CWG 2018 gold-medallist weightlifter Punam Yadav attacked in Varanasi
Other Sports | April 14, 2018 17:13 ISTIt is learnt that Punam was at her aunt's house when one of their neighbours attacked the weightlifter following an argument with them.
It is learnt that Punam was at her aunt's house when one of their neighbours attacked the weightlifter following an argument with them.
The 26-year old Indian pugilist blanked Cameroon's Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue in the men's 75kg final to bag his first Commonwealth Games gold on Saturday.
India's Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal settled for a silver after going down against Australia's Donna Urquhart and Cameron Pilley in the summit clash of the mixed doubles squash competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
With this triumph, the 22-year old Manika becomes the first Indian woman to win the gold medal in the women's singles category at the Commonwealth Games.
The overall count was one less than the medals achieved in the 2014 edition of the Games but India kept their gold medal count at five, the number they achieved the last time.
Vinesh Phogat won gold in the women's 50 kilogram wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games.
Sumit Malik claimed the gold medal in the men's freestyle 125 kg after his opponent Nigeria's Sinivie Boltic was ruled out of the final due to an injury at the 21st Commonwealth Games.
Sindhu knocked out defending champion Michelle Li 21-18, 21-8 in just 26 minutes while Saina had to dig deep to struggle past 2014 silver medallist Kristy Gilmour 21-14, 18-21, 21-17 in 68 minutes.
Neeraj Chopra was favourite for gold here after his 85.94m throw last month at Patiala during Federation Cup National Championships.
Boxer Gaurav Solanki on Saturday won India another gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia.
Shooter Sanjeev Rajput on Saturday added to India's golden haul at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia by winning the gold medal in men's 50m rifle 3 positions category.
Boxer Amit Panghal on Saturday added to India's medal haul at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia by winning the silver in Men's 46-49kg category.
Indian boxer MC Mary Kom on Saturday won the gold medal in women's 45-48kg category at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
India enjoyed its best day so far in the Games, picking up three gold, three silver and four bronze medals but it also turned out to be the most embarrassing as race walker K T Irfan and triple jumper V Rakesh Babu were sent home in ignominy.
Not only the poor conversion but defensive lapses too played a huge rule in India's defeat, which means the silver medallists from the last two editions will now fight with England in the bronze medal match on Saturday.
Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Sindhu, who recovered from an ankle strain that kept her away from the mixed team event, beat Canada's Brittney Tam 21-14 21-17 to set up a semifinal clash with defending champion Michelle Li.
Indian wrestler Mausam Khatri failed to make use of his wealth of experience as he settled for a silver medal after losing his final bout against South Africa's Martin Erasmus in the men's freestyle 97 kg event in 21st CWG.
In the bronze medal play-off, the Malaysian duo of Ying Ho and Karen Lyne got the better of India's Sutirtha Mukherjee and Pooja Sahasrabudhe 15-13, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia defeats Wales Kane Charig by 10 points to win the gold medal in the Men's Freestyle 65kg event.
In a sensational CWG debut, Anish shot a Games record score of 30 to claim the top prize in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event.
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