Commonwealth Games 2018 updates, Day 5, Gold Coast
India won three gold, two silver and two bronze on day five of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking their medals tally to 19.
India had a great day today at the 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning three gold, two silver and two bronze, taking their overall medal tally to 19 behind leaders Australia and England. That's it from us. Don't forget to join us tomorrow. Goodbye for now.
Lastly, India's Loganathan Suriya finished 13th in the women's 10,000m final. She clocked her personal best at 32:23.56. Uganda's Stella CHESANG (31:45.30), Kenya's Stacy NDIWA (31:46.36) and another Uganda athlete Mercyline CHELANGAT (31:48.41) win gold, silver and bronze respectively.
South African Akani Simbine upsets Yohan Blake to win the 100m dash in 10.03s. Another South African Henricho BRUINTJIES takes the second spot in 10.17s. Jamaican Blake takes the bronze in 10.19s.
Remember men's 100m dash is going to start at 5.45 pm IST. Stay tuned. Jamaican powerhouse Yohan Blake is participating in the event. All eyes will definitely be on him. The legendary Usain Bolt is expected to be in the stands to cheer for his training partner from Jamaica.
100m women's final is going to start in a while. It gets underway. Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle Lee wins gold in 11.14s. Silver and bronze went to another Caribbean island - Jamaica. Christania WILLIAMS (11.21) and Gayon Evans (11.22) take silver and bronze respectively.
10th gold medal for India. Saina Nehwal wins the third game 21-9 against Malaysian Soniiya Cheah as India win gold in the mixed team badminton event. After a little hiccup in the last game, Saina played like a champion and secured a 3-1 win in the rubber for India.
Saina Nehwal is leading 11-9 in the deciding game against Malaysia's Soniiya Cheah.
Saina Nehwal is leading 11-9 in the deciding game against Malaysia's Soniiya Cheah.
Meanwhile, India's Tejinder Singh has finished 8th in the men's shotput final after recording 19.42m as his best in six attempts.
A gripping encounter is going on between India's Saina Nehwal and Malaysia's Soniiya Cheah. It's 5-5 in the third game. Remember if she wins this game, the gold medal will be India's. If not, the mixed team gold medal rubber will head into the fifth encounter.
Saina Nehwal loses the second game 21-19 against Malaysian Soniiya Cheah. It's 1-1 now.
Saina Nehwal makes a comeback, it's 17-17 now in the second game.
Saina Nehwal is now trailing 13-15 against her Malaysian opponent in the second game.
Saina Nehwal is currently leading 11-10 against Malaysian Soniia CHEAH in the second game. She has already won the first game, meaning a win in this game will take India's gold medal tally to 10.
Saina Nehwal wins the first game 21-11 against her Malaysian opponent in the fourth match of the badminton mixed team gold medal rubber. Come on Saina, win one more game and bring India glory.
Bad news for India. Gurdeep Singh misses out on a medal in +105kg men's weightlifting event. He started well by lifting 175kg in Snatch but could only lift 207kg in Clean and Jerk.
Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal is currently playing Soniia CHEAH in the badminton mixed team gold medal rubber. India are leading 2-1 and if she wins this match, she will take India's gold medal tally to 10.
India win 9th gold by beating Nigeria 3-0 in men's team table tennis gold medal rubber. Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN and Harmeet DESAI win third match 11-8 11-5 11-3 to seal the deal for India.
India's Muhammed Anas Yahiya, meanwhile, has won his semifinal to reach men's 400m final. He clocked 45.44 to top Semifinal 3.
India win the first game of the third match in the men's team table tennis gold medal rubber 11-8. Remember if they win this match, they will seal India's ninth gold in CWG 2018. All eyes are on
Harmeet DESAI and Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN.
As far +105kg weightlifting is concerned, Gurdeep Singh appears a big medal contender after lifting 175kg in Snatch. Samoan Lauititi LUI is the only other player to have done that in Snatch.
Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN makes a fantastic comeback and wins the next three games to take the encounter. India are now 2-0 ahead in the men's team gold medal table tennis match against Nigeria.
Meanwhile in badminton, Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lose the first game in the third match of the badminton mixed team gold medal rubber against Malaysia.
India's Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN loses the first game against Segun TORIOLA 12-10 in the men's team gold medal table tennis match.
All eyes are on Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. If they win this mixed team badminton match, the gold medal will be India's.
Achanta Sharath Kamal wins Match 1 of the men's team TT final against Nigeria's Abiodun Bode 4-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 to give India 1-0 lead.
India take 2-0 lead in the Mixed Team #Badminton Final as Kidambi Srikkanth stuns Malaysian legend Lee Chong Weig 21-16, 21-14. The Indians now need just one more win to claim a historic CWG gold.
Achanta Sharath Kamal is up 2-1 in the first match of the Men's Team TT final where India is playing Nigeria for gold.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 2: Kidambi Srikkanth vs Lee Chong Wei in men's singles)
After winning Game 1, Kidambi leads 11-5 at the break in Game 2. India lead the tie 1-0 after winning the first mixed-doubles match.
Men's Team Table Tennis Final is also underway.
Achanta Sharath Kamal lost first game to Nigeria's Bode Abiodun 4-11 but comes back to win the second 11-5 and level Match 1 of the tie.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 2: Kidambi Srikkanth vs Lee Chong Wei in men's singles)
Kidambi stuns the Malaysian legend to win the first game 21-16. India lead the tie 1-0 having won the mixed-doubles match.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 2: Kidambi Srikkanth vs Lee Chong Wei in men's singles)
Kidambi living up to his reputation, though he has never beaten Lee Chong before. The Indian leads 11-8 at the breather in Game 1.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 1: Satwik-Ashwini vs Peng-Liu in mixed doubles)
India hold nerves with some exemplary net play by both Ashwini and Satwik to win third game and the match 21-14, 15-21, 21-15 to take a 1-0 lead in the tie.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 1: Satwik-Ashwini vs Peng-Liu in mixed doubles)
Peng-Lui leading by four points, 11-7, at the lemon break in third game.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 1: Satwik-Ashwini vs Peng-Liu in mixed doubles)
The Malaysian duo makes a strong statement, especially through Peng's smashes, with a 21-15 victory in Game 2 - which levels the match at 1-all.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 1: Satwik-Ashwini vs Peng-Liu in mixed doubles)
Malaysia doing to India in Game 2 what India did to them in Game 1. Be aggressive, stay aggressive. The Indians, as a result, trail 7-11 at the break after winning the first game 21-14.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 1: Satwik-Ashwini vs Peng-Liu in mixed doubles)
India win the first game 21-14 and looking more in sync compared to their Malaysian opponents.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 1: Satwik-Ashwini vs Peng-Liu in mixed doubles)
At the breather in Game 1, the aggressive Indian pair leads 11-7.
Mixed Team Badminton Final - India vs Malaysia (Match 1: Satwik-Ashwini vs Peng-Liu in mixed doubles)
India take a slender 6-3 lead against the Malaysian pair.
Ready for a humdinger of a final between India and Malaysia for the Mixed Team Gold Medal. Beginning with the mixed team match. In a best-of-five-matches tie, the team that wins three matches first goes on to win gold.
Order of Play in Badminton Mixed Team Final between India and Malaysia (begins 1 pm IST)
Match 1: Mixed Doubles
Satwik Rankireddy & Ashwini Ponnappa vs Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh
Match 2: Men's Singles
Kidambi Srikanth vs Lee Chong Wei
Match 3: Men's Doubles
Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty vs V Shem Goh and Wee Kiong Tan
Match 4: Women's Singles
Saina Nehwal vs Soniia Cheah
Match 5: Women's Doubles
N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa vs Vivian Hoo and Mei Kuan Chow
#TeamIndia #Shooting takes over the #GoldQuest now!
2 podium finishes in #GC2018Shooting for India! @apurvichandela equalled the #GamesRecords for Qualification while @GhoshMehuli sets a new.#MartinaLindsayVeloso wins Gold!
All hail #GirlPower #Congratulations ladies pic.twitter.com/sZpRL4LIaD
— IOA - Team India (@ioaindia) April 9, 2018
UPDATE
India will face Nigeria in the Men's Team Table Tennis Final at 1400 IST. The Nigerians, who are the bronze medallists from the last CWG at Glasgow in 2014, upset England in second semifinal.
Men's Skeet Final:
Shooter Smit Singh bows out of medals race after being eliminated. That ends India's shooting action from the day.
India's Smith Singh is competing in a tough field in the Men's Skeet Final. In sixth position currently among six shooters in the fray.
In a high quality field Smit has dropped 3. Not looking good
— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) April 9, 2018
Women's 90kg Weightlifting: Lalchhanhimi bows out of the race to podium after ber best-registered Clean and Jerk lift of 109kg gave her a combined total lift of 194kg. Not good enough to stay in the top three bracket.
More medals up for grabs for India in the day:
First up it will be Smit Singh in Men's Skeet shooting final - 11:15 a.m.
Then India vs Malaysia in Badminton Mixed Team Final - 1 p.m.
Followed by Men's Team Table Tennis Final at 2 p.m.
Women's 90kg Weightlifting: Lalchhanhimi is pushed to rock bottom with her best of 85 kg in Snatch being the lowest.
Women's 90+ Weightlifting: Purnima Pandey lifts 94kg in her third Snatch attempt as her best heading into the Clean & Jerk round later.
Weightlifting
Women's +90kg: Purnima Pandey lifts 89kg in her second Snatch attempt.
Women's 90kg: Lalchhanhimi fails to lift 89kg in her last two Snatch attempts. So her registered Snatch weight remains her first successful attempt, which was 85kg.
After winning in 2014 #CWG, JituRaiwins his second (& created new GR in Final) while Om Mitharvaltakes home a Bronze in Men's 10m Air Pistol event #CWG2018. Watch the moments from their medal winning performance here. #IndiaAtCWG #SAI pic.twitter.com/7t2rabzKlt
— SAIMedia(@Media_SAI) April 9, 2018
Two weightlifting events in progress now with two Indians in the fray:
Women's +90kg: Purnima Pandey, who has lifted 85kg in her first Snatch attempt.
Women's 90kg: Lalchhanhimi, yet to begin.
Silver and bronze for India!
Mehuli Ghosh loses to Singapore's Veloso in shootoff for gold in the women's 10m Air Rifle Final. Apurvi Chandela wins bronze as India's medal rush in shooting continues. But the Indians will be unhappy to miss on gold narrowly.
Women's 10m Air Rifle Final: Shootoff between Mehuli and Singapore's Veloso after the Indian hit a bull's eye with 10.9.
Women's 10m Air Rifle Final:
With the elimination of Bangladesh's Sultana, India assured of two medals with Apurvi Chandela currently in No. 2 position and Mehuli Ghosh No. 3.
Women's 10m Air Rifle Final has moved into the Elimination Round.
Apurvi Chandela at No. 2 currently and Mehuli Ghosh No. 4.
Two good results:
1. Manish Kaushik beats T&T's Michael Alexander to progress to the men's 60kg boxing quarterfinal.
2. Smit Singh qualifies for the men's skeet final.
Another good news!
Tejaswin Shankar qualifies for the men's high jump final having cleared 2.21m. He is among the 12 jumpers who will be vying for a spot on the podium on April 11.
Gaurav Solanki enters men's 52kg boxing quarterfinals with a 5-0 unanimous verdict against Ghana's Akimos Annang. He's looking good to go all the distance in the ring at Gold Coast.
Gold and Bronze for India!
Jitu Rai wins gold in men's 10m air pistol event. Om Prakash wins bronze.
India's medals tally swells to 15 medals (8 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze)
India enter Men's Team TT Final: Beat Singapore 3-2
Achanta Sharath Kamal wins the fifth and deciding match of the tie against Xue Jie Pang to confirm India's entry.
Coming Up
Jitu Rai and Om Prakash in the men's 10m Air Pistol Final.
Also, in Table Tennis, Achanta Sharath Kamal has won the first two games in the deciding rubber of the Men's Team semifinal against Singapore.
Indian shooters Apurvi Chandela, with a score of 423.2 points, and Mehuli Ghosh, with 413.7 points, have qualified for the women's 10m air rifle event in first and fifth position, respectively.
MEDAL ALERT!
India's Pardeep Singh settles for silver medal in the Men's 105kg Weightlifting Event. India's medals tally reads 7 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze.
Singapore lock the Men's Team TT Semifinal at 2-2 as Ning Gao defeats India's Sathiyan in Match 4. India's veteran paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal will now carry the nation's expectations in the deciding rubber of the tie.
Men's 105kg Weightlifting: Pardeep Singh lifts 200kg in his first Clean & Jerk attempt and moves into No. 2 position of the event. There's a big fight between him Samoa's Mao for gold.
Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification: Apurvi Chandela is going great guns to be in first position while Mehuli Ghosh stays in the top-eight pack at No. 4 with Series 3 of the qualification going on.
Men's Team Table Tennis Semifinal: Sathiyan has clawed back into the fourth match of the tie. After losing the first game, he thwart's Ning Gao's challenge to win it 12-10. India lead the tie 2-1 and need just one more win to enter the Final.
Tejaswin Shankar is looking good in Group A of high-jump qualification round. He has now cleared 2.21m in and moved into the fifth position.
India start on a losing note in Match 4 of the Men's Team TT Semifinal as Sathiyan loses first game 5-11 to Ning Gao. India, however, led the tie 2-1 and need just one more win to enter the final.
In Table Tennis Men's Team semifinal, India have won the doubles match to take a 2-1 lead over Singapore.
In the weightlifting arena, Pardeep fails to lift 170kg in C&J cleanly. He will be back on shortly for his second attempt.
Some good news from the track as Hima Das finishes third in her women's 400m Heat for a direct qualification to the women's 400m semifinals. Tejaswin Shankar also in action in the men's high jump qualification round.
Two Indians also in action in the athletics arena:
1. Poovamma Raju finished 5th in women's 400m Heats, fails to qualify for the semis.
2. Tejaswin Shankar is currently in action in men's high-jump qualification round
Hi and good morning! Lots happening. So let's get going.
1. Jitu Rai and Om Prakash have qualified for the men's 10m air pistol final which will be held at 7:30 a.m.
2. India and Singapore are locked at 1-1 in the men's team table tennis semifinal.
3. India's Pardeep Singh is in 2nd position of men's 105kg weightlifting event. His best Snatch lift reads 152kg.
4. Srihari Nataraj finishes 6th in Heat 2 of Men's 200m Backstroke - fails to qualify for the final.
