India ranked fourth in total medals in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. A final day of competition flourished as India won four gold, one silver and one bronze medals, and took a lead over New Zealand in the medal standings.
India also topped the medal standings in four different events at CWG 2022 – weightlifting, ping pong/para table tennis, badminton and wrestling. Furthermore, India’s boxing medal count is the second best in the sport.
Below is the drop in medal totals of the five disciplines in which India has made its mark.
Wrestling
India’s dominance is most evident in the wrestling arena, where they won 12 medals – 6 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze. Canada has the same number of medals in the sport, but has a lower number of gold medals.
Medal winner in wrestling
Gold -Vinesh Phogat – Women’s 53 kg freestyle
Gold – Ravi Kumar Dahiya – 57 kg men’s freestyle
Gold – Naveen – Men’s 74 kg freestyle
Gold – Bajrang Punia – men’s 65 kg freestyle
Gold – Sakshi Malik – Women’s 62 kg freestyle
Gold – Deepak Punia – men’s 86 kg freestyle
Silver – Anshu Malik – Women’s 57 kg freestyle
Bronze – Divya Kakran – Women’s 68 kg freestyle
Bronze – Mohit Grewal – Men’s 125 kg freestyle
Bronze – Pooja Gehlot – 57 kg women’s freestyle
Bronze – Pooja Sihag – women’s 76 kg freestyle
Bronze – Deepak Nehra – Men’s 97 kg freestyle
Table tennis / table tennis Para
Achanta Sharath Kamal’s singles gold medal on Monday helped India overtake Singapore to lead the table tennis medal table. Indian rowers have won a total of seven medals, including a gold by Bhavina Patel in the newly introduced Para table tennis.
Medal winner in table tennis
Gold – Sharath Kamal – Men’s Singles
Yellow – Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty – Men’s teammate
Gold – Bhavina Patel – Women’s Singles 3rd-5
Gold – Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula – Mixed Team
Silver – Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Men’s Doubles
Bronze – Sonalben Patel – Women’s Singles 3rd-5
Bronze – Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Men’s Singles
Weightlifting
Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold medal in Birmingham. The Indian weightlifting team ranks first in total medals in this sport. Sudhir of India won the Para Powerlifting gold medal in the men’s heavyweight division.
Medal winner in weightlifting
Gold – Mirabai Chanu – 49 kg female
Gold – Jeremy Lalrinnunga – 67 kg men
Gold – Achinta Sheuli – 73 kg men
Silver – Vikas Thakur – 96 kg men
Silver – Bindyarani Devi – 55 kg women
Silver – Sanket Sargar – 55 kg men
Bronze – Gururaja Poojary – 61 kg men
Bronze – Harjinder Kaur – 71 kg women
Bronze – Lovepreet Singh – 109 kg men
Bronze – Gurdeep Singh – Men’s 109 kg or more
Badminton
The Indian badminton team won three gold medals on the final day of competition to help the team take the top spot in total medals in the sport. This is also India’s best record in badminton in Commonwealth Games history.
Medal winner in badminton
Gold – PV Sindhu – Women’s Singles
Gold – Lakshya Sen – Men’s Singles
Gold – Satwik Sairaj RankSensedi and Chirag Shetty – Men’s Doubles
Silver – Kidambi Srikanth, Satwik Sairaj, Sumeeth Reddy, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashwini Ponappa, Gayatri Gopichand, PV Sindhu – Mixed Team
Bronze – Kidambi Srikanth – Men’s Singles
Bronze – Gayathri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly – Women’s Doubles
Boxing
The Indian boxers had a good match in Birmingham and are second in total medals in the sport behind Northern Ireland. India has the same number of medals (seven) as Northern Ireland. However, Northern Ireland has five gold medals compared to India’s three.
Medal winner in boxing
Gold – Nikhat Zareen – Women’s light flyweight
Gold – Nitu Ghanghas – Women’s Minimum
Gold – Amit Panghal – Men’s Flyweight Division
Silver – Sagar Ahlawat – Men’s Super Heavyweight
Bronze- Jaismine Lamboriya – Women’s Lightweight
Bronze – Muhammad Hussamuddin – Men’s Featherweight Division
Bronze – Rohit Tokas – Men’s Welterweight
