CWG: India eyes more gold medals on concluding day

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani | Date 08-08-2022
Achanta Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal

 

Birmingham

After an explosive tenth day of the Commonwealth Games 2022 campaign which saw medals raining for India across sports like athletics, cricket, table tennis, hockey, squash and boxing, the nation's contingent will be looking forward to cap off the final day with few more gold medals.

Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen would play their respective gold medal matches in the singles badminton event. The Satwik Reddy-Chirag Shetty duo will vie for top honours in the men’s doubles event.

In men's hockey, India is eyeing for a win against Australia to capture gold for the first time at the CWG.

Indian table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal will also play his singles gold medal match today. He has already won gold medals in team event and the mixed doubles category. In men’s doubles, he has won a silver medal.

India started off the tenth day with a bronze medal in women's hockey after a thrilling win in the penalty shootout over New Zealand.

Boxers made the nation proud on the tenth day. Amit Panghal, Nitu Ganghas, Nikhat Zareen captured gold for India in their respective weight categories.

But the icing on the cake on the penultimate day was our triple jumpers leap to history. Eldose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker made it 1-2 for India.

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India is currently fifth on the medals table. It has so far won 55 medals including 18 golds.