Shushila wins Silver, Vijay clinches Bronze in Judo, and weightlifter Harjinder settles for Bronze: CWG 2022 Day 4 Roundup

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Shushila Devi won Silver for India in Women’s 48kg event

A new sport has been added to India’s medal tally, and three more are set to be added on Tuesday as the country continues its strong showing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Four women made headlines early in the day when they assured the country of a historic first medal in lawn bowls. Later, on day 5, the four women’s teams will compete for gold. The table tennis men’s team and the badminton mixed team are also in the finals after an impressive run in Monday’s late-night semi-finals.

On Monday, however, two judokas – Shushila Devi and Vijay Kumar Yadav – won medals before a stroke of luck helped Harjinder Kaur reach the weightlifting podium.

Here’s a rundown of all of India’s results from Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 –

Badminton

Lakshya Sen outwitted reigning world champion, Loh Kean Yew, as India blanked Singapore 3-0 and advanced to the Commonwealth Games mixed team final.

Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty’s 21-11, 21-12 win over Yong Kai Terry Hee and Andu Jun Kian Kwek in the men’s doubles semi-final gave India the lead.

P V Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, was clinical against 19th-ranked Jia Min Yeo, winning 21-11, 21-12 to extend India’s lead to 2-0.

The third rubber of the semifinal, between Sen and Loh, pitted the 10th-ranked Indian against the ninth-ranked Singaporean. On Tuesday at 10 pm IST, India will face Malaysia in the gold medal match.

Judo

L Shushila Devi and Vijay Kumar Yadav of India won silver and bronze medals in the women’s 48kg and men’s 60kg weight classes, respectively. However, the two other judokas who had qualified for the bronze medal match, Jasleen Singh and Suchika Tariyal, both lost their matches.

27-year-old Shushila fought hard before losing the final via ‘Waza-Ari’ in a 4.25-minute match against South Africa’s Michaela Whitebooi. Shushila’s second silver medal at the showpiece event came after she finished second in Glasgow in 2014.

Yadav, on the other hand, put on a dominant performance to defeat Petros Christodoulides of Cyprus with an ‘Ippon’ in his bronze medal match.

Lawn Bowls

Indian women’s lawn bowls team guaranteed at least a silver in the event

Indian women’s lawn bowls team guaranteed at least a silver in the event

After defeating New Zealand 16-13 in the semi-finals of the women’s fours event, India’s lawn bowls team secured its historic first-ever Commonwealth Games medal.

Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third), and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) will compete in the gold medal match against South Africa on Tuesday at 4:15 pm IST.

Boxing

Amit Panghal of India began his Commonwealth Games campaign with a resounding victory, storming into the men’s flyweight (51kg) quarterfinals. Panghal, a world championship silver medalist, defeated Namri Berri of Vanuatu by unanimous decision.

On the other hand, Featherweight boxer Mohammad Hussamudin made it two out of two by advancing to the quarterfinals with a similar 5-0 win over Bangladesh’s Mohammad Salim Hossain in the round of 16.

Table Tennis

Sharath Kamal defeated world number 15 Aruna Quadri as defending champions India defeated Nigeria 3-0 to reach another Commonwealth Games final. G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai won the first doubles tie in straight games, defeating Olajide Omotayo and Abiodun Bode. 

G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai won the first doubles tie in straight games, defeating Olajide Omotayo and Abiodun Bode.   won the crucial second singles match against Quadri to give India a significant advantage. The final score for the Indian paddler was 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 15-13.

Sathiyan, India’s top-ranked player, then defeated Omotayo 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 11-8 to complete a fine victory. India will now compete for the gold medal against Singapore on Tuesday, August 2 at 6 pm IST.

Weightlifting

Harjinder ensured India win their seventh medal at the games in Weightlifting

Harjinder ensured India win their seventh medal at the games in Weightlifting

Harjinder Kaur won bronze in the women’s 71kg weightlifting competition on Monday, while Ajay Singh (81kg) missed out on the ‘third place’ by 1 kg.

Harjinder’s luck was on her side, as she was assured of a podium finish only after Nigeria’s gold medal favourite Joy Eze was knocked out after three failed clean and jerk attempts.

Ajay Singh (81kg) narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in his first Commonwealth Games appearance due to a low snatch total and a fluffed clean and jerk lift. The 25-year-old finished fourth in the men’s 81kg event with a total effort of 319kg (143kg+176kg).

England’s Chris Murray 325kg (144kg+181kg) won gold, while Australian lifter Kyle Bruce (143kg+180kg) 323kg took silver and Canada’s Nicholas Vachon 320kg (140kg+180kg) took bronze.

Squash

Saurav Ghosal advanced to the men’s singles semifinals, but Joshna Chinappa lost to Canada’s Hollie Naughton in the women’s singles quarterfinals at the Commonwealth Games.

Ghosal, ranked world number 15, recovered from a second-set loss to defeat Scotland’s Greg Lobban 11-5 8-11 11-7 11-3, and will face New Zealand’s Paul Coll in the final four. Chinappa, an 18-time national champion, couldn’t match Haughton’s performance, falling 9-11 5-11 13-15.

Swimming

Srihari Nataraj of India finished fifth in the men’s 50m backstroke event, while Sajan Prakash’s Commonwealth Games campaign ended after he failed to qualify for the final of the men’s 100m butterfly on Monday.

Srihari finished the final in 25.23 seconds at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre and has one more event left, the 200m backstroke. 

Prakash, on the other hand, was unable to capitalise on a second chance to make the 100m butterfly final, finishing last in the 16-swimmer semi-finals with a time of 54.24s.

Earlier, the Kerala swimmer was eliminated from the competition after finishing seventh in his heat and 19th overall. However, three swimmers, including a reserve, withdrew from the final, giving Prakash a second chance to make the top eight.

Hockey

Indian men’s hockey team squandered three goals advantage to draw 4-4 against England

Indian men’s hockey team squandered three goals advantage to draw 4-4 against England

In their second Pool B match at the Commonwealth Games, India blew a three-goal lead and was held to a 4-4 draw by hosts England. The Indians got off to a fast start, dominating the first two quarters to take a 3-0 lead into half-time. The Englishmen, however, came out strong in the final two quarters to stun the Indians.

Lalit Upadhayay (3rd minute), Mandeep Singh (13th and 22nd minutes), and Harmanpreet Singh (46th minute) scored from penalty corners for the Indians. In the second half, England mounted a valiant comeback, scoring through Liam Ansell (42nd), Nick Bandurak (47th, 53rd), and Phil Roper (53rd).

Gymnastics

Pranati Nayak finished fifth in the artistic gymnastics event’s women’s vault final. At the Arena Birmingham, the 27-year-old from West Bengal scored 13.633 in her first vault attempt and 11.766 in her second for an average of 12.699. Pranati, who scored 13.275 in qualifying, received penalties of 0.1 and 0.3 in her two attempts.

Georgia Godwin of Australia won the gold medal with a score of 13.233, while Laurie Denommee of Canada (13.233) and Shannon Archer of Scotland (13.083) won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Cycling

Indian cyclist Ronaldo Laitonjam finished 12th in the men’s 1000m time trial final at the Commonwealth Games with a time of 1:02.500. The 20-year-old Indian, who won silver in the senior sprint event at the Asian Track Championship in June, finished 2.995 seconds behind gold medalist Matthew Glaetzer, who clocked 59.505.

The silver and bronze medals went to another Australian, Thomas Cornish (1:00.036), and Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul (1:00.089).

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