Indian boxer Neetu Ghanghas won the gold medal by defeating Demi-Jade Rezton of England in the women’s 48kg category final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Sunday. He won on the basis of points 5–0 over his English opponent. In an exclusive conversation with Times Network’s Karishma, Neetu Ghanghas said that she had worked hard to sleep and credited her father for being successful in the struggle. He said that MC Mary Kom is his idol.
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CWG 2022: Wrestlers Dahiya, Phogat, Naveen win gold as India surge up in the table
Birmingham: Olympic silver medalist Ravi Kumar Dahiya, star female wrestler Vinesh Phogat and 19-year-old wrestler Naveen claimed gold medals as Indian wrestlers gathered momentum on mighty wrestlers’ shoulders as athletes Avinash Sable and Priyanka Goswami broke new ground in 2022 . Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
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Fellow wrestlers Pooja Sihag and Pooja Gehlot won bronze medals in their respective weight categories, while in Lawn Bowls, the men’s fours, who emulated their women’s counterparts by reaching the final, were content with silver medals as they lost to Northern Ireland. Had gone. peak struggle.
In the absence of shooting and archery, the Indian medal race is on a slow but steady pace and some unexpected performances in table tennis and badminton saw the wrestlers win three more gold medals than they won on Friday. India is now fifth in the table behind Australia, England, Canada and New Zealand.
Boxer Jasmine lost in the semifinals and had to be content with a bronze medal in the women’s lightweight (over 57kg–60kg), as did Mohamed Hasamuddin in the men’s featherweight (over 54kg–57kg) by Ghana’s Joseph Comey. was defeated by 1-4. Points in the semi-finals. Three boxers, world champions Nikhat Zareen, Neetu and Amit Panghal, made it to the finals and will be hoping to add more gold to the Indian tally.
Five medals in wrestling, two in athletics, two in boxing and one medal in lawn ball raised India’s tally to 36 – 12 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze with many more sets to be added over the next two days.
The day belonged to wrestlers especially Ravi Dahiya, Vinesh and Naveen who won three gold medals on Saturday.
Three-time Asian champion and World Championship bronze medalist Dahiya defeated his Nigerian rival Welson Abikevenimo 10-0 in the men’s freestyle 57kg final. He started cautiously but came into his own after the referee warned him to be too defensive. He sealed the victory with eight points in the next two minutes.
Vinesh Phogat was also impressive in her win. The veteran wrestler completed a hat-trick of gold medal at the Commonwealth Games by defeating Sri Lanka’s Chamodya Keshani Maduravalge Don in the women’s 53kg final.
Earlier, Priyanka Goswami and Avinash Sable started the day for India with two unexpected silver medals. Priyanka became the first Indian woman race walker to win a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games when she finished second to her Australian rival in the women’s 10km walk.
Sable was even more formidable after beating the Kenyan hegemony in the men’s 3000m steeplechase, becoming the first non-Kenyan to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games since 1994. He finished the race between two Kenyans in 8:11.15.
Indian lawn bowlers continued to make history as the men’s fours added a silver to the historic gold medal won by the women’s fours a few days back. The quartet of Chandan Kumar Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Navneet Singh and Sunil Bahadur put up a good fight but lost 5-18 to Northern Ireland at the Royal Leamington Spa.
Commonwealth Games schedule on day 10
The Indian women’s cricket team created history by winning the country’s first medal in the sport. On Sunday at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, the Women in Blue will compete for the gold medal against Australia or New Zealand.
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The India women’s hockey team will play New Zealand for the bronze medal at 1:30 pm IST after losing 3-0 to Australia in the semi-finals during a controversial penalty shootout.
Here is India’s schedule for the Commonwealth Games on the 10th day on Sunday. All times in Indian Standard Time (IST)
Athletics and Para exercise,
Men’s triple jump final: Abdullah Abubakar, Aldhos Paul, Praveen Chitravel – 2:45 pm
Men’s 10,000m Race Walk Finals: Amit, Sandeep Kumar – 3:50 pm
Women’s Javelin Throw Final: Shilpa Rani, Annu Rani – 4:05 pm
Women’s 4 x 100m relay final: 5:24 pm
Men’s Javelin Throw Final: Rohit Yadav, DP Manu – 12:10 pm (Monday)
Men’s 4 x 400m relay final: 1 pm (Monday)
Badminton:
Women’s singles semi-final: PV Sindhu – 2:20 pm
Men’s Singles Semi-Final 1: Lakshya Sen – 3:10 pm
Men’s singles semi-final 2: Kidambi Srikanth – 3:10 pm
Boxing:
Women’s 48kg Final: Neetu – 3 PM
Men’s 51kg final: Amit Panghal – 3:15 pm
Women’s 50kg final: Nikhat Zareen – 7 PM
Cricket:
Women’s T20 Final: India – 9:30 PM
Hockey:
Women’s Bronze Medal Match: India vs New Zealand – 1:30 PM
Squash:
Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match: Dipika Pallikal / Saurav Ghoshal – 10:30 PM
Table Tennis and Para table tennis,
Women’s Singles Bronze Medal Match: Sreeja Akula – 3:35 pm
Men’s doubles gold medal match: Achanta Sharath Kamal/G Sathiyan – 6:15 pm
Men’s Singles Semifinal 1: Achanta Sharath Kamal
Men’s Singles Semifinal 2: G Sathiyan
Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match: Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula – 12:15 pm (on Monday).
India beat West Indies by 59 runs in 4th T20
Fort Lauderhill (Florida): India beat West Indies by 59 runs in the fourth T20 International to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series on Saturday. Opting to bat, India posted a solid batting performance with Rishabh Pant (44 off 31 balls) emerging as the top scorer with 191 for five.
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Rohit Sharma (33) and Sanju Samson (30) also made useful contributions.
Obed McCoy (2/66) and Alzarri Joseph (2/29) took two wickets each.
In reply, West Indies were all out after scoring 132 runs in 19.1 overs.
Arshdeep Singh (3/12), Avesh Khan (2/17), Axar Patel (2/48) and Ravi Bishnoi (2/27) took two wickets each for India.
Brief Scores:
India: 191 for 5 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 44; Alzarri Joseph 2/29).
West Indies: 132 runs in 19.1 overs (Nicholas Pooran 24; Avesh Khan 2/17).
Indian sports on an upswing
One measure of understanding whether a country is doing well in a multi-sport event is to examine whether athletes have improved on their personal bests and whether they have won against better-ranked opponents. The same thing comes out in India’s performance in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Unlike in the past when a sport contributed a great deal of medals, the good thing about it
It is that medals have arrived at the Games and more athletes have entered the medal round.
Even in swimming, where India did not win any medals, Srihari Nataraja finished fifth, which was one of India’s better attempts at the event. In table tennis, it was commendable that India did not lose a single game in the men’s team event.
Table tennis head coach Subramaniam Raman heaped praise on the mixed doubles pair of R Sathiyan and Manika Batra, calling them medal prospects for Paris 2024. “They are now in sixth place and we aim to get them in the top 4 ahead of Paris. He has a real chance,” Raman said.
This is what it’s about, punching above your weight and doing things that have never been done before. Two medals in judo with a historic silver and a bronze in men’s singles in squash are further evidence. Weightlifting has ended the field winning 10 medals out of a possible 16.
The results have been good in badminton as well. While the loss to Malaysia in the team event still hurt, it was good to see Lakshya Sen step up against defending world champion Loh Keen Yew of Singapore. Lakshya had a poor start but once he came back and took hold of the competition, he did not allow his more arch rival to make a comeback. His joy at the end of the match and the way his teammates celebrated his victory made it clear what this meant for the team.
For renowned athletes like Amit Panghal, Nikhat Zareen and others in boxing, the Commonwealth Games was an important step forward for tough challenges in the future. Now every competition is a chance for Nikhat to win a gold medal. “I have waited a long time to wear the colors of India. Now that I have a chance, I want to win every match and every medal I compete for.”
In her first Commonwealth Games, Jasmine has been a surprise package. Growing up with male partners in the absence of good female partners in her village and academy, Jasmine is a star to look into the future.
For Panghal too, this Commonwealth Games is a big opportunity. He went to Tokyo as a medal contender and had an unofficial exit. He looks well prepared so far and knows he can’t afford another false move. “It is a very important event for me and I will do my best for the country,” he said after reaching the semi-finals and securing a medal.
Lovely Choubey, Nayanmoni Saikia, Pinky and Roopa Tirkey are now household names to win the historic gold and are expected to give a big boost to the sport in India. One sport where the medals did not come as a surprise was wrestling.
Fortunately for India, the wrestlers who were expected to win have won. Be it Bajrang Punia or Deepak Punia, Indian wrestling is clearly set to do better in Paris.
Lastly, one needs to mention athletics where it is difficult to get medals in Commonwealth Games. In the absence of Neeraj Chopra, people were initially apprehensive about athletics.
But with Tejaswin Shankar’s bronze and Murali Sreeshankar’s silver with a jump of 8.08m in the final, the Indian game’s upward trajectory seems to be going smoothly. To paraphrase the 2022 Commonwealth Games motto: “This is just the beginning.”
Commonwealth Games: Intimidating Vinesh Phogat pounces CWG gold, Ravi Dahiya too wins yellow metal
Birmingham: Putting mental and physical struggles behind, Vinesh Phogat stunned her rivals to complete a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals here on Saturday, even as Ravi Dahiya found no challenge in winning the gold medal.
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Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Hoping to have a tough opener against World Championships bronze medalist Samantha Leigh Stewart, Vinesh cut it down to no contest and finished it in just 36 seconds.
Vinesh had a Canadian in his head, from where he pushed her to the mat and pinned her opponent in no time.
Before people were ready for the competition, it was all over.
Next up for 27-year-old Vinesh was Nigeria’s Mercy Bolafunoluwa Adekuoroye, who tried to resist a bit but was soon ironed by the Indian. Vinesh held her in that position for more than a minute in a scintillating display of power, winning 6-0.
With only four wrestlers in the women’s 53kg draw, Vinesh now needed to beat Sri Lanka’s Chamodya Keshani Maduravalge Don and she won it in style, winning ‘by fall’ to win her third consecutive gold medal.
Vinesh has been battling for form and fitness since her loss at the Tokyo Games, where she was knocked out in the first round after entering the field as the most favored player for the gold medal.
Tokyo Games silver medalist Ravi was also very good for the 57kg field. He won both his matches – against Suraj Singh of New Zealand and Asad Ali of Pakistan – in the finals by technical superiority.
Nigeria’s Abikevenimo Welson showed intent to fight in the final but the level at which Ravi was wrestling was a tough task.
Ravi foiled a right-footed attack and in the Nigerian’s next attempt, he scored a counter-attack, affecting the take-down move with ease.
Soon he trapped Wellson leg-less and rolled him three times to take an 8-0 lead. Ravi completes the formality with another take-down.
Apart from this, Naveen (74kg) is also fighting for the gold, having started with TSU victories over Nigeria’s Ogbona Emmanuel John, Singapore’s Hong Yew Lu and England’s Charlie James Bowling.
He will next face Pakistan’s Tahir Muhammad Sharif.
In the women’s 50kg, Pooja Gehlot started off confidently with a TSU win over Scotland’s Christelle Lemoffac Lechidzio and then walked over to easily make the semi-finals from Cameroon’s Rebecca Ndolo Muambo.
However, she lost to Canada’s Madison Bianca Parks 6-9 in a last-four clash and will now fight for bronze against the Scottish player. As this category featured only six wrestlers, it was competed in the Nordic style, where all wrestlers were divided into two groups, competing against each other at once.
Pooja Sihag (76kg) is also in the race to win a bronze medal. She will face Naomi De Bruyne of Australia.
In men’s freestyle 97kg, Deepak Nehra will fight for bronze. He will face Pakistan’s Tyeb Raza.
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