India got to a glowing start on Sunday with two Gold and one Silver on Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. India’s Punam Yadav got home the first Gold medal on Day 4 in 69-kg women’s weightlifting. Soon after Indian shooters made their mark with Manu Bhaker winning the Gold and Heena Sidhu bagging the Silver in women’s 10-m air pistol. At present, India stands at the third spot with 6 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.
As of now on Day 4, Australia leads the tally with 60 medals including 22 Gold, 17 Silver and 21 Bronze, followed by England with 34 medals.
Here is the medal tally so far:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 22 17 21 60
2 England 14 14 6 34
3 India 6 2 1 9
4 Canada 5 7 6 18
5 South Africa 4 0 3 7
6 Scotland 3 6 6 15
7 New Zealand 3 5 5 13
8 Wales 2 3 2 7
9 Malaysia 2 0 1 3
10 Bermuda 1 0 0 1
11 Papua New Guinea 0 2 0 2
12 Sri Lanka 0 1 2 3
13 Jamaica 0 1 0 1
13 Mauritius 0 1 0 1
13 Samoa 0 1 0 1
13 Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 0 1
17 Cyprus 0 0 1 1
17 Fiji 0 0 1 1
17 Kenya 0 0 1 1
17 Pakistan 0 0 1 1
17 Solomon Islands 0 0 1 1
(Medal tally updated at 8:15 am IST)
Medals for India on Day 4:
Punam Yadav: Punam Yadav won Gold for India in the 69-kg women’s weightlifting event on Day 4 of Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She successfully lifted 118kg in her first clean and jerk attempt but failed in her second attempt. Fighting back, she came back to the stage and finished at top of the podium in women’s 69kg event with a combined lift of 222kg (Snatch 100kg + C&J 122kg).
Manu Bhaker: Manu Bhaker brought the 6th Gold home in women’s 10m Air Pistol on Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Bhaker was the overwhelming favourite to win the event, having bagged gold medals at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico and the following Junior World Cup in Sydney.
Heena Sidhu: Heena Sidhu staged a remarkable recovery to secure silver at the 21st Commonwealth Games with an aggregate score of 234.