Indian weightlifters continued the medal rush as Punam Yadav won gold in women's 69kg weightlifting event in on-going 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) at Gold Coast, Australia on Sunday. The Indian weightlifter, a bronze-medallist from the 2014 Glasgow edition, won the event with a combined lift of 222kg (100kg+122kg). Apart from her, Manu Bhaker also struck gold and took India's CWG gold medal tally to six after a dominating performance in women's 10m Air Pistol finals event. However, Heena Sidhu claimed silver as she bounced back in style from elimination zone early in the second round. The Indian contingent in the Games continued to display solid performances as MC Mary Kom advanced to the semi-final of the women's 45-48kg boxing event and the Indian Table Tennis blanked England in the women's team event to enter the finals event. India's Ravi Kumar bagged the bronze medal in men's 10 metre air rifle shooting competition. Ravi shot a total of 224.1 to finish behind Australian Dane Sampson (245) and Bangladesh's Abdullah Hel Baki (244.7), who won the gold and silver, respectively. Deepak Kumar, the other finalist from India, however, was eliminated from the final. Boxer Vikas Krishnan entered middleweight quarters and the Indian badminton team entered the final of the mixed team event. (India Day 4 Schedule | Medals Tally)
Live Updates of 2018 Commonwealth Games, straight from Gold Coast, Australia
14:17 IST: India's Seema is in action in the Women's 75kg weightlifting event.
14:15 IST: In Cycling track, Deborah Deborah finishes fourth in Women's Keirin First Round Repechages.
14:10 IST: In Cycling track, Deborah Deborah finishes fourth in Women's Keirin First Round. She will participate in Women's Keirin First Round Repechages
14:08 IST: In Cycling track, Aleena Reji finishes fourth in Women's Keirin First Round Repechages.
14:06 IST: New Zealand are running away with the game against India in the women's preliminary round pool B match. The former lead 68-33.
13:34 IST: India's Aleena Reji finishes fifth in Women's Keirin First Round, will now participate in Women's Keirin First Round Repechages
13:29 IST: In Basketball, New Zealand lead India 40-16 in Women's Preliminary Round Pool B match.
13:10 IST: In Basketball, India take on New Zealand in Women's Preliminary Round Pool B match.
13:00 IST: Artistic Gymnastics -- India's Rakesh Patra finishes eighth in men's vault finals.
12:45 IST: Things not looking good for Rakesh Patra, the Indian gymnast is currently last among the five athletes to have got in their scores in men's rings final.
12:28 IST: India's Tejinder Singh qualifies for the Men's Shot Put finals.
12:05 IST: Vikas Thakur wins bronze in men's 94kg weightlifting. This is India's 11th medal overall at the Games
11:52 IST: Women's skeet -- India's Saniya Sheikh narrowly misses out on a medal, finishes fourth.
11:50 IST: In Atheltics, India's Muhammed Anas Yahiya qualifies for the semi-final of Men's 400m
11:43 IST: India's Pranati Nayak finishes eighth in Women's Vault Final Gymnastics.
11:27 IST: India's Saniya Sheikh has started well in Women's Skeet Finals. She is currently tied in second place
11:21 IST: In her first attempt in the women's vault finals, Pranati chooses a difficulty of 4.800 but can only manage 7.700 in execution and also gets a -0.100 penalty, making her score 12.400. She has one more attempt remaining.
11:10 IST: In Gymnastics, India's Pranati Nayak is in action in Women's vault final.
10:46 IST: As the Snatch round ends, India's Vikas Thakur, at 159 kg, trails Boady Santavy of Canada, who registered a Games record by lifting 168 kg.
10:38 IST: Vikas Thakur successfully lifts 159 kg in his third Snatch attempt.
10:35 IST: Vikas Thakur successfully lifts 156kg in his second Snatch attempt
10:25 IST: India's Vikas Thakur successfully lifts 152kg in his first Snatch attempt. He made it look so easy!
09:56 IST: Men's 94 kg weightlifting event featuring India's Vikas Thakur begins.
09:54 IST: India advance to the final of Badminton mixed team event after beating Singapore 3-1
09:52 IST: Indian boxer Vikas Krishnan through to the quarters with an easy win over Campbell Somerville of Australia in the round of 16 match of Men's 75kg
09:32 IST: India's Ravi Kumar wins bronze in men's 10m Air Rifle. This is India's 10th medal overall at the Games
09:30 IST: Indian shooter Saniya Sheikh qualified for the final of the women's skeet event. Saniya shot a total of 71 to finish the qualification stage in the third place. But it was a disappointing outing for her compatriot Maheshwari Chauhan.
09:20 IST: India's Deepak Kumar is eliminated but the good news is that Ravi Kumar is in gold medal position in the men's 10m Air Rifle finals
09:18 IST: After 14 shots, India's Ravi Kumar is paced joint third, while Deepak Kumar is placed joint fourth in the men's 10m Air Rifle finals
09:05 IST: After five shots, India's Ravi Kumar is placed sixth and Deepak Kumar is placed seventh in the men's 10m Air Rifle finals
08:50 IST: In Skeet Men's Qualification, Day 1 -- India's Sheeraz Sheikh finished seventh, while Smit Singh finished 11. The Day 2 of the qualification will be held On April 9
08:28 IST: Table Tennis women's team event -- India advance to the final after beating England 3-0.
#TeamIndia strikes at the #GC2018 to reach Finals of the #GC2018TableTennis Women's Team Event!
— IOA - Team India (@ioaindia) April 8, 2018
Indian trio of #ManikaBatra #MoumaDas #MadhurikaPatkar beat #TeamEngland3-0 to proceed to their Gold Medal match against #TeamSGP #GoldQuest #AllTheBest pic.twitter.com/pRPdMqXXOK
08:15 IST: Athletics update: Men's 20 Km Race Walk
#TeamIndia 's @walkermanish101 & @irfangoodstar completed their #GC2018Athletics Men's 20km walk Event at #GC2018 #CommonwealthGames being placed 6th & 12th.
— IOA - Team India (@ioaindia) April 8, 2018
Clocking 1:22:22, #Manish was DQ by IAAF 125.5 rule while #Irfan took 8 extra minutes to complete, clocking 1:27:34! pic.twitter.com/jRnYilbRbM
08:00 IST: Women's 10m Air Pistol Finals -- India's Manu Bhaker wins gold as she registers a Games Record and Heena Sidhu bags silver.
7:54 IST: Veteran Indian star MC Mary Kom entered the semi-finals of the women's 48 kg boxing competition. The five-time world champion dominated her 18-year-old opponent throughout the one-sided quarter-final to claim a unanimous 5-0 verdict. Her entry into the last four stage confirms a bronze medal for Mary Kom.
07:48 IST: India's Manu Bhaker leads the table in Women's 10m Air Pistol Finals after 14 shots.
07:45 IST: India's Mary Kom is in action against Megan Gordon of Scotland in women's 45-48kg quarterfinal Boxing
07:30 IST: Earlier in the day, the Indian women's hockey team defeated England 2-1.
Nobody does it better! #GC2018Hockey
— IOA - Team India (@ioaindia) April 8, 2018
An amazing comeback by #TeamIndia in a game they were trailing 0-1 to #TeamEngland has secured them a top position in Pool A! Winning 2-1, the Indian Eves now face #TeamSA in their final group match! #WellDone @imranirampal & girls.. pic.twitter.com/yNs3L55xN4
07:29 IST: In Badminton, India are leading Singapore 1-0 in Mixed Team Semifinal, while in Table Tennis India are 1-0 up in Women's Team Semifinal against England.
07:28 IST: India's Deepak Kumar and Ravi Kumar have qualified for the 10m Air Rifle Men's finals event.
07:27 IST: India's Sheeraz Sheikh and Smit Singh are competing in the Skeet Men's Qualification -- Day 1.
07:26 IST: India's Saniya Sheikh and Maheshwari Chauhan are currently in action in Women's Skeet Qualification.
07:25 IST: India's Heena Sidhu and Manu Bhaker are currently competing in the Women's 10m Air Pistol Finals.
07:20 IST: India's Punam Yadav gives India another weightlifting gold in women's 69 kg event.
07:15 IST: India's Punam Yadav after failing to lift 122kg in her second clean and jerk attempt, successfully lifts 122 kg in her third attempt
07:00 IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog of Day 4 of Commonwealth Games.
The 25-year-old Sathish lifted a total of 317kg (114kg+173kg) and was so ahead of the competition that he forfeited his final clean and jerk lift. The 21-year-old Rahul, who is a Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist, lifted a total of 338kg (151kg+187kg) to finish on top. Their performances despite fitness issues once again highlighted the desperate need for a physiotherapist in the competition area. Accreditation issues have denied physio Aakrant Saxena access to the lifters in the competition area, forcing him to work with them on the sidelines. The Indians bossed the badminton court as well and remained unbeaten en route confirming a semifinal berth. The team at the receiving end of the top seeds' ferocity today was Mauritius, blanked 3-0 by Saina Nehwal and Co. in yet another clinical takedown. Up next for them is Singapore in the semifinals today. Such has been their dominance that the ruling out of top star and captain, PV Sindhu from the competition, owing to an ankle injury, has had no impact on their fortunes. Sindhu is, however, likely to return to action for her women's singles campaign which gets underway on April 11.
The boxers' rampaging run also continued unabated as the veteran duo of L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Manoj Kumar (59kg) advanced to the quarterfinals along with Commonwealth Games debutant Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg). However, the men's hockey team was a disappointment in its clash against arch-rival Pakistan. After leading 2-1 for 59 minutes, the Indians let in a penalty corner in the final seven seconds to end up with shared honours against a decidedly weaker opponent. Away from the spotlight, both the men's and women's table tennis teams entered the semifinals. Both the teams were up against Malaysia in their respective ties and came out trumps with identical 3-0 margins. However, as was expected, the Indians competing in swimming, gymnastics and cycling could not throw up any medal surprises and remained in the lower ranks of their respective competitions. National champion swimmer Sajan Prakash made the finals of the 200m butterfly but ended 8th.
