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India's Gurdeep Singh won a bronze medal in the men's 109+ kg weightlifting final, lifting a total of 390 kg. The silver in the event went to New Zealand's David Andrew Liti, who picked 394kg, while the gold went to Pakistan's Muhammad Noor Dastgir Butt. The Pakistani lifter created a new Games record with a total lift of 405kg.
Tulika Maan's dreams of giving India its first ever gold medal in judo were shattered as she was defeated by Scotland's Sarah Adlington in women's +78 kg final. It is a creditable silver for the youngster who looked shocked and sad after the defeat. Adlington won after performing an 'Ippon'.
Indian weightlifter Purnima Pandey finished a disappointing sixth in the women's 87kg event at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. Pandey managed just two lifts, which is the bare minimum required to register a total, for an aggregate of 228kg (103kg 125kg) at the NEC. In her last two clean and jerk attempts of 133kg, the barbell slipped out of her hands before she could complete 'clean'.
Seasoned Indian squash player Saurav Ghosal on Wednesday won his first singles medal at the Commonwealth Games as he beat England's James Willstrop in straight games to take home the bronze medal. Ghosal, had won a silver medal in mixed doubles in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in Australia. It is in fact India's first ever singles squash medal at CWG.
Commonwealth Games here. World No.15 Ghosal dominated the contest against England's James Willstrop from beginning to end, winning 11-6 11-1 11-4 in the bronze play-off. It is Ghosal's second CWG medal, having won a mixed doubles silver with Dipika Pallikal in the 2018 Gold Coast edition.
Slide over, Jamaican bobsledders. A group of expats from the ice-free island are hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling.
Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday. Pandey managed just two lifts, which is the bare minimum required to register a total, for an aggregate of 228kg (103kg+ 125kg) at the NEC here.
Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored a brace each as the Indian men's hockey team produced a completely dominating performance to rout Canada 8-0 in their third match and jump to the top of Pool B at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. Harmanpreet (7th, 54th minute) converted two penalty corners while Akashdeep Singh (38th, 60th) scored two fine field goals. Amit Rohidas (10th), Lalit Upadhyay (20th), Gurjant Singh (27th) and Mandeep Singh (58th) were the other goal scorers for India.