The Times Of India | Apr 12, 2018 , 19:54:31 IST

Live: Commonwealth Games 2018: Day 8 - India's medal tally swells to 31

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03:52 PM (IST)

Women's Long Jump Final | Nayana James registers 6.14m in her first jump, while Nellickal V. Neena improves to 6.01m after registering 5.90m in first attempt

03:37 PM (IST)

Manika Batra attempts at booking herself a place in the women's singles semifinal, takes on Singapore's Yihan Zhou.

03:33 PM (IST)

Not a great attempt by Purnima Hembram. Her best attempt of 11.75 has placed her at seventh in women's Heptathlon shot put.

03:09 PM (IST)

Win for Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in straight games, but some bad news coming from the squash circuit. Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Sandhu have missed out on a spot in the semifinals have lost in quarterfinals.

02:52 PM (IST)

Time to fill you in...

While we had our focus on wrestling, plenty of action transpired from other disciplines. The mixed pair of Dipika Palikal and Saurav Ghosal reached the semifinals with a 2-0 win over Wales. And currently trying their best to make it to the final 4 are Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Sindhu. There's still time left for the final but who all fancy the idea of an All-India final? We surely do...

02:47 PM (IST)

PHEW! So with that, we are done today as far as wrestling is concerned. But we still have plenty of Indian flavour left for you. The shuttlers are yet to compete in their round of 16 matches. Beginning first are Chirag Shetty/Satwik Rankireddy in men's doubles.

02:13 PM (IST)

And REPEAT HISTORY he does. The guy remains unbeaten in three Commonwealth Games: Delhi, Glasgow and now Gold Coast

02:05 PM (IST)

SUSHIL KUMAR does it in style, wins GOLD in men's 77kg freestyle. It's a win by technical superiority against Johannes Botha of South Africa, and he did it all in just... WAIT FOR IT... 80 seconds

So that takes India's tally of medals in wrestling to 4. Sushil brings India's second GOLD medal in wrestling. Till now, it's Two golds, one silver and one bronze. WELL DONE!

02:03 PM (IST)

Alright then! Can India make it FOUR out of FOUR in wrestling? Sushil Kumar takes centerstage in the men's 74kg GOLD medal round

02:02 PM (IST)

Another Indian team makes it to the quarterfinal.

Achanta Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran make short work of Sri Lanka

01:56 PM (IST)

Ladies and Gents! We have a new World No. 1

Well... Well... Well. It's as if the good news just don't stop coming. On one hand, while our wrestlers have combined to deliver all three medals, and all eyes remain on Sushil Kumar to make it four, our very own Kidambi Srikanth has climbed to the top of the mountain. He replaces Viktor Axelsen at the top of the BWF rankings to be crowned the brand new World No.1. What an effort it has been! CONGRATULATIONS

01:32 PM (IST)

SHE DOES... India add a THIRD medal in wrestling as Kiran beats Katouskia Pariadhaven on technical superiority. She takes BRONZE in the women's freestyle 76kg.

01:31 PM (IST)

Can India add a third medal in wrestling? India's Kiran takes on Katouskia Pariadhaven of Mauritius in the women's 76kg freestyle bronze medal playoff.

01:26 PM (IST)

Plenty happening for India at CWG folks. Just as we were celebrating Rahul Aware's gold medal finish, we have some more good news for you. India's two double pairs of Manika Batra/Mouma Das and Sutirtha Mukherjee/Pooja Sahasrabudhe have both made it to the semifinal after notching up respective wins.

01:14 PM (IST)

And it's a GOLD for wrestler Rahul Aware. He defeats Steven Takahashi 15-7 in men's 57kg freestyle. That's a second medal in wrestling today for India after Babita Kumari's silver finish earlier in the day.

01:09 PM (IST)

Men's 57kg freestyle: At the three-minute break, Rahul Aware leads Steven Takahashi 6-4.

12:45 PM (IST)

Second silver medal of the day for India

12:43 PM (IST)

Babita Kumari loses 5-2 against Diana Weicker to settle for a silver medal

12:42 PM (IST)

Weicker earns 2 more points

12:41 PM (IST)

Weicker fights back and gets 2 points, leads by 1 point

12:39 PM (IST)

Babita goes for a fierce tackle and earns 2 points

12:37 PM (IST)

Weicker leads Babita by one point

12:36 PM (IST)

Wrestling: India's Babita Kumari takes on Diana Weicker of Canada in the Gold Medal match

12:35 PM (IST)

Samuel Bose gets the bronze

12:24 PM (IST)

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Wales' Laura Halford competes in the ball event of the individual all-around final

12:14 PM (IST)

Brotherly love: From one Starc to another

12:06 PM (IST)

Usain Bolt having a 'smashing' time in Gold Coast

11:59 AM (IST)

Silver Shooter Sawant

11:56 AM (IST)

India's silver medalist Tejaswini Sawant

11:44 AM (IST)

COMING UP: Medal bouts of wrestlers with India's Babita Kumari (Gold), Rahul Aware (Gold), Kiran (Bronze) and Sushil Kumar (Gold) in the fray

11:29 AM (IST)

Silver medalist Tejaswini Sawant of India, gold medalist Martina Lindsay Veloso of Singapore and bronze medalist Seonaid McIntosh of Scotland

11:20 AM (IST)

Go for Gold!!!!

11:19 AM (IST)

India's PV Sindhu hits a return during her match against Australia's Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen

11:12 AM (IST)

First medal of the day for India

10:59 AM (IST)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

10:53 AM (IST)

Table Tennis: India's Sharath Achanta beats Heming Hu of Australia 4-1 to advance to quarterfinals

10:39 AM (IST)

Incredible Indeed!!!

10:25 AM (IST)

Shooting: India's Tejaswini Sawant wins silver in Women's 50m Rifle Prone Finals. Anjum Moudgil finishes 16th

10:17 AM (IST)

Table Tennis: India's Harmeet Desai beats Chee Feng Leong of Malaysia to reach Men's Singles quarterfinals

10:14 AM (IST)

Table Tennis: India's Mouma Das beats Tin-Tin Ho of England to reach quarterfinals

10:07 AM (IST)

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Wales' Laura Halford competes in the hoop event of the individual all-around final

10:04 AM (IST)

Convincing victory for Kidambi Srikanth

09:57 AM (IST)

Indian shuttlers raise medal hopes

09:56 AM (IST)

Badminton: India's Kidambi Srikanth marches into the quarterfinals

09:51 AM (IST)

Sindhu through to the quarterfinals

09:48 AM (IST)

Words of wisdom at the break

09:44 AM (IST)

India's Sushil Kumar after his victory against Muhammad Asad Butt of Pakistan

09:41 AM (IST)

Sindhu on track for a medal

09:38 AM (IST)

Kidambi Srikanth is making this look easy

09:35 AM (IST)

Badminton: India's PV Sindhu wins first game 21-15 against Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen of Australia in Women's Singles Round of 16

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