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CWG: Indian cyclists disappoint in men's sprint
The Indian trio of Sanuraj Sanandaraj, Ranjit Singh and Sahil Kumar failed to qualify forward to the quarterfinals of the cycling men's sprint event at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
President Kovind hails weightlifter Sivalingam for CWG heroics
President Ram Nath Kovind congratulated weightlifter Sathish Kumar Sivalingam for his gold-medal winning effort at the ongoing Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Saturday.Power-man Sivalingam bagged gold by lifting a total of 317 kg (144 kg in Snatch and 173 kg in Clean-and-Jerk) in men's 77 kg on Day 3 of the Games."Weightlifters continue to make us proud on Day 3 at #GC2018. Congratulations to Sathish Kumar Sivalingam for bagging the Gold in Men's 77Kg," President Kovind tweeted.Sivalingam medal at the 21st edition of the event was his 2nd consecutive gold medal at the Games. He had earlier bagged gold in Glasgow in 2014.Moreover, it is India's fifth medal so far in Commonwealth Games 2018, and all of them have come in weightlifting.Earlier, women weightlifters Sanjita Chanu and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu made India proud by bagging gold medals in the 53 kg and 48 kg category event respectively.Deepak Lather won bronze in the men's 69 kg category on Day 2 while weightlifter won country's ..
Gymnast Yogeshwar finishes 14th in all round event
Indian gymnast Yogeshwar Singh finished 14th among 18 competitors in the men's individual all round event final in the Commonwealth Games here today. Yogeshwar, who had finished 18th in the qualification round, collected 75.60 points from the six events in the competition. He got 11.40 in floor exercise, 12.25 in pommel horse, 12.60 in rings, 14.10 in vault, 13.00 in parallel bars and 12.25 in high bars. Yogeshwar had a fall during the floor exercise and if he did not have it he could have finished a few positions above the 14th. Another Indian, Rakesh Patra will be seen in action in men's rings finals tomorrow.
Sleepless Chalmers arrows in on more Games gold
Australia's Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers can expect some more sleepless nights after he closed in on his third swimming gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Chalmers laid down an early marker with the fastest heat time of 48.81 seconds in the 100 metres freestyle to book lane four in his evening semi-final. The 19-year-old flyer already has gold medals in the 200m free and the 4x100m freestyle relays on the Gold Coast and is on track for another one. "It's all about just getting through the rounds really. All I had to do this morning was make it through to the semi-finals," Chalmers said. "It's always hard backing up after such an amazing night," he added. "Obviously winning a couple of gold medals was awesome. Its always hard trying to get that sleep after being on such a high but Im happy with where I'm at." Chalmers, who shocked the swimming world when he landed gold at the Rio Olympics two years ago, is taking nothing for granted in a quality 100m free ...
CWG: Swimmer Sajan Prakash in men's 200m Butterfly finals
India's Sajan Prakash narrowly qualified for the final of swimming men's 200 metre Butterfly event of the 21st Commonwealth Games at the Optus Aquatic Centre here on Saturday.
For Tiger, bad days at Masters beat no days at Masters
Even after a bad round at the Masters, Tiger Woods says hes pleased just to have the chance to play after fearing his career might be over six months ago. The 14-time major champion and world number 103 fired a second-round 75, 3-over par, in Friday's second round to stand on 4-over 148 after 36 holes at Augusta National. That's 13 shots adrift of tournament leader Patrick Reed. Its only one shot inside the cut line, which Woods flirted with before making birdies at the par-5 13th and 15th holes and closing with back-to-back pars. "It was me," Woods admitted. "I didnt hit the ball very good." Four-time Masters winner Woods has been cheered at every tee box and supportive fans have roared their devotion at every opportunity as "Tigermania" made a comeback this week at Augusta National. It's the first Masters for Woods since 2015 and the first major since he missed the 2015 PGA Championship cut due to nagging back pain that eventually forced four operations, the most recent a spinal ...
Goerges dethrones Kasatkina to reach semi-finals
Germany's Julia Goerges dethroned defending champ Daria Kasatkina to punch her ticket to the WTA Charleston semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 win on Friday. The German number two and fifth seed blasted 33 winners and kept her unforced errors to a minimum to shutdown the Russians superb baseline game which propelled her to the title in 2017. Goerges advances to her first semi-final at this claycourt event where she will play Latvian eighth seed Anastasija Sevastova who cruised past Czech Kristyna Pliskova 6-4, 6-0. Goerges blasted nine aces and won 84 percent of her first serve points in the 77 minute contest. After losing her serve early in the third game of the first set, Goerges broke back immediately to level at 2-2. She then served for a love hold and never trailed again in the match. The other semi-final will feature American Madison Keys squaring off against Netherlands Kiki Bertens.
Johnson, Thomas fight for No.1 as well as Masters win
World number one Dustin Johnson and second-ranked Justin Thomas will fight for the top spot as well as a Masters green jacket this weekend at Augusta National. The American rivals and major champions will settle which of them belongs atop the world rankings come Monday even if neither manages to swipe his first Masters crown, although thats their top priority. Both share sixth on 3-under par 141 after 36 holes, six strokes adrift of leader Patrick Reed, who was a runner-up to Thomas at last years PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. "I feel like Im in a good position," Johnson said. "There are some birdie holes out there. Conditions are tough, so youre going to have to play a good solid round. Im in a good spot." Johnson, the 2016 US Open champion, has spent the past 59 weeks atop the world rankings since ending the reign of Australian Jason Day. Thomas, who won last years PGA Championship, missed a chance to overtake Johnson two weeks ago with a WGC Match Play semi-final loss to ...
Srikanth leads India to badminton team event semifinals
Star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth led from the front as India thrashed Mauritius 3-0 to advance to the semifinals of badminton mixed team event in the Commonwealth Games here today. Srikanth took just 29 minute to beat Georges Julien Paul 21-12 21-14 in the men's singles after the two doubles pairs had given India a 2-0 lead. The men's doubles duo of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty hardly broke a sweat in their 21-12 21-3 win over Aatish Lubah and Christopher Jean Paul in the first match before Ashwini Pannappa and N Sikki Reddy chalked out an easy 21-8 21-7 victory over Aurelie Marie Elisa and Nicki Chan-Lam in the women's doubles. 2012 London Olympics medallist Saina Nehwal did not have to play her part in the quarterfinal match as India had already taken a match-winning 3-0 lead. India take on Singapore in the semifinals tomorrow. Singapore had beaten hosts Australia 3-0 in another quarterfinal match.
CWG: Indian men enter TT semis
India thrashed Malaysia 3-0 in the men's team table tennis quarter-finals at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG: India storm into badminton mixed team semis
India stormed into the semi-finals of the badminton mixed team event at the 21st Commonwealth Games after thrashing an unfancied Mauritius 3-0 in the quarter-finals at the Carrara Sports Arena here on Saturday.
CWG 2018: Sathish Sivalingam bags India's third gold
Indian weightlifter Sathish Kumar Sivalingam won gold in the men's 77 kg category on Day 3 of the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.Sivalingam successfully lifted 173 kg in his second clean and jerk attempt to bring India yet another gold in weightlifting.He lifted a total of 317 kg to beat England's Jack Oliver, in what was a close fight.Sivalingam also became India's fifth weightlifter to win a medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games.Earlier, Sanjita Chanu and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu made India proud by bagging gold medals in the in the women's weightlifting 53 kg category event and 48 kg category event respectively.Deepak Lather won bronze in the men's 69 kg category on Day 2.Meanwhile, weightlifter P. Gururaja on Day 1 won silver in the 56 kg category.India currently ranks third in the medal tally with five medals.Australia and England are leading with 41 and 23 medals respectively.
Swimmer Srihari enters CWG semis
Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj entered the semi-finals of the men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG: Gymnast Yogeshwar Singh disappoints in All Around final
India's Yogeshwar Singh finished a disappointing 14th at the Gymnastics All Around final, totalling 75.600 after six rotations at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Sathish fights through pain for golden finish
Defending champion Sathish Sivalingam (77kg) claimed India's third gold medal in the Commonwealth Games today, coming out tops comfortably despite having given up podium hopes after his injured thighs made even routine things like sitting painful. The 25-year-old Indian lifted a total 317kg (114kg+173kg) and was so ahead of the competition that he forfeited his final clean and jerk lift. "I had no hopes of winning a medal after I injured my thighs during the National Championships while attempting 194kg in clean and jerk. It's a quadriceps problem, even now I am competing at less than ideal fitness but I am glad that was enough to get me a gold," Sathish said after his medal ceremony during which he was accorded a warm applause by the packed arena. "I was in so much pain that even sitting was very painful for me. Everyone took care of me, gave me hope but I was not very confident. I had not trained that hard and my body was not at its best, and so how could I hope for a medal," added .
CWG: India beat South Africa in lawn bowls triples
India defeated South Africa 18-17 in lawn bowls men's Triples Sectional Play at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
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Weightlifter Sathish claims second successive CWG gold
Defending champion weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam (77kg) claimed India's third gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, coming out tops comfortably here today. The Indian lifted a total of 317kg (114kg+173kg) and was so ahead of the competition that he did not go for his final clean and jerk lift. However, it was a fascinating contest of one-upmanship between Sathish and eventual silver-medallist Jack Oliver of England in the snatch competition. The two kept upping the weights before their attempts but Oliver managed to keep his nose ahead at the end of snatch as he lifted 145kg in his second attempt. It was a kilogram more than Satish's final attempt. However, Satish had the last laugh quite comfortably in clean and jerk after Oliver failed two attempts of 171kg and settled for a total of 312kg (145kg+167kg). The bronze medal went to Australian showman Francois Etoundi, who lifted 305kg (136kg+169kg). Etoundi injured his shoulder after his final lift. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, ...
CWG: Indian women enter TT semis
India blanked Malaysia 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the women's team table tennis competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.
CWG: Swimmer Sajan crashes out after 1st round
India's Sajan Prakash failed to advance to the next stage of the men's 200 metre butterfly event in the swimming competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday.