Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Wrestlers Bajrang, Sakshi, Deepak clinch gold medals, silver for Anshu
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 06, 2022, 02:53:50 IST
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Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Wrestlers Bajrang, Sakshi, Deepak clinch gold medals, silver for Anshu
Bajrang Punia was a class apart while defending his title before Sakshi Malik produced a sensational gold medal winning effort as Indian wrestlers grabbed 6 medals, including 3 gold at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth stormed into the quarterfinals in their respective singles events. Sprinter Hima Das failed to qualify for women's 200m final. The Indian women's hockey team also suffered a 0-3 loss against Australia in shootout in semifinal.
18:18 (IST) Aug 05
Table Tennis: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins first game 11-9 against Paul Mccreery (Northern Ireland) in Men's Singles - Round of 32
17:54 (IST) Aug 05
Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth beats Dumindu Abeywickrama (Sri Lanka) 21-9, 21-12 in Men's Singles - Round of 16. Advances to quarters!
In an embarrassing incident for the organisers, the wrestling bouts at the Commonwealth Games had to be stopped and spectators were asked to vacate the hall after an audio equipment fell from the ceiling, minutes after the first session began.
Table Tennis - Sharath Kamal won second game 11-8 in his Round 32 men's singles match. Leads 2-0
17:29 (IST) Aug 05
Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth's men's singles (Round of 16) match against vs Dumindu Abeywickrama (Sri Lanka) is underway.
17:27 (IST) Aug 05
Table Tennis - Sharath Kamal won first game 12-10 in his Round 32 men's singles match
17:15 (IST) Aug 05
Table Tennis - Achanta Sharath Kamal's Men's Singles - Round of 32 is underway.
17:09 (IST) Aug 05
Update - The Wrestling bouts will resume at 5:45 pm IST.
17:07 (IST) Aug 05
Athletics: Women's Long Jump - Ancy Sojan Edappilly fails to make it to the finals after finishing 13th overall.
16:55 (IST) Aug 05
Wrestling bouts halted after speaker falls from ceiling
In an embarrassing incident for the organisers, the wrestling bouts at the Commonwealth Games had to be stopped and spectators were asked to vacate the hall after a speaker fell from the ceiling, minutes after the first session began. Only five bouts could be completed when a speaker, used to relay announcement, fell near one of the mat chairmen, raising a safety issue at the Ceventary stadium and arena on the opening day of the wrestling competitions. This was right after India's Deepak Punia had won his opening 86kg bout. The gathered fans were asked to vacate and a thorough check was ordered by the organisers, who fixed a restart of the session at 12:45 local time. "All are safe, they are just rechecking the whole system to avoid any untoward incident," said a coach.
16:38 (IST) Aug 05
Athletics: The women's Long Jump - Qualifying Round - Group A featuring India's Ancy Sojan Edappilly is underway
16:36 (IST) Aug 05
Badminton: India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela beat Mauritius' Sang Jemimah and Mungrah Ganesha 21 - 2, 21 - 4 to enter women's doubles quarterfinals
16:33 (IST) Aug 05
UPDATE:
Wrestling will resume in one hour. We'll restart at 12:15 (local time 🏴). We apologize, wrestling fans. https://t.co/pXwoUiQyey
— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) 1659694845000
16:33 (IST) Aug 05
UPDATE: Wrestling will resume at 5.15pm IST
16:27 (IST) Aug 05
What a performance! Men’s 4x400m Relay team in FINAL
16:26 (IST) Aug 05
Athletics: India advance to FINAL of Men’s 4x400m Relay after finishing 2nd in Heat 2
16:21 (IST) Aug 05
Athletics: The Men's 4 x 400m Relay - Round 1 - Heat 2 featuring India's Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Amoj Jacob is underway