16-year old shooting sensation Manu Bhaker of India won the coveted gold in 10m Air Pistol at the Commonwealth Games 2018. Veteran Hena Sidhu bagged the silver in the same event. Bhaker achieved a Games Record with 240.9 points...
Bronze medallist of Glasgow 2014, Punam Yadav, changed the medal colour by winning gold in Women's 69kg Weightlfting category at Gold Coast 2018. Punam defeated her closest rival Sarah Davies of England with a total of 222kg lift.
Punam finished...
LE CLOS MOVES TOWARDS BEING THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CWG ATHLETE
South African swimmer Chad Le Clos added another medal to his Commonwealth Games record when he won gold in the 200m Butterfly for the third consecutive time. It was his...
The weightlifters of India are shining at Gold Coast. The fourth gold medal for India in Weightlifting was won by Ragala Venkat Rahul in the Men's 85kg event. He lifted a total weight of 338kg -151kg in Snatch and...
Sathish Shivalingam continued India’s gold rush in Weightlfting at the Commonwealth Games 2018. Sathish defended his Glasgow 2014 gold in Men’s 77kg by winning this year’s medal with a total of 317kg.
Sathish clearly had edge over other competitors as...
TIA CLAIR TOOMEY’S GOLD IN HER LAST LIFT
Australia’s Tia-Clair Toomey became the Women’s 58kg Weightlifting champion with six successful lifts for a total of 201kg. She claimed gold with the last lift of 114kg Clean and Jerk, finishing just...
18-year old weightlifting sensation Deepak Lather won bronze in 69kg category in his debut year in Commonwealth Games. With this India won 4 medals in Weightlifting- Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu won gold and Gururaja Poojary won silver.
Deepak Lather...
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, the 24-year Manipuri girl, gave India the second gold after she won in the Women’s 53kg Weightlifting at Commonwealth Games 2018. Sanjita Chanu’s success came following that of another Manipuri girl, Mirabai Chanu who won gold...
WITHDRAWAL OF SALLY PEARSON
Australia’s 100m hurdles World Champion, Sally Pearson, has officially withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games 2018 due to an Achilles injury. Pearson stated that her Achilles injury came back while training at the Athletes’ Village two days...
Mirabai Chanu was in full form as she grabbed gold in the Women’s 48kg category Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast. Chanu finished with a new Games Record of 196 to win the first gold for...