Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Live Updates: Indian Wrestlers To Start Campaign, Focus On Women's Hockey

05.08.2022 - 10:27 sports.ndtv.com

CWG 2022 Day 8 Live Updates: After an action-packed Day 7 which saw India collect two medals (1 gold and 1 silver), the main focus will be on the Indian women's hockey team as they take on Australia in the semifinals on Day 8.

On Thursday, Sudhir won a historic gold medal in the men's heavyweight para powerlifting, while Murali Sreeshankar won a silver in the long jump.

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About 25 percent of India's 66 medals came from the shooting range in the previous edition and not many believed that India will be able to touch even 50 but the country ended up with 61, courtesy unprecedented success in track and field events that delivered eight medals, the highest for India in a CWG edition overseas.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Sable Soars, Paul Leaps, Sharath Sizzles To Script India's Success Story

Slipping out of the usual top-five was seen as a real possibility in absence of shooting but phenomenal success in athletics and lawn bowls propelled India to a commendable fourth place finish at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games. About 25 percent of India's 66 medals came from the shooting range in the previous edition and not many believed that India will be able to touch even 50 but the country ended up with 61, courtesy unprecedented success in track and field events that delivered eight medals, the highest for India in a CWG edition overseas.

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 10 Live Updates: Women's Cricket Team, PV Sindhu, Amit Panghal To Take Centre Stage

Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 10, Live Updates: The Indian women's cricket team will square off against Australia in the gold medal match while the women's hockey team will play New Zealand in the bronze medal match. Pugilists Amit Panghal, Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ganghas and Sagar Ahlawat will also try to bring gold medals home when they step out to play their final bouts.

CWG 2022: Indian athletics contingent officially challenges Murali Sreeshankar's 4th jump

Commonwealth Games. Silver medallist Sreeshankar had said he initially thought he had a big valid jump in his fourth attempt but it was adjudged a foul under the new laser-based technology used in the Games. "The Athletics Federation of India had challenged the decision (regarding the fourth jump).

CWG 2022: Steeplechaser Sable, Race Walker Priyanka Clinch Silver Medals

Avinash Sable broke his own national record to win a silver in the men's 3000m steeplechase while Priyanka Goswami also clinched a medal of the same hue in the women's 10,000m race walk on a productive day for India in the Commonwealth Games athletics competition here on Saturday. Goswami also scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event. With the two silver, the Indian athletics team's medal count swelled to four and it has already gone past the number in 2018 Gold Coast where the country had won a gold, silver and bronze each in track and field.