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Sharath, playing in his farewell event, led three more Indians into the Round of 16 after Manav Thakkar and Snehit Suravajjula progressed in men’s singles while Krittwika Roy advanced in women’s singles.
Achanta Sharath Kamal finished his CWG 2022 Birmingham campaign with 3 gold medals and one silver medal
Australia tops the list with 1,003 gold medals, followed by England’s 773 in the second place with Canada in third with 510.
India ended up with a total of 61 medals including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. There were 10 Indians who managed to win more than 1 medal at the CWG 2022. Table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal led the way with three gold and 1 silver for a total of 4 medals while compatriot Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won 3 medals with 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Here's a list of top stars who won more than 1 medal at CWG 2022 including PV Sindhu and squash star Saurav Ghosal.
Prince Edward ‘proclaimed Birmingham 2022 closed’ and made a formal invitation to the Australian state of Victoria for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Indian players have shown great performance in the Commonwealth Games. Sharath Kamal has won the 22nd gold for India in the Commonwealth Games table tennis.
Check Live Scores and Updates from Day 11 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Monday (August 8). Check Commonwealth Games 2022 India Schedule for Day 11 and much more.
Australia are leading the way with 66 gold, 55 silver, 53 bronze for a total of 174 medals while hosts England are in second place with 55 gold, 59 silver and 53 bronze medals in a total of 166.
In table tennis, Indian legend Achanta Sharath Kamal will be bidding to win his 7th CWG gold, when he takes on Liam Pitchford of England in the men’s singles final.
Achanta Sharath Kamal produced a class act to also reach the men’s singles final. The 40-year-old paddler, who won a bronze medal in the last edition in Gold Coast.
Check Live Scores and Updates from Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Tuesday (August 2). Check Commonwealth Games 2022 India Schedule for Day 5 and much more.
India men’s Hockey team will also play England in their Pool B match while swimmer Srihari Nataraj will compete in the men’s 50m backstroke final on Day 4 of Commonwealth Games 2022.
The four-member committee had initially shortlisted hockey captain Manpreet Singh alongside boxer Amit Panghal and paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal before Anil Khanna and Rajeev Mehta chose Manpreet for the honour.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) plans to tweak the selection guidelines in the future. The chosen players are Manika Batra, Archana Kamath, Sreeja Akula (rank 66), Reeth Rishya (100), with Diya Chitale (129) as the standby.
In the best ranking across categories, Manika Batra and Archana Kamath are ranked world no 4 in the women’s doubles section while Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee are next best at world no 29.
A flurry of errors from Sharath and some better hitting from Long put the Indian behind 0-6, a lead from where a comeback was not easy against a player of Long’s calibre.
From an intense contest, it suddenly became a drab one-sided affair with Sharath struggling to keep pace with Long.
Sharath’s compatriot G Sathiyan had lost his men’s singles second round from an advantageous position on Sunday to exit the competition.
In the women’s draw, Manika Batra moved to the third round with an upset win over world number 32 Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine on Sunday.
In an opening ceremony marked by simplicity, one tradition held on Friday (July 23) as athletes paraded into the Olympic stadium by national groups, waving but with smiles hidden behind masks, and most having both male and female flagbearers for the first time. The Tokyo Games like no other opened with fireworks illuminating an almost empty National Stadium and a moment of silence to honour those lost to COVID-19, with a nod to Japanese tradition represented by wooden Olympic rings linked to the 1964 Games. India were represented by flagbearers Manpreet Singh (hockey captain) and boxer MC Mary Kom as we can see in these collection of pictures.
Manika Batra and Achanta Sharath Kamal have qualified for the mixed doubles event of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian pair stun Korean pair Lee Sangsu and Jeon Jihee 4-2 in the final clash at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers.
Earlier, all the four Indian paddlers Sharath, Manika, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, and Sutirtha Mukherjee earned themselves singles qualification at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Looking to secure double qualification, Sharath also cruised into the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Manika Batra after the pair defeated Mohammed Abdulwahhab and Maha Faramarzi of Qatar 11-6, 11-6, 11-2, 11-3 in the quarters.
While G Sathiyan topped the South Asia group with two wins in as many matches, Sharath Kamal ended as the top-ranked second-placed player, handing him the sixth slot for Tokyo 2020.
This will be a maiden Olympics for G Sathiyan, it will be a fourth one for veteran Sharath Kamal.
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