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Friday, July 25, 2014

2014 Glasgow CWG -Indian Medal Winners

India got off to a rollicking start with weightlifter Sanjita Khumukcham earning the country its first gold medal at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Thursday July 24,2014 

Sanjita's teammate Mirabai Chanu Saikom added a silver to the tally, as did Judokas Navjot Chana and Shushila Likmabam, who won two more silver medals as India finished the opening day Thursday July 24,2014 of the competition with 5 medals.

In women's 48kg weightlifting, Sanjita won with a total lift of 173kg (77+96), while Mirabai grabbed the silver with a cumulative effort of 170 (75+95)
Gold medalist Sanjita Khumukcham (right) and compatriot silver medalist Chanu Saikhom (left) during the medal presentation ceremony

India's Sanjita Khumukcham completes a lift during the 48kg women's weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She won gold

Weightlifting: Women's 48kg 

 










Sanjita Khumukcham


India

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom


India



Nkechi Opara


Nigeria


Weightlifting: Men's 56kg










Sukhen Dey


India

Zulhelmi Md Pisol


Malaysia

Ganesh Mali


India



Weightlifting: Women's 53kg










Chika Amalaha


Nigeria

Dika Toua


Papua New Guinea

Santoshi Matsa


India





In Judo,Navjot Chana and Shushila Likmabam had to be content with a silver medal each after they failed to clear the final hurdle in the men's 60kg and women's 48kg events
India's Navjot Chana (in blue) fights against England's Ashley McKenzie in the 60kg men's final. Again, India took the silver


Judo: Men's -60kg 

 



Ashley Mckenzie


England

Navjot Chana


India

Razak Abugiri


Ghana



John Buchanan


Scotland



Scotland's Kimberly Renicks (in blue) during her fight against India's Shushila Likmabam in the 48kg final. Shushila had to be content with a silver

Judo: Women's -48kg 

 










Kimberley Renicks


Scotland

Shushila Likmabam


India

Chloe Rayner


Australia

Amy Meyer


Australia


Judo: Women's -52kg 

 










Louise Renicks


Scotland

Kelly Edwards


England

Kalpana Thoudam


India

Lisa Kearney


Northern Ireland


 

In the Shooting 10m Air Rifle(Men) - Abhinav Bindra won the Gold Medal

Shooting: 10m Air Rifle Men 

 










Abhinav Bindra


India

Abdullah Baki


Bangladesh

Daniel Rivers


England

 
 
 In the 10m Air Pistol(Women)-Malaika Goel won  the Silver Medal

Shooting: 10m Air Pistol Women 

 


Shun Xie Teo


Singapore

Malaika Goel


India



Dorothy Ludwig


Canada

 Two More Bronze Medals in Weightlifting
Omkar Otari and Punam Yadav clinched bronze medals in weightlifting so swell India’s tally in the sport to seven medals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. 

Otari lifted a total of 296kg to bag third spot in the men’s 69 kg category late on Saturday July 26,2014 while Punam Yadav lifted 202kg to claim a bronze in the women’s 63kg category on Sunday July 27,2014
Mohd Hafifi Mansor of Malaysia won the gold with a lift of 305kg (135+170)and Yinka Ayenuwa of Nigeria won the Silver with an aggregate of 301kg (130+171)
Punam Yadav, who won a bronze in the junior Asian Championship early this year, was locked in a gripping battle with Olayuwatoyin Adesanmi and defending champion Obioma Okoli, but the two Nigerian athletes totalled five kilos more than the Indian.
Both Adesanmi and Okoli totalled 207kg but the former was awarded gold as her body weight was one kilo less than the defending champion at 62kg.
Another Indian, Vandana Gupta, finished fourth in the same event as she ended with a total of 198kg.

Weightlifting - Men's 77 kg
A dominant Sathish Sivalingam rewrote the Commonwealth Games snatch record en route to his gold medal-winning performance, while Katulu Ravi Kumar finished second behind him in the men's 77kg weightlifting event. 

The 22-year-old Sathish, a 2013 Commonwealth Championships gold medallist, lifted a total of 328kg (149+179) to pip 2010 CWG gold medallist Ravi, who had to be content with a silver medal following an effort of 317kg (142+175).
Australia's Francois Etoundi bagged the bronze with a lift of 314kg (137+177) at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.

Weightlifter Vikas Thakur showed tremendous grit as he fought back pain to clinch silver in the men's 85kg category on Monday July 28,2014

Thakur lifted 333kg (150+183) to bag the silver while Richard Patterson of New Zealand won the gold with a total lift of 335kg (151+184).
Canada's Pascal Plamondon was third with 333kg (151+182), but Thakur bagged the silver on lesser bodyweight.



Wrestling
Sushil Kumar bagged gold in men's 74kg freestyle. Amit Kumar won the yellow metal in men's 57kg, while Vinesh Phogat finished on top in the women's 48kg on Tuesday July 29,2014
Amit Kumar Dahiya after winning the gold medal in the 57kg category in Glasgow 
Indian medalists Sushil Kumar (gold 74kg), Vinesh (gold 48kg), Amit Kumar (gold 57kg) and Rajeev Tomar (silver 125kg) pose with their medals

 Gymnastics
 Dipa Karmakar is basking in the glory of becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. 

Her bronze in vault could serve as an inspiration to those taking up the low-profile sport in India. She is just 20 and an international medal could give her career a big push




Badminton

Parupalli Kashyap brought the curtains down on India’s campaign in the 20th Commonwealth Games to a thunderous applause, winning a gold medal in men’s singles badminton competition in Glasgow on Sunday.
Kashyap rose to the occasion to eke out a breathtaking 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 triumph over Derek Wong of Singapore
 Parupalli Kashyap, national coach Pullela Gopichand and R.M.V. Gurusaidutt in Glasgow on Sunday


The women’s doubles combination of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa finished with a silver medal after losing to Malaysian Vivian Kah Mun Hoo and Khe Wei Woon 17-21, 21-23 in 41-minutes. 

Jwala and Ashwini had won a historic gold at the 2010Delhi CWG but could not recreate the magic.

RMV Gurusaidutt and P.V. Sindhu had won bronze medals in singles events on Saturday, taking the medal count in badminton to four
Men's Hockey
India were outclassed 0-4 by Olympic and World champions Australia in the men’s hockey final in the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Chris Ciriello scored a hat-trick by converting three penalty corners in the 13th, 29th and 48th minutes while Eddie Ockenden got the fourth goal in the 51st minute in the summit clash played under heavy downpour at the Glasgow National Hockey Center.

 India's Final Medals Tally at the 2014 Glasgow CWG


The final list of Indian Medal Winners at the 2014 Glasgow CWG

Gold Medal -15
  • Sanjita Khumukchan: women's 48 kg weightlifting
  • Sukhen Dey: men's 56 kg weightlifting
  • Abhinav Bindra: men's 10 metre air rifle shooting
  • Apurvi Chandela: women's 10 metre air rifle shooting
  • Rahi Sarnobat: women's 25 metre pistol shooting
  • Satish Sivalingam: men's 77 kg weightlifting
  • Jitu Rai: men's 50 metre pistol shooting
  • Amit Kumar: men's freestyle 57 kg wrestling
  • Vinesh Phogat: women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling
  • Sushil Kumar: men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling
  • Babita Kumari: women's freestyle 55 kg wrestling
  • Yogeshwar Dutt: men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling
  • Vikas Gowda: men's discus throw athletics
  • Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: women's doubles squash
  • Parupalli Kashyap: men's singles badminton 

Silver Medal -30
  • Mirabai Chanu Saikhom: women's 48 kg weightlifting
  • Shushila Likmabam: women's 48 kg judo
  • Navjot Chana: men's 60 kg judo
  • Malaika Goel: women's 10 metre air pistol shooting
  • Santoshi Matsa: women's 53 kg weightlifting
  • Prakash Nanjappa: men's 10 metre air pistol shooting
  • Ayonika Paul: women's 10 metre air rifle shooting
  • Anisa Sayyed: women's 25 metre pistol shooting
  • Shreyasi Singh: women's double trap shooting
  • Ravi Katulu: men's 77 kg weightlifting
  • Gurpal Singh: men's 50 metre pistol shooting
  • Gagan Narang: men's 50 metre rifle prone shooting
  • Vikas Thakur: men's 85 kg weightlifting
  • Harpreet Singh: men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooting
  • Sanjeev Rajput: men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting
  • Rajeev Tomar: men's freestyle 125 kg wrestling
  • Lalita: women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling
  • Bajrang: men's freestyle 61 kg wrestling
  • Sakshi Malik: women's freestyle 58 kg wrestling
  • Satywart Kadian: men's freestyle 97 kg wrestling
  • Geetika Jakhar: women's freestyle 63 kg wrestling
  • Seema Punia: women's discus throw athletics
  • Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj: men's doubles table tennis
  • L Sarita Devi: women's 57-60 kg boxing
  • L Devendro Singh: men's 49 kg boxing
  • Mandeep Jangra: men's 69 kg boxing
  • Rajinder Rahelu: men's heavyweight powerlifting
  • Vijender Singh: men's 75 kg boxing
  • India: men's hockey
  • Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa: women's doubles badminton 

Bronze Medal - 19

  • Ganesh Mali: men's 56 kg weightlifting
  • Kalpana Thoudam: women's 52 kg judo
  • Swati Singh: women's 53 kg weightlifting
  • Rajwinder Kaur: women's +78 kg judo
  • Omkar Otari: men's 69 kg weightlifting
  • Mohammed Asab: men's double trap shooting
  • Punam Yadav: women's 63 kg weightlifting
  • Manavjit Sandhu: men's trap shooting
  • Gagan Narang: men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting
  • Lajja Gauswami: women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting
  • Chandrakant Mali: men's 94 kg weightlifting
  • Navjot Kaur: women's freestyle 69 kg wrestling
  • Dipa Karmakar: women's vault gymnastics artistic
  • Pawan Kumar: men's freestyle 86 kg wrestling
  • Pinki Jangra: women's 48-51 kg boxing
  • Sakina Khatun: women's lightweight powerlifting
  • P.V. Sindhu: women's singles badminton
  • R.M.V. Gurusaidutt: men's singles badminton
  • Arpinder Singh: men's triple jump athletics

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