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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.

CWG 2022: India will find it tough to match Gold Coast TT high in 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.

CWG 2022: India's big strengths and how absence of shooting is likely to dent overall medal count

After a record breaking performance at the Tokyo Olympics last year, where they won an unprecedented seven medals including an individual gold by javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, the Indian contingent will be looking to outstrip its performance in the last edition of CWG in the Gold Coast, Australia. India finished third on the medal tally in 2018, behind Australia and England, in 2018 with 66 medals including 26 gold. But their best ever showing at the Games remains the exploits in the home edition in 2010.

The runners and riders as 2022-23 Championship campaign gets under way

The 2022-23 Sky Bet Championship season kicks off earlier than usual this week due to the World Cup finals in Qatar, which start in November.

Pegasus Gymnastics Club member Oakley Banks is representing Great Britain at the European Youth Olympics

Oakley Banks faces a challenging few weeks but he doesn’t have to look far for inspiration.

Anderson Peters, the friend and rival of Neeraj Chopra

Once an aspiring fast bowler, Grenadian is new 90m starNeeraj Chopra and Anderson Peters have one thing in common - both took to javelin for fun. Neeraj, once bullied for being overweight, wanted to lose flab and found his escape route in the sport. He would later end up being the country's first Olympic champion in athletics and only the second Indian track and field athlete to win a medal at the Worlds. Grenadian Anderson, hailing from a country with a population of 1.13 lakh, picked up the javelin in school at the age of 10 more as an extension of his childhood hobby of hurling stones at mangoes and apples hanging high on trees and later throwing cricket balls. He would become only the second athlete in javelin history to win back-to-back Worlds titles after Czech great Jan Železný.

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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

CWG 2022: India will find it tough to match Gold Coast TT high in Birmingham

CWG 2022: India's big strengths and how absence of shooting is likely to dent overall medal count

The runners and riders as 2022-23 Championship campaign gets under way

Pegasus Gymnastics Club member Oakley Banks is representing Great Britain at the European Youth Olympics

Anderson Peters, the friend and rival of Neeraj Chopra