CWG 2022, Day 3 Highlights: Achinta Sheuli, Jeremy Lalrinnunga Win Gold Medals in Weightlifting; Cricket, Hockey, and Tennis Teams Shine
CWG 2022, Day 3 Highlights: The Indian team had its most successful day at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games so far on the third day when it won two gold medals in the weightlifting competition. Both of India’s victories came in this event.
Later in the day, India ended its campaign with gold as well, which was won by 20-year-old Achinta Sheuli in the Men’s 73 kg category. First, 19-year-old Jeremey Lalrinnunga won the gold in the Men’s 69 Kg category with a total lift of 300 kg.
Later in the day, India ended its campaign with gold as well. He eventually lifted a combined total of 313 kilograms, which put him in first place throughout the entire competition.
Victory
The Indian women’s cricket team cruised to a victory over Pakistan by a comfortable margin of eight wickets. They accomplished their victory by reaching the target of 100 runs in the 12th over (out of a total of 18 overs) with 38 balls left to bat.
Smriti Mandhana had an outstanding fifty and was still unbeaten on 63 after she had faced 42 balls. Sneh Rana took two important wickets for India, which contributed to India lowering Pakistan’s score to only 99.
The Indian Men’s Hockey team started off its season in a way that was in line with what was anticipated from them.
The victory over Ghana, 11-0, marked the beginning of the team’s participation in the games.
Nikhat Zareen did win her match fairly handily to qualify for the quarter-finals, but Shiva Thapa and Sumit Kundu fell to their opponents from Scotland and Australia respectively in the Round of 16.
It was a day of mixed results for the Indian boxers. Heavyweight boxer Sagar was able to prevail over a pugilist from Cameron, and as a result, he became the third Indian fighter, following Nikhat and Lovlina, to go to the quarter-finals of the competition.
It was smooth sailing for India in racket sports, as their Mixed Team in Badminton cruised to a 3-0 victory against South Africa in their quarterfinal match. This victory propelled them into the semifinals of the competition. The semi-final match between India and Singapore has been set.
Both Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal, ace squash players from India, won their Round of 16 matches and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s and Men’s Singles competitions, respectively.
In addition to our team, there were two others that competed and advanced to the semifinals. The other, on the other hand, took everyone by surprise with how it turned out.
Men’s table
Indian Men’s Table Tennis team won 3-0 against Bangladesh to advance to the Semi-Finals, where they will face Nigeria. Indian Women’s Fours team in Lawn Bowls stunned Norfolk Islands and marched their way into the Semi-Final, where they will play New Zealand.
The winning streak of Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj in the pool continued as he made it through the heats and the semi-final to advance to the final of the men’s 50-meter backstroke, which will take place tomorrow.
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