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CWG 2022: Dominant Mirabai Chanu Wins Gold In Women's 49kg Category

Mirabai Chanu has delivered on the promise and won the first gold medal for India at Commonwealth Games 2022. Chanu lifted a total of 201 kg to win the yellow metal in women's 49kg weightlifting event, which was India's third medal of the day from the sport after Sanket Sargar (silver) and Gururaja (bronze) delivered earlier in the day. Chanu, who had won the gold medal at the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast in Australia, was miles ahead of the competition as she picked up 88kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk.

"Under Pressure": Gururaja Poojary Reveals Motivation For CWG Bronze

Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary won bronze in the men's 61kg category on Saturday. Speaking to NDTV, the 29-year-old revealed that he was under pressure going into his final lift, but motivated himself by telling himself that he had to do well to win a medal for India. Gururaja lifted a total of 269kg, just 1 kg more than Canada's Youri Simard, who gave him a run for his money. "I was under pressure after lifting 148kg, as he had a 1kg lead. '151kg will get a medal, otherwise I won't win a medal for the country' -- I had to think like this and put it in my head that if I have to do anything, I'll have to lift this and show the world," Gururaja told NDTV.

CWG 2022: Nitendra Singh Rawat Finishes 12th In Men's Marathon

India's Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 12th in the men's marathon race in the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. The 35-year-old Rawat clocked 2 hour 19 minutes and 22 seconds in the race won by Uganda's Victor Kiplangat (2:10:55). Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu (2:12:29) and Kenya's Michael Mugo Githae (2:13:16) took the silver and bronze respectively. Rawat has a personal best of 2:16:05 he had clocked at the New Delhi Marathon in March. He was eight minutes 27 seconds behind the gold winner.

From "Serving Tea To Customers" To Commonwealth Games Silver: Coach On Sanket Sargar's Journey

The better part of Sanket Sargar's adolescent years were spent trying to strike a balance between waking up at the crack of dawn to serve tea at his father's 'paan' shop and find time for training and studying. Sargar's is the quintessential Indian sports' story of struggle and success. The 21-year-old weightlifter would wake up at 5:30am each morning, beginning his day by serving tea to customers at his father's 'tapri' in Sangli, a small city in Maharashtra. He would then head for training, study during the day, return for a second shift at the shop where he would prepare 'paan' for the customers. He would hit the gym in the evening to enhance fitness and build power.

Commonwealth Games: Indian Men's Table Tennis Team Beats Northern Ireland 3-0

Indian duo of Sharath Kamal and Harmeet Desai gave India a 3-0 win in the men's team match against Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday. They won the doubles match 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, 11-1 against James Skelton and Owen Cathcart. Indian Paddler Sanil Shetty made it 2-0 for India with an 11-5, 15-13, 11-6 win over Paul McCreery of Northern Ireland.

Weightlifters Open India's Commonwealth Games Account: Here's How Twitter Reacted

Wrestlers Sanket Sargar and Gururaj Poojary showed nerves of steels as they handed India their first two medals on Day of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. While Sargar won a silver in the men's 55kg category, Gururaj won bronze in men's 61kg category. Sargar finished second with a total lift of 248 kgs, while Gururaj also lifted a total of 269 kgs in his weight category. After both weightlifters took India's medal tally to two, people from all walks of life congratulated Sargar and Gururaj on winning silver and bronze medals, respectively.

CWG 2022: India Beat Sri Lanka In Mixed Team Badminton, Seal Quarterfinals Spot

Indian shuttlers dished out another splendid show to outclass Sri Lanka 5-0 in their second group A match of the mixed team competition at the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. India were by far the better team on display as they completely dominated the proceedings at the Arena Birmingham. A day after blanking Pakistan 5-0, India notched up another convincing win to go top of group A and qualify for the quarterfinals with one tie still remaining in the league stage of the competition.

"Great Resilience And Determination": PM Modi Lauds Gururaja Poojary For Commonwealth Games 2022 Bronze

Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary won India's second medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham as he brought home bronze in the men's 61kg category on Saturday. Poojary lifted a total of 269 kg to win the bronze. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate the 29-year-old. "Overjoyed by the accomplishment of P. Gururaja! Congratulations to him for winning the Bronze at the Commonwealth Games," PM Modi tweeted. "He demonstrated great resilience and determination. I wish him many more milestones in his sporting journey."

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CWG 2022 Sport News

CWG 2022: Dominant Mirabai Chanu Wins Gold In Women's 49kg Category

"Under Pressure": Gururaja Poojary Reveals Motivation For CWG Bronze

CWG 2022: Nitendra Singh Rawat Finishes 12th In Men's Marathon

From "Serving Tea To Customers" To Commonwealth Games Silver: Coach On Sanket Sargar's Journey

Commonwealth Games: Indian Men's Table Tennis Team Beats Northern Ireland 3-0

Weightlifters Open India's Commonwealth Games Account: Here's How Twitter Reacted

CWG 2022: India Beat Sri Lanka In Mixed Team Badminton, Seal Quarterfinals Spot

"Great Resilience And Determination": PM Modi Lauds Gururaja Poojary For Commonwealth Games 2022 Bronze