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CWG Day 2: India eyes gold in weightlifting, athletics, gymnastics

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Weighlifter Mirabai Chanu wins gold at Qatar

After a thunderous Day 1 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Team India looks to retain momentum on the second day with all eyes on Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the Tokyo Olympic silver-medallist and 2018 CWG gold medallist on Saturday.

Badminton and Table Tennis teams looking to make a progress into the knockouts and the women’s hockey team will enter their second group-stage tie.

The Indian badminton team began their mixed team title defence with a 5-0 sweep against Pakistan.

In Badmintion there were wins for PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth.

Women’s cricket made its debut with a three-wicket loss against Australia.

The Indian women’s table tennis team fared better with a 3-0 victory vs South Africa and then a 3-0 victory against Fiji.

In boxing, Shiva Thapa won his men’s 63.5kg Round of 32 bout against Pakistan’s Suleman Baloch

The Indian women’s hockey team 5-0 win against Ghana on Day One set spirits soaring.

In aquatics, Kushagra Rawat came in last in Heat 3 and was eliminated in the Men’s 400m Freestyle event.

In the triathlon, India finished 26th and 27th respectively with a dismal performance by Pragnya Mohan and Sanjana Joshi.

*Day 2 schedule* includes numerous nail-biting events including finals of weightlifting, athletics and para-swimming.

ATHLETICS

India will eye a medal in the men’s marathon Final with Nitendra Singh Rawat all geared up at 01.30 PM.

PARA-SWIMMING

India’s Ashish Kumar Singh will fight for his final birth in the men’s 100m Backstroke S9 Finals–at 12:18 AM

SWIMMING

* 100m backstroke semifinal–Srihari Natraj (1:14 am)

* 200m freestyle heat 3–kushagrarawat (03.00 pm)

GYMNASTICS

* Women’s Team Final & Individual Qualification Subdivision 3–PranatiNayak, RuthujaNatraj, ProtisthaSamanta (9:00 Pm)

BADMINTON

* Mixed team group a—India vs Sri Lanka (1:30 pm)

* Mixed team group a–India Vs Australia (11:30 pm)

BOXING

* Over 54kg – 57kg (Round Of 32)—Hussamuddin Mohammed Vs Amzolele (SA) (4:30 Pm)

CYCLING (02:30 PM – 06:15 PM)

* Womens sprint qualifying–Mayuri Lute, Triyasha Paul

* Womens 3000m individual pursuit qualifying–Meenakshi

* Mens 4000m individual pursuit qualifying–Vishwajeet Singh, Dinesh Kumar

Men’s kierin first round (8.30 PM -11.30 PM)

HOCKEY

* Womens Pool A–India Vs Wales (11:30 PM)

WEIGHTLIFTING

* Mens 55 Kg–SanketMahadevSargar(01:30 PM – 06:15 PM)

* Mens 61 Kg–Gururaja((01:30 PM – 06:15 PM))

* Women’s 49 Kg–SaikhomMirabhaiChanu(08:00 PM – 10:15 PM)

TABLE TENNIS (02:00 PM – 07:00 PM)

* Womens Team Group 2–India Vs Guyana

* Mens Team Group–India Vs Northern Ireland

SQUASH (04:30 PM – 07:00 PM)

* Mens singles round of 32–RamitTandon Vs Christopher Binnie (Jamaica)

* Womens singles round of 32–JoshanaChinappa Vs Tbd

* Womens singles round of 32–Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla Vs AifaAzman (Malaysia)

* Mens singles round of 32–SauravGhosal Vs Tbd

LAWN BALLS (01:00 PM – 06:15 PM)

* Men’s triple–India vs Malta

* Women’s singles–Tania Choudhury Vs Laura Daniels(Wales)

* Men’s pairs–India Vs Cook Island

* Women’s four–India Vs Canada

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