Commonwealth Games Day 8 live: Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Deepak Punia win gold, Anshu Malik silver; India beaten in women's hockey semis

With strong performances in the last week, India have won plenty of medals but dropped down one place to move to seventh position in the Commonwealth Games 2022 medals table. However, day 8 of the event can be very fruitful for India as six wrestlers will compete for the medal. So far, weightlifting has fetched the most medals (10) for India, but the absence of shooting and archery has affected India’s medal tally. With wrestling due to start on today, India are sure to increase its numbers with some top-notch wrestlers set to be in action.

Olympics silver medalist Ravi Kumar Dahiya and bronze medalist Bajrang Punia will be the headliners at the indoor arena at the Coventry stadium. However, Ravi’s match is scheduled for Day 9.

Bajrang Punia will take the mat on Commonwealth Games Day 8 in men’s freestyle in the 65KG category. All the matches of a particular category will be completed on the same day and hence, medals will be decided. We can expect gold from the Olympic bronze medalist on Friday.

Commonwealth Games 2022 Schedule – Day 8

01:00 PM: England vs India – Women’s Pair Quarter-Finals (Lawn Bowls)

02:40 PM : Nasiru Sule (Nigeria) vs Raj Aravindan Alagar – Men’s Singles Classes 3-5 Semi-Finals (Para Table Tennis)

02:40 PM: Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel vs Sue Bailey (England) – Women’s Singles Classes 3-5 Semi-Finals (Para Table Tennis)

02:40 PM: Sonalben Manubhai Patel vs Christiana Ikpeoyi (Nigeria) – Women’s Singles Classes 3-5 Semi-Finals (Para Table Tennis)

02:56 PM: Jyothi Yarraji – Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1 (Athletics)

03:00 PM Onwards: Mohit Grewal vs TBD – Men’s Freestyle 125 KG (Wrestling)

03:00 PM Onwards: Bajrang Punia vs TBD – Men’s Freestyle 65 KG (Wrestling)

03:00 PM Onwards: Deepak Punia vs TBD – Men’s Freestyle 86 KG (Wrestling)

03:00 PM Onwards: Anshu Malik vs TBD – Women’s Freestyle 57 KG (Wrestling)

03:00 PM Onwards: Sakshi Malik vs TBD – Women’s Freestyle 62 KG (Wrestling)

03:00 PM Onwards: Divya Kakran vs TBD – Women’s Freestyle 68 KG (Wrestling)

*Wrestling will have all the following repechage and medal games on the same day.

03:30 PM: Kidambi Srikanth vs TBD – Men’s Singles Round of 16 (Badminton)

03:30 PM: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu vs Husina Kobugabe (Uganda) – Women’s Singles Round of 16 (Badminton)

03:30 PM: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty vs TBD – Men’s Doubles Round of 16 (Badminton)

03:30 PM: Jolly Treesa / Gayatri Gopichand vs Leung For Sang Jemimah / Mungrah Ganesha (Mauritius) – Women’s Doubles Round of 16 (Badminton)

04:07 PM: Amoj Jacob, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Ramesh – Men’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 (Athletics)

04:10 PM: Ancy Sojan – Women’s Long Jump Qualifying Round (Athletics)

04:30 PM: Batra Manika / Chitale Diya Parag vs Chung Rheann / Spicer Catherine (Trinidad and Tobago) – Women’s Doubles Round of 32 (Table Tennis)

05:05 PM: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Finn Luu (Australia) – Men’s Singles Round of 32 (Table Tennis)

05:15 PM Velavan Senthilkumar/Abhay Singh vs Kempsell Douglas/ Alan Clyne (Scotland) Round of 16 (Men’s Doubles Squash)

05:45 PM: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran vs Paul Mccreery (Northern Ireland) – Men’s Singles Round of 32 (Table Tennis)

05:45 PM: Sanil Shetty vs Derek Agrefa (Ghana) – Men’s Singles Round of 32 (Table Tennis)

09:30 PM: Akula Sreeja / Tennison Reeth vs Elliott Lucy / Plaistow Rebecca (Scotland) – Women’s Doubles Round of 32 (Table Tennis)

10:30 PM: Joshna Chinappa/Dipika Pallikal vs Maschan Yiwen/Ampandi Ainaa (Malaysia) Women’s Doubles Quarter-Final (Squash)

12:00 AM: Dipika Pallikal/Saurav Ghosal vs Grinham Rachael/Alexander Zac (Australia) Mixed Quarter-Final  (Squash)

00:45 AM (Aug 6): India vs Australia – Women’s Semi-Finals (Hockey)

00:45 AM (Aug 6): Hima Das – Women’s 200m Semi-Final (Athletics)

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