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South African wrestler Nicolaas de Lange couldn't hide his disappointment despite earning a silver medal in his debut appearance at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.
Commonwealth Games podium in Birmingham wearing a historic silver, it would be difficult to miss what she's holding in her left hand. Dressed in the colours of the Indian flag, it's a statue of Lord Krishna in his 'bal roop' (childhood image), devotedly called 'Bal Gopal'. On Saturday, when India had its eyes on the wrestling arena in Birmingham, a piece of athletics history was being written by the 26-year-old devotee of Lord Krishna from Muzaffarnagar. In gold-medal position for the first 4000m of the 10000m women's race-walk, Priyanka lost the top spot to Australia's Jemima Montag. But she had enough fuel in the tank to finish second for a historic silver medal with a personal best time of 43:38.83. Saturday for Indian athletics became even more special and historic when Avinash Sable broke into Kenya's dominance in the 3000m steeplechase to win a silver medal with a new national record. With four medals so far in track and field -- Tejaswin Shankar in high jump and Murali Sreeshankar in long jump being the others - this is now the best showing by Indian athletics in a CWG outside of India.
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.
Star grappler Vinesh Phogat added yet another gold medal in India's kitty at the ongoing Commonwealth Games on Saturday as she brought home the yellow metal. It is important to note that it is the third time in a row at the Commonwealth Games that Vinesh has managed to win gold after winning it in the 2014 and 2018 editions as well. Vinesh entered her last round-robin bout against Sri Lanka's Chamodya Maduravlage and in a matter of two minutes and 24 seconds, she ended up sealing the gold.
Saturday, August 6, was the best outing for Team India, with the contingent collecting as many as 14 medals on the ninth day of competition. Team India have so far won 40 medals, which include 13 gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze.
Grapplers Ravi Dahiya, Naveen and Vinesh Phogat added two more gold medals to India's kitty in the ongoing Commonwealth Games and para table-tennis player Bhavina Patel also won a gold medal to take India's medal tally to 40 at the ongoing event. As a result, India have maintained their fifth spot in the medal tally and they are ahead of South Africa. On Saturday, boxers Amit Panghal, Nikhat Zareen would have a chance to add more gold medals.
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.
A drastic change in training regimen and the extra push that her family gave enabled Vinesh Phogat to turn the tide after a forgettable last 12 months during which she "hit rock bottom mentally". A premature exit from the Tokyo Olympics, where she went in as the top seed, injury issues and run-ins with the wrestling federation pushed her into an abyss.