CWG 2022 Live, Day 6: India Win 5 Medals, Move to 7th in Standings
CWG 2022, Day 6 Live: Live Updates from Day 6 of Commonwealth Games 2022
Latest updates from Day 6 of Commonwealth Games 2022, where weightlifter Lovepreet Singh has won the bronze medal, while judoka Tulika Maan and boxers Mohammed Hussamuddin and Nitu Ghanghas have also assured a medal.
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India won five medals on Day 6 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Judoka Tulika Maan won a silver medal after losing her gold medal match.
Weightlifters Lovepreet Singh, Gurepreet Singh and squash player Saurav Ghosal along with high-jumper Tejaswin Shankar all won bronze medals.
Boxers Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ganghas and Mohammad Hussamuddin are assured medals after winning their quarterfinal bouts.
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Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: India's Schedule
Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 saw India winning four medals - gold medals in women's fours lawn bowls and men's team table tennis, and silver medals in mixed team badminton and men's 96kg weightlifting, by Vikas Thakur.
The Indian contingent will be looking for another successful outing on Day 6, as plenty of superstar athletes will be in action.
Here's a look at the schedule for the day:
Lawn Bowls - Starts At 1pm
Weightlifting
Men's 109kg - Lovepreet Singh (2pm)
Women's 87+kg - Purnima Pandey (6:30pm)
Men's 109+ kg - Gurdeep Singh (11pm)
Judo - Starts At 2:30pm
Women's 87kg Quarterfinals - Tulika Mann
Men's 100kg Elimination Round of 16 - Deepak Deswal
Hockey
Women’s Pool A Game - Canada vs India (3:30pm)
Men’s Pool A Game - Canada vs India (6:30pm)
Boxing - Starts At 4:45pm
Over 45kg - 48kg Quarterfinals - Nitu Ganghas
Over 54kg - 57kg Quarterfinals - Hussam Muhammed
Over 48kg - 50kg Quarterfinals - Nikhat Zareen (11:15pm)
Over 64kg - 70kg Quarterfinals - Lovlina Borgohain (Aug 4, 12:45am)
Over 75kg - 80kg Quarterfinals - Ashish Kumar (Aug 4, 2am)
Squash - Starts At 8:30pm
Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match - Saurav Ghosal
Cricket – Starts At 10:30pm
Barbados vs India
Athletics
High Jump Finals - Tejaswin Shankar (11:30pm)
Women's Shot Put Final - Manpreet Kaur (Aug 4, 12:34am)
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Weightlifter Lovepreet in Action
Right then, Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 is all set to begin with weightlifting action. Lovepreet Singh is competing in men's 109kg final.
The 24-year-old has listed 157kg for his first attempt in the snatch round, which happens to be the highest among all lifters.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Judoka Deepak Wins Opener
While Lovepreet Singh prepares for his first lift, there is judo action happening simultaneously as well.
Judoka Deepak Deswal has won his round of 16 match in men's 109kg category, beating Cameroon’s Eric Jean Sebastien Omgba Fouda via Ippon. In his next match, he will be up against England's Harry Lovell-Hewitt.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Lovepreet Lifts 157kg
Weightlifter Lovepreet Singh is successful in his first attempt in the snatch round, lifting 157kg. He is currently second in the standings, but has two more attempts remaining in this round.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Lovepreet Second After Snatch
Lovepreet Singh is on the second place in the standings after the completion of the snatch round in men’s 109kg weightlifting final. The 2021 Commonwealth Senior Championship silver medallist is successful in all of his three snatch attempts – lifting 157kgm 161kg and 163kg respectively.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Lovepreet Singhis in second place after snatch in men's 109kg weightlifting.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Victory in Lawn Bowls
The Indian women's lawn bowls pair of Lovely Choubey and Nayanmoni Saikia won their second round fixture. They defeated Niue's pair of Hina Rereiti and Olivia Eunice Buckingham 23-6. In the third round, Lovely and Nayanmoni will be up against South Africa’s Bridget Calitz and Colleen Piketh.
The match will be played today, from 4pm.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Lovepreet Lifts 189kg
Lovepreet Singh is successful in both of his first two attempts in the clean and jerk round. The lad from Amritsar lifted 185kg in his first attempt, while in his second try, he made a new national record by lifting 189kg.
Currently, Lovepreet is leading the charts with a total of 352kg (163kg + 189kg).
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: 6 Out of 6 for Lovepreet
It has been a thoroughly impressive performance from Lovepreet Singh, who is successful is all of his six lifts. In his last attempt in the clean and jerk round, the 24-year-old lifted 192kg.
Lovepreet finishes with a total of 355kg (163kg + 192kg), and is currently occupying the third place in the standings.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Good Start for Women's Hockey Team
While Lovepreet Singh waits for the field to complete their lifts, the Indian women's hockey team is currently taking on Canada for their last group stage fixture.
Janneke Schopman's team has made a good start, leading 1-0 at the end of the first quarter. Salima Tete scored the goal for the Indians in the third minute.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Bronze for Lovepreet
Lovepreet Singh has won the bronze medal!
The weightlifter from Ludhiana was absolutely impeccable during the men's 109kg weightlifting final - completing all of his six lifts successfully.
With a best lift of 163kg in the snatch round and 192kg in the clean and jerk round, Lovepreet finished third with a total of 355kg – only 3kg behind silver medallist Jack Hitila Opeloge.
With his remarkable accomplishment, the 24-year-old becomes India’s 14th medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022, and fourth bronze medallist after Gururaja Poojary, Vijay Kumar Yadav, Harjinder Kaur and Lovepreet Singh.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Lovepreet Singh has won the bronze medal in men's 109kg weightlifting final.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Mixed Results from Judo
With Lovepreet opening India's medal tally for Wednesday, we shift out attention to judo.
Tulika Maan has qualified for the women’s +78kg semi-finals after beating Mauritius Tracy Durhone via Ippon. In her next game, she will be up against New Zealand’s Sydnee Andrews.
On the contrary, Deepak Deswal is out of medal contention. He lost his quarter-final tie in men’s 100kg category against England’s Harry Lovell-Hewitt, while in the repechage, Deswal suffered a defeat against Fiji’s Tevita Takayawa.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Tulika Wins, Another Medal Guaranteed in Judo
Judoka Tulika Mann has assured India what will be the 15th medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
After beating Mauritius’ Tracy Durhone in the first match of women’s +78kg category, she got the better of New Zealand’s Sydnee Andrews in the semi-finals. The two-time Commonwealth Championship gold medallist won her contest in 1 minutes and 53 seconds by scoring an Ippon.
In the final, which will take place later today, she will be up against Scotland’s Sarah Adlington.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Boxer Nitu Assures Another Medal
It will be a busy day in boxing for India, with as many as five boxers being involved. But if morning does show the day, the Indian fans can keep their hopes high as Nitu Ghanghas has made it to the semi-finals of women's minimumweight category, thereby assuring another medal.
The 21-year-old youngster produced a strong show against Northern Ireland’s Nicole Clyde, forcing her opponent to abandon the match after only two rounds.
She will take on Canada’s Priyanka Dhillon in the semi-final round. The bout will start at 3pm on August 6.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Boxer Nitu Ghanghas has qualified for the women's mininumweight semi-finals.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Women's Hockey Team Through to Semi-finals
The Indian women's hockey team has managed to confirm their berth in the semi-finals by handing Canada a hard-fought 3-2 defeat.
In what was a virtual knockout game, Salima Tete’s third-minute goal gave India an early lead, while Navneet Kaur made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute. Goals from Brienne Stairs and Hannah Haughn got the Canadians back in the game, but Lalremsiami scored from a penalty corner in the 51st minute to take her team through to the semi-finals.
Commonwealth Games 2022: The Indian women's hockey team qualified for the semi-finals by beating Canada 3-2.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: 4 More Boxers, Cricket Team to Feature Today
Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 has panned out pretty much the way Indian fans would have wanted. Weightlifter Lovepreet Singh has won a bronze medal to take the nation's total tally to 14, while judoka Tulika Maan and boxer Nitu Ghanghas have also assured medals.
However, we are not even halfway into Day 6, and plenty of superstar athletes are yet to feature. The Indian women's cricket team will be taking on Barbados in a virtual knockout game from 10:30pm, while at 6:30pm, the men's hockey team will be up against Wales.
In boxing, prime medal contenders Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain will be in action later today. Nikhat's bout will start at 11:15pm, while Lovlina will be in action from 11:45pm.
Besides that, weightlifting will conclude today, and Gurdeep Singh and Purnima Pandey will hope to end India's exemplary weightlifting campaign on a positive note.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Boxer Hussamuddin in Action
After Nitu Ghanghas, it is Mohammed Hussamuddin's turn to assure another Commonwealth Games 2022 medal in boxing. He is taking on Namibia's Tryagain Morning Ndevelo.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Another Medal Assured in Boxing
Mohammed Hussamuddin has assured yet another medal in boxing. The 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist handed his Namibian opponent, Tryagain Morning Ndevelo, a 4-1 via a split decision to make it to the semi-finals in men's featherweight category.
In his semi-final bout, the Nizamabad-born boxer will be up against the winner of the bout between New Zealand’s Alex Mukyka and Ghana’s Joseph Commey.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Men's Hockey Team Takes on Canada
The Indian men's hockey team is currently in action, taking on Canada in their third group stage fixture. After starting their campaign with a stunning 11-0 win over Ghana, Graham Reid's team played out a disappointing draw against England in their previous outing, where they conceded three goals in six minutes.
The men in blue will look to close the gap with the Three Lions by securing all three points from this match.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Weightlifter Purnima in Action
In India's penultimate weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2022, Purnima Pandey is competing in the women's 87+kg finals. The 24-year-old from Varanasi won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Senior Championship last year.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: India Lead 2-0 in Men's Hockey
India have had a good start in their group stage match against Canada. At the end of the first quarter, Graham Reid's team leads 2-0.
Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh’s immaculate drag-flick from a penalty corner handed India the lead in the fifth minute, while veteran defender Amit Rohidas did well to receive a pass from the right flank and find the back the net with his shot in the 10th minute.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Lalit, Gurjant Double India's Advantage
The Indians launched a barrage of attacks on the Canadian goal-mouth, and at the end of the second quarter, they are leading 4-0.
Striker Lalit Upadhyay made it 3-0 for the men in blue when he converted a penalty corner in the 20th minute, while only seven minutes later, his partner-in-crime, Gurjant Singh also got his name on the scoresheet.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Purnima Fifth After Snatch
It's the penultimate weightlifting event of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and there's India's Purnima Pandey competing in the 87kg event.
She fouled the first and third lifts of the Snatch round and has the best effort of 103kg. She currently stand fifth in the field with England's Emily Campbell in the lead with a lift of 121kg in her second effort.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: India Trump Canada in Men's Hockey
The Indian men's hockey team have completed an 8-0 whitewash of Canada in their third Pool B match. The win takes the team to the top position in the group with 7 points from 3 wins and 1 draw.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Purnima Finishes Sixth
Indian weightlifter Purnima Pandey lifts 125kg in her first attempt at clean and jerk but with her second lift marked at 130kg, she is unable to execute it. Her third and final lift has to take place immediately after and the 24-year-old is unable to complete this one as well.
She finishes with 103kg in the snatch and 125kg in clean and jerk and is placed 6th in a field of 10 wightlifters.
Purnima Pandey competes in the women's 87+kg category weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Packed Night Session
A little breather on this Wednesday night at the Commonwealth Games before some big medal favourites are seen in action later tonight.
Here's tonight's schedule:
Squash
9:30pm - Bronze Medal Match - Saurav Ghosal vs James Willstrop
Weightlifting
11pm - Final Men's 109+kg - Gurdeep Singh
Judo
12pm - Tulika Mann Final
Boxing
11:15pm - Over 48kg - 50kg Quarterfinals - Nikhat Zareen
12:45am - Over 64kg - 70kg Quarterfinals - Lovlina Borgohain
2am - Over 75kg - 80kg Quarterfinals - Ashish Kumar
Cricket
10:30pm - India vs Barbados
Athletics
11:30pm - High Jump Finals - Tejaswin Shankar
12:34am - Women's Shot Put Final - Manpreet Kaur
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Saurav Ghosal Leads
Saurav Ghosal is the only Indian left in contention for a medal in the individual events of squash and the stalwart is currently playing the bronze medal match against England's James Willstrop.
Saurav has won the first two games 11-6, 11-1
File picture of India's Saurav Ghosal in action during the 2022 CWG
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Saurav Wins Bronze!
35-year-old Saurav Ghosal has created history in Birmingham by becoming the first-ever Indian to win a singles medal in squash at the Commonwealth Games.
Saurav defeated 2018 CWG gold medallist James Willstrop 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 to win the bronze in the men's singles event.
Ghosal, playing his fourth CWG, broke into tears after closing the win against the former world number one. This is his second CWG medal, after he won the mixed doubles silver with Dipika Pallikal at the 2018 CWG.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Tulika Wins Silver
Judoka Tulika Maan has lost her gold medal match to Scotland's Sarah Adlington via ippon in the +78kg final, and will now return with a silver.
Tulika started defensively and earned two cautions against the 2014 CWG gold medallist but, she got a point when she managed to bring her opponent down. However, the judoka from Scotland launched a superb attack and brought down Tulika to earn an Ippon to win the match, with less than one minute remaining on the clock.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Nikhat Sails Into Semi Finals
Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen has sailed into the semi-finals of the light flyweight category, defeating Wales' Helen Jones 5-0.
Nikhat is now assured a medal along with Nitu Ganghas and Mohammad Hussamuddin who won their quarter-finals earlier today.
India's Nikhat Zareen in action against Helen Jones of Wales during the women's 48kg-50kg quarter-final boxing match of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Gurdeep Singh in the Lead
Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh has lifted a mammoth 223 kgs in his final lift of the 109+kg final and jumped to the top spot in the standings.
Gurdeep lifted 167kg in the snatch round and then started with 207kg in the clean and jerk. His second lift was for 215kg, which was unsuccessful and he went all-in for the last lift and increased it to 223kg, a Games record, and completed the lift.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Gurdeep Singh Wins Bronze
Pakistan's Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt broke the clean and jerk CWG record record set by Gudeep just a while back and has now set the record at 232kg, to bag the gold medal in the 109+kg final. His total lift was 405kg, also a CWG record.
David Liti of New Zealand has won the silver with a total lift of 394kg and Gurdeep bagged the bronze with 390kg.
With Gurdeep's bronze, India has ended its weightlifting campaign with 10 medals - three gold, three silver and four bronze.
Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh with the bronze medal at the 2022 CWG.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Lovlina Defeated in Quarter-Final
Lovlina Borgohain has lost her 70kg quarter-final bout to Rosie Eccles of Wales by split decision.
Leading by a slight margin after the opening two rounds, the 24-year-old Tokyo bronze medallist went down via 2-3 split decision to the 2018 CWG silver medallist.
Birmingham: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain looks on as Eccles Rosie of Wales is declared the winner during their 2022 CWG bout.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Tejaswin Bags Bronze
Probably had the hardest of routes to the Commonwealth Games, among all of India's 200+ athletes, but Tejaswin Shankar has ensured redemption is his by winning the bronze medal in the men's high jump.
The national record holder cleared 2.22m for his first CWG medal.
Hamish Kerr of New Zealand won the gold while Australia's Brandon Starc clinched the silver. Both cleared 2.25m but could not soar over 2.28m however, the Kiwi won the gold on count back.
Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live: Cricket Team Enter Semis
Harmanpreet Kaur's Indian women's cricket team has qualified for the semi-final with a 100-run win over Barbados.
India were put into bat first and opener Shafali Verma hit a 26-ball 43 while Jemimah Rodrigues scored a half century as the team scored 162/4 in their 20 overs. During the chase, Renuka Singh picked up 4 wickets, and conceded just 10 runs as Barbados were restricted to 62/8. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh and Radha Yadav chipped in with a wicket apiece. Kyshona Knight was the top-scorer for Barbados with 16 while Shakera Selman made 12. Seven of their batters failed to reach double-digit figures.
India will next play New Zealand in the semi-final on Saturday.