Indians in Action on Day 6
The day will start once again in the shooting arena with Olympic medallist Gagan Narang and Chain Singh kicking things off in the 50 m rifle prone qualifiers at 4:30 am. The final round is scheduled a few hours later at 8:30 am.
Heena Sidhu, the silver medallist from Sunday, is in action on Tuesday again in the 20m pistol event. The prelims are at 4:30 am and the final will take place at 11 am. Also competing in the event will be Anu Singh.
Both the hockey teams are also in action, with the men playing Malaysia at 5 am and the women taking on South Africa at 3 pm.
Five Indian boxers are also going to be competing on Tuesday, with Manoj Kumar entering the ring at 3:32 pm against Terry Nickolas of Australia.
After the disappointments in the single’s matches, India’s squash players all start their campaigns in the doubles events. Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa are the defending champions in the women’s doubles event.
Muhammed Anas Finishes Fourth
Indian runner Muhammed Anas Yahiya fell just short of the podium in the 400m final, coming in fourth behind Botswana’s Isaac Makwala and Baboloki Thebe and Jamaica’s Javon Francis.
The 45.31 clocked by Anas though is a new national record in the event.
On Monday, Anas had finished first in his semi-final with a time of 45.44 sec.
Four Indian Male Boxers Assured Medals
Manoj Kumar (69kg) has become the fourth Indian boxer to assure himself of a medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Earlier today, Amit Panghal (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and the 19-year-old Naman Tanwar (91kg) all also reached the semis.
Amit defeated Scotland's Aqeel Ahmed in a split 4-1 verdict. The 19-year-old Naman, on the other hand, hammered Samoa's Frank Masoe 5-0 in his quarterfinal clash to move into the medal round.
Bronze For India in Para Lifting
India's para-lifter Sachin Chaudhary settled for the bronze in men's heavyweight category after lifting a combined weight of 181. Nigeria's Abdulazeez Ibrahim won the gold with 191.9 points while the silver went to Malaysia's Yee Khie Jong (188.7).
In his first two attempts, Sachin failed to lift 201 kg but he did it in the final attempt to finish in the top-three.
Indian Women's Hockey Team Reach Semis
1-0 to India at full time and India finish the group stage placed second in Pool A with nine points. They are now also through to the semi-finals.
Both top-placed England and India have the same number of points but England finish ahead on goal difference.
Third-placed South Africa have four points with a match left. They will meet fourth-placed Wales, who have three points.