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Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 6 LIVE: Tejaswin Shankar wins Bronze in High Jump — Live Scores, Updates, Medals, Blog
CWG 2022: How many more medals can India add to their 14 medals? Could we get a first ever individual medal in Squash? Or a first Gold medal in Judo?
Tejaswin Shankar wasn't initially included in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Indian athletics team by selectors (Source: Instagram)
Commonwealth Games 2022: India are currently at sixth spot in the CWG 2022 Medal Tally with 14 medals - 5 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze. The medal rush is set to continue on Wednesday, with some major sports set to be in action. Day 6 Schedule
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- 3 Aug 2022 3:43 PM GMT
Athletics: Could Tejaswin Shankar win a historic medal?
Apart from Judo and Squash, there's some exciting Athletics action coming up later tonight. According to season best jumps, Tejaswin could win India's first ever medal in High Jump in a major competition.
- 3 Aug 2022 3:24 PM GMT
Purnima ends 6th
Purnima's last two C&J lifts are no lifts. She finishes with a total of 228kgs. Drops down to 5th spot. That's it for her campaign then. Gurjeet Singh the only weightlifter left in action later today. What a great Weightlifting campaign this has been for India.
Now moving onto Squash and Judo, both of which might offer some historic medals.
- 3 Aug 2022 3:13 PM GMT
India's Weightlifting campaign: How does it compare with 2018?
Purnima lifts 125kgs in her first C&J attempt, a lift which places her 3rd for now. But two lifters are yet to get into the action.
With our weightlifting campaign coming to an end later tonight, here's a comparison with last time.
- 3 Aug 2022 2:50 PM GMT
The only medal so far today
Purnima's C&J section is underway. She might even sneak into the medal places, but for now, Lovepreet's medal is the only one we have won so far.
- 3 Aug 2022 2:36 PM GMT
Lawn Bowls: Mridul Borgohain advances
India's Mridul Borgohain won both his men's singles matches while the women's pair of Lovely Choubey and Nayanmoni Saikia won one and drew another in the lawn bowl events of the Commonwealth Games. Borgohain first humbled Chris Locke of Falkan Islands 21-5 in his second round match and then beat Scotland's Iain McLean 21-19.
- 3 Aug 2022 2:34 PM GMT
Weightlifting: Purnima in 5th spot after Snatch
All the Snatch lifts have been done. Purnima has dropped down to 5th spot.
Meanwhile, India's men's hockey team thrash Canada 8-0 to go through to the semis.
- 3 Aug 2022 2:15 PM GMT
Weightlifting: Purnima Pandey in 4th spot
Purnima Pandey lifts 103kgs with her second lift. That places her among the top 5 for now.
The next big event coming up is in Squash.
- 3 Aug 2022 1:57 PM GMT
Weightlifting: Purnima Pandey set to clinch medal
Purnima Pandey's Women's 87+kg Weightlifting final is going on. Her first lift of 105kg is set to place her in third spot in the Snatch phase.
In Hockey, the men's team are rolling over Canada. 4-0 in Q3. This should make India strong contenders to finish as group toppers to help them avoid Australia in the semis.
- 3 Aug 2022 1:14 PM GMT
Wins in Para TT, Big matches in Judo and Squash coming up
Para TT: Raj Aravindan defeated George Wyndham (SLE) 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-0, 10-12, 11-3) in the group stage of Men's Singles (Class 3-5). This follows Bhavina Patel's win earlier in the day.
Coming up soon will be the Women's 87kg weightlifting final where Purnima Pandey will be in action.
There's big matches in Judo and Squash coming up after 9 pm.
- 3 Aug 2022 12:32 PM GMT
Boxing: Husammuddin wins, another Boxing medal assured
Husammuddin (57kg) has won a very tight match to enter the semis and assure the second Boxing medal for India.
