Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker won a rare one-two in the men's triple jump to get India off to a strong start on the penultimate day of competition at the Birmingham Games (Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal and Nikhat Zareen - all gold).
Digital Desk: The absence of shooting in the Commonwealth Games in 2022 will significantly reduce India's medal total. With 66 medals, India placed third in the previous competition behind Australia and England (26 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze). 16 of those were won by shooters, including 7 gold medals. However, India made a great start to the Birmingham Games with weightlifters demonstrating their value.
Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker won a rare one-two in the men's triple jump to get India off to a strong start on the penultimate day of competition at the Birmingham Games (Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal and Nikhat Zareen - all gold). The bronze medal play-off was won by the women's hockey team as well. On Sunday, India took home 15 medals in all.
Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally (top ten) on August 8
|
Rank |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
1 |
Australia |
66 |
54 |
53 |
173 |
|
2 |
England |
56 |
60 |
52 |
168 |
|
3 |
Canada |
24 |
33 |
33 |
90 |
|
4 |
New Zealand |
19 |
12 |
17 |
48 |
|
5 |
India |
18 |
15 |
22 |
55 |
|
6 |
Scotland |
12 |
11 |
26 |
49 |
|
7 |
Nigeria |
12 |
9 |
14 |
35 |
|
8 |
Wales |
8 |
6 |
13 |
27 |
|
9 |
South Africa |
7 |
9 |
11 |
27 |
|
10 |
Northern Ireland |
7 |
7 |
4 |
18 |
|
11-43 |
Others Combined |
38 |
56 |
62 |
156 |
India's medal winners so far
Gold: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting, Women's 49 kg), Jeremy Lalrinnunga (Weightlifting, Men's 67 kg), Achinta Sheuli (Weightlifting, Men's 73 kg); Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia (Lawn Bowls, Women's Fours); Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Sharath Achanta, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (Men's Team Table Tennis); Sudhir (Para-powerlifting, Men's heavyweight), Bajrang Punia (Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg), Sakshi Malik (Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 62 kg); Deepak Punia (Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 86 kg), Ravi Kumar Dahiya (Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 57 kg); Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 53 kg); Naveen Sihag (Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 74 kg), Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel (Para Table Tennis, Women's Singles, C 3-5), Nitu Ghanghas (Boxing, Women's 48 kg), Amit Panghal (Boxing, Men's 51 kg), Eldhose Paul (Men's Triple Jump), Nikhat Zareen (Boxing, Women's 50 kg); Sharath Achanta and Sreeja Akula (Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles).
Silver: Sanket Sargar (Weightlifting, Men's 55 kg), Bindyarani Sorokhaibam (Weightlifting, Women's 55 kg), Shushila Likmabam (Judo, Women's 48 kg); Vikas Thakur (Weightlifting, Men's 96 kg); Srikanth Kidambi, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, B. Sumeeth Reddy, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Gayathri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashwini Ponnappa, PV Sindhu (Badminton, Mixed Team); Tulika Maan (Judo, Women's +78 kg); Murali Sreeshankar (Men's Long Jump), (Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 57 kg); Priyanka Goswami (Women's 10,000 m Walk), Avinash Sable (Men's 3000 m Steeplechase); Sunil Bahadur, Navneet Singh, Chandan Singh, Dinesh Kumar (Lawn Bowls, Men's Fours), Abdulla Aboobacker (Men's Triple Jump), Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (Table Tennis, Men's Doubles), Women's Cricket Team, Sagar Ahlawat (Boxing, Men's +92 kg).
Bronze: Gururaja Poojary (Weightlifting, Men's 61 kg), Vijay Kumar Yadav (Judo, Men's 60 kg), Harjinder Kaur (Weightlifting, Women's 71 kg); Lovepreet Singh (Weighlifting, Men's 109 kg); Saurav Ghosal (Squash, Men's Singles); Gurdeep Singh (Weighlifting, Men's 109+ kg), Tejaswin Shankar (Men's High Jump), Divya Kakran (Wrestling, Women's 68 kg); Mohit Grewal (Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 125 kg), Jaismine Lamboria (Boxing, Women's 60 kg), Pooja Gehlot (Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 50 kg), Pooja Sihag (Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 76 kg); Mohammad Hussamuddin (Boxing, Men's 57 kg); Deepak Nehra (Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 97 kg); Sonalben Manubhai Patel (Para Table Tennis, Women's Singles C3–5), Women's Hockey Team, Sandeep Kumar (Men's 10,000 m walk), Annu Rani (Women's Javelin Throw), Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal (Squash, Mixed Doubles), Kidambi Srikanth (Badminton, Men's Singles), Gayathri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly (Badminton, Women's Doubles).
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