Thirteenth gold for India in the Commonwealth Games. Bhavina Patel won gold in table tennis. Bhavina defeated the Nigerian player in the final. India is fifth with 40 medals. India has reached the men’s hockey final. (Commonwealth Games; Bhavina Patel wins gold in table tennis)
India won gold again in Commonwealth Games wrestling. Ravikumar Dahiya won gold in men’s 57 kg category. Dahiya won the gold by defeating Nigeria’s ABKwenimo Welson. Score 10-0. In the semi-final, Dahiya defeated Pakistan’s Azad Ali by a score of 12-4 and booked his ticket to the final.
Indian men’s team has won the medal in Lawn Balls. In the final against Northern Ireland, India fell to 5-18 and won the silver medal. With this, India won medals in lawn balls women’s and men’s events. India had won gold in women’s lawn balls.
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Avinash Sable won the silver medal in the steeplechase. Sable’s achievement is about breaking his own national record. Avinash finished in 8 minutes 11.20 seconds. The star’s national record was 8 minutes 12.48 seconds. Kenyan Abraham Kibiwot won gold in the event after finishing in 8 minutes 11.15 seconds.
Meanwhile, PV Sindhu entered the semifinals in women’s badminton singles. The Indian player overcame a tough fight from Malaysia’s Jin Wei Gohin to reach the last four. Score 19-21, 21-14, 21-18. India’s Deepika Pallikal-Sourav Ghoshal reached semi-finals in squash mixed doubles. India defeated New Zealand. Achanta Sarath and Sreeja Akula reached the finals in table tennis mixed doubles. India’s opponents in the semi-finals were Australia.
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