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Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 Day 2 Highlights: Mirabai Chanu clinches gold, India's third medal today

Check LIVE Scores and Updates from Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday (July 30).

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After a thunderous Day 1 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Team India looks to retain momentum on the second day with all eyes on Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the Tokyo Olympic silver-medallist and 2018 CWG gold medallist on Saturday. Badminton and Table Tennis teams looking to make a progress into the knockouts and the women's hockey team will enter their second group-stage tie. The Indian badminton team began their mixed team title defence with a 5-0 sweep against Pakistan.

In Badmintion there were wins for PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth. Women's cricket made its debut with a three-wicket loss against Australia. The Indian women's table tennis team fared better with a 3-0 victory vs South Africa and then a 3-0 victory against Fiji. In boxing, Shiva Thapa won his men's 63.5kg Round of 32 bout against Pakistan's Suleman Baloch The Indian women's hockey team 5-0 win against Ghana on Day One set spirits soaring. In aquatics, Kushagra Rawat came in last in Heat 3 and was eliminated in the Men's 400m Freestyle event. In the triathlon, India finished 26th and 27th respectively with a dismal performance by Pragnya Mohan and Sanjana Joshi.

30 July 2022
23:42 PM IST

Good day for India at CWG 2022

A smiling Mirabai Chanu made her towering presence felt with a record-smashing show while Sanket Sargar tasted big-stage success after years of toil as Indian weightlifters continued to produce sparkling performances at the Commonwealth Games, winning medals of all three hues here Saturday.
Olympic silver medallist Mirabai was expected to win a gold medal on the second day of the competition, and she did it with remarkable ease, shattering four records in a power-packed performance.

Partially fulfilling the promise he made to himself four years back, young Sargar won a silver in men's 55kg.
The 21-year-old managed a total lift of 248kg (113kg+135kg) to finish just one kilogram behind Malaysia's Mohamad Aniq, who smashed the Games record in clean and jerk as he lifted 249kg (107kg+142kg) to win the gold.

Later Gururaja Poojary, the silver medallist at Gold Coast 2018, finished third in 61kg to clinch India's first ever CWG medal in this weight category. It was a successful switch to an Olympic weight category as Gururaja had competed in 56kg in Australia.
He lifted 151kg in his final clean and jerk attempt to seal the bronze with a total lift of 269kg, edging out Canada's Youri Simard (119kg).

With PTI inputs

22:19 PM IST

Terrific stuff from Mirabai Chanu!

22:06 PM IST

Gold for Mirabai Chanu!

She has done it, Easily lifts 109 kg, which is a CWG record, and takes the gold. Her total now is 197, and no one can beat that now.  

21:28 PM IST

Mirabai to come soon in Clean and Jerk!

Here's some cycling update: In men’s keirin, Esow and Ronaldo finished outside the top two in their heats and are through to repechages.

21:13 PM IST

Take your seat, as Mirabai is not finished yet. The clean and jerk has just begun!

21:09 PM IST

Mirabai Chanu has set a new Commonwealth Games record with a lift of 88 kg in Snatch!

21:06 PM IST

Mirabai fails in 3rd attempt!

She attempted 90 kgs in her 3rd attempt and falters. Would have been the new Games record yet she keeps it with a 88kg lift. 

21:04 PM IST

Superb from Mirabai!

The defending CWG champion lifts 88kg in second attampt of snatch (Women's 49 kg) and stays in hunt for the gold medal. What a star!

20:36 PM IST

Mirabai is here and what a start!

Mirabai the last of the athletes to lift, she starts off with 84 kg. Pays respect to the weights before she lifts it smoothly and leads the board in women's 49 kg.  

20:05 PM IST

Weightlifting - Women's 49 kg

Mirabai Chanu yet to start and she has set a pretty low starting weight of 80kg in Snatch and 105kg in Clean and Jerk. Let's see how the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist goes here.   

19:35 PM IST

Alright, time for Women's 49 kg in which Mirabai is in action, begins! Take a look at start list below!

19:29 PM IST

Nitendra Singh Rawat finishes 12th in men's marathon

India's Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 12th in the men's marathon race in the Commonwealth Games  on Saturday. The 35-year-old Rawat clocked 2 hour 19 minutes and 22 seconds in the race won by Uganda's Victor Kiplangat (2:10:55).

Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu (2:12:29) and Kenya's Michael Mugo Githae (2:13:16) took the silver and bronze respectively.

Rawat has a personal best of 2:16:05 he had clocked at the New Delhi Marathon in March. He was eight minutes 27 seconds behind the gold winner.

 

19:22 PM IST

Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will be back in action. Don't go anywhere! 

19:05 PM IST

Coming up next!

Mirabai Chanu in women's 49 kg event in weightlifting

Manika Batra and co in action as the team faces Malaysia in the quarterfinals at 8.30 pm IST

Lovlina Borgohain's first round bout in CWG 2022 at 11 pm IST

Srihari Nataraj in 100m backstroke final - everything you need to know here

18:01 PM IST

Second medal for India in Weightlifting!

Gururaja, the man who won India's first medal in 2018 Gold Coast, wins India's 2nd medal in 2022 Birmingham. A bronze for the Indian, after a thrilling battle with Canada's Simard

17:58 PM IST

Gururaja you beauty!

The match is close as After Canadian lifter lifts 148 kg, India's Gururaja lifts 151 kg to stay in contention for a medal. 

17:54 PM IST

Tough fight in Men's 61kg final

Gururaja lifts 148 kg in second attempt to jump to top of leaderboard. Canada's Youri Simard is taking on the fight. There are two weightlifters yet to start their lifts in clean and jerk. Can India pull off a gold here?

17:42 PM IST

Weightlifting Men's 61kg final!

Brilliant first lift from Gururaja in clean and jerk as he lifts 144 kg with some effort. It takes him to top of the leaderboard. The canadian right behind him. 

17:27 PM IST

India steamroll Sri Lanka 5-0, qualify for knockouts in mixed team badminton

Indian shuttlers dished out another splendid show to outclass Sri Lanka 5-0 in their second group A match of the mixed team competition at the 22nd Commonwealth Games. India were by far the better team on display as they completely dominated the proceedings at the Arena Birmingham. A day after blanking Pakistan 5-0, India notched up another convincing win to go top of group A and qualify for the quarterfinals with one tie still remaining in the league stage of the competition.

17:25 PM IST

Boxing! Good win for India's Mohammed Hussamuddin vs Azomele Dyeyi!

17:25 PM IST

Boxing: Hussamuddin is through to the pre QFs in the men's featherweight division (-57kg) as he beats the South African boxer Amzolele Dyeyi by a UD 5-0 in the R32 bout..

17:23 PM IST

A quick recap from TT and Badminton!

Table tennis: Women’s team have won 3 out of 3 matches with win over Guyana. Through to quarters, in action later in the day.

Badminton: Lakshya and team have beaten Sri Lanka 5-0, will now face Australia later in the day to close group stage action.

17:21 PM IST

India's Gururaja 4th after the end of Snatch in Men's 61kg final! 

16:59 PM IST

Weightlifting, men’s 61kg final: 

Gururaja finishes with a best Snatch of 118 kg.  He started off 115 kg, got 118 kg in second attempt but failed to lift 120 kg in third attempt. 

16:54 PM IST

Men's 61kg - Weighlifting Final

Good start for Gururaja as he easily lifts 115 kgs to start things off. Looked at ease in the lift. He is a silver medallist from Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held last year but this a tough field. 

 

16:16 PM IST

Alright time for Weightlifting, men’s 61kg final: 

India's Gururaja in action. First up Snatch event and he is will lift 115 kg in first attempt. Let's watch out for him.  

16:15 PM IST

Badminton mixed team Group A, India 4-0 Sri Lanka: A straight-game win for Sumeeth and Chirag as India head towards another clean sweep. Treesa-Gayatri will be in action now.

15:45 PM IST

Final standings in Weightlifting - Men's 55kg - Final

Just one point of different between India's Sanket and the Malaysian who took the gold medal. Well done, Sanket, you have made the country proud!

 

15:40 PM IST

SILVER for Sanket!

India's Sanket Sargar opens India's account with a silver medal win. He missed it by whisker as India's Mohamad Kasadan lifts 142 kg to get the gold. 

15:38 PM IST

Weightlifting - Men's 55kg - Final

Sanket fails in his third attempt of clean and jerk. Minutes after he was hurt. Commentators call it a risky move. Could have been a career-threatening injury. Sanket is still in medal contention.

15:32 PM IST

Weightlifting - Men's 55kg - Final

Sanket gets injured. He was to lift 139 kg in second attempt of clean and jerk but he fails at the last moment. He has injured his right elbow as well and is getting some medical help. He still leads though, however every marginally.  

15:14 PM IST

Weightlifting - Men's 55kg - Final

Just wow from Sanket, in his first attempt in clean and jerk, he lifts 135 kgs quite easily, Gives two thumbs up as well. He is happy and the gold seems to be coming India's way. He is leading now. 

15:10 PM IST

Swimming, Men’s 200m Freestyle - Heat 3: India's Kushagra Rawat finishes 8th. His timing: 1:54.56. He won't move to the next stage. 

14:59 PM IST

Badminton mixed team Group A, India 1-0 Sri Lanka: Rising Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen is off to a brilliant start in CWG. He beats SL’s Niluka Karunaratne 21-18, 21-5.

 

14:57 PM IST

Weightlifting - Men's 55kg - Final

India's Sanket Safar lifts 135 kg in clean and jerk and is leading currently. The gold medal is very much possible. Stay tuned! 

14:37 PM IST

Sanket on FIRE!

Weightlifter lifts 113 kg in his first attempt! Brilliant lifting by the Indian youngster so far.

14:21 PM IST

Weightlifting!

Sanket lifted 107 kg successfully in his first attempt. Then Sanket Mahadev lifts 111KG in his 2nd attempt!! (Stay Tuned)

14:20 PM IST

Badminton

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa beat SL's Dias and Hendahewa 21-14, 21-9 in mixed doubles match of mixed team event.

14:02 PM IST

Marathon!

India's Nitendra Singh Rawat starts the action in the men's marathon at the Birmingham Games.

Badminton: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini win the first game against Sri Lanka in the mixed team Group A match, 21-14.

13:29 PM IST

Weightlifting!

22-year-old Sanket Sargar is the first to appear from the Indian lifters, the national champ of his weight is highly considered as a medal contender by his teammates.

13:12 PM IST

Medal tally after Day 1

12:38 PM IST

Badminton news!

After a dominant performance yesterday against Pakistan, India will take on Sri Lanka and Australia today.

12:32 PM IST

Know all about today's events from the video below:

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11:55 AM IST

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11:23 AM IST
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India Day 1 at CWG 2022 round-up

India women's win in hockey, PV Sindhu and Co start with victory

11:14 AM IST

Hello and welcome to Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 live on Zee News. This is your host Akash Kharade and I will be taking you through all the key updates of the games taking place in Birmingham. Stay tuned for more updates.