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CWG 2022: Boxing Assistant Coach Sandhya Gurung, Sports Psychologist Gayatri Vartak Added To Contingent - Report

Boxing's assistant coach Sandhya Gurung and sports psychologist Gayatri Vartak have been included in the Indian contingent days before the start of the Commonwealth Games. Dronacharya awardee Gurung is an assistant coach in the national camp and has been working closely with Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain. Vartak is a mental conditioning coach who worked with the Indian table tennis team at the national camp in May. "Sandhya Gurung and Gayatri Vartak have been included in the Indian contingent," an IOA source told PTI.

Bishweshwar Nandi Named Women's Gymnastic Team Coach For Commonwealth Games 2022

Gymnastics coach Bishweshwar Nandi, who guided Dipa Karmakar to a historic fourth place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been named coach of the Indian women's team for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in place of controversial Rohit Jaiswal. Jaiswal, who was earlier designated as the women's team coach, was dropped from the CWG-bound team after he was accused by gymnast Aruna Budda Reddy for videographing her without her consent. "I've done my biometrics a day before and am expecting my Visa to arrive by tomorrow. I will join the team by July 29," Nandi told PTI from the national camp in New Delhi.

Hosting CWG has to be more affordable: Birmingham 2022 CEO

Commonwealth Games have been staged outside the UK or Australia and the CEO of the upcoming Birmingham edition, Ian Reid, feels the multi-sporting event needs to be 'more affordable' to be hosted across 56 member nations. Delhi 2010 was the last edition to be held outside Australia or the UK over the past two decades. Australia will be hosting the 2026 Games as well across four centres in the state of Victoria.

From 1998 to 2018: India's performance in the last six CWG editions

Commonwealth Games, with the 2010 home edition being their best performance ever (101 medals). With 72 nations expected to participate in the Birmingham Games scheduled to start from July 28, Indian athletes, spearheaded by Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, are expected to do well in this edition too. There is however no shooting at the Games this time and that is likely to dent India's overall medal count. TimesofIndia.com here looks at India's performance at the last six Commonwealth Games from 1998-2018: 1998 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (25 medals):The 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur were the last of the 20th century, but the first that were held in an Asian country. More team sports like cricket and hockey were included for the first time in the CWG.

My coaches are being harassed regularly, politics is affecting my training: Lovlina Borgohain

Commonwealth Games are being hampered because of the "continuous harassment" her coaches are facing from the authorities. The Indian boxing squad reached the Games Village on Sunday night after a training stint in Ireland but Lovlina's personal coach Sandhya Gurung could not enter the Village since she does not have accreditation. Lovlina, perhaps, wanted her personal coach Amey Kolekar with her during the CWG but he did not feature in the long list. The decorated pugilist expressed her anger in a long Twitter post. "Today with a lot of grief, I want to tell everyone about the continuous harassment going on with me. The coaches who helped me win an Olympic medal are always being side-lined which has severely impacted my training schedule," Lovlina wrote in her twitter post.

CWG 2022, India Table Tennis Preview: India Will Find It Tough To Match Gold Coast High In Birmingham

Scaling a new high after the 'peak' of 2018 would be tough but the Indian table tennis contingent would be a content lot if it manages to match its record eight-medal tally of Gold Coast at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. India had exceeded expectations in Australia by winning three gold, a couple of silver and three bronze medals. Half of those medals, including two gold, came via Manika Batra whose career graph and popularity sky rocketed thereafter. The 27-year-old from Delhi stunned Olympic medallist Feng Tianwei of Singapore not once but twice in the competition to secure an individual and team gold for India.

Bongi Msomi, Christian Sadie to carry SA flag at Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

Proteas netball captain Bongi Msomi and para-swimmer Christian Sadie will carry South Africa's flag at the opening ceremony of this week's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

My fight is with myself at the Commonwealth Games: Mirabai Chanu

Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold at Birmingham 2022. CWG has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for lifters from India, and Mira has no qualms about admitting that, even when asked if it is because of the absence of weightlifting powerhouses China and Korea. "Yes, (when compared to other events) the competition in weightlifting is a bit less in CWG, but it's not that the absence of strong weightlifting nations makes it easier for us. Every competition teaches us something," said Mira, as she sat down for a virtual interaction with TimesofIndia.com.It was heartening to see a beaming Mira on the podium in Tokyo last year, especially considering the condition she found herself in after the two-month lockdown in the middle of 2020. It left coach Vijay Sharma worried once training resumed. The shoulders weren't as strong as before and the back not strong enough to lift the weights that Mira found easy before Covid-19 stopped practice.

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CWG 2022: Boxing Assistant Coach Sandhya Gurung, Sports Psychologist Gayatri Vartak Added To Contingent - Report

Bishweshwar Nandi Named Women's Gymnastic Team Coach For Commonwealth Games 2022

Hosting CWG has to be more affordable: Birmingham 2022 CEO

From 1998 to 2018: India's performance in the last six CWG editions

My coaches are being harassed regularly, politics is affecting my training: Lovlina Borgohain

CWG 2022, India Table Tennis Preview: India Will Find It Tough To Match Gold Coast High In Birmingham

Bongi Msomi, Christian Sadie to carry SA flag at Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

My fight is with myself at the Commonwealth Games: Mirabai Chanu