The 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary, son of a farmer, became the youngest Indian shooter to strike gold with a Games record of 240.7 in the 10m air pistol event.
The 20-year-old Asian championships silver-medallist prevailed on account of Technical Superiority with the final scoreline reading 10-0.
In what seemed to be a rough day for India, it was Bajrang who stood tall as he defeated Japan's Takatani Daichi 11-8.
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Unnamed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) officials recently told the media that they were concerned about Sushil's form and promised not to exempt anyone from trials in future.
Indian wrestlers returned with 10 medals, including seven by women, from the ranking event in Istanbul, Turkey.
Viresh, who hails from Uttar Pradesh and trains in Zirakpur, won 14-5 against his Korean opponent before the first three-minute period was completed, winning by technical superiority.
Sushil lost 4-8 to Polish grappler Andrzej Piotr Sokalski in the 74 kg category. It's not an ideal result for Sushil in the build-up to the Asian 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.
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.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia defeats Wales Kane Charig by 10 points to win the gold medal in the Men's Freestyle 65kg event.
India claimed two gold, three silver and a bronze on Thursday, shoring up the overall medal count to 31. However, the country continued to be third on the table behind Australia and England respectively.
Mahavir Phogat, whose life story has achieved cult status owing to the success of 'Dangal', was in Gold Coast to watch defending gold-medallist Babita compete in the 53kg category.
India's star wrestler Sushil Kumar on Thursday won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle 74kg category by defeating South Africa's Johannes Botha in the final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2018.
India's Rahul Aware on Thursday won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle 57kg wrestling by defeating Canada's Steven Takahashi in the final bout at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia.
India's Babita Kumari settled for the silver medal in Women's Freestyle 53kg Nordic Wrestling after losing to Canada's Diana Weicker in the final.
Star of Indian wrestling and two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar entered the finals of men's freestyle 74kg gold medal match with out breaking a sweat.
The wrestlers will be in action at the same venue, where the weightlifters signed off a phenomenal campaign on April 9.
The official list of entries for the men's freestyle 74kg wrestling category, uploaded on the CWG 2018 website does not mention the name of Sushil among other 15 wrestlers participating in the event.
According to her coach Kuldeep Singh Malik, her leg defence has improved and that will help her hold and attack against the opponents in Australia.
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