Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 Live Update: Gururaja Poojary fails 120kg on 3rd attempt after Sanket Sargar’s Silver
CWG 2022: Sanket Sargar wins silver medal in 55 kg© Twitter
Commonwealth Games, Day 2, Live Updates: Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary failed on the last attempt at the 120 kg jerk before lifting 118 kg and 115 kg respectively on his second and first attempts in the men’s 61 kg Weightlifting final. Before Gururaja’s match, weightlifter Sanket Sargar took home India’s first medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, as he returned with a silver medal in the division final. 55 kg men on Saturday. Sanket Sargar lifted 135 kg on his first jerk attempt before missing the 139 kg weight on his second and third attempts in the final. Notably, he lifted the highest weight of 113 kg in the jerky event for the third time and was leading the race in the men’s 55 kg weightlifting final until Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan narrowly overtook him. to win the gold medal. India then won the Sri Lankan 5-0 in the Badminton Mixed Team Event. On the other hand, India shared the spoils with Malta in a 16-16 draw at the three men’s Lawn Bowls event. Later in the day, Mirabai Chanu will be in action and all eyes will be on her whether she can come back with a medal. India’s women’s hockey team will face Wales in the Pool A clash while Lovlina Borgohain will also start her campaign against Ariane Nicholson in the 66kg category. In mixed team badminton, the Indian team will play against Australia. The opening day of the Olympics turned out to be fruitful for swimmer Srihari Nataraj as he was able to qualify for the finals. Table tennis teams beat South Africa and Barbados with identical wins 3-0, but Australia beat India in the women’s cricket match in Group A.
Here are the live updates from Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games, live from Birmingham
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17:07 (IST)
Men’s 61 kg weightlifting: Gururaja failed!
Gururaja Poojary failed in his last jerk attempt when trying to lift 120 kg.
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17:04 (IST)
Men’s 61 Kg weightlifting: Gururaja 118 Kg jerk!
The story gets better for Gururaja Poojary. He has now lifted 118 kg in his second attempt in the recoil event.
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16:57 (IST)
Weightlifting 61 Kg Men: Gururaja lifts 115 Kg!
Gururaja Poojary lifted 115 kg on his first attempt in the recoil event.
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16:44 (IST)
Mixed badminton team play: IND clears SL
India completed a 5-0 win over Sri Lanka as the pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also won. India won their first 4 games against Sri Lanka in the Badminton Mixed Teams Team Event today and wins over Jolly and Gopichand saw them win 5-0.
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16:29 (IST)
Table tennis: Women’s team wins
The women’s table tennis team defeated Guyana with a score of 3-0.
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16:17 (IST)
Badminton mixed team match: IND takes the lead!
Currently, India leads Sri Lanka with a score of 4-0. Sumith Reddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Duwindu Abeywickrama and Sachin Dias in straight sets.
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16:08 (IST)
Men’s Marathin Finals: Rawat Surfing to 17th!
Nitendra Singh Rawat of India slipped to 17th place
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15:44 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Mohamad Aniq won gold and silver medals for Sargar
Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq succeeded in his last attempt to be clean and jerk and this meant he won the gold and Sargar of India won the silver. Aniq lifted 142 kg on his third attempt to surpass Sargar’s 248 kg (overall) by just one.
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15:39 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Sargar fails again!
Sanket Sargar failed to lift 139 kg again and he will finish this contest with a total weight of 248 kg.
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15:36 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Sargar failed to lift 139 kg!
Sanket Sargar failed on his second attempt with a light weightlifting of 139 kg. He still ranked first with a total lift of 248 kg. He appears to have injured himself in the process.
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15:31 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Sargar lifts 135 kg!
Sanket Sargar is leading. He successfully lifted 135 kg in the recoil event. Now he has a total of 248 kg (overall).
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15:29 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Heckling continues to dominate!
Ben Heckling lifted 119 kg in the last attempt of the movement and recoil. Now he has a total of 212 kg to his credit. Meanwhile, Md Ashikur Rahman Taj finished at 211 kg (total).
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15:27 (IST)
Badminton: Aakarshi Kashyap completes easy victory
Aakarshi Kashyap of India won 21-3, 21-9 to make it 3-0 for India against Sri Lanka
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15:25 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg final: The Heckling Lead Race!
Ben Heckling lifted 116 kg at clean and jerky levels. Now he has a total of 209 kg to his credit and he is on top.
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15:22 (IST)
Badminton: Aakarshi Kashyap finished first in game 2
India’s Aakarshi Kashyap started a little lethargic in the second game, conceding a goal initially but in a substitution she led her opponent Lankan 11-7
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15:16 (IST)
Badminton: Aakarshi Kashyap wins first match
India’s Aakarshi Kashyap looks ruthless so far and pocketed the first match 21-3
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15:12 (IST)
Swimming: Kushagra 8th in Men’s 200 m Freestyle 3rd Strike
Kushagra Rawat finished 8th in the Men’s 200m freestyle 3rd place. His lap time was 1:54.56. He is 7.69 behind the top athlete Elijah Winton of Australia.
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15:09 (IST)
Badminton: Aakarshi Kashyap in the lead
India’s Aakarshi Kashyap is putting on a stunning display in the women’s singles match of the mixed team event as she leads SL’s Vidanage 11-1 in the first match
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15:05 (IST)
Lawn Bowls: India, Malta share spoils in Men’s Trio event
The match between India and Malta had no team to win when the final score after the end of 18 throws was 16-16. It was India’s game but they squandered their lead to end up sharing the spoils with Malta.
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14:57 (IST)
Lawn Bowls: Tania Choudhury loses
Tania Choudhury lost the Lawn Bowls women’s singles match to Laura Daniels 10-21.
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14:54 (IST)
Badminton: Lakshya won comfortably
India’s Lakshya Sen won the men’s singles match against Niluka Karunaratne 21-18, 21-5 to give India a 2-0 lead over Sri Lanka
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14:50 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: The premier Sargar!
While Sanket Sargar took the lead after a 113 kg lift, the closest to him was Mohamad Aniq Bin Kasdan of Malaysia with a lift of 107 kg.
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14:47 (IST)
Badminton: Lakshya took full control in game 2
India’s Lakshya Sen took an 11-1 lead against Karunaratne in the second game and his class is now coming through
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14:46 (IST)
Lawn Bowls: Antiquities in the Men’s Trio event
Malta is having a good fight with India at the moment. However, the score is now in favor of India with the team leading 14-12 after 16 throw-ins.
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14:39 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Sargar lifts 113 kg!
Sanket Sargar has now lifted 113 kg in a split second. This is a great thing from an Indian athlete. He started with 107 kg, then lifted 111 kg on his second attempt and finished with a 113 kg lift.
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14:38 (IST)
Badminton: Lakshya prevails in tough first match
India’s Lakshya Sen was pushed to the limit by experienced Sri Lankan Karunaratne but he kept his cool to win the first set 21-18
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14:33 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: success Sargar!
He lifted it up. This is amazing from Sargar. He successfully lifted 111 kg in a split second.
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14:32 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Sargar in Spotlight!
Sanket Sargar will try at 111 kg now. OH! Here are some in-screen quality actions.
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14:32 (IST)
Marathon: Nitendra Singh Rawat advances to 15th
Nitendra Singh Rawat rose to 15th place in the men’s marathon final.
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14:29 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: success Sargar!
Sanket Sargar lifted 107 kg in a split second. This is a really good start for him.
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14:28 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: India’s Sargar arrives!
Sanket Sargar has now come to the main stage. He will try to lift 107 kg on his first attempt at jerky. Let’s see where this goes!
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14:25 (IST)
Badminton: Karunaratne fights hard with Lakshya
The young Indian was struggling against the experience of Karunaratne, who reached the quarter-finals before the 2012 London Olympics, but Lakshya took the 11-9 lead over Sri Lankan. There is nothing to choose between the two current players.
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14:25 (IST)
Lawn Bowls: Malta closes with India in Men’s Trio event
The score is 11-9 in favor of India now after 12 throw-ins.
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14:17 (IST)
Badminton: Lakshya Sen vs Niluka Karunaratne
Lakshya Sen faced Karunaratne and both players exchanged good points. Lakshya looks sharp on smashes and covers the pitch well. The players are drawing 3-3 in the first game.
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14:14 (IST)
Men’s 55 kg weightlifting final: Matches in progress
93 kg is the highest weight lift ever in the recoil event in the ongoing men’s final.
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14:11 (IST)
Marathon: Nitendra Singh Rawat drops to 17th place
Nitendra Singh Rawat has now slipped to 17th place in the men’s marathon final
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14:09 (IST)
Lawn Bowls: India consolidates lead with Malta in Men’s Trio event
India have scored four points and they now lead 11-5 against Malta after finishing 10 innings.
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14:07 (IST)
Badminton: Satwik and Ashwini win opening match vs SL
Satwik Sairaj Rankedlydy and Ashwini Ponappa made light of the Sri Lankan challenge in game two as they took a 21-9 lead to win the match with ease. India took the lead 1-0.
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14:03 (IST)
Lawn Bowls: Malta returns in the Men’s vs India Trio event
Malta has now made it 5-7 after 9 throw-ins. This is a brilliant comeback from the side. Remember, they were 0-7 down at one stage of the game.
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13:59 (IST)
Badminton: Satwik and Ashwini took the lead in game 2
Satwik Sairaj Rankedlydy and Ashwini Ponappa showed their technical superiority to take a 10-4 lead in the second game against the Sri Lankan duo
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