Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8: Three Golds In Wrestling, Manika Batra Crashes Out
CWG 2022 Day 8: Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia (men's 65kg), Sakshi Malik (women's 62kg) and Deepak Punia (men's 86kg) won gold medals on Friday. Anshu Malik (women's 57kg) won a silver medal.
CWG 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia increased India's gold medal haul at the CWG 2022 in style on Friday. In the men's 65kg final, Punia defeated Canada's Lachlan McNeil while in the women's 62kg final, Malik beat Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez. Then in the men's 86kg final, Punia beat Pakistan's Muhammad Inam. Earlier, India's Anshu Malik clinched silver after losing to Nigeria's Odunayo Folasade in women's 57kg final while Divya Kakran (women's 68kg) and Mohit Grewal (men's 125kg) won a bronze medal each. Indian badminton star PV Sindhu has entered the women's singles quarter-finals while Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen have entered the quarter-finals of men's singles. Bhavinaben Patel reached the final of the women's singles para table tennis classes 3-5. In table tennis, Manika Batra lost in the women's singles quarter-finals. However, three Indian male table tennis players including Achanta Sharath Kamal entered the quarter-finals of men's singles.
Star sprinter Hima Das finished third in her women's 200m semi-final but could not advance to the final. The Indian women's hockey team lost to Australia in the semi-final.
Here are the Highlights of the Commonwealth Games Day 8 from Birmingham
In Women's 200m - Semi-Final 2, Hima Das clocks 23.42 second to come third in her semi-final. However, it may not be enough for her to enter the final.
Qualification requirements: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final
In Women's 200m - Semi-Final 1, four athletes had faster time than her
Wrestling: A composed show from Deepak Punia in final
Deepak Punia planned the game very well. He started in a composed manner and kept his cool throughout the game. The Indian takes a gold in the men's freestyle 86kg by defeating Muhammad Inam of Pakistan by a narrow margin.
Deepak Punia is attacking really well. He has got another point to lead 3-0 vs Muhammad Inam of Pakistan in the final. More one and a half minutes left on clock.
Sakshi has done magic on the mat. She has won a gold medal against all odds in the final. She was trailing 0-4 at one stage in the game but a solid move from her turned the match on its head.
Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez is proving to be too good for Sakshi. She has added another two points to her tally to lead the match 4-0 vs the Indian wrestler.
It is worth noting that the gold won by Bajrang Punia is India's first wrestling gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Lachlan McNeil of Canada clinches silver while George Ramm of England takes home a bronze.
Bajrang Punia dominated Lachlan McNeil since the start of this summit clash and this saw him comfortably winning the men's freestyle 65kg title. Notably, he had won a gold in 2018 Commonwealth Games as well.
Bajrang Punia will be in action next for India. He will be competing in the final of men's freestyle 65 kg. His opponent will be Lachlan McNeil of Canada.
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