Commonwealth Games 2018: India's schedule on Day 5 in Gold Coast

Commonwealth Games 2018 Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches first gold for India

Commonwealth Games 2018 Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches first gold for India

It may be mentioned that Mirabai Chanu won the first gold medal for India in the 48 kg category of women's weightlifting event at the 21st Commonwealth Games, 2018 breaking her own and Games records yesterday.

The Nigerians had lost their first preliminary qualification game against the Tall Blacks of New Zealand on Friday and have now all but crashed out of the tournament. Heena Sidhu bagged the Silver in the same category.

Earlier in the day, Punam Yadav won gold in the women's 69kg category.

Gold Coast: Two more medals claimed by the Indian weightlifters on second day of the Commonwealth Games here. This is India's third gold medal and fifth medal overall at the Games so far.

England's Sarah Davies took silver with 217 kg, while Apolonia Vaivai of Fiji lifted 216 kg for the bronze.

Competing in the CWG for the first time, the 21-year-old from Stuartpuram (near Guntur), who trained at Telangana State Sports School earlier, lifted 338 kg (151kg in snatch and 187kg in clean and jerk) for top honours.

Venkat Rahul further raised his level with a 187kg lift in his second effort of clean and jerk.

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Even though Sanjita, who took up the sport in 2006, became an worldwide player, the Manipur government had only offered her the post of a police constable. Sathish, who hails from Vellore Tamil Nadu, had won Gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where his 149kg lift in snatch is still a Games record. But I couldn't do that because of my injury. "I know it's bad to wish ill for someone but I couldn't help it", Lather said breaking into a laughter after the medal ceremony. "I am quite relieved actually", the Indian said.

Their performances despite fitness issues once again highlighted the desperate need for a physiotherapist in the competition area.

Appropriate accreditation for Indian team physio Aakrant Saxena was not filed in time, limiting his contact with athletes to training.

In the battle for the third place, Fazrul lifted 183kg to take the gold after Nkoh failed in his lift of 189kg. In lawn bowls action, India's team of Farzana Khan, Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey and Nayanmoni Saikiasquandered a promising start to narrowly go down 11-13 to Malta in the lawn bowls women's Fours quarter-final, while in men's pairs Sectional Play, India lost 7-17 to Norfolk Island. Yu thumped Patkar in three straight games.

The Indian men's hockey team opened its campaign with a dramatic draw against arch rivals Pakistan.

Singapore's female paddlers suffered an upset in the table tennis team final on Sunday (Apr 8) after losing to India.

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