Olympic Silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu secured India’s first Gold medal in the final of the Women’s 49 kg weighlifting on Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
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Olympic Silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu secured India’s first Gold medal in the final of the Women’s 49 kg weighlifting on Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games 2022. She lifted a total weight of 201 kg (88 kg in Snatch and 113 kg in Clean and Jerk), setting a new Games record in the category. Earlier in the day, Weightlifters Sanket Sargar (55 kg) and Gururaja Poojary (61 kg) clinched a Silver and Bronze medal for India. Indian outplayed Sri Lanka by 5-0 in the mixed team event of badminton.
| Discipline | Event | Players in action | Result |
| Marathon (Athletics) | Men’s Marathon Final | Nitender Rawat | Nitender finished 12th in men’s marathon with a timing of 2:19:22. |
| Boxing | Men’s 51 kg- 54 kg (Round of 32) Women’s 66 kg- 70 kg (Round of 16) Men’s 86 kg-92 kg (Round of 16) | Mohammad Hussamuddin Lovlina Borgohain Sanjeet | Lovlina entered the QF, defeating Araine Nicholson by 5-0 |
| Hockey | Women’s Group Match – India vs Wales | Women’s Hockey Team | India secured victory against Wales by 3-1 |
| Table Tennis | Women’s Team Event Qualifying Round – India vs Guyana Men’s Team Event Qualifying Rounds- Ind vs Northern Ireland | Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty | India defeated Guyana by 3-0. India defeated Northern Ireland by 3-0 |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 55 kg Men’s 61 kg Women’s 49 kg Women’s 55 kg | Sanket Sargar Gururaja Poojary Mirabai Chanu Bindyarani Devi | Sanket won Silver with a 248 kg lift. Gururaja won Bronze with a 269 kg lift. Mirabai won Gold with a 201 kg lift. |
| Squash | Men’s Singles R-32 Women’s Singles R-32 Women’s Singles R-32 Men’s Singles R-32 | Ramit Tandon Joshana Chinappa Sunayna Kuruvilla Saurav Ghosal | Joshna Chinappa defeated Meagan Best by 3-0. Saurav Ghosal beat Shamil Wakeel by 3-0 |
| Badminton | Mixed Team Event (vs Sri Lanka & Australia) | Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Ponnappa/ Sumeeth Reddy | India dominated Sri Lanka by 5-0. |
Note: The results have been updated for events till 1:00 am IST.
