Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 4 Highlights: Medals for India in weightlifting, judo; tally rises to nine

England's Chris Murray wins gold with a Games record of 325kg (144kg + 181kg), while the silver goes to Australia's Kyle Bruce with a total lift of 323kg. Canada's Nicholas Vachon takes bronze, followed by Ajay Singh.

Shushila Devi Likmabam is into the semifinals! She beats Malawi’s Harriet Bonface 10-0 in women's 48kg.

India's Vijay Singh Yadav is through to quarter-final of Men's 60 kg category with 1st round win over Winsley Gangaya.

India's Ajay Singh finishes 4th after missing his final clean and jerk lift at 180kg in men's 81kg category.

Last throw of the dice for Ajay Singh... but he fails to lift 180kg in his 3rd Clean & Jerk attempt. The Indian misses out on a podium finish by a whisker!

Ajay Singh stands strong with the clean and successfully lifts 176kg, which puts him in the gold medal spot with 319kg total.

Brilliant!!! Ajay Singh lifts 172kg in the first attempt in Clean & Jerk round. He had listed 165kg to start with, but decided to elevate it. It has made his combined lift to 315kg.

Historic moment! India are into lawn bowls finals, which confirmes first-ever medal in any lawn bowls event at the CWG level. Unbelievable performance and total team effort from the women's quartet!

The Indian team is emotional as it has guaranteed the country either a gold or silver. Kudos to Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip). They face South Africa in the final. 

India 16-13 New Zealand

Ajay Singh had listed 165kg to start with in the Clean & Jerk round. After the snatch round, the difference between Chris Murray (who had the best attempts of 144kg) and Ajay Singh (143kg) was just one kilo.

Ajay Singh in Snatch round -

Attempt 1 - 137kg

Attempt 2 - 140kg

Attempt 3 - 143kg

India's Suchika Tariyal defeats Zambia's Rita Kabinda to enter the quarterfinals of Women's 57kg Judo event.

The Indian quartet has made it 12-12 against New Zealand! The scores are level after 13 ends of throws.

India 12-12 New Zealand

Jasleen Singh Saini gets the better of Maxence Cugola in double-quick time to storm into the Judo Men's 66kg quarter-finals, after an Ippon in 48 seconds.

Brilliant lifting! Three out of three for Ajay Singh, who lifts 143kg in his third snatch attempt! 

Australia’s Kyle Brue is also tied at 143kg while England’s Chris Murray leads with 144kg.

That was some tremendous lifting! Ajay Singh didn't waver in his second attempt as he comfortably lifts 140Kg in the Snatch round.

Ajay Singh successfully lifts 137kg in his first lift in the Snatch round! He wobbles towards the end, but gets the body back underneath and holds the bar cleanly for a successful lift.

Ajay Singh has registered a weight of 135kg for his first attempt in Snatch category. As many as six competitors have listed the same weight.

India are now 7-6 ahead after 8 Ends. Tremendous comeback from the Indian quartet that was 1-6 down at one point.

India 7-6 New Zealand

India have minimised the gap to make it 5-6 against New Zealand after End 7.

India 5-6 New Zealand

Ajay Singh in action in Men's 81kg! It starts with the Snatch round. Ajay holds the National Record, having recorded a combined lift of 338kg (148+190) in 2019.

The Indian lawn bowls quartet trails 6-4 against New Zealand after End 5, while Ajay Singh is all set to compete now in the weightlifting (men's 81kg) final. Stay tuned for live updates! 

It's weightlifting that's been giving us many reasons to smile for the past three days. Ajay Singh, whose idol is Mirabai Chanu, is among the favourites for a podium finish.

It was a great Sunday indeed and we are expecting India to dish out a similar performance today. Indian fans will get to see the mixed badminton team in action in semis where the team will be eyeing a medal.

They outwitted South Africa 3-0 to set up a final-four clash with Singapore. Lakshya Sen then looked in complete control as he gave India a 2-0 lead, before young Aakarshi Kashyap used her deception to good effect to prevail 21-11 21-16 as India won the fixture 3-0.

Apart from Ajay Singh, the focus also remains on Harjinder Kaur, who begins in the Women's 71 kg category in weightlifting from 11:00 pm IST.

The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) currently trails 0-5 after 2 ends.

India women's fours semi-final against New Zealand is underway. Thereafter, Ajay Singh will be in action from 2:00 PM onwards, with an aim to seal another medal in weightlifting for his country. He will compete in the men's 81kg.

The Indian women's fours team is set to play against New Zealand in the semifinal of lawn bowls competition. 

The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) won 17-9 in the quarterfinal match.