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03-08-2022 | 18:57 PM

India’s Medals at Commonwealth games

• So far, Indian athletes have won 9 medals, 3 gold, 3 silvers and 3 bronze, at the Commonwealth Games 2022. 
• The Commonwealth Games 2022 are to be held between July 29 to August 8  Birmingham, England.

 Gold Medals

• Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu claimed India’s first gold medal.
• Jeremy Lalrinnunga maintained country’s dominance in the weightlifting arena when he claimed the second gold medal.
• While Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli clinched India’s third gold in the Commonwealth Games.

Silver Medals

• Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi clinched a silver in the women’s 55kg.
• Sanket Sargar, the Indian weightlifter opened the country’s medal count at the Commonwealth Games by claiming a silver in the men’s 55kg category.
• Judoku Shushila won Silver in Judo, women’s 48 kg class.

Bronze Medals

• P. Gururaja clinched Bronze in the Men’s 61 kg weight category.
• Vijay Kumar Yadav won Bronze in Judo, men’s 60kg class.
• India’s Harjinder Kaur claimed the bronze medal in the women’s 71kg weightlifting competition.

About Commonwealth Games

• The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. 
•  The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, have successively run every four years since.
• The Commonwealth of Nations  is a political association of 56 member nations, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire.