Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 3. India has won three Gold medals in the Birmingham Games so far, with the latest coming from Achinta Sheuli in the Men’s 73 Kg weightlifting final.
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Weightlifting Men’s 73 kg
Clean and Jerk
Snatch
Boxing Men’s Super Heavyweight Round of 16 (Over 92 kg)
- Sagar wins the bout 5-0 to enter the quarterfinals
- The Indian boxer wins the second round as well, again with all 10s.
- Sagar wins the first round with all 10s.
- India’s Sagar will face Maxime Yegnong Njieyo of Cameroon
Lawn Bowls - Men’s Pairs
India falls short in the Men’s Pairs Quarterfinals, going down to Northern Ireland 26-8.
Men’s Middleweight Boxing - Round of 16
- After three rounds, Sumit loses 0-5 to the Australian, getting eliminated in the pre-quarterfinals
- In the first round, Sumit suffers a point deduction with the round continuing at the moment.
- Sumit of India will be in action against against Australia’s Callum Peters.
Lawn Bowls - Men’s Pairs
India has earned a few points, but remains way short of Northern Ireland, with the score 23-5 in favour of Norther Ireland at the moment..
Swimming - 50m Backstroke
Srihari qualifies for the 50m finals and will be in action tomorrow.
Srihari Natraj finishes fifth in the first semifinal with a timing of 25.38 and will have to wait for the second semifinal to check if he qualifies for the final.
Badminton - India into Mixed Team semifinals
Badminton - Mixed Team Quarterfinals - India vs South Africa, Women’s Singles
- Aakrashi wins the second set sending the Indian team into the semifinals.
- India wins the second set 21-16: Aakarshi starts the second set with the same form with which she ended the first and is enjoying a a slender lead of two points. The Indian continues widening her lead, with the difference now four points. The score 14-10 at the moment.
- India wins the first set: Aakarshi has taken a substantial lead with the score 7-2 in her favour a the moment .She continues to keep her feet in front, increasing the point difference to eight now. Aakarshi dominates the set and seals a win the score 21-11 at the end of the first set.
- India’s Aakarshi Kashyap will now be in action against Johanita Scholtz of South Africa. A win in this match will take India into the semifinals.
Men’s 15km Scratch Race - Finals
Vishavjeet Singh of India did not finish the race and by default, got out of medal contention.
Squash Men’s Singles Round of 16 - Saurav moves into quarters
Cycling: Women’s 500m trial
Mayuri Lete of India finished 18th in the final with a timing of 36.868, while Kristina Clonan of Australia bagged the Gold Medal with a timing of 33.234.
Lawn Bowls - Men’s Pairs
Badminton - Mixed Team Quarterfinals - India vs South Africa, Men’s Singles
- Lakshya Sen wins the second set 21-6, sealing a win the Men’s singles and giving India a two-match lead.
- Kakora has been trying his best, but Lakshya continues to prove his mettle, edging closer to a straight set win in the second game for India.
- Lakshya continues to keep the lead with nine-point advantage over his South African counterpart. The score 12-3 to India.
- The second set begins.
- Lakshya Sen wins the first game 21-5.
- Lakshya races to an early 7-2 lead in the first game.
- Second match begins. Lakshya Sen takes on Caden Kakora in the singles leg.
Badminton - Mixed Team Quarterfinals - India vs South Africa, India starts with a Doubles’win
- India wins the second set and starts the QF with a doubles win.
- The Indian pair has looked the better duo so far in the game and the score shows why. India is marching to a straight set victory, with the score 18-10 in India’s favour.
- Ashwini’s smash seals the eighth point for India and at midway, India is ahead 11-7. South Africa goes level at 3-3, but India soon takes a lead to go two-point ahead at 6-4.
- The second set begins and India has not allowed South Africa to open its account, notching up three early points.
- India wins the first set.
- In the first game, India takes an early lead and continues to build on it, with score 6-1 in favour of India at the moment. The Ponnappa-Reddy duo has maintained the lead midway into the first game, with the score 11-4. India has looked completely in control in the first game, and seals an easy win with a score of 21-9
- Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa of India are playing Jarred Elliot and Diedre Jordan of South Africa
- India is set to face South Africa in the semifinals, with the first match being the mixed doubles
India enters Lawn Bowls semifinals for the first time
Cycling: Women’s 500m trial
Mayuri Lete of India will be in action in the final, with Kelsey Mitchell of Canada leading at the moment.
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India vs Ghana Men’s Hockey Group B Match
Artistic Gymnastics
Ruthuja Nataraj finishes the final ranked 15th in the standings, with a total score of 43. She scored 12.95 in the Vault, 10 in Uneven Bars, 10.25 on the Balance Beam and 9.8 in Floor Excercise.
Lawn Bowls Quarterfinals - Women’s Fours
India still sits on top with the points deficit down to five points against Norfolk Island. After 11 ends, the score stands at 13-8 in favour of India.
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India vs Ghana Men’s Hockey Group B Match
Lawn Bowls
- Norfolk Island narrows India’s lead to 12-7 after End 9.
- India is leading 12-4 Norfolk Island in the women’s fours quarterfinal after End 7.
Events up next
Triathlon Mixed Team Relay Final
India finished 10th with a timing of 1:31:43, over 15 minutes more than host England, which bagged the Gold Medal (1:16:40), followed by Wales (1:17:26) and Australia (1:17:29).
Artistic Gymnastics
Ruthuja Nataraj scored a 10.25 on the Balance Beam after a 10 in uneven bars and sits 18th in the standings at the moment. Alics Kinsella leads the standings with 13.85 in the Vault and 13.7 in Uneven Bars.
Weightlifting Women’s 49 kg - Popy Hazarika out of Medal Contention
Triathlon Mixed Team Relay final
India, in spite of getting past Barbados and Namibia, loses its ninth spot to Namibia and is back at 10th.
Lawn Bowls Quarterfinals - Women’s Fours
The Indian women’s team, represented by Lovely Choubey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia, leads Norfolk Island 8-0 at the moment
Rankings after Snatch:
Rafiatu Folashade Lawal - Nigeria - 90 kg
Tali Darsigny - Canada - 87 kg
Jessica Gordon Brown - England - 86 kg
Weightlifting Women’s 49 kg - Snatch
Hockey: The Indian men’s hockey team will be in action against Ghana in its first pool match of the Birmingham Games 2022. Know more about the match here.
Artistic Gymnastics
Ruthuja Nataraj scored a 10 in uneven bars and sits 18th in the standings at the moment. Ondine Achampong of England sits on top (13.9).
Triathlon Mixed Team Relay final
- India’s position has not improved so far with Barbados almost two minutes ahead of the Indian team.
- India currently sits 10th behind Barbados.
Squash Round of 16 - Joshana Chinappa into quarters, beats Kaitlyin Watts; IND 3-1 NZ
India vs Pakistan Women’s cricket: Smriti Mandhana scores her half-century with a six as India edges closer to a win against Pakistan. The score at the moment is 76/1, with Mandhan on strike.
Lawn Bowls updates: India Men’s pair sectional play team into quarters
Upcoming events in the Commonwealth Games 2022
- Squash: Joshana Chinappa vs Kaitlyn Watts in Round of 16
- Weightlifting: Popy Hazarika - Women’s 59 kg final
- Artistic Gymnastics - Women’s all-round finals
Cycling - Men's 15km Scratch Race - Qualifying
Naman Kapil finished 11th in Heat 1 and failed to qualify for the final
Vishavjeet finishes 6th in his heart and qualifies for final, which will take place at 11:12PM tonight.
TABLE TENNIS MEN’S QUARTERFINALS-
- Doubles (G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai vs R Bawm and M. Ridoy)- India leads in the quarterfinals vs Bangladesh 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-2 ). the manage to win the first game and make the first step towards semifinals.
- Singles (Sharath Kamal and M Sabbir)- Sharath wins first set 11-4. He also wins the next to sets with utmost ease as he beats Sabbir 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-2)
- Singles (Sathiyan and Mohutasin Ahmed Ridoy) Sathiyan dominates the proceedings as he wins 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-5). AND INDIA QUALIFIES FOR THE SEMIS! THEY WILL FACE NIGERIA IN THE SEMIS.
BOXING- Men’s Light Welterweight round of 16- Shiva Thapa vs Reese Lynch
- Round 1- Thapa lands in backhand punches accurately. Lynch falls down as Thapa attacks aggressively. Thapa gets five 10s, Lynch gets five nines.
- Round 2- Shiva defends in the second round as Lynch gets aggressive. The last 10 seconds sees Thapa being extremely attacking. Thapa gets four nines and a 10, Lynch gets four 10s and one nine.
- Round 3- Both are aggressive, but Thapa needs to giddy up to win the third round. The Indian fires back. LYNCH WINS IN A SPLIT DECISION 4-1.
WOMEN’S LIGHT FLYWEIGHT ROUND OF 16 Nikhat Zareen vs Helena Ismael Bagao
- Round 1- Nikhat Zareen in the red corner. Match starts as Nikhat starts attacking relentlessly. She pushes he opposition to the corner. NIKHIT WINS FIRST ROUND WITH THE FIVE JUDGES SCORING 10S, WHILE HELENA GETS FOUR EIGHTS AND A NINE.
- Round 2- Helena tries to close the gap between the two. Nikhat uses both her hands to corner Helena. NIKHIT WINS SECOND ROUND WITH THE FIVE JUDGES SCORING 10S, WHILE HELENA GETS FIVE EIGHTS.
- Round 3- Nikhat defends herself with ease as she moves out of Bagao’s way. Referee counts till 10, but Bagao doesn’t give up. At the end Nikhat doesn’t let go of the opportunity and gets a point by Knock Down.
Lawn Bowls-After three ENDS India leads 4-2 in the men’s pairs event. India gets two more points after four ENDS as they lead 6-2.
SWIMMING- Sajan Prakash defeats Kieren Pollard in the 200m butterfly show-off and will be the first reserve for the finals.
LAWN BOWLS-England leads 1-0 against India after END 1 in the men’s pairs.
Gymnastics- Yogeshwar finishes 15th with 74.700 points as England’s Jake Jarman takes gold in the men’s all-around finals.
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WEIGHTLIFTING: Jeremy wins India its second gold medal as he lifts 140kg in snatch and 160kg in clean & jerk, setting a new games record!
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Artistic Gymnastic- Yogeshwar scores 11.500 in floor exercise. Currently ranks 15th among 18 competitors.
Swimming- Srihari Nataraj qualifies for the semifinals of 50m backstroke after finishing second in the heats clocking 25.52.
Gymnastics- Yogeshwar Singh scores 12.700 in the horizontal bars.
Swimming- Sajan Prakash will be a reserve for the 200m butterfly event after he clocks 1:58.99 finishing fourth in his heats.
Cycling- Ronaldo has qualified for the men’s sprint 1/8 finals with a timing of 10.012 .
Lawn Bowls- Tania Choudhury defeats Shauna O’Neill 21-12 after 19 ENDS. She fails to qualify for the quarterfinals after losing the first two matches.
Weightlifting- Jeremy Lalrinnunga lifts 136kg in his first snatch attempt, 140 kg in his second attempt. However, he fails to lift 146 kg in his third try, but manages to beak the Games record in his first two tries.
Gymnastics- Yogeshwar scores 12.050 in his third round in parallel bars.
Gymnastics- Yogeshwar scores 13.200 in his second round with pommel horse. A 4.8 level of difficulty and execution of 8.400.
LAWN BOWLS-Tania leads 17-8 against Shauna after 15 ENDS
Gymnastics- Yogeshwar Singh finishes his round one performance in the rings and scores 12.350 with an execution of 8.150 and difficulty of 4.200.
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS ALL-AROUND FINALS BEGIN! INDIA’S YOGESHWAR SINGH IN ACTION!
LAWN BOWLS- After 4 ENDS, Tania Choudhury of India trails 2-3 against Shauna O’ Neill.
AND THE DAY 3 PROCEEDINGS BEGIN WITH LAWN BOWLS
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JULY 31 (All timings are in IST - Indian Standard Time)
1 PM (Lawn bowls)
Women’s singles- Tania Choudhury
1:30 PM (Artistic Gymnastics)
Men’s all-around final: Yogeshwar Singh
2:00 PM (Weightlifting)
Men’s 67kg: Jeremy Lalrinnunga
3:07 PM (Swimming and Para Swimming)
Men’s 200m butterfly heats- Sajan Prakash
3:30 PM (Cricket)
India vs Pakistan
3:31 PM (Swimming and Para Swimming)
Men’s 50m backstroke heats- Srihari Nataraj
4:00 PM (Table Tennis)
Men’s team quarterfinals: India vs Bangladesh
4:00 PM (Lawn Bowls)
Men’s Pairs- India vs England
4:20/4:59 PM (Cycling)
Men’s 15km Scratch Race Qualifying
4:45PM (Boxing)
Women’s Light Flyweight round of 16- Nikhat Zareen vs Helena Ismael Bagao
5:15PM (Boxing)
Men’s Light Welterweight round of 16- Shiva Thapa vs Reese Lynch
6:00 PM (Squash)
Women’s singles round of 16- Joshana Chinappa vs Kaitlyn Watts
6:30 PM (Weightlifting)
Women’s 59kg- Popy Hazarika
7 PM (Artistic Gymnastics)
Women’s All-Around finals- Ruthuraj Nataraj
7:01 PM (Triathlon)
Mixed team relay final
7:30PM (Lawn Bowls)
Women’s fours quarterfinal: India vs Norfolk Islands
8:30 PM (Hockey)
Men’s hockey- India vs Ghana
9:02 PM (Cycling)
Women’s 500m time trial final - Mayuri Lute
10 PM (badminton)
Mixed team QFs- India vs South Africa
10:30 PM (Squash)
Men’s singles round of 16- Saurav Ghosal vs David Baillargeon
11 PM (Weightlifting)
Men’s 73kg- Achinta Sheuli
11:37 PM onwards (Swimming)
Men’s 50m backstroke semifinals (Srihari Nataraj) (subject to qualification)
11:58 PM onwards (Swimming)
Men’s 200m butterfly final (Sajan Prakash) (subject to qualification)
12:15 AM (August 1 Boxing)
Men’s Middleweight- Sumit vs Callum Peters
1 AM (August 1 Boxing)
Men’s Super heavyweight- Sagar vs Maxime Yegnong Njieyo
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