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Commonwealth Games, Day 7, Live Updates: The Indian contingent so far have 18 medals in the ongoing Commonwealth Games, including five gold. On the seventh day of the ongoing event, stars like Dipika Pallikal (squash) and Amit Panghal (boxing) will be in action.
The sixth day of the ongoing Commonwealth Games saw Tejaswin Shankar winning a bronze in men's high jump finals while Indian women's hockey team progressed to the semi-finals after the side defeated Canada in their final Pool A game. On the other hand, the men's hockey team also defeated Canada 8-0 in Men's Pool B. Boxer Nitu Ghanghas also assured India of at least a bronze medal. The Indian women's cricket team have also entered the semi-finals after getting the better of Barbados in their final Group A match.
Commonwealth Games here as it added four more medals to its tally, taking the total to 13 - 5 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals. The quartet of Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia created history by bagging the country's first ever medal in the sport of lawn bowls, beating South Africa (17-10) in the final of the Women's Fours event. Meanwhile, Vijay Thakur continued the medal rush by the weightlifting contingent by clinching a silver medal in the men's 96kg category final. The lifters have so far contributed eight medals to India's tally at the ongonig Games.
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 Live Updates: India are down 1-2 in the badminton mixed team final after Kidambi Srikanth lost his singles match. PV Sindhu had earlier won the second match of the mixed team badminton final against Malaysia to get India back on level terms after the men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost the opening game of the gold medal match. The women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will then be in action, followed by mixed doubles team of Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa.
Commonwealth Games here. Sreeshankar stormed into the final with his very first jump of 8.05m.
Long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammad Anees Yahiya qualified for the final of the men's long jump event after going past their respective qualifying rounds at the Commonwealth Games. Sreeshankar stormed into the final with his very first jump of 8.05m. The 23-year-old from Kerala, one of the top Indian medal contenders, was the only athlete in his group to go past the qualifying mark of 8m.
India had a good Day 4 of the ongoing Commonwealth Games as India managed to make it to the finals of the women's four lawn bowls event, assuring themselves of at least a silver medal. Pugilist Amit Panghal progressed to the quarterfinals while Sushila Devi Likhmabam added another medal to India's tally, winning silver in judo women's 48kg event. Harjinder Kaur added a bronze as well to the weightlifters' tally. The contingent would now hope for a similar kind of day.
Chopra will not be defending the javelin throw title he had won in the last edition in Gold Coast due to a groin strain he suffered during his silver-winning feat at the World Championships in USA last month. In his absence, the likes of long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, steeplechaser Avinash Sable, veteran discus thrower Seema Punia and javelin thrower Annu Rani are expected to step up and try to achieve glory in the multi-sporting spectacle.