Commonwealth Games events today as Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Emily Campbell go for gold
Emily Campbell stars on day six of the Commonwealth Games when she bids for gold to compliment her Olympic silver medal in the women’s weightlifting.
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Eileen Cikamatana makes history with weightlifting gold for Australia
At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Eileen Cikamatana won weightlifting gold for Fiji. Four years later in Birmingham she repeated the achievement, this time for Australia.
Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 6: Full India Schedule
India had a brilliant Day 5 of the ongoing Commonwealth Games as India first won a gold in the women's four lawn bowls event, and this was the country's first medal in the sport. A few hours later, the men's table tennis team brought the top laurel home after defeating Singapore in the men's table tennis team event. Weightlifter Vikas Thakur also won silver in the men's 96kg category. The Indian badminton side also won a silver medal in the mixed team event after coming up short in the final against Singapore.
Day Six at the Commonwealth Games: Johnson-Thompson and Campbell go for gold
Emily Campbell bids to add Commonwealth Games gold to her Olympic silver medal in the women’s weightlifting, while Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s heptathlon challenge reaches its conclusion on the track.
CWG 2022: Gold medals in lawn bowls and table tennis headline Day 5 for India
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.
CWG 2022: With level heads and steady hands, women win lawn bowls gold for India
In fairytale finish, beat South Africa 17-10 in the finalBIRMINGHAM: Lawn Bowls probably became the most searched word across search engines on Tuesday. The nuances may have eluded many, but in Lovely Choubey, Pinki Kaushik Singh, Nayanmoni Saikia and Rupa Rani Tirkey, Indian moms and moms-in-law were seeing themselves and perhaps nodding at that never-bending truism, that when a group of women get together, great things happen. CWG 2022, Day 5: AS IT HAPPENEDAs the foursome in Birmingham ambled through the Victoria Park turf to a fairytale gold, the 17-10 scoreline over South Africa concealing the many bumps in the final, with it came the realisation of this genteel sport that mocks at ageism and doesn't scream for gym-toned physiques. What it calls for, instead, is poise, a steady hand and that slowing down of time that only age and experience bring.
CWG 2022: Controversy shrouds Punam Yadav’s missed opportunity
After lifting 98kg in snatch to be placed second going into the clean and jerk, Punam’s all three clean and jerk attempts were deemed ‘no lift’. The 27-year-old’s first two attempts of 116kg were called foul because of a bent elbow. According to rules, a lifter’s hand has to be straight while lifting.