Emma Jennifer McKeon is a four-time world record holder out of which three have been broken, but one of them still stands strong. She had registered all of them in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay displaying her prowess in the category.
This edition of the Commonwealth games saw the participation of 4,500 athletes from 72 countries over the past 11 days. The Indian contingency fared extremely well in the games and despite enduring a major setback in the form of Neeraj Chopra's injury.
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India's Eldhose Paul and Abdullah Aboobacker clinched gold and silver respectively as they scripted history in the men's triple jump contest.
As of now, India has a total of 26 CWG medals which includes 9 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 9 bronze medals. India with 10 medals in the weightlifting category which includes 3 golds is still ahead of its contemporaries.
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India will look to add a few more medals by the end of day 9. Indians will compete in various medal events across various disciplines which include athletics, para-athletics, para table tennis, wrestling, boxing, and lawn bowls.
As of now, India has won 20 CWG medals. These include 6 gold medals, 7 silver medals, and 7 bronze medals. As far as India's medal tally is concerned, the weightlifting team has got them the maximum amount of prizes with 10 medals to their name which includes 3 gold medals.
It is finally time that India will be witness to six of their finest wrestlers take the mat and unleash the best out of them. Sakshi Mallik, who also happens to be an Olympic medallist will headline India's wrestling campaign alongside Bajrang Punia who is leading the men's wrestling team.
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Apart from India, countries like South Africa and New Zealand took some major hits but somehow Canada and Scotland registered some heavy gains.
Tejaswin was added to the Indian squad at the very last minute after the Delhi High Court passed orders in his favor considering his season's best of 2.27m and personal best of 2.29m.
Nikhat Zareen along with her counterparts Nitu Ganghas and Mohammed Hussamudin advanced to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games as they have assured the country of three boxing medals.
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Star of the athletics team Hima Das will also feature on Thursday in the women's 200m event. In addition to this, if India emerges victorious in men's hockey against Wales, they will earn the semi-final spot for themselves.
The quartet of Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki, and Nayanmoni Saikia, the proud team of the Lawn Bowls event have entered the finals and have the guaranteed silver medal.
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Apart from the Indian lawn bowls women's fours team, the hockey team is all set to take on England their third Pool A match. If India somehow manage to win the match, they will earn themselves a place in the semifinals.
The latest edition of the CWG will see athletes participating from 72 countries with more than 5000 athletes in 280 events across 19 sports in 15 venues.
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