2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow Day 7 Highlights: Wrestlers Lalita, Bajrang, Sakshi, Satyawart Settle for Silver Medals
After Tuesday's golden run in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Indian wrestlers won four silver medals on Wednesday. Boxing may also bring some cheer with several Indians on the verge of making the medal rounds. Catch the live updates here.
With a tally of 36 medals (10 gold, 15 silver and 11 bronze), India will start Day 7 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games from the sixth spot in the medal standings. Wrestlers bag four silver medals. (Schedule and Results)
23:32 (IST): Boxer Laishram Devendro Singh beats Aqeel Ahmed of Scotland to advance to semifinals of men's Light Fly (49kg).
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22:50 (IST): Navjot Kaur beats Scotland's Sarah Jones 13-0 to win bronze in women's 69kg freestyle wrestling.
22:47 (IST): Women's 69kg freestyle wrestling for bronze: Navjot Kaur leads Scotland's Sarah Jones 6-0 after the first period.
22:32 (IST): Satyawart Kadian settles for silver in men's 97kg freestyle wrestling. Canada's Arjun Gill wins gold. It was 4-4 at the end of the final period but the Canadian was awarded for scoring the last point.
22:26 (IST): Men's Freestyle 97kg Wrestling: India's Satyawart Kadian leads Canada's Arjun Gill 2-0 after the first period.
22:07 (IST): Women's Hockey: India are out of medal contention following their 3-2 loss to South Africa.
21:54 (IST): Sakshi Malik gets silver in women's freestyle 58kg wrestling. Nigeria's Aminat Adeniyi wins 12:0 to bag the gold medal.
21:26 (IST): Bijneesh Bajrang gets silver in men's freestyle 61kg wrestling. Canada's David Tremblay bags gold.
21:22 (IST): Laishram Devi beats Charlene Jones (Wales) 2:1 to enter women's boxing Light (57-60kg) semis.
21:15 (IST): Women's Hockey: South Africa lead 2-1 against India at half-time.
21:12 (IST): Lalita settles for silver in women's wrestling freestyle 53kg category. She is knocked out in 31 seconds. Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye wins gold.
20:55 (IST): India's Sahana Nagaraj qualifies for women's high jump final. The 33-year-old Indian leapt the highest - 1.81 metres - on her fourth attempt after easily jumping over 1.66m, 1.71m and 1.76m on her first three tries at the Hampden Park Stadium.
20:50 (IST): Women's Hockey: Tarryn Bright scores to give South Africa 1-0 lead over India.
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20:44 (IST): India got one more medal in women's 53kg weightlifting after Swati Singh was handed the bronze while Matsha Santoshi was upgraded to silver after 16-year-old Nigerian gold winner Chika Amalaha tested positive for a banned substance in the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. Santoshi had finished third and Swati fourth in the women's 53kg weightlifting competition held on July 25. They will now get a silver and bronze, respectively. (Read more).
20:30 (IST): Women's Hockey: India and South Africa are battling for a place in semis. It's a must-win game for India, while SA just need a draw to advance.
20:10 (IST): Boxing: Pinki Rani beats Jacquiline Wangi of Papua New Guinea to enter semifinals of Women's Fly (48-51kg) category.
19:56 (IST): Women's Fly (48-51kg) Boxing Quarters: Pinki Rani and Jacquiline Wangi (PNG) in action now.
19:45 (IST): Indian boxer Mandeep Jangra assured himself of a medal in his debut Commonwealth Games by advancing to the semifinals of the 69kg division after his opponent - Daniel Lewis of Australia - failed the medical test ahead of their quarterfinal bout.
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19:30 (IST): Usain Bolt denied reports that he called the Glasgow Commonwealth Games "a bit shit", ahead of his appearance in the 4x100 metres relay. The world's fastest man accused The Times newspaper of "creating lies to make headlines" after it reported he rubbished the 2014 Games while waiting for a car outside the athletes' village. (Read more)
19:20 (IST): Heartbreak for India as Amritpreet Singh loses to Scotland's Stephen Lavelle in Men's Heavyweight (91kg) Boxing quarters.
19:10 (IST): Squash: Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa stun Malaysian pair of World No.1 Nicol David and Low Wee Wern 11-8, 11-5 in the women's doubles for their second win in as many matches in Pool D.
19:06 (IST): Boxing: India's Amritpreet Singh and Scotland's Stephen Lavelle in action now in Men's Heavyweight (91kg) quartersfinal.
18:40 (IST): Vikas Gowda advances to the men's discus throw final. He throws 64.32 metres to finish top of the qualification.
18:30 (IST): Badminton: India's Pranav Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar beat Sri Lankan pair of Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Dullewa 21-10, 21-9 to enter men's doubles pre-quarters.
17:50 (IST): Four Indian wrestlers will be fighting for gold tonight. Here is the list of contenders and their respective weight categories.
Women's Freestyle 53kg: Lalita vs Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye - 21:12 IST
Men's Freestyle 61kg: Bajarang vs Canada's David Tremblay - 21:30 IST
Women's Freestyle 58kg: Sakshi Malik vs Nigeria's Aminat Adeniyi - 21:48 IST
Men's Freestyle 97kg: Satyawart Kadian vs Canada's Arjun Gill - 22:06 IST
17:40 (IST): Badminton: Parupalli Kashyap, RMV Gurusaidutt and Srikanth Kidambi advance to Round of 16. In Round of 32, Gurusaidutt defeated Edwin Ekiring of Uganda, Srikanth got better of Daniel Font of Wales and Kashyap beat Dakeil Thorpe of Barbados.
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17:20 (IST): Satyawart is the son of 1988 Seoul Olympian and Arjuna Awardee Satyawan Kadian's son. Last year in Sofia, he won the World Junior Wrestling Championship bronze beating Turkey's Ali Bonceoglu.
17.00 (IST): Wrestling: Satyawart Kadian beats England's Rattigan (8-4) in 97kg wrestling. Is 4th Indian to reach final today. Kadian was 0-4 down but made a commendable comeback to win 8-4.
16.59 (IST): Wrestling: Indian wrestler Navjot Kaur loses to Canada's Dori Yeats in Women's Freestyle 69 kg semifinal. She will play for bronze.
16.50 (IST): Wrestling: Two women in final!  India's Sakshi Malik beats Canada's Braxton Rie 8-5 to reach final of Women's Freestyle 58kg.  India's Lalita beats Scotland's Shannon Hawke to reach final of 53 kg freestyle category.
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16.45 (IST): Wrestling: Indian wrestler Bajrang beats Nigeria's Amas Daniel (5-2) to reach final of men's 61kg category.
16.20 (IST): Wrestling: Indian wrestler Kadian Satywart beats Nigeria's Soso Tamarau 6-2 in men's 97 kg to reach semis.
16.10 (IST): Badminton: India's Srikanth Kidambi beats Wales' D Font 21-8, 21-13 to reach last 16
15.55 (IST): Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik beats Cameroon's Ngono Eyia 10-0 in women's 58 kg to reach quarters.
15.40 (IST): Wrestling: India's Bajrang takes on SA's Maarno Plaatjies in the quarterfinal of men's 61 kg category.
15.20 (IST): Wrestling: Indian wrestler Lalita beats SA's Mpho Madi in Women's 53 kg to reach semis.
15.12 (IST): Wrestling: Indian wrestler Bajrang beats England's Sasha Madyarchyk 12-0 to reach quarters in Men's 61 kg category
15.02 (IST): Medal for India: Nigerian women's gold winner Chika Amalaha tested positive for banned substance due to which Matsa Santoshi was upgraded to silver while Swati Singh was handed the bronze.
14.57 (IST): Wrestler Satyawart Kadian beats SL opponent 10-0 to reach quarters in men's 97 kg category.
14.45 (IST): First up on the wrestling mat from India is Satyawart Kadian, taking on Manjula Uduwila Arachchige of Sri Lanka in the men's free style 97 kg round of 16 match.
14.20 (IST): Ramananda Kongbrailatpam, India's diver, will take part in men's 1m springboard prelims.
14.10 (IST):  Lok Sabha on Wednesday congratulated the Indian contingent for their remarkable performance at the 20th Commonwealth Games at Glasgow.
14.07 (IST): India's badminton ace PC Thulasi wins her Round of 32 match to reach pre-quarters. She beats S Chambers of Northern Ireland 21/10, 21/2.
With shooting events over, India's chances of winning medals in the 2014 Commonwealth Games are narrowing down to wrestling and boxing. Wednesday will be the penultimate day of the wrestling events and five Indians, three of them women, will be seen in action.
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Vinesh Phogat was a revelation on Tuesday. The 19-year-old sister of Olympian Geeta Phogat won the 48kg wrestling gold in her maiden Commonwealth Games. Vinesh edged out England's Yana Rattigan in a tough final bout. This should inspire Lalita (53 kg), Sakshi Malik (58 kg) and Navjot Kaur (69 kg). All have a chance to enter the medal rounds.
Bajrang Kumar (61 kg) and Satyawant Kardian (97 kg) will not be short on inspiration too. India's men, led by double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, set the Clyde Auditorium on fire on Tuesday with their golden show, India's best so far in the Games.
At least five Indian boxers are a win away from entering the medal rounds. Prominent among them are Vijender Singh (75 kg) and Devendro Singh (49 kg). Pinki Jhangra (flyweight) will be the lone women in the ring today. Amritpreet Singh (heavyweight) will be the first boxer on show in a quarterfinal clash against a local man. A win should set up the mood for rest of the evening.
India's hopes from track and field events centre around Vikas Gowda. The burly Gowda will be in action in men's discus while Mayookha Johny and Sahana Kumari will be in action in women's long jump and high jump, respectively.
The track and field events have been dominated by the Jamaicans and Kenyans. Stephanie McPherson led an impressive Jamaican clean sweep of a high-quality women's 400m, while there were also golds for Andrew Riley in the 110m hurdles and Kimberly Williams in the triple jump.
Not to be outdone, Joyce Chepkirui led a Kenyan 1-2-3 of a slow-paced 10,000m, while Faith Kibiegon claimed gold in the women's 1500m as favoured teammate Hellen Onsando Obiri faded badly.
Australia continue to lead the medal tally with 101 medals (34 gold, 31 silver and 36 bronze). England (93), Canada (39) and Scotland (37) follow the Aussies in that order. New Zealand (31) are just ahead of India (36) by virtue of an extra gold (11 to India's 10). The Indians wrestlers could change that equation today.