The Indian men's team beat Nigeria to book a berth in the finals
Swimming:
- Srihari Nataraj finishes on the 5th spot in the all important finals
- Suyash and Niranjan too finish on the 5th and 7th spot respectively
Boxing:
- Turning the tables around, Ashish Kumar Chaudhary defeats Travis Tapatuetoa 5-0 n men's 80kg boxing
- Amit Panghal reaches quarter-finals after registering a 5-0 win
Weightlifting:
- India's Harjinder Kaur keeps India's dominance alive, clinches bronze
Badminton:
- India defeat Singapore by a margin of 3-0 as they proceed in to the finals
- Lakshya Sen defeats oh Kean Yew in the third match
- The team of Satwik and Chirag along with superstar PV Sindhu also register victory
Judo:
- Suchika Tariyal faces defeat in women's 57kg bronze medal match against Mauritius' Christianne Legentil
- Jasleen Saini loses to Australia's Nathan Katz in men's 66kg judo
- Vijay Yadav defeats Cyprus' Petros Christodoulides to grab his bronze medal
- Shushila Devi clinches silver in 48kg final
Hockey:
- India's match against England ends on 4 goals each
Squash:
- Saurav Ghosal in Game 4 beats Scotland's Greg Lobban to proceed into the semi-final
- Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla defeats Chanithma Sinaly 11-3, 11-2, 11-2 to proceed into the semi-finals
Artistic Gymnastics:
- Pranati Nayak finishes on the fifth spot in the Women's Vault Final
Judo - Sushila Devi clinches silver medal, Vijay Yadav bags bronze
- Vijay Kumar Yadav bags India's 8th medal as he clinches bronze in the men's 60kg category.
- Another medal gets added to India's medal tally as Sushila Devi bags a silver medal. She lost to Michaela Whitebooi in the final clash.
Squash
- Saurav Ghosal qualifys to the men's singles semifinals.
- Joshna Chinappa loses in the women's singles quarterfinals.
Hockey, Highlights
- The match which seemed one-sided and inclined towards India, ended in a draw.
- Tables have turned in the last quarter as scores are level to 4-4
- However, England bounces back and net their second goal.
- Just when the pressure started to amount, Harmanpreet Singh scores the fourth goal for India and his fourth goal in CWG as well.
- England score their first goal in the third quarter.
- India continue to dominate as Mandeep Singh is firing all guns. India 3-0.
- Just when we thought the first quarter is going to end, Mandeep Singh's goal take India to 2-0 lead.
- It's a goal for India by Lalit Upadhyay within first three minutes of the match.
- India is all set to face England in a thrilling hockey match.
Cycling
- Ronaldo Laitonjam came up with a timing of 1:02 500 to finish 12th in men's 1000m time trial final
Gymnastics
- India's 27-year-old Pranati Nayak finished fifth in women's vault final of artistic gymnastics event.
Boxing
- India's Shushila Devi a medal for India after advancing to the women's 48kg final. She defeated Priscilla Morand of Mauritius.
- The 27-year-old will next compete with Michaela Whitebooi of South Africa in the gold medal clash.
Lawn Bowl
- India lawn bowls team assured itself the Commonwealth Games medal after defeating New Zealand 16-13 in the semifinal of the women's fours even
- The women's fours team comprising Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) will face South Africa in the gold medal clash on Tuesday.
Boxing
Featherweight boxer Mohammad Hussamudin made advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over Mohammad Salim Hossain of Bangladesh in the round of 16.
Squash
Sunayna Sana Kuruvilla beat Sri Lanka's Chanithma Sinaly in the plate quarterfinals of the women's singles. The 23-year-old will compete in the women's singles plate semi-finals, later tonight.
Boxing
India's Amit Panghal progressed to the men's flyweight (51kg) quarterfinals. He out-punched Namri Berri of Vanuatu via an unanimous verdict.
Judo
- Jasleen Singh Saini lost semifinals against Scotland's Finlay Allan. However, will fight for the bronze medal in next game.
- Vijay Kumar Yadav lost to Joshua Katz of Australia in a hard-fought quarterfinal. He will face next Scotland's Dynlan Munro to stay in medal contention.
- Suchika Tariyal has reached the bronze medal round after defeating Donne Breytenbach of South Africa.
- Sushila Devi Likmbam advanced to the women's 48kg quarterfinals with a win over Harriet Bonface of Malawi. She will take on Mauritius' Priscilla Morand in the semifinals.
Weightlifting, Highlights
- Heartbreak for India as Singh misses medal by a gap of just 1 kg.
- Singh fails to lift 180 kg in the third attempt. His total lift is 319 kg.
- Unbelievable! It's a 176 kg lift in the second attempt.
- Singh lifts 172 kg in the first attempt of clean & jerk.
- Ajay Singh in contention for India's 7th CWG medal, it's a best lift 143 kg in Snatch
Lawn Bowl semifinal underway
The Indian team comprising of Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia, and Rupa Tirkey defeated the Norfolk Islands 17-9 in the quarter-finals at Victoria Park in Royal Leamington Spa. They will now be eyeing a spot for the final berth which guarantees them a chance of winning the silver medal.
India look to rise in the medal tally after historic third day
Team India has fared pretty decently in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Mirabai Chanu continued her magical run and fetched the gold for India. Keeping up with Chanu's exploits Achinta Sheuli and Jeremy Lalrinnunga too clinched gold medals for the Indian contingency. At the end of day 3, India has a total of six medals which includes 3 golds, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze. All of these medals have come from the weightlifting department.
India is expected to perform better as they still have loads of medal events ahead of them. The Indian contingency has 213 athletes participating in this year's CWG. As day 4 starts, the Indian team will want to put their best foot forward and grab some more medals for team India.
A brief look at team India's Day 4 schedule:
Lawn Bowls
Women's semi-final: 1 pm IST
Weightlifting
Men's 81kg category: Ajay Singh - 2 pm IST
Women's 71 category: Harjinder Kaur - 11 pm IST
Judo (round of 16)
Women's 57kg category: Suchika Tariyal - 2:30pm IST
Women's 66kg category: Jasleen Singh Saini - 2:30 pm IST
Men's 60kg category: Vijay Kumar Yadav - 2:30 pm IST
Judo (semi-final)
Women's 48kg category: Sushila Devi - 2:30 pm IST
Badminton (semi-final)
Mixed event - 3:30 pm IST
Swimming (100m butterfly)
Sajan Prakash - 3:51 pm IST
Squash (Quarter-final)
Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla - 4:30pm IST
Joshna Chinappa - 6:00 pm IST
Saurav Ghoshal - 6:45pm IST
