CWG 2022: 'Golden' boys Achinta Sheuli, Jeremy Lalrinnunga shine on Day 3

Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Making his debut at a multi-discipline Games at the senior level, the 19-year-old reigning Youth Olympic champion Lalrinnunga battled excruciating muscle cramps but shattered two records en route the gold medal in the men's 67kg category. While Sheuli finished day 3 on a high for India with gold in the 73kg event. India now have six medals, all coming from the weightlifting arena at the National Exhibition Centre with Sanket Sargar (silver), Mirabai Chanu (silver), Bidyarani Devi (silver) and Gururaj Poojary (bronze) also earning podium finishes.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga (TOI Photo)The Manpreet Singh-led Indian men's hockey team also kicked off their campaign on a rousing note, thrashing Ghana 11-0 in a pool B match. India also resumed their rivalry against Pakistan on the cricketing field with a facile eight-wicket win in a rain-curtailed women's T20 contest at Edgbaston. In boxing, world champion Nikhat Zareen stormed into quarterfinals, while there was disappointment in store for Shiva Thapa who crashed out in the round of 16. India also remained in medal contention in table tennis, squash and lawn balls entering into their respective quarterfinals. There was however disappointment in store in triathlon, as the quartet of Adarsh Muralidharan Nair Sinimol, Pragnya Mohan, Vishwanath Yadav and Sanjana Sunil Joshi clocked a total time of 1:31:43 to finish 10th among 12 teams. In cycling too, Ronaldo Laitonjam lost out in pre-quarterfinals of men's sprint event, while Indian gymnasts Yogeshwar Singh and Ruthuja Nataraj signed off at 15th and 17th spots in the men's and women's all-around artistic gymnastics finals respectively. 'GOLDEN BOY' JEREMYOn a day Popy Hazarika (women's 59kg) became the