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Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights Day 2: Weightlifters put on a show as Mirabai Chanu wins India's first gold
CWG 2022 Day 2 Highlights: Gururaja Poojary clinched a bronze medal for India in the men's 61kg weight category after Sanket Sargar bagged silver in the 55kg category to open India's medal tally in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.
CWG 2022 Day 2 Highlights: It was a spectacular outing for the India weightlifters with trailblazer Mirabai Chanu setting the perfect tone at the Commonwealth Games 2022. She secured a gold medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting final, which was also India's first yellow metal in the ongoing edition. Her best lifts were 88kg (snatch) and 113kg (clean and jerk). Sanket Sargar and Bindyarani Devi won silver medals in the men's and women's 55kg weightlifting event. Gururaja Poojary also a weightlifter bagged bronze in the men's 61 kg finals....Read More
Other key results:
Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain beats Araine Nicholson by unanimous decision.
Badminton: India beat Sri Lanka 5-0, Australia 4-1 in Group A mixed team events
Hockey: India women beat Wales 3-1
Table tennis: Indian women's table tennis suffer 3-2 defeat against Malaysia in quarter-finals.
Squash: Saurav Ghosal beats Sri Lanka's Shamil Wakeel 3-0 in men's singles round of 32 event. Joshna Chinappa outclasses Barbados Meagan Best 3-0, while 14-year-old Anahat Singh goes down fighting 3-1 in women's singles round of 32.
CWG 2022 Live Updates: Table Tennis teams look to continue winning streak
The Indian women's team will take on Guyana in its third group game of the event, while men's team faces Northern Ireland. Both have won the opening two matches of their respective doubles events.
CWG 2022 Live, Day 2: Lovlina's complaints over training
The boxer had issued a long post on her official social media profile, stating that her coach Sandhya Gurung hadn't been given an accreditation for the CWG that is hampering her training. Prompt action was taken, however, and Gurung was provided with the accreditation earlier this week.
Borgohain had won a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics last year
CWG Live Updates, Day 2: Lovlina Borgohain in action
The last few days have been difficult for India's star boxer, but Lovlina Borgohain would look to keep it all behind when she enters the ring for her first round match against New Zealand's Ariane Nicholson in the Women's Over 66-70kg round-of-16 match.
CWG 2022 Live Updates: Where would Nataraj stand with his personal best?
Srihari Nataraj has the personal best timings of 53.77 seconds in the 100m backstroke event. Given the timings of all the other swimmers in the semi-finals, Nataraj would have finished second if he had equalled his PB in the qualifying. Regardless, the Indian swimmer would be aiming to reach closer to the mark to stand a chance for podium finish
CWG 2022 Live: Sensational Srihari Nataraj!
Late on Friday night/Saturday morning, Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for the final of the Men's 100m backstroke as he finished fourth in semi-final 2 (and seventh overall). Nataraj now stands on the cusp of glory as he would aim to become the only second Indian to win a swimming medal (after para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar - Bronze in CWG 2010)
CWG 2022 Live, Day 2: A look at Mirabai Chanu's medal cabinet
Olympics
2020: Silver
World C'ships
2017: Gold
Commonwealth Games
2014: Silver
2018: Gold
Asian C'ships
2020: Bronze
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 Live Updates: A third medal for Mirabai Chanu?
A defending champion at the Commonwealth Games, Mirabai Chanu will look to add a third Games medal to her cabinet when she arrives at the NEC Hall 1 for the Women's 49kg final on Day 2. Chanu had lifted a total of 202kg (87 and 115) in the Olympics final.
CWG 2022 Live Updates, Day 2: An exciting day ahead
Mirabai Chanu, who had famously won a silver medal in Tokyo Olympics last year, will be in action on the second day as India look to begin its medal count at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian table tennis women's and men's teams, badminton mixed doubles team and women's hockey team will also be in action.
Srihari Nataraj will also participate in the medal race late at night, as he secured a final berth after finishing seventh in the semi-finals
CWG 2022 Live, Day 2: Hello and welcome!
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Day 2 of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games! It was a largely positive Day 1 for India with no major upsets, and the Indian athletes will look to continue on the momentum as they return to action on Saturday. India will also be looking to opening their account in the medal tally, as some of the heavyweights in their respective sports will be in action today.
