Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 5 Updated Results & Medal Tally: India clinch two gold, silver

There were a lot of positives to take away from a very successful day for India.

The Indian contingent added more medals to its total tally in the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games. The women’s team created history by winning the country’s first-ever medal, a gold, in Lawn Bowls. Then there was joy in store for the fans who tuned in to table tennis as the men’s team won gold in the team event by beating Singapore in the gold medal match.

Vikas Thakur also delivered a silver medal in weightlifting on a successful day. While the Indian women’s hockey team tasted defeat, there were many more reasons to celebrate for the Indian contingent. Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammad Anees Yahiya were impressive in the long jump event and made it to the finals. 

Here is a roundup of the Indian results on Day 5 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games:

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Lawn Bowls

India 17-10 South Africa - (WON GOLD MEDAL) -  Women’s Fours Finals

New Zealand 18-9 India – Women’s Pairs Round 1

India 15–11 New Zealand – Women’s Triples Round 1

Mridul Borgohain 8–21 Shannon Mcilroy – Men’s Singles Round 1

India 14-11 Fiji – Men’s Fours Round 1

England 24-11 India – Women’s Triples Round 2

Weightlifting

Vikas Thakur - 346KG (155 S + 191 C&J) (WON SILVER MEDAL) -  Men’s 96KG Finals 

Punam Yadav - DNF - Women’s 76KG Final

Usha Bannur Natesh Kumara – 205KG (95kg S + 110kg C&J) - Finished 6th - Women’s 87 KG Finals 6th

Table Tennis

India 3-1 Singapore - (WON GOLD MEDAL) - Men’s Team Gold Medal Match

Swimming

Kushagra Rawat –  4th – 15:47.77s (Q) Men’s 1500m Freestyle Heat 2 

Advait Page – 4th – 15:39.25s (Q) Men’s 1500m Freestyle Heat 1 

Srihari Nataraj – 3rd – 2:00.84s (NR) Men’s 200m Backstroke Heat 2

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Athletics

Murali Shreeshankar – 8.05m (Q) Men’s Long Jump Qualifying Round

Muhammed Anees Yahiya – 7.68m (Q) Men’s Long Jump Qualifying Round

Manpreet Kaur – 16.78m (Q)  Women’s Shot Put Qualifying Round

Hockey

India 1–3 England – Women’s Pool A 

Squash

Sunayna Kuruvilla 3-0 Faiza Zafar (Pakistan) – Women’s Plate Semi-Finals

Saurav Ghoshal 0-3 Paul Coll (New Zealand) – Men’s Singles Semi-Finals

Boxing

Rohit Tokas 5-0 Alfred Kotey (Ghana) – Men’s 63.5–67KG Round of 16

Badminton

Malaysia 3-1 India – (WON SILVER MEDAL) - Mixed Team Finals

Athletics

Seema Punia, Navjeet Kaur Dhillon – Women’s Discuss Throw Final – 5th (55.92); 8th (53.51)

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