Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 4 Highlights: India medal tally rises to nine; Shushila wins silver in Judo, Harjinder bags Weightlifting bronze
CWG 2022: Read all the highlights, results, and medals tally from the fourth day of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Updated : Aug 02, 2022 11:49 IST
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s Coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 4. Currently, India has won nine medals so far - three gold, three silver and three bronze.
Here is a look at all Indians in action on August 2, Day 5 of CWG 2022.
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The Indian Men’s Table Tennis team, the defending champion, is through to the Final and will face Singapore in the Gold Medal match.
Table Tennis Men’s Semifinals - India into finals, confirms another medal
Game 3: Men’s Singles: G, Sathiyan vs Olajide Omotayo, IND 3-0 NGR
Game 2: Men’s Singles: Sharath Kamal vs Quadri Aruna, IND 2-0 NGR
Game 1: Men’s Doubles: Harmeet Desai, G. Sathiyan, IND 1-0 NGR
Boxing Light Heavyweight
- Ashish Kumar enters the quarterfinals of Men’s over 75 kg-80 kg.
- He wins both the first and second sets with five 10s and secures a comprehensive win over the boxer from Nieu.
- Ashish Kumar of India is in action against Travis Tapatuetoa
Medal Alert
Swimming
- 50m Backstroke Final: Srihari Nataraj of India finishes fifth with a timing of 25.23 seconds.
- Para-swimming Men’s 50m Freestyle S7 Final: India’s Suyash Jadhav and Niranjan Mukundan finished fifth and seventh in the finals.
Badminton Mixed Team semifinals, India beats Singapore 3-0 to enter finals
Swimming - 100m Butterfly Semifinal 1
Sajan Prakash finishes eighth in the semifinal with a timing of 54.24 seconds, and is out the race to the final.
Weightlifting - Women’s 71 kg
CLEAN AND JERK
SNATCH
Judo Bronze Medal Match
- Suchika Tariyal is in action against Christianna Legentil of Mauritius, but loses the match 0s1-1s2, with India losing out on another Bronze Medal in Judo.
Judo - Jasleen Saini misses Bronze, Suchika awaits fate in Bronze Medal Match
- Suchika Tariyal is the remaining Indian in Judo for Medal hopes tonight.
- Her Bronze Medal match set to take place against Christianna Legentil of Mauritius.
- The Australian beats Jasleen with the score 10s2 in his favour, as India loses out on the Bronze Medal.
- Jasleen Saini is in action against Australia’s Nathan Katz for the Bronze Medal in the Men’s 66 kg final.
Medal Alert
Cycling
- Men’s 40 km Points Race: The event, featuring two Indians Naman Kapil and Venkappa Kengalagutti, finished with both the Indians failing to finish the race.
- Women’s 10km Scratch Race: India’s sole participant in the event did not finish and by default is out of medal contention in the race.
Medal Alert
Judo Gold Medal Match
- Shushila loses to Michaela in the final and ends the her medal quest with a Commonwealth Games Silver.
- The Judokas have arrived to the mat. India is in white, while the South African is in blue.
- The Indian has already won a Silver Medal at the 2014 Comonwealth Games and will look to improve on her performance in Birmingham.
- India’s Sushila Devi will be in action against South Africa Whitebooi. A medal is confirmed, but the Indian will look for the country’s fourth Gold Medal tonight.
What next for India?
- India will play Singapore in the Mixed Team semifinal. Follow the match as it happens HERE.
- Judoka Shushila will be in action for the Gold Medal match soon
Squash - Men’s Singles Quarterfinals, Saurav enters semifinals
Cycling Men’s 1000m Time Trial
India’s Ronaldo Laitionjam will be in action in the final and will starts with Race Number 39. Ronaldo clocks a timing of 1:02:500 minutes, finishing twelfth overall in the final.
Final Standings: Gold -Mathhew Glaetzer (Australia), Silver - Thomas Cormish (Australia), Bronze - Nicholas Paul (Trindad and Tobago)
Hockey
The Indian Men’s team will be in action against England in its second match at the Birmingham Games 2022. Follow the match live HERE.
Squash - Women’s Singles Quarterfinals, Joshna loses to Naughton, eliminated in the Quarters
Cycling Women’s Keirin
Triyasha finishes second from bottom in the repechage and is out of the finals as well.
Shushikala Agashe finishes last in the repechage and is out of the final in Women’s Keirin. Triyasha Paul will compete next in the repechage.
India’s Shushikala Agashe and Triyasha Paul finished last in their respective Heats (Heat 3 and Heat 4) and have qualified for the Repechage.
Artistic Gymnastics - Pranati Nayak out of medal contention
Squash Men’s quarter finals
Paul Coll of New Zealand is in action against Adrian Waller of England and the winner of this match will face the winner of the match between India’s Saurav Ghoshal and Greg Lobban of Scotland.
What is in store for India now?
- Saurav Ghoshal will be in action the Men’s Singles quarterfinal against Greg Lobban of Scotland
- Women’s Keirin First Round - Triyasha Paul, Sushikala Agashe
- Artistic Gymnastics Finals - Vault Final - Pranati Nayak
BOXING - Featherweight - Men’s Over 54 kg - 57 kg - Hussamuddin into quarters
JUDO - SUSHILA DEVI INTO FINAL
SQUASH
- Joshana Chinnappa will be in action in her Women’s Singles quarterfinal at 6 PM IST against Naughton of Canada.
- Saurav Ghosal will play his Men’s Singles quarterfinal at 6:45 PM IST against Greg Lobban of Scotland.
- Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla has won her Women’s Singles Plate Quarterfinal 3-0 against her Sri Lankan opponent.
BOXING
- Panghal blanks Berri 5-0 and moves into the quarterfinal, to be held on August 4.
- Panghal takes the second round too and is well in the lead now.
- Amit Panghal has won the first round against Namri Berri of Vanuatu.
MORE ACTION COMING UP
- Boxer Amit Panghal will be in action in the Men’s Flyweight category Round of 16 bout at 4:45 PM IST.
JUDO
- Jasleen Singh Saini has lost his semfinal in the men’s 66kg category and will be in action in the bronze medal match against Nathan Katz of Australia later in the day.
- Suchika Tariyal is through to the bronze medal match after winning the Repechage.
- Vijay Kumar Yadav loses his Men’s 60kg quarterfinal to Joshua Katz of Australia.
- Sushila Devi has won her Women’s 48kg Judo quarterfinal and is through to the semis.
- Jasleen Singh Saini is through to the semifinal in the men’s 66 kg category. He will be in action later today.
- Suchika Tariyal lost her Round of 16 bout against Zambia’s Rita Kambinda in the women’s 57 kg.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Lawn Bowls - India women’s fours team confirms a medal, will fight for gold
- This will also be India’s first medal in the sport. Great bowling by the Indian quartet.
- HISTORY! - This is India’s first finals appearance in the women’s fours format of Lawn Bowls.
- India will face South Africa in the final on Tuesday.
- India takes the game 16-13 and is assured of a medal.
- That is a massive round for India. Rupa Rani Tirkey with brilliant shot dislodges New Zealand’s closest bowl.
- New Zealand take the score to 13-12 and take a slender one point lead.
- India fights back. India take two points to level the scores at 12-12 after End 13.
- New Zealand break into a two-point lead over India. The Indian quartet trails 10-12.
- New Zealand fights back with three points from End 11. Scores level yet again. This one might go right down to the wire.
- Some accurate throws from India help them get three points from End 10. India lead 10-7.
- New Zealand are dominating from End 10. The Kiwis have three bowls placed close to the target.
- New Zealand do not allow India to build on their lead and pick up a point from End 9. Score is level at 7-7.
- India has taken the lead in the contest with two points from End 8. The score is: India 7-6 NZ.
- India take another point at End 7. The score is now 6-5 in favour of New Zealand.
- Another end goes India’s way. The deficit is just two points now. India 4-6 NZ.
- A reminder that India is just one win away from a historic medal in Lawn Bowls.
- India cuts down the deficit to just three points. India trails 3-6.
- New Zealand takes the point for the closely fought fourth end. India trails 1-6.
- A close contest between the two teams on End 4. This one could go either way.
- A brilliant shot by the Indian Skip to take a point for India on the last attempt on End 3.
- New Zealand extends lead to 5-0 after 2 ends of play.
- Women’s Fours begin as New Zealand strike the first leaving India behind 0-3 after End 1.
READ: What is Lawn Bowls? Rules and point system
Swimming
India’s Sajan Prakash finished seventh in heats of men’s 100m butterfly with a timing of 54.36. He is out of contention for the finals.
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The Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham take place from July 29 to August 8 with Indian athletes competing in events across 15 sports. Here are all the events Indians will be participating on Day 4 in Birmingham.
AUGUST 1 (All timings are in IST - Indian Standard Time)
1 PM (Lawn Bowls)
Women’s Fours Semifinal - India vs New Zealand
2 PM (Weightlifting)
Men’s 81kg- Ajay Singh
2:30 PM onwards (judo)
Men’s 60kg round of 16- Vijay Kumar Yadav vs Winsley Gangaya
(quarters, semis, finals)
Women’s 48kg quarterfinals- Shushila Devi Likmabam vs Harriet Bonface
(semis, finals)
Men’s 66 kg round of 16- Jasleen Singh Saini vs Maxence Cugola
(quarters, semis, finals)
Women’s 57kg round of 16- Suchika Tariyal vs Rita Kabinda
(quarters, semis, finals)
3:51 PM (swimming)
Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats- Sajan Prakash
4:30 PM (squash)
Women’s singles plate quarterfinals - Sunayna Kuruvilla vs Chanithma Sinaly
4:45 PM (boxing)
Men’s Flyweight round of 16- Amit Panghal vs Namri Berri Van
6:00 PM (squash)
Women’s singles quarterfinals - Joshana Chinappa vs Hollie Naughton
6:00 PM (boxing)
Men’s Featherweight round of 16- Hussam Uddin Mohammed vs Md Salim Hossain
6:32 PM (cycling)
Women’s Keirin First Round - Triyasha Paul, Shushikala Agashe
6:40 PM (artistic gymnastics)
Vault finals- Pranati Nayak
6:45 PM (squash)
Men’s singles quarterfinals - Saurav Ghosal vs Greg Lobban
6:52 PM (cycling)
Men’s 40km points race qualifying - Naman Kapil, Venkapa Kengalagutti
8:02 PM (cycling)
Men’s 1000m time trial final - Ronaldo
8:30 PM (hockey)
Men’s match- India vs England
9:37 PM (cycling)
Women’s 10km scratch race final Meenakshi
10:00 PM (badminton)
Mixed team semifinals - India vs Singapore
11 PM (weightlifting)
Women’s 71kg- Harjinder Kaur
11:30 PM (table tennis)
Men’s team semifinals - India vs Nigeria
12 AM (Aug 2) (swimming)
Men’s 100m Butterfly semis (subject to qual)
12:46 AM (Aug 2) (para swimming)
Men’s 50m Freestyle S7 Final- Niranjan Mukundan, Suyash Narayan Jadhav
1 AM (Aug 2) (boxing)
Men’s Light Heavyweight round of 16- Ashish Kumar vs Travis Tapatuetoa
1:07 AM (Aug 2) (swimming)
Men’s 50m backstroke final- Srihari Nataraj