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India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland

India who had finished second in the 2010 Commonwealth Games with an overall tally of 101medals (38 gold, 27 silver & 36 bronze medals), managed only 64 medals at the 2014Commonwealth Gameswith the medals tally comprising 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze. India

kept occupying fifth spot on the medals table.

This was third highest medal haul after 2010 Delhi CWG (101 medals) and 2002 ManchesterCWG (69 medals).

On closing ceremony, the Indian contingents flag bearer was Seema Punia, who won Silver inwomen's discus throw. While, the torch bearer in the opening ceremony was ace shooter Vijay

Kumar, the 2012 London Olympics Silver medalist.

Weightlifting

K Sanjita Chanu:In Womens weightlifting 48 kg category K Sanjita Chanu with a total lift of173 kg won the prized gold medal.

Note:Sanjita Chanu wins Indiasfirst Gold medal at 2014Commonwealth Games.

Sukhen Dey: Sukhen Dey in Mens weightlifting 56 kg category claimed gold medal by lifting atotal of 248 kg.Satish Sivalingam:77 kg Satish Sivalingam created a games record with a total lift of 328 kg toclaim gold medal while Ravi Katulu lifted total of 317 kg to win silver medal.

Wrestling

Sushil Kumar: In Mens wrestling, 75kg freestyle Sushil Kumar defeated Qamar Abbas ofPakistan what turned out to be a lopsided event. In just 107 minutes Sushil trounced his opponentto take home gold.

Yogeshwar Dutt:In Mens wrestling, 65 kg freestyle Yogeshwar Dutt brought laurels to the

country by clinching gold medal after defeating Canadas Jevon Balfour in the final.


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Amit Kumar:Nigerian Ebikweminomo Welson was Amit Kumars opponent in the final ofMens wrestling, 57kg freestyle. Amit defeated Welson 3-1 to claim the gold medal.

Babita Kumari:In Womens wrestling; 55 kg freestyle Babita Kumari completely dominatedthe proceedings over Canadas Brittanee Laverdure and defeated her 9-2 in the finals for thecoveted gold medal.

Vinesh Phogat:In Womens wrestling, 48kg freestyle youngster Vinesh Phogat who is just 19years old defeated Yana Rattigan of England by 11-8 to be part of the glorious 15.

Shooting

Abhinav Bindra: In Mens 10m Air Rifleformer Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindraclaimed his first individual gold at the commonwealth Games when he finished witha finalgames record score of 205.3.

Jitu Rai:In Mens shooting, 50 m Pistol Jitu Rai who set finals games record gathering a total of

194.1 points won gold for his country. Gurpal Singh with 187.2 points settled with silver in thiscategory.

Rahi Sarnobat:It was an all-Indian affair in the final of Womens shooting 25 m Pistol event asRahi Sarnobat defeated Anisa Sayyed to clinch the gold medal.

Apurvi Chandela:In Womens shooting, 10 m Air Rifle rising star Apurvi Chandela claimedher first international medal. Apurvi triumphed over her compatriot Ayonika Paul to win the goldmedal.

Athletics

Vikas Gowda:After winning the gold medal In Mensdiscus throwVikas Gowda became thefirst Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Gowda threw the

discus to 63.64m to clinch the gold medal.

Note: Vikas Gowda became the first Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the Commonwealth Games


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Squash

Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa:In Womens doubles finals the pair of Dipika Pallikal

and Joshana Chinappa defeated Englands Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro 11-6, 11-8 in

straight sets.

Note:The pair gave India their first squash medal in the Commonwealth Games.

Badminton

Parupalli Kashyap: On last day of the Commonwealth Games Parupalli Kashyap in MensBadminton final defeated Singapores Derek Wong 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 to clinch the gold.

Note:Parupalli Kashyapbecame the first Indian man in 32 years to win badminton gold at theGames.


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