Swapna, the first Indian to secure a gold medal in heptathlon at the Asian Games was born with six toes in both her feet.
Besides Ajay, Samiti Nathasharma also won the gold medal in the same tournament and was also a part of the women's team.
Ankur also won the team bronze in the event along with compatriots Md. Asab and Shardul Vihaan.
Her father worked as a rickshaw-puller before being bed-ridden by stroke since 2013. Her mother would pluck leaves in tea gardens. She was born with six toes on each foot and couldn't find the right shoes. And she ran for her country with a plastered
The Indians clocked a time of 3:28.72 beating the silver medallists Bahrain by a margin of 2 seconds.
Deepika, a four-time World Cup final silver medallist, qualified for the Archery World Cup Final in Samsun, Turkey, which will be her seventh appearance at the season-ending event.
On May 15, the IWF provisionally suspended Chanu for four years after her 'A' sample was tested positive for a banned anabolic agent.
Kom conceded she had a busy schedule -- as a professional athlete, parent, gym owner and lawmaker -- but sounded a warning to her opponents against assuming she had too much on her plate.
The 26-year old Vikas Krishan blanked Cameroon's Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue in the men's 75kg final to bag his first Commonwealth Games gold. Also, this was Vikas' first-ever gold medal in the middleweight category.
India's best-ever boxer Mary Kom said she has no plans to retire and is determined to defy her critics by winning an elusive Olympic gold.
In a sensational CWG debut, Anish shot a Games record score of 30 to claim the top prize in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event.
Star shooter Jitu Rai bagged the first gold in shooting for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games with a masterful performance in the men's 10m Air Pistol event here on Monday.
With Yadav's medal today, India's tally has reached - five golds, a silver and a bronze.
The Manipuri athlete created a CWG record in Snatch, lifting a total of 84 kg, and then lifted 108 kg on her way to get to a total lift of 192 kg.
Despite going through a string of injuries, Prannoy had shown what he is capable of when he faced Prannoy while the match lasted for One hour and 5 minutes in Anaheim, California.
In the absence of Paralympic gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia, Sundar, who had been disqualified from his event in Rio 2016 due to technical reasons, found redemption and took home the gold medal
India creates history as they top the table at the Asian Athletic Championship while booking their place in the World Championship in November, London.
Manpreet won gold in the women's shotput event while Laxmanan emerged triumphant in the men's 5,000 metres.
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