CWGs Birmingham 2022: Golds for India on Day 5

CWG 2022, Day 5 is a remarkable day for the Indian team. The rhythm of our National Anthem was echoing in Birmingham. Women's lawn bowls four team won gold today and made history by winning first ever gold medal in Commonwealth games.

Historic win in Birmingham! India is proud of Lovely Choubey, Pinki Singh, Nayanmoni Saikia and Rupa Rani Tirkey for bringing home the prestigious Gold in Lawn Bowls. The team has demonstrated great dexterity and their success will motivate many Indians towards Lawn Bowls. pic.twitter.com/RvuoGqpQET

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 2, 2022

Dear world,

Meet 🇮🇳 #TeamIndia's first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medallists in Lawn Bowls 🥇👇

Rupa Rani Tirkey, Nayanmoni Saikia, Lovely Choubey, and Pinki Singh 👏👏#EkIndiaTeamIndia | #B2022pic.twitter.com/TckVWCfUkO

— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) August 2, 2022

The men's table tennis team of India defeated the Singapore team and added another gold to the Indian medals tally.

Now India included a total of 13 medals in their list with five gold, five silver, and three bronze. India is placed 6^th in the Commonwealth Games 2022 medals tally.

 Indian Men’s Table Tennis Team Won Gold-

It is his third medal in the commonwealth games. He won silver in Glasgow CWGs 2014 and bronze in 2018 Gold Coast CWGs.

Vikas Thakur in an interview said “I’m very happy to have won my third CWG medal. Today also happens to be my mom’s (Asha Devi Thakur’s) birthday. I want to dedicate this medal to her.”

Samoan Don Opeloge clinched gold after lifting 381kg.

Indian Badminton Mixed Team won Silver in CWG 2022

13th Medal for India.
Indian Badminton Mixed Team clinched Silver giving India it's thirteenth medal of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Jai Hind#Birmigham2022#CommonwealthGames#badmintonindia#Cheer4India#DCCBI#GhazalKhanpic.twitter.com/rqFAgGrYnr

— Ghazal Khan (Gajal) (@CEOGhazalKhan) August 3, 2022

Congratulations to the members of the Indian badminton team for winning the silver medal in the Mixed Team Event #CommonwealthGames. The skills, team work and fighting spirit displayed by them are remarkable. I convey my appreciation to all the players.

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 3, 2022

Indian Badminton Mixed clad won silver in Birmingham CWGs 2022.

They lost against the Malaysia team 3-1 in the finals.

Although PV Sindhu won women's singles against Malaysian Goh Jin Wei 22-20, 21-17.

But Kidambi Srikanth was unable to show his powerful performance against Malaysian Tze Yong Ng and lost the match 19-21, 21-6, and 16-21 in the men's singles match.

In the men's doubles match duo Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty lost 18-21, 15-21 to Teng Fong Aaron Chia/ Wooi Yik Soh.

Indian Women's double team is a weak point for the Indian mixed team and Tressa Jolly/ Gayatri Gopichand lost 18-21, 17-21 to Thinaah Muralitharan/ Tan Koong Le Pearly.