Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Day 4: Judoka Shushila Devi bags silver, PV Sindhu in action in mixed team semis

PV Sindhu takes the first game in the second match of the mixed team event. It wasn’t the cakewalk as was expected for the Indian ace. The Singapore shuttler Jia Min Yeo gave the Indian former world champion and two-time Olympic medallist a fair bit of workout but Sindhu warmed up after the first break and took the game. 

Good sign for India as they are already 1-0 up in the mixed-team semis against Singapore. 

India have taken a 1-0 lead against Singapore in the badminton mixed-team semis. The men’s double pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gave India the lead. 

The second match, which is underway, is being fought between PV Sindhu and Yeo Jia Min.

India take a 1-0 lead in the mixed team event semi-final against Singapore after the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Singapore’s Young Kai Terry and Andy Jung Liang in the first match 21-11, 21-12

Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty take the first game 21-11 against Singapore’s Young Kai Terry and Andy Jung Liang in the first match of the mixed team event in badminton.

Vijay Yadav arrives for his bronze medal match in men’s 60kg judo. He is up against Cyprus’ Petros Christodoulides. 

The Indian closes the fight rather early and secures an ippon. With this he wins the bronze medal in his category.

Despite leading 4-1 in the final quarter, India squander the three-goal advantage as their Pool B men’s hockey match against England end in 4-4 draw.

Shushila Devi tries to find a firm grip on her opponent Michaela Whitebooi, but a smart counter sends the Indian down on the mat. Whitebooi takes advantage and keeps Devi down with an arm lock. 

Devi then shows good comeback. She also tries to topple Whitebooi on the mat with a technical move but the latter quickly recovers and avoids it. 

With things on level terms, the action moves to golden score and Whitebooi seals the gold medal by forcing Devi on the mat. It was a strong grip by Whitebooi and Devi crashes on the mat while trying to get out of it. The South African judoka gets the advantage and she capitalises on it and wins the gold medal. 

Shushila Devi’s valiant effort will get her a silver medal in the women’s 47kg judo at CWG 2022.

The gold medal match between Shushila Devi and South Africa’s Michaela Whitebooi in women’s 48kg judo will start shortly. She has assured India of a silver medal and would now look to change the colour of the medal. 

Mandeep scores another goal in the second quarter, which helps India end the first half with a 3-0 lead against England in the men’s hockey Pool B match.

An excellent performance by Saurav Ghosal in Game 4 as he wins it 11-3 against Scotland’s Greg Lobban. 

He wins the quarterfinals 3-1. He won the first game 11-5, but went down 8-11 in the following game.  He won Game 3 11-7. 

With this he advances to the semi-finals of the men’s singles squash.

Goals from Lalit Singh Upadhyay and Mandeep Singh help India take a 2-0 against England in the men’s hockey Pool B match.

Things are not getting easy for Saurav Ghosal, who started Game 3 leading but squanders it as the action proceeds.

He then restores the advantage as the game goes to it’s business end and wins it 11-7. 

Ghosal leads 2-1 against Greg Lobban. 

Ronaldo Laitonjam clocked 1:02.500 in Men’s 1000m Time Trial Final. Impressive indeed, but the Indian finished 12th among 20 cyclist who participated in the contest. Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer bagged the gold medal after clocking 59.505 while his compatriot Thomas Cornish finished second (1:00.036). Nicholas Paul of Trinidad and Tobago finished third (1:00.089).

Greg Lobban put up a much improved show in Game 2 and also starts with a lead in the initial stage, before Saurav Ghosal level things up at 5.

Ghosal then took the lead but Lobban restored a two-point advantage, leading 8-6. The Scott eventually closes Game 2 11-8. 

Both are tied with one game each. 

India squash player Saurav Ghosal starts his men’s singles quarterfinal against Scotland’s Greg Lobban with a confident 11-5 win in Game 1. 

India lead 1-0.

We have another squash action coming up. India’s Saurav Ghosal will take on Scotland’s Greg Lobban in the men’s singles quarterfinals.

Joshana Chinappa goes down 3-0 against Canada’s Hollie Naughton in the squash women’s singles quarter-finals. She lost the opening two games 11-9, 11-5.

Joshana Chinappa then produced a much improved show in Game 3 and also maintained a slender lead initially, but her opponent powered herself back in the fight. The third Game saw Chinappa lose a couple of game points as Naughton eventually secured it 15-13.

Artistic Gymnastics, Women’s Vault Final: India’s Pranati Nayak finishes fifth in the women’s vault final. Australia’s Georgia Godwin wins gold while Canada’s Laurie Denommee takes silver. Scotland’s Shannon Archer has won bronze.

It was mostly one way traffic in Game 2 as Canada’s Hollie Naughton started with a lead and didn’t allow her Joshana Chinappa to gain momentum even once. 

In fact, Chinappa was not very happy with the opponent blocking her during Game 2, she also took a video review for one, which she lost. She eventually goes down 5-11 in Game 2. 

Canada now have a 2-0 lead in the women’s squash quarter-finals.

Triyasha Paul sadly bows out of the competition after she finished third in Heat 4 of the First Round Repechage of Women’s Keirin. She gave a really tough fight in the competition and threatened to take lead during the second lap, but eventually finished third.

Shushikala Agashe finishes fourth in Heat 3 of the First Round Repechage of Women’s Keirin. She bows out. Agashe finished +1.759 behind leader Millie Tanner of England.

After a neck-and-neck contest, Joshana Chinappa goes down in the opening game 11-9. She was leading initially but Canada’s Hollie Naughton produced a brilliant comeback, levelling the score at 6-6, and from there the lead swung like a pendulum. 

Chinappa will now look to settle the score in Game 2. 

India’s Joshana Chinappa is in action at the squash women’s singles quarter-final. She takes on Canada’s Hollie Naughton.  

Triyashi finished sixth in Heat 3 while Shushikala finished last in Heat 4 of Women’s Keirin – First Round. They will head to the repechage round which will begin shortly.

India’s Pranati Nayak has managed a combined score of 12.699. Gets the first part of the routine but not the landing. This may not be enough for a podium.

Indian judoka Vijay Yadav beats Scotland’s Dylan Munro in the men’s 60kg repechage round. He’ll now be seen in action for a bronze medal match.  

Mohammed Hussamuddin beats Bangladesh’s Salim Hossain 5-0 in the round of 16 bout in the men’s featherweight category.

Shushila Devi beats Mauritius’ Priscilla Morand in the women’s judo 48-kg semi-finals. She wins it by Ippon.

India’s Sajan Prakash finishes 7th in his heat in Men’s 100m butterfly. He clocks 54.36 and fails to qualify, as he was placed 19th. Top-16 advance further.

India’s Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla is through to the semifinals with a straight-game win. She comfortably beats Sri Lanka’s Chanithma Sinaly 11-3, 11-2, 11-2. The plate semifinal will be tomorrow.

Jasleen Singh Saini loses his semi-final bout (66 kg) to Finlay Allan. But he will fight for bronze medal later tonight in repechage.

Suchika Tariyal wins her Repechage tie, 11s1-0 against Donna Breytenbach of South Africa. She will now fight for the Bronze Medal in the Women’s 57kg category.

Amit Panghal’s speed makes him unplayable against Berri, who loses the third round too. The Indian is into the quarters after a dominating 5-0 win!

Amit Panghal beats Namry Berri by a 5-0 unanimous decision.

Terrific start! Panghal wins the first round 5-0 and continues his attacking approach, throwing sharp punches at his opponent who doesn’t see them coming. Panghal also wins the second round… it’s 5-0 again!

It’s time to shift the focus to the boxing ring! Amit Panghal will now be in action. He takes on Namri Berri of Vanuatu in the men’s 51kg category… stay tuned for live updates!

England’s Chris Murray wins gold with a Games record of 325kg (144kg + 181kg), while the silver goes to Australia’s Kyle Bruce with a total lift of 323kg. Canada’s Nicholas Vachon takes bronze, followed by Ajay Singh.

Shushila Devi Likmabam is into the semifinals! She beats Malawi’s Harriet Bonface 10-0 in women’s 48kg.

India’s Vijay Singh Yadav is through to quarter-final of Men’s 60 kg category with 1st round win over Winsley Gangaya.

India’s Ajay Singh finishes 4th after missing his final clean and jerk lift at 180kg in men’s 81kg category.

Last throw of the dice for Ajay Singh… but he fails to lift 180kg in his 3rd Clean & Jerk attempt. The Indian misses out on a podium finish by a whisker!

Ajay Singh stands strong with the clean and successfully lifts 176kg, which puts him in the gold medal spot with 319kg total.

Brilliant!!! Ajay Singh lifts 172kg in the first attempt in Clean & Jerk round. He had listed 165kg to start with, but decided to elevate it. It has made his combined lift to 315kg.

Historic moment! India are into lawn bowls finals, which confirmes first-ever medal in any lawn bowls event at the CWG level. Unbelievable performance and total team effort from the women’s quartet!

The Indian team is emotional as it has guaranteed the country either a gold or silver. Kudos to Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip). They face South Africa in the final. 

India 16-13 New Zealand

Ajay Singh had listed 165kg to start with in the Clean & Jerk round. After the snatch round, the difference between Chris Murray (who had the best attempts of 144kg) and Ajay Singh (143kg) was just one kilo.

Ajay Singh in Snatch round –

Attempt 1 – 137kg

Attempt 2 – 140kg

Attempt 3 – 143kg

India’s Suchika Tariyal defeats Zambia’s Rita Kabinda to enter the quarterfinals of Women’s 57kg Judo event.

The Indian quartet has made it 12-12 against New Zealand! The scores are level after 13 ends of throws.

India 12-12 New Zealand

Jasleen Singh Saini gets the better of Maxence Cugola in double-quick time to storm into the Judo Men’s 66kg quarter-finals, after an Ippon in 48 seconds.

Brilliant lifting! Three out of three for Ajay Singh, who lifts 143kg in his third snatch attempt! 

Australia’s Kyle Brue is also tied at 143kg while England’s Chris Murray leads with 144kg.

That was some tremendous lifting! Ajay Singh didn’t waver in his second attempt as he comfortably lifts 140Kg in the Snatch round.

Ajay Singh successfully lifts 137kg in his first lift in the Snatch round! He wobbles towards the end, but gets the body back underneath and holds the bar cleanly for a successful lift.

Ajay Singh has registered a weight of 135kg for his first attempt in Snatch category. As many as six competitors have listed the same weight.

India are now 7-6 ahead after 8 Ends. Tremendous comeback from the Indian quartet that was 1-6 down at one point.

India 7-6 New Zealand

India have minimised the gap to make it 5-6 against New Zealand after End 7.

India 5-6 New Zealand

Ajay Singh in action in Men’s 81kg! It starts with the Snatch round. Ajay holds the National Record, having recorded a combined lift of 338kg (148+190) in 2019.

The Indian lawn bowls quartet trails 6-4 against New Zealand after End 5, while Ajay Singh is all set to compete now in the weightlifting (men’s 81kg) final. Stay tuned for live updates! 

It’s weightlifting that’s been giving us many reasons to smile for the past three days. Ajay Singh, whose idol is Mirabai Chanu, is among the favourites for a podium finish.

It was a great Sunday indeed and we are expecting India to dish out a similar performance today. Indian fans will get to see the mixed badminton team in action in semis where the team will be eyeing a medal.

They outwitted South Africa 3-0 to set up a final-four clash with Singapore. Lakshya Sen then looked in complete control as he gave India a 2-0 lead, before young Aakarshi Kashyap used her deception to good effect to prevail 21-11 21-16 as India won the fixture 3-0.

Apart from Ajay Singh, the focus also remains on Harjinder Kaur, who begins in the Women’s 71 kg category in weightlifting from 11:00 pm IST.

The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) currently trails 0-5 after 2 ends.

India women’s fours semi-final against New Zealand is underway. Thereafter, Ajay Singh will be in action from 2:00 PM onwards, with an aim to seal another medal in weightlifting for his country. He will compete in the men’s 81kg.

The Indian women’s fours team is set to play against New Zealand in the semifinal of lawn bowls competition. 

The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) won 17-9 in the quarterfinal match.

Indian fans will get to see the mixed badminton team in action in semis where the team will be eyeing a medal. India expectedly didn’t put a foot wrong as they dished out yet another professional performance against South Africa, beating them 3-0. The match will start at 3:30 pm

Cycling action on fourth day will start from 6:32 PM with first round of Women’s Keirin competition in which Triyasha Paul, Shushikala Agashe and Mayuri Lute will be participating.

Women’s Keirin second round in cycling will take place from 9:17 PM onwards. From 9:37 PM onwards, Meenakshi will be seen in the Women’s 10 Km Scratch Race final.

It was another memorable day for India in weightlifting as they managed to win two gold medals, with Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli securing the yellow metal. 

India’s Women’s Cricket team picked up their first win of the tournament, beating Pakistan with a comfortable eight-wicket win. The Men’s Hockey team also began with a dominant 11-0 win over Ghana.

The table tennis team (men’s) stormed into semi-finals after outwitting Bangladesh. Nikhat Zareen got off to a flier in her Women’s 48-50kg (Light Flyweight) round of 16 bout against Mozambique’s Helena Ismail Bagao, but Shiva Thapa went down 1-4 on points to Scotland’s Reese Lynch.

While Amit Panghal headlines the 48-51kg, Hussamuddin taking on Bangladesh’s Md Salin Hossain in Over 54-57 kg category round of 16 match.

The spotlight will be on Amit Panghal, who kicks off his campaign against Vanuatu’s Namri Berri in the flyweight (48-51kg) category. The Asian Games gold medallist and 2018 CWG silver medallist will look for a positive start in Birmingham.

The Indian men’s hockey team will continue its campaign against England in the Pool B match. The side began with a dominant 11-0 win over Ghana.

Harmanpreet Singh struck a hat-trick while Jugraj helped himself to a couple of goals. Abhishek opened the scoring for the Indians while Shamsher, Akashdeep, Lalit, Mandeep and Varun Kumar were the others who got on the board.

The Indian judo contingent will begin its campaign from 2:30 PM onwards, with Jasleen Singh Saini facing Maxence Cugola of Vanuatu in Men’s 66 kg Round of 16. Vijay Kumar Yadav will also take on Winsley Gangaya of Mauritius in Men’s 60 kg round of 16 match.

Sushila Devi will take on Harriet Bonface of Malawi in the Women’s 48 kg QFs while Suchika Tariyal will take on Rita Rabinda of Zambia in Women’s 57 kg round of 16 match.

The action will begin with lawn bowls semi finals in Women’s Fours category. The team of Rupa Rani Tirkey, Nayanmoni Saikia, Lovely Choubey and Pinki Singh will take on Team New Zealand. They have progressed to the semis after a win over Norfolk Island in QFs.

Harjinder Kaur will be action in the Women’s 71 kg category in weightlifting, while the men’s hockey team will continue its campaign against England in Pool B match.

The Indian contingent will be looking forward to progress further in sports like squash, lawn bowls, boxing and hockey, with some more medals in sight in weightlifting.

In Men’s 81 kg weightlifting, Ajay Singh will be in action from 2:00 PM onwards, with an aim to seal another medal for his country. India have dominated the sport with five medals so far in the 2022 CWG edition.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games! It had been a good day for India on the third day of the Games, with Achinta Sheuli and Jeremy Lalrinnunga securing gold and taking the country’s medal tally to six (gold: 3, silver: 2, bronze: 1)

On Saturday, Mirabai Chanu had headlined a four medal count with her gold medal in the women’s 49kg event. She won the first gold medal for India in the women’s 49kg category, while Sanket Sargar won the first medal overall in the men’s 55kg event.