Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Vikas Thakur wins Silver in Weightlifting

2022-08-02 13:41 GMT

Weightlifting: Vikas Thakur lifts 149kgs

Vikas Thakur gets into action, lifting 149kgs in Snatch. But the whole of India is currently on a Lawn Bowls wave.

A Commonwealth gold in a not so common sport!

Sport is wholesome, sport is unpredictable😅#CommonwealthGames
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— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) August 2, 2022

2022-08-02 13:26 GMT

Lawn Bowls winning moments

2022-08-02 13:24 GMT

India win Gold medal match in Lawn Bowls: Scorecard

2022-08-02 13:21 GMT

Gold for India!

A Lawn Bowls gold! If there was any sport which was not in anybody's pre-Games calculations in terms of medals, this is it!

Historic Gold 🥇
Team effort Rupa Rani,Nayan mooni saikya ,Pinki and lovely Choubey 🔥
Yess 💖#CommonwealthGames #LawnBowls pic.twitter.com/s4el7UkDdm
— Ranjay choubey (@ranjaychoubey) August 2, 2022

2022-08-02 13:13 GMT

India lead South Africa 15-10

It's within reach! This will be a historic gold medal for India.

With just 1 round left and a 5 points lead, is India going to achieve the unbelievable here at the #LawnBowls event at #CWG2022 🤩 pic.twitter.com/tqwsMrdy76
— Dr. Shashank Sneham 🇮🇳 (@shashank_sneham) August 2, 2022

2022-08-02 13:08 GMT

Live Results: India lead in Lawn Bowls Gold medal match

Weightlifting: Vikas Thakur gets into action in the men's 96kg. A sure shot medal hope, could he make up for Punam Yadav's disastrous event earlier today?

Lawn Bowls: India lead South Africa 12-10 after End 13. It's getting into the business end now.

Hockey: India women begin their match against England.

TT Men's Team Final: India lead Singapore 1-0 in Gold medal match

2022-08-02 12:59 GMT

India lead South Africa 12-10

Houston, we've a problem. We're running out of server storage on Twitter on the hashtag volume from India on the #LawnBowls

Unprecedented interest for the Gold Medal game between India and South Africa. We need storage space quickly on AWS. pic.twitter.com/yNuR5yPrMM
— Vijay Arumugam (@vijayarumugam) August 2, 2022

2022-08-02 12:50 GMT

India 10-10 after End 12

#LawnBowls After end 12, India come back with an excellent bowl by Rupa Rani Tirkey.. She got it extremely close to the yellow ball.. Hence 2 points..

Its 10-10 after end 12#CommonwealthGames2022 #BirminghamMeinJitegaHindustanHamara #Birmingham2022 pic.twitter.com/WelvNNwQ5Z
— Anurag Sinha (@anuragsinha1992) August 2, 2022

2022-08-02 12:37 GMT

Lawn Bowls: India fall behind after a long time

India fall behind for the first time since End 4. South Africa lead 10-8 after End 11.

#LawnBowls #CommonwealthGames2022 #Birmingham2022 This is getting tense now.. After end 11.. It is 10-8

SA back in the lead.. #IndiavsSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/snzgFjLrlN
— Anurag Sinha (@anuragsinha1992) August 2, 2022

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2022-08-02 12:25 GMT

Lawn Bowls: India 8-8 South Africa after End 10

A fightback from South Africa. A run of points from them as India remain pointless. After End 10, the scores are 8-8.

In singles, Mridul loses the Men's Singles Group D match. All these losses only show how special the Women's Fours team's Gold medal appearance is.

Learning, enjoying this new game Lawn Bowls & cheering for our girls.

#LawnBowls #INDvsSA #CommonwealthGames #GoForGolf #WeAreTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/KhpGTTqcSh
— VahiFriendzoneHoneWalaLadka (@VinamraSinha18) August 2, 2022

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 LIVE: Vikas Thakur wins Silver in Weightlifting— Live Scores, Updates, Medals, Blog