Birmingham. Indian players continue to perform well in the Commonwealth Games. So far we have got 26 medals including 9 gold. Under the leadership of Bajrang Punia, the wrestling players performed amazingly on the 8th day. During this, the players won 6 medals including 3 gold. Apart from Bajrang, Deepak Poonia and Sakshi Malik won the gold medal in the women’s category. On the basis of the performance of these players, India has come in top-5 in the medal tally. India has won 9 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze medals so far and is at number 5. On the other hand Australia is on top with 140 medals including 50 gold medals.
Bronze medalist Bajrang Punia of Tokyo Olympics slammed all the opposing players in the 65 kg weight category. He won gold medals in consecutive games. Earlier, he had also given gold to India in the Gold Coast in 2018. In the final, he defeated Lachlan McNeil of Canada 9-2. If we look at the history of the Games, India has won more than 100 medals in wrestling.
Sakshi and Deepak’s amazing
Deepak Poonia won the gold by defeating Mohammad Inam of Pakistan 3-0 in the men’s 86kg freestyle category. He has also won silver medal in the World Championship in 2019. At the same time, he has won one gold and one silver in the World Junior Championships. In the women’s category, Sakshi Malik won the gold medal by defeating Ana Gondinez Gonzales of Canada in the final of 62 kg. This is Sakshi’s first gold in the Games. Earlier, he won bronze in 2018 games and silver in 2014. She has won bronze in Rio Olympics 2016.
Anshu Malik won silver
Anshu Malik won the silver medal in the 57 kg category of the women’s category. She lost 4-6 to Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria in the final. Another female wrestler Divya Kakran grabbed the bronze in 68kg. Apart from this, Mohit Grewal also got bronze in the men’s 125 km category. Right now India is expecting more medals from the wrestlers.
These 6 players have also won gold
Earlier, Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Anchita Sheuly won gold in weightlifting. At the same time, the women’s team created history by capturing gold in lawn balls. Men’s table tennis team and para power lifter Sudhir also performed brilliantly and won gold. India has so far won the maximum 10 medals in weightlifting. At the same time, 6 medals have been received in wrestling so far.