Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 1 LIVE: Srihari Nataraj reaches final— Updates, Scores, Medals, Blog
Badminton: India beat Pakistan 3-0
India's fancied shuttlers didn't break a sweat on way to taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over Pakistan in their badminton opener. The duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and Machimanda Ponnappa started the proceedings with a comfortable 21-9 21-12 win over Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti and Ghazala Siddique in their mixed doubles clash.
After the Pakistan pair appeared to put up a fight in the second game, Reddy finished the match with a down-the-line smash, and then, Kidambi Srikanth picked up from where his mixed doubles colleagues left, easily getting the better of Murad Ali 21-7 21-12 in the men's singles match. The gulf in class was evident as the Pakistanis struggled to match the high standards set by the Indians. Then, it was the turn of double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu to grab a dominant win over Mahoor Shahzad in women's singles. The champion Indian shuttler won 21-7 21-6.
Triathlon: Pragnya Mohan ends 26th, Sanjana Joshi ends 28th
After all the three legs of the triathlon, Pragnya Mohan overtakes Sanjana Joshi to be the best ranked Indian. This for the first time in history India sent athletes in the triathlon event in CWG.
Highlight of the Day: Renuka Thakur's sizzling spell
India have had convincing victories in Badminton and TT today, while another big win is being recorded in Hockey.
Gymnastics, Squash and a few other events are still left for the day, but the highlight so far has been fast bowler Renuka Thakur's 4/18 in a losing cause vs Australia.
Triathlon: Sanjana 24th, Pragnya 26th after bike leg
The second leg of the triathlon event is over, with not much improvement for Indians. The running leg is the last leg left. Can the Indians improve their ranking?
In the Men's Triathlon earlier today, Adarsh Muralidharan finished 30th with 1:02:38 while Vishwanath Yadav finished 33rd with 1:02:57.
Triathlon: Sanjana 22nd and Pragnya 25th after swim leg
Sanjana Joshi is 22nd and Pragnya Mohan is 25th after the swimming leg of the Triathlon. India are taking part in Triathlon for the first time. The running and cycling legs of the event are coming up next.
Swimming: Srihari Nataraj's semifinal coming up
Srihari Nataraj was the only Indian swimmer to make it through his heats among Indian swimmers today. His semifinal is scheduled later tonight.
Kushagra Rawat finished 14th in men's 400m Freestyle in 3:57.45. Sajan Prakash finished 24th in men's 50m Butterfly in 25.01 seconds. His key event is 200 Fly.
Defeat in Lawn Bowls
Woman singles player Tania Choudhary and men’s triples team suffered twin losses each on the opening day of lawn ball competitions. The Indian men's team of Chandan Kumar Singh (skip) Navneet Singh (lead) and Mridul Borgohain (second) lost 6-23 to New Zealand in their first game. They then suffered 12-19 defeat at the hands of Scotland in the second game.
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