Commonwealth Games 2018: India storm into table tennis mixed team semis
Other Sports | April 07, 2018 19:14 ISTBoth the men's and women's table tennis teams crushed Malysia 3-0 in their respective quarterfinal matches.
Both the men's and women's table tennis teams crushed Malysia 3-0 in their respective quarterfinal matches.
India take on Singapore in the semifinals on Sunday. Singapore had beaten hosts Australia 3-0 in another quarterfinal match.
Weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam said he had given up all hopes of winning a medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018 after he injured his thighs in the national championships.
The weightlifter had won gold medal with 149 kg snatch and 179 kg clean and jerk lifts at Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Indian weightlifters continued their highly impressive medal-winning performances as K. Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather clinched gold and bronze respectively, while squash player Joshana Chinappa, boxers Amit Phangal and Naman Tanwar entered the quarter-finals at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Friday. Sanjita won in the women's 53-kilogram category, while Lather bagged a bronze medal in the men's 69-kilogram competition. He managed 136 kilograms in the snatch and 159 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 295 kg.
There was no stopping the Indian weightlifting juggernaut with Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather adding a gold and bronze to the team's tally, while the shuttlers and boxers continued to be unbeaten on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
'Lucky' Pranati Nayak made the cut in vault event of the women's artistic gymnastics in the Commonwealth Games on Friday, while, Pranati Das also qualified for final of all-round events.
World No. 14 Chinappa dominated proceedings from the beginning cruising past Australia's Tamika Saxby, who never looked in contention, for an 11-3, 11-6, 11-2 win.
Tanwar defeated Tanzania's Haruna Mhando in a lopsided unanimous verdict to make the last-eight stage in the afternoon session.
India topped Group A as the likes of Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth led the country's dominance at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre.
The 24-year-old Manipuri claimed the 53kg category gold on Friday after breaking the Games record in snatch.
Indian weightlifters continued their great run at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia as Delhi boy Deepak Lather on Friday won the Bronze medal in Men's 69kg category.
The Manipuri athlete created a CWG record in Snatch, lifting a total of 84 kg, and then lifted 108 kg on her way to get to a total lift of 192 kg.
CWG gold-medallist Mirabai Chanu had shown her weightlifting prowess even as a 12-year-old when she would comfortably lift more firewoods than her elder brother.
Yogeshwar finished 21st with 75.300 points, he secured 12.450 points in floor exercise, 12.750 in pommel horse, 12.350 in rings, 13.050 in vault, 12.300 in parallel bars and 12.400 in horizontal the bar.
India started off their campaign with a gold and silver in the weight lifting category and advanced in the badminton, Table Tennis and Swimming events. Take a look.
The 23-year old Chanu smashed the Games records in 48kg category snatch, clean and jerk and overall en route her gold-medal winning performance, which fetched her a thunderous applause from the Australian fans.
Manoj convincingly thrashed Osita Umeh of Nigeria 5-0 and advanced by a unanimous verdict at the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia.
Saurav Ghosal squandered a two-game lead to go down to World No. 65 Binnie 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 10-12. It was the biggest upset of the day in the individual event.
In the women's Team Sprint, the duo of Deborah Herold and Aleena Reji consumed 35.309 seconds to finish a disappointing last spot after the Canadian team was disqualified.
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