India finished 1 and 3 in men’s 10m air pistol event, with Jitu Rai winning gold and Om Prakash a bronze medal. Later, Mehuli Ghosh and Apurvi Chandela finished 2nd and 3rd in women’s 10m Air Rifle final. Earlier on Day 5, weightlifter Pardeep Singh won a silver in men’s 105kg event and the men’s table tennis team entered final. India’s medals tally currently reads 8 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze.
9 April 2018, 10:01 AM
Women’s 90+ Weightlifting: Purnima Pandey lifts 94kg in her third Snatch attempt as her best heading into the Clean & Jerk round later.
9 April 2018, 09:57 AM
Weightlifting
Women’s +90kg: Purnima Pandey lifts 89kg in her second Snatch attempt.
Women’s 90kg: Lalchhanhimi fails to lift 89kg in her last two Snatch attempts. So her registered Snatch weight remains her first successful attempt, which was 85kg.
9 April 2018, 09:56 AM
After winning in 2014 #CWG, JituRaiwins his second (& created new GR in Final) while Om Mitharvaltakes home a Bronze in Men’s 10m Air Pistol event #CWG2018. Watch the moments from their medal winning performance here. #IndiaAtCWG #SAI pic.twitter.com/7t2rabzKlt
— SAIMedia(@Media_SAI) April 9, 2018
9 April 2018, 09:47 AM
Two weightlifting events in progress now with two Indians in the fray:
Women’s +90kg: Purnima Pandey, who has lifted 85kg in her first Snatch attempt.
Women’s 90kg: Lalchhanhimi, yet to begin.
9 April 2018, 09:29 AM
Silver and bronze for India!
Mehuli Ghosh loses to Singapore’s Veloso in shootoff for gold in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Final. Apurvi Chandela wins bronze as India’s medal rush in shooting continues. But the Indians will be unhappy to miss on gold narrowly.
9 April 2018, 09:23 AM
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final: Shootoff between Mehuli and Singapore’s Veloso after the Indian hit a bull’s eye with 10.9.
9 April 2018, 09:21 AM
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final:
With the elimination of Bangladesh’s Sultana, India assured of two medals with Apurvi Chandela currently in No. 2 position and Mehuli Ghosh No. 3.
9 April 2018, 09:11 AM
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final has moved into the Elimination Round.
Apurvi Chandela at No. 2 currently and Mehuli Ghosh No. 4.
9 April 2018, 09:08 AM
Two good results:
1. Manish Kaushik beats T&T’s Michael Alexander to progress to the men’s 60kg boxing quarterfinal.
2. Smit Singh qualifies for the men’s skeet final.
9 April 2018, 08:44 AM
Another good news!
Tejaswin Shankar qualifies for the men’s high jump final having cleared 2.21m. He is among the 12 jumpers who will be vying for a spot on the podium on April 11.
9 April 2018, 08:19 AM
Gaurav Solanki enters men’s 52kg boxing quarterfinals with a 5-0 unanimous verdict against Ghana’s Akimos Annang. He’s looking good to go all the distance in the ring at Gold Coast.
9 April 2018, 07:53 AM
Gold and Bronze for India!
Jitu Rai wins gold in men’s 10m air pistol event. Om Prakash wins bronze.
India’s medals tally swells to 15 medals (8 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze)
9 April 2018, 07:36 AM
India enter Men’s Team TT Final: Beat Singapore 3-2
Achanta Sharath Kamal wins the fifth and deciding match of the tie against Xue Jie Pang to confirm India’s entry.
9 April 2018, 07:31 AM
Coming Up
Jitu Rai and Om Prakash in the men’s 10m Air Pistol Final.
Also, in Table Tennis, Achanta Sharath Kamal has won the first two games in the deciding rubber of the Men’s Team semifinal against Singapore.
9 April 2018, 07:25 AM
Indian shooters Apurvi Chandela, with a score of 423.2 points, and Mehuli Ghosh, with 413.7 points, have qualified for the women’s 10m air rifle event in first and fifth position, respectively.
9 April 2018, 07:18 AM
MEDAL ALERT!
India’s Pardeep Singh settles for silver medal in the Men’s 105kg Weightlifting Event. India’s medals tally reads 7 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze.
9 April 2018, 07:13 AM
Singapore lock the Men’s Team TT Semifinal at 2-2 as Ning Gao defeats India’s Sathiyan in Match 4. India’s veteran paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal will now carry the nation’s expectations in the deciding rubber of the tie.
9 April 2018, 07:09 AM
Men’s 105kg Weightlifting: Pardeep Singh lifts 200kg in his first Clean & Jerk attempt and moves into No. 2 position of the event. There’s a big fight between him Samoa’s Mao for gold.
9 April 2018, 06:59 AM
Virdhawal Khade fails to progress in the men’s 50m Freestyle after finishing sixth with a timing of 23.11 seconds in Heat 6 in the swimming competition.
9 April 2018, 06:55 AM
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification: Apurvi Chandela is going great guns to be in first position while Mehuli Ghosh stays in the top-eight pack at No. 4 with Series 3 of the qualification going on.
9 April 2018, 06:52 AM
Men’s Team Table Tennis Semifinal: Sathiyan has clawed back into the fourth match of the tie. After losing the first game, he thwart’s Ning Gao’s challenge to win it 12-10. India lead the tie 2-1 and need just one more win to enter the Final.
9 April 2018, 06:50 AM
Tejaswin Shankar is looking good in Group A of high-jump qualification round. He has now cleared 2.21m in and moved into the fifth position.
9 April 2018, 06:42 AM
India start on a losing note in Match 4 of the Men’s Team TT Semifinal as Sathiyan loses first game 5-11 to Ning Gao. India, however, led the tie 2-1 and need just one more win to enter the final.
9 April 2018, 06:35 AM
In Table Tennis Men’s Team semifinal, India have won the doubles match to take a 2-1 lead over Singapore.
In the weightlifting arena, Pardeep fails to lift 170kg in C&J cleanly. He will be back on shortly for his second attempt.
9 April 2018, 06:31 AM
Some good news from the track as Hima Das finishes third in her women’s 400m Heat for a direct qualification to the women’s 400m semifinals. Tejaswin Shankar also in action in the men’s high jump qualification round.
9 April 2018, 06:25 AM
Two Indians also in action in the athletics arena:
1. Poovamma Raju finished 5th in women’s 400m Heats, fails to qualify for the semis.
2. Tejaswin Shankar is currently in action in men’s high-jump qualification round
9 April 2018, 06:18 AM
Hi and good morning! Lots happening. So let’s get going.
1. Jitu Rai and Om Prakash have qualified for the men’s 10m air pistol final which will be held at 7:30 a.m.
2. India and Singapore are locked at 1-1 in the men’s team table tennis semifinal.
3. India’s Pardeep Singh is in 2nd position of men’s 105kg weightlifting event. His best Snatch lift reads 152kg.
4. Srihari Nataraj finishes 6th in Heat 2 of Men’s 200m Backstroke – fails to qualify for the final.