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Football Club won the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Football Cup 2022 organised by the Kejriwal government on Wednesday. The winners of the cup were felicitated by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at Thyagraj Stadium.
After a great show at CWG, bigger challenge awaits IndiansNEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for the Indian wrestlers. Birmingham 2022 was no exception. India ruled the wrestling mat in a depleted field, getting medals in all 12 weight categories and improving the gold tally from previous edition's five to six this time. Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya and Naveen finished on top of the podium in the men's freestyle category, and Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik in the women's section. India, a wrestling powerhouse among the Commonwealth nations, didn't face much problem in fending off the challenge from Canadian, Pakistani and Nigerian grapplers. Post Birmingham, India are ranked second overall behind Canada in the history of CWG wrestling competitions, winning a total of 114 medals, including 49 gold. Canada lead the chart with 69 gold, 48 silver and 30 bronze.
Day 9 of the ongoing Commonwealth Games proved to be a fruitful one for the Indian contingent as they added 14 more medals, including four gold, taking the total medal tally to 40. India are now placed at the fifth spot in the medal tally. Stars like Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, Naveen and Bhavina Patel won the yellow metal on Saturday. The contingent would now hope for the good show to continue on the final two days of the games.
Sakshi Malik had bagged a gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games on Friday in the women's freestyle 62kg category after defeating Canada's Ana Gonzalez in the summit clash. It is important to note that Sakshi had become the first Indian woman wrestler to clinch a gold at the Olympics in 2016 Rio Olympics. Sakshi was at her best in the ongoing Commonwealth Games, and she staged a stunning comeback in the summit clash, being on the backfoot for most of the match.
So far the Indian athletes have won 40 medals-- 13 gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze -- in this edition of the Games, with two more days of competition left. Saturday was full of medal news for India, headlined by historic feats in athletics and a windfall in wrestling. Avinash Sable won a memorable silver medal in the men's 3000m steeplechase, while Priyanka Goswami also finished second on the podium to create history by winning the first ever medal by an Indian woman in 10km race walk.
Vinesh entered the arena in her final round-robin bout against Sri Lanka's Chamodya Maduravlage Don amid a buzz among the spectators. Then, a silent prayer by touching the mat and placing her fingers back on her forehead. Then exactly two minutes 24 seconds later, the Tricolor was draped around her as she took a victory lap around the Coventry Stadium wrestling hall.
Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medals and the country, like the last edition, succeeded in winning medals in all 12 categories. Overall, India have won six gold, one silver and five bronze medals. In what was expected to be a tough opener against world championship bronze medallist Samantha Leigh Stewart, Vinesh reduced it to a no-contest and finished it in mere 36 seconds. Vinesh had the Canadian in a head lock from where she pushed her on the mat and in no time pinned her rival.
Indian wrestler Naveen won the gold medal in the Men's Freestyle 74kg category final after defeating Pakistan's Muhammad Sharif Tahir in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022. He defeated Muhammad Sharif Tahir at the Coventry Arena Wrestling Mat B on Saturday. Naveen sealed 9-0 victory by points against Tahir in the gold medal match and clinched India's third gold of the day at the CWG. Naveen was dominant in the first period and did not let his opponent take any points. The Indian grappler took a 2-0 lead in the first period by pinning his opponent.