Mirabai Chanu and Bindyarani Devi.Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights, Day 2 Schedule of India: Mirabai Chanu bossed the 49kg field as expected to defend her Commonwealth Games title and give India the first gold medal of the Birmingham edition on Saturday. The Olympic silver medallist aggregated a total of 201kg (88kg + 113kg) to stamp her authority in the competition and achieve a Commonwealth Games record in the process. Meanwhile, Bindyarani Devi won the silver medal in the Women’s 55kg category, raising India’s medal tally to 4.
Partially fulfilling the promise he made to himself four years back, young weightlifter Sanket Sargar won a silver medal in men’s 55kg category, putting India on the medal tally at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Meanwhile, weightlifter Gururaja Poojary clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 61kg category at the Commonwealth Games, adding to India’s tally.
Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) cruised to the quarterfinals of the women’s light middle weight category with an easy 5-0 win against Ariana Nicholson at the Commonwealth Games while the Indian Women’s hockey team defeated Wales 3-1. In a major upset, defending champions India, led by star paddler Manika Batra, crashed out of the women’s table tennis team event after losing to Malaysia 3-2 in the quarterfinals.
Follow all the highlights from Day 2 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games below.
CWG 2022, Day 2 schedule: India vs Australia in T20 cricket, India vs Pakistan in badminton
Bindyarani Devi wins silver in the Women’s 55kg category. Confirms India's 4th medal in CWG.
Bindyarani Devi fails to lift 114kg in her second attempt in Clean & Jerk. Remains 3rd
Bindyarani confirms India's fourth medal! Lifts 110kgs and now we have to wait to see if it's gold, silver or bronze.
India's Srihari Nataraj finishes 7th with timing of 54:31; was 5th at the 50m turn. Pieter Coetzee of South Africa takes gold with 53.78
Badminton Mixed team event: Sumeeth Reddy/Chirag Shetty beat Tran Pham 21-16, 21-19. India defeat Australia 3-0.
Bindyarani Devi successfully lifts a personal best 86kg in her third snatch attempt
Sanjeet Kumar loses to Alo Leau of Samoa 3-2 in a split decision in the Men's 92kg Heavyweight Boxing Round of 16
Bindyarani Devi successfully lifts 84kg, a CWG record, in her second snatch attempt
The Indian women's hockey team win their second consecutive match against Wales by 3-1.
Badminton Mixed Team Group A: PV Sindhu beats Wendy Chen 21-10, 21-12. India 2-0 Australia.
Lovlina Borgohain beats Ariane Nicholson of New Zealand 5-0. Sails into the quarterfinals.
Mixed Team Group A : Kidambi Srikanth beats Ying Xiang 21-14, 21-13. India 1-0 up against Australia.
Table tennis: In the fifth and final match, India's Reeth Tennison lost 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11 to Ying Ho.
Women's Team Quarter-final: Manika Batra loses 6-11, 3-11, 9-11 to Karen Lyne. Malaysia 2-2 India
An unsuccessful third lift but it doesn't matter. INDIA HAVE THEIR FIRST GOLD MEDAL AT 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES!
She is doing it in style. The gulf of difference clearly visible in the women's 49kg category as Mirabai lifts 113kg after having sealed the gold already for India in her first attempt.
In her first Clean & Jerk attempt, Mirabai Chanu lifts 109kg and wins the first gold for India at the Commonwealth Games!
Manika Batra had won the first two games and had the lead in the third. Ho Ying clawed her way back into this one. The decider was 3-3 which is when Batra turned on the dominater mode and won it 3-11. India back in the tie, 1-1.
Ho Ying wins the 3rd and the 4th game to make comeback after losing the first two. Pressure on Manika Batra and India now.
Manika Batra 2-0 up, just a game away from levelling the tie 1-1 for India.
Malaysia's Karen Lyne/Alice Chang beat Reeth Tennison/Sreeja Akula 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6.
Mirabai Chanu is going for 90kg but no, she could not make it!!! Well, there's always other days.
Chanu sets her new personal best, a CWG record, with a successful lift of 88kg in the second snatch attempt
Mirabai Chanu lifts 84kg (snatch) in her 1st attempt at the women's 49kg event.
Hockey India statement: Experienced player Navjot Kaur had tested positive for Covid 19, however is showed no symptoms. She has been permitted to travel back to India tomorrow. She has been replaced by Sonika.
The stench and soiled reputation of Sanket Sargar’s locality in Sangli – Shinde maala, has weighed upon his mind, all 22 years of his life. Notorious for murders, illicit matkaa businesses and ‘maaraamaari’ (fights) that made the locality a no-go zone for anyone in the district, Sanket grew up knowing his neighbourhood just couldn’t shake off the bad reputation. (READ MORE)
India's Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 12th in the men's marathon race in the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. The 35-year-old Rawat clocked 2 hour 19 minutes and 22 seconds in the race won by Uganda's Victor Kiplangat (2:10:55).
Ahead of CWG2022, Indian weightlifting coach Vijay Sharma told The Indian Express that he is expecting 11-12 medals. After Sanket Sagar and P Gururaja already delivered, expectations are high from Mirabai Chanu, the overwhelming favourite for 49kg gold. (READ MORE)
Malaysian weightlifting changed the coach and got in Indonesian Yon Hariyano. Indonesians are the best lifters in south east Asia (top SEA Games), so our lifters were based out of there and got the best sparring from training with Indonesians. New coach changed whole program, diet, supplements, nutrition and that's helped: Shahrul Zaman Yahya, Chef de Mission of Malaysia, after two CWG records and two gold from as many categories in first session at Birmingham Games
India's Joshana Chinappa beats Meagan Best of Barbados 11-8, 11-9, 12-10. Saurav Ghosal beats Shamil Wakeel of Sri Lanka 11-4, 11-4, 11-6
A see-saw of a fight between the India's Gururaja Poojary and Canada’s Youri Simard! Gururaja smarts the Canadian by 1kg more as he lifts 151kg in his third attempt in Clean & Jerk, finishing with a total of 269kgs in the Men's 61kg final. A BRONZE MEDAL FOR GURURAJA!
Poojary follows his 144Kg successful first attempt with a 148Kg lift in his second. Finishes with a 151Kg lift!
Stays in the race for bringing another weightlifting medal for India on the day.
India's Gururaja Poojary lifts 144Kg in his first Clean & Jerk attempt in the Men's 61Kg final.
India's Mayuri Lute and Triyasha Paul finish 20th and 23rd respectively in the Cycling Women’s Sprint Qualifier. Fail to finish in the top 16, who qualify for the 1/8 Finals.
India's Gururaja Poojary finished the snatch round of the Men's 61Kg final with a best of 118Kg. Clean & Jerk round underway.
India's Mohammed Hussamuddin wins 5-0 on points against South Africa's Azomele Dyeyi. The 28-year old progresses to the Round of 16 on Unanimous Decision.
A 5-0 win vs Pakistan yesterday. A 5-0 win against Sri Lanka today. India have flexed their muscles well in the mixed team group games. Here's a look on how they bested Sri Lanka today.
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Sanket Mahadev Sargar's silver medal will be displayed at family-run tea stall says father Mahadev, just like his sister Kajol's Khelo India medal was.
Click here to read his story by Nitin Sharma.
"In the 75th year of independence, I dedicate this medal to the freedom fighters who gave us freedom," says India's Sanket Sargar after winning his silver in Men's 55Kg Weightlifting final.
With Sanket Mahadev Sargar’s silver medal, India opens its account in the medal tally and stands at the ninth position in the medal tally list.
The Malaysian Aniq bin Kasdan booms for the gold with that final C&J lift of 142 kg, also a Games record. Sargar has to settle for a silver. Misses out on the gold by the barest of margins, 1Kg.
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Sargar returns for a third attempt but is unable to complete the lift following that elbow injury he sustained in his second.
Going for 139Kg in his second Clean and Jerk attempt, India's Sanket Sargar hurts his elbow. Looks in awful lot of pain post an unsuccesful event but he returns for a third.
Malaysia's Mohamad Aniq Bin Kasdan pegging down to 138 kg looking for second position, AND HE DOES IT!
India's Sanket Sargar with a 135Kg successful lift in his first Clean & Jerk attempt!He's on top of the leaderboard with a combined weight of 248.
England's Ben Hickling ups his score with successful 119kg in Clean & Jerk on his third attempt in the Men's 55Kg final. Bangladesh's Ashikur on his final attempt, gets 118kg.
From our correspondent, Shivani Naik at the Men's 55Kg event venue: Mohamad Aniq Bin Kasdan of Malaysia is listed for a first C&J lift of 140kg (111 Snatch). Sanket Sargar is tipped to start with 135 kg (113 kg Snatch).
The duo of Satwik and Ashwini winning the first match by 21-14, 21-9 and Lakshya Sen winning the second 21-18, 21-5 means a Aakarshi Kashyap has the opportunity to seal the tie against Sri Lanka in the third match.
A special visual from our correspondent, Shivani Naik from the venue.
India's Sanket Sargar leads after the Men's 55kg Snatch round with his recent successful attempt of 113Kg! Clean and Jerk to follow.
Sri Lankan's Yodage was reviewed as a No Lift on 112 kg.
Sanket's personal best was a Snatch + C&J total of 247 at the last nationals, before he did a 252 at the selection trials.
Shivani Naik from Birmingham:
Our correspondent Shivani Naik bringing updates from ground zero.
Ashwini-Satwik have won the first game by 21-14. Both played really well and dominated the first game.
India will be looking for their first medal as Sanket Mahadev Sargar takes part in the men’s 55kg final. He can be a medal contender if he performs well with the required weights.
The Indian men’s triples team and Taniya Choudhary are in action now.