CWG 2022 Live, Day 9: Six Wrestlers Bag Medals, Three Win Gold
CWG 2022: Latest updates from Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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Six wrestlers won medals on Day 9 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Ravi Dahiya, Naveen and Vinesh Phogat won gold medals, while Pooja Gehlot, Deepak Nehra and Pooja Sihag bagged bronze medal.
The Indian women's cricket team beat England in the semi-final by 4 runs to enter the gold medal match.
Avinash Sable and Priyanka Goswami bagged silver medals in athletics.
Men's fours lawn bowls team won a silver after losing the final to Northern Ireland.
The Indian men's hockey team defeated South Africa 3-2 in their semi-final match.
Commonwealth Games 2022: The Indian men's hockey team assured at least a silver medal by beating South Africa 3-2 in the semi-finals.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: India's Schedule on Saturday
Just three more days of action left in this 2022 Commonwealth Games and there are so many of our medal favourites still in action.
Saturday will see six more wrestlers compete for medals across the day while the men's hockey team and the women's cricket team will both be seen competing in semi-finals.
Here's India's schedule for the day:
Athletics
Women's 10,000m Race Walk Final: Priyanka, Bhawana Jat- 3pm
Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final: Avinash Sable- 4:20pm
Women's 4x100m Relay Round 1- Heat 1: Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Shrbani Nanda, NS Simi- 4:45pm
Women's Hammer Throw Final: Manju Bala- 11:30pm
Men's 5000m Final: Avinash Sable - 12:40am
Badminton
Women's singles quarterfinals: PV Sindhu 4:20pm
Women's singles quarterfinals: Aakarshi Kashyap-6pm
Men's singles quarterfinals: Lashya Sen- 10pm
Men's singles quarterfinals: Kidambi Srikanth- 10pm
Women's doubles quarterfinals: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand- 10:50pm
Men's doubles quarterfinals- Satwik Sairaj and Chirag Shetty - 11:40pm
Boxing
Women's Minimumweight (45-48kg) semifinal: Nitu - 3pm
Men's Flyweight (48kg-51kg) semifinal: Amit Panghal 3:30pm
Women's Light FLyweight (48kg-50kg) semifinal: Nikhat Zareen 7:15pm
Women's Lightweight (57kg-60kg): Jaismine- 8pm
Men's Welterweight (63.5kg-67kg): Rohit Tokas- 12:45pm
Super heavyweight (over 92kg):Sagar 1:30am
Cricket
Women's T20 semifinal between India and England- 3:30pm
Lawn Bowls
Men's Fours gold medal match- India vs Ireland - 4:30pm
Squash
Men's Doubles Quarterfinals: Velavan Senthilkumar and Abhay Singh - 5:15pm
Mixes Doubles semifinals: Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal - 6:45pm
Hockey
Indian men's team semifinal against South Africa- 10:30pm
Table Tennis
Women's Doubles Round of 16: Akula Sreeja/Reeth Tennison- 2pm
Women's Doubles Round of 16: Manika Batra/Diya Parag Chitale- 2pm
Men's singles Quarterfinals: Achanta Sharath Kamal- 2:40pm
Men's singles Quarterfinals- G Sathiyan- 3:25pm Men's singles Quarterfinals: Sanil Shetty- 3:25pm
Women's singles semifinals: Sreeja Akula - 4:10pm
Men's Doubles semifinals: Achanta SharathKamal and G Sathiyan- 4:55pm
Mixed Doubles semifinals: Achanta Sharath Kamal/ Akula Sreeja- 6pm
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle 57kg quarterfinals: Ravi Dahiya
Men's Freestyle 97kg quarterfinals: Deepak Nehra
Women's Freestyle 76kg quarterfinals:Pooja Sihag
Women's Freestyle 53 kg - Nordic System match 3: Vinesh Phogat
Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Nordic System match 3:Pooja Gehlot
Men's Freestyle 74kg 1/8 Final: Naveen
Women's Freestyle 53 kg - Nordic System match 2: Vinesh Phogat Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Nordic System match 1:Pooja Gehlot -3pm
Women's Freestyle 53 kg - Nordic System match 6: Vinesh Phogat
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Victory in Women's TT
Manika Batra and Diya Parag Chitale have won their Round of 16 tie against Mauritius' Hosenally Oumehani and Jalim Nandeshwaree.
The 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 scoreline now gets them in the quarter-finals which start tonight at 8:30pm IST.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Two Women's TT Teams in Quarters
Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison have also won their Round of 16 tie ensuring there's two Indian teams in the women's doubles quarter-finals later today.
Sreeja and Reeth defeated Anna Thomas Wu Zhang Chloe and Lara Whitton of Wales 11-7, 11-4 and 11-3.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: India Face England Challenge in Cricket
The Indian women's cricket team will also be in action today from 3:30pm IST. Harmanpreet Kaur's girls will take on the hosts, England, in their semi-final contest.
The women in blue have played good cricket in their last couple of matches, but their head-to-head statistics against England are not particularly impressive.
Harmanpreet has won the toss and has decided to bat first.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Pooja Starts Wrestling Campaign With a Win
The day 2 of India's wrestling campaign has started on a positive note here, with Pooja Gehlot winning her first match in the women's freestyle 50kg category. She defeated Scotland's Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio 12-2 on points.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Gehlot defeated Scotland's Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio 12-2.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Nitu Wins Semi-final Bout
Besides wrestling, boxing action is also underway and Nitu Ghanghas has given the Indian contingent a great start.
The 21-year-old youngster had already assured a medal by qualifying for the last four. Now, she defeated Canada's Priyanka Dhillon via RSC (Referee Stops Count) to qualify for the final of women's minimumweight category.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Boxer Nitu Ghanghas defeated Canada's Priyanka Dhillon via RSC.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Easy Win for Vinesh
We shift our attention back to wrestling, where Vinesh Phogat has taken all but 36 seconds to beat Canada's Samantha Stewart. The two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist pinned her opponent down quite easily to win her first match in the Nordic round robin of women's freestyle 53kg category.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Vinesh Phogat defeated Samantha Stewart in only 36 seconds.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Naveen Through to Quarter-finals
India's wrestling supremacy continues here at the Commonwealth Games 2022, as after Vinesh Phogat, it is now Naveen Sihag's turn to win his first bout.
He beats Nigeria's Ogbonna Emmanuel John 13-3 to qualify for the quarter-finals of men's freestyle 74kg category.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Naveen Sihag defeated Nigeria's Ogbonna Emmanuel John.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Priyanka in Bronze Medal Position
Three Indian wrestlers are yet to start their campaign, but before they do so, we turn our focus to athletics for a brief moment.
The women's 10km walk is currently underway, where Priyanka Goswami is holding on to the bronze medal position halfway into the race. Bhawna Jat is also competing in this event, but she is currently running in the last position.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Boxer Amit Wins Semi-final
After Nitu Ghanghas, Amit Panghal becomes the second boxer to guarantee at least a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
The 26-year-old from Haryana defeated Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba 5-0 on points in the semi-final bout of men's flyweight category.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Boxer Amit Panghal has qualified for the gold medal bout in men's flyweight category by beating Patrick Chinyemba 5-0 on points.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Priyanka Wins Silver
India have won their first medal of Saturday, courtesy Priyanka Goswami.
The 26-year-old from Uttar Pradesh bagged the silver medal by finishing second with a personal best timing of 43:38.83. She becomes India's 27th medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022, and ninth silver medallist.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Priyanka Goswami won silver medal in women's 10km walk.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Priyanka Goswami finished second by setting a personal best timing of a new personal best of 43:38.82.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Vinesh Wins Second Bout
Vinesh Phogat has won her second bout in the Nordic round robin in women's freestyle 53kg category. The 27-year-old handed her Nigerian opponent Mercy Bolafunoluwa Adekuoroye a 6-0 defeat.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Vinesh Phogat has won her second bout in the Nordic round robin in women's freestyle 53kg category.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Pooja Wins Quarter-final
Pooja Sihag has stormed into the semi-final of women's freestyle 76kg wrestling. In her quarter-final contest, she got the better of New Zealand's Michelle Montague by a 5-3 margin to secure a victory by points.
Pooja will be up against Canada's Justina di Stasio in her semi-final bout.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Sihag has stormed into the semi-final of women's freestyle 76kg wrestling.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Strong Start With the Bat for India
While the wrestlers continue to showcase their prowess, the Indian women's cricket team has had a good start with the bat in their ongoing semi-final match against England.
At the end of 13 overs, India are 100/2. Smriti Mandhana scored the lion’s share of the runs, accumulation 61 runs from only 32 deliveries. She, however, has been sent back to the pavilion, and currently, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is at the crease alongside Jemimah Rodrigues.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Sathiyan Wins, Defeat For Sanil
Meanwhile, in table tennis, the men's singles quarter-finals have just concluded.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has managed to make it through to the semi-finals by beating England's Sam Walker 11-5, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12, 11-9.
On the contrary, Sanil Shetty's hopes of winning a medal in this category has come to an end, as he suffered a 11-9, 6-11, 8-11, 4-11 defeat against Liam Pitchford of England.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Avinash Wins Silver
Avinash Sable has won the silver medal in men's 3000m steeplechase.
The 27-year-old finished second by registering a personal best timing of 8:11.20. He becomes India's second athlete to win a medal on Saturday, after Priyanka Goswami bagged a silver medal in women's 10km walk earlier today.
With Avinash's achievement, India's medal tally has risen to 28, while India's silver tally has now reached double figures.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Avinash Sable won the silver medal in the men's 3000m steeplechase event.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Avinash Sable finished second by registering a personal best timing of 8:11.20.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Ravi Qualifies For Semi-finals
Back in wrestling, Ravi Kumar Dahiya continued India's flawless run so far on Saturday, as he won his quarter-final bout in men's freestyle 57kg category.
The 24-year-old defeated New Zealand's Suraj Singh 10-0 in a match that lasted only 74 seconds. Ravi will now be up against Pakistan's Asad Ali in the semi-finals.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya defeated New Zealand's Suraj Singh 10-0.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Defeat for Deepak
India's unbeaten streak in wrestling on Saturday has now been broken, as Deepak Nehra has suffered a defeat in the quarter-final of the men's 97kg freestyle.
Nehra was beaten 8-6 by Canada's Nilshan Randhawa. However, he is not out of medal contention yet and will be featuring in a repechage match for the bronze medal if Nilshan manages to qualify for the final.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Deepak Nehra was beaten 8-6 by Canada's Nilshan Randhawa
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: India Score 164/5 in 20 Overs
At the end of their stipulated 20 overs, the Indian women’s cricket team has managed to put up a fighting total of 164 runs on the scoreboard.
The women in blue had a fantastic start, courtesy of Smriti Mandhana’s scintillating 32-ball 61. Though it once looked India will be able to cross the 180-run mark, the run rate saw a dip following the opener’s dismissal.
However, Jemimah Rodrigues managed to keep the scoreboard ticking, as the youngster accumulated 44 runs from 31 deliveries. As for England’s bowlers, Freya Kemp was the most successful with figures of 3-0-22-2.
Commonwealth Games 2022: India scored 164/5 in 20 overs.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: India Enter Women's 4*100m Relay Final
India has stormed into final of women's 4*100m relay. The quartet of Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Srabani Nanda & Jyothi Yarraji registered a time of 44.45 seconds to finish second in their heat round.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Naveen Wins Semi-final
Naveen Sihag has guaranteed at least a silver medal in the men's freestyle 74kg category.
In his semi-final tie against England's Charlie Bowling, Naveen won 12-1 in a game that lasted 3 minutes and 12 seconds. He will feature later tonight in a gold medal bout.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Naveen Sihag has guaranteed at least a silver medal in the men's freestyle 74kg category.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Pooja Sihag Loses, Will Fight for Bronze
Unlike Naveen, Pooja Sihag has not been able to qualify for a gold medal bout. She struggled to put up a fight against Canada's Justina di Stasio and ended up losing 6-0 in the semi-final match of women's 76kg category.
Pooja will not fight for a bronze medal against Australia's Naomi de Bruine.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Sihag lost 6-0 in the semi-final match of women's 76kg category.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Ravi Qualifies for Final
Ravi Kumar Dahiya has guaranteed India's second wrestling medal of Saturday. In his men's freestyle 57kg semi-final contest against Pakistan's Asad Ali, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medallist secured a 14-4 win.
In the gold medal bout, which will be played later tonight, Ravi will be up against Nigeria's Ebikewenimo Welson.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya has guaranteed India's second wrestling medal of Saturday.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Defeat in Semi-final for Pooja Gehlot
Pooja Gehlot has suffered a 6-9 defeat against Canada's Madison Parks in the semi-final bout of women's 50kg wrestling category.
Her medal hopes, however, are not over yet, as she will take on Scotland's Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio in a bronze medal bout later today.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Gehlot lost against against Canada's Madison Parks.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: PV Sindhu Wins Quarter-Final
In badminton, PV Sindhu secured a hard-fought win in the quarter-final of women's singles against Malaysia's Goh Jin Wei.
The four-time Commonwealth Games medallist suffered a narrow 19-21 defeat in the first game, but did well to turn things around quickly and win the next two games 21-14, 21-18.
Commonwealth Games 2022: PV Sindhu has qualified for the semi-final of women's singles.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Sreeja To Play For Bronze
So close, yet so far for young paddler Sreeja Akula. She was up against World Number 15 Tianwei Feng in the semi-final of women's singles and did well to put up a commendable fight, but unfortunately, could not make it through to the final.
In a game where both players gave their best, Sreeja suffered a 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8. 10-12 defeat. She will now compete in the bronze medal match.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Enter Final
Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan have entered the gold medal match of the men's doubles event with a 3-2 win over Australia's Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu.
The Indian pair hadn't dropped a game on their way to the semi-final but were made to work hard by the young 17-year-old pair as they won the match 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-1, 11-8.
40-year-old Sharath Kamal gets little time to recover from that match though as he's soon back on court for the mixed doubles semi-final alongside Sreeja Akula.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: All 6 Wrestlers in Medal Contention
The evening session of wrestling in Birmingham will commence from 9:30pm IST with the medal rounds taking place.
All six Indian wrestlers will be seen in action with Tokyo Olympic medallist Ravi Kumar and Naveen through to the gold medal matches.
Pooja Gehlot, Pooja Sihag and Deepak Nehra will be fighting for the bronze. Vinesh Phogat's category is playing in a nordic format and she faces Maduravalage Chamodya Keshani of Sri Lanka after winning her first two bouts with ease.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Aakarshi Out in Quarters
20-year-old Aakarshi Kashyap's women's singles badminton campaign in Birmingham has ended with a straight games defeat to Kirsty Gilmour in the quarter-finals.
Gilmour, the world number 17, defeated the young Indian 21-10, 21-7.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: India Enter Cricket Final
The Indian women's cricket team have entered the gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games with a 4 run victory over England in the semi-final.
India had elected to bat first and opener Smriti Mandhana smashed 61 while Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 44 to help the team post 164/5.
In reply, England only managed to score 160 with Natalie Sciver (41) and Danielle Wyatt (35) scoring the most runs for the hosts.
India's Sneh Rana celebrates after taking a wicket during the Women's Cricket T20 Semifinal against England at the 2022 CWG.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Silver in Lawn Bowls' Men's Fours
Another medal in lawn bowls! This is by far the most successful outing for India in lawn bowls with the men's fours team of Sunil Bahadur, Navneet Singh, Chandan Kumar and Dinesh Kumar winning the silver.
Earlier this week, the women's fours team has bagged a gold- India's first medal in the sports at the Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Sharath, Akula Enter Mixed Final
Achanta Sharath Kamal continues his unbeaten streak of the day and won his third match this Saturday. Sreeja Akula and Kamal have entered the gold medal match of the mixed doubles event, beating Nicholas Lum and Minhyung Jee in the semi-final.
The final scoreline read 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 12-14 and 11-7.
India's mixed doubles pair Sharath Kamal and Akula Sreeja in action during the mixed doubles semi-final at the 2022 CWG.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Nikhat Cruises Into Final
Nikhat Zareen has continued her match to the gold medal in the light flyweight boxing category, beating England's Savannah Alfia Stubley by unanimous decision in the semi-final.
She will next be fighting in the final on Sunday at 7pm.
Englands Savannah Alfia Stubley and India's Zareen Nikhat during the Women's Light Fly semi-final at the 2022 CWG.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Saurav/Dipika Lose Semi-Final
Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal have lost their mixed doubles semi-final to New Zealand's Paul Coll and Joelle King 11-7, 11-4. The Indian pair will now compete for the bronze medal tomorrow, at 10:30pm IST.
The only other Indians in action today, Velavan Senthilkumar and Abhay Singh, were defeated 2-0 in their quarter-final, thus ending their campaign.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Jaismine Wins Boxing Bronze
Boxer Jaismine Lamboria has won the bronze medal after losing out in the semi-final of women's lightweight category.
The 20-year-old was up against England’s Gemma Paige Richardson, who looked in control from the beginning. Though the youngster tried to put up a challenge, the local favourite ended up winning the bout 3-2 to qualify for the final.
Jaismine becomes India’s 30th medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022, and the first pugilist to officially confirm her the colour of her medal. Amit Pangha, Mohammed Hussamuddin, Rohit Tokas, Sagar Ahlawat, Nitu Ghanghas and Nikhat Zareen have also assured medals.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Jaismine Lamboria won the bronze medal in women's lightweight category.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Jaismine Lamboria was defeated by England’s Gemma Paige Richardson.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Medal Bouts in Wrestling Up Next
India have so far won three medals on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games 2022. However, the number could soon rise to nine, as six wrestlers will be featuring in medal bouts very soon.
Check out the six bouts according to their order in the fixture list:
Pooja Gehlot vs Christine Lemofack Letchidjio (SCO) – Women’s 50kg bronze medal bout
Ravi Kumar Dahiya vs Ebikewenimo Welson (NIG) – Men’s 57kg gold medal match
Vinesh Phogat vs Chamodya Keshani Maduravalage Don (SRI) – Women’s freestyle 53kg Nordic round robin
Naveen Sahig vs Muhammad Sharif Tahir (PAK) – Men’s freestyle 74kg gold medal match
Pooja Sihag vs Naomi de Bruine (AUS) – Women’s freestyle 76kg bronze medal match
Deepak Nehra vs Tayab Raza (PAK) – Men’s freestyle 97kg bronze medal match
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Pooja Gehlot in Bronze Bout
Pooja Gehlot is the first of the six Indian wrestlers to feature in a medal bout. She is taking on Scotland's Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio in the bronze medal match of women’s freestyle 50kg category.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Pooja Wins Bronze
Pooja Gehlot wins India's seventh wrestling medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
The 25-year-old secured a 12-2 win over Christelle Lemofack Letchidjio via VSU1 (Victory by Technical Superiority) in a match that lasted 3 minutes and 49 seconds.
Pooja becomes India's 31st medallist at the Birmingham Games, and the second wrestler after Divya Kakran to win a bronze medal.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Gehlot defeats Scotland's Christelle Letchidjio to win the bronze medal in the 50kg women's wrestling category.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Gehlot won by VSU1 (Victory by Technical Superiority).
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Ravi's Gold Medal Bout Next
Ravi Kumar Dahiya will be the next Indian wrestler to feature in a medal bout. The 24-year-old will be up against Nigeria's Ebekewenimo Welson in the final of the men's freestyle 57kg category.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Ravi Wins Gold
Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins India's fourth wrestling gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medallist was at the top of his game in the final of men's freestyle 57kg, where he handed his Nigerian opponent Ebikewenimo Welson a comprehensive 10-0 victory.
Ravi becomes India's 32nd medallist at the Birmingham Games, and tenth gold medallist.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya has won the gold medal in men's 57kg freestyle category.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya defeated Nigeria's Ebekewenimo Welson 0-10.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Vinesh Phogat To Feature Next
Vinesh Phogat will aim to add another gold medal to India's tally when she takes on Sri Lanka's Chamodya Keshani Maduravalage Don in her last game in the Nordic round robin of women's 53kg category.
She is currently leading the standings in her category, having won her first couple of matches quite comfortably.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Vinesh Phogat Wins Gold
Vinesh Phogat has won India's second gold medal of Saturday.
In her last Nordic round robin match of women's freestyle 53kg category, the 27-year-old defeated Sri Lanka's Chamodya Keshani Maduravalage Don via VFA (Victory by Fall).
This is Vinesh's third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, and India's 11th gold medal at the Birmingham Games. India's tally has now risen to 33.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Vinesh Phogat wins the gold medal in the women's 53kg wrestling category.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Vinesh Phogat defeated Chamodya Keshani Maduravalage Don in her last match.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Men's Hockey Semi-final Underway
While three wrestlers are yet to feature in their semi-final bouts, the Indian men's hockey team is also in action currently.
Graham Reid's team is taking on South Africa in the semi-final contest. India launched a barrage of attacks in the first ten minutes, but so far, the Proteas' defence has proved to be unbreachable.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Naveen to Feature Next
We shift our attention back to wrestling, where India could earn their fifth gold medal very soon. Naveen is taking on Pakistan's Muhammad Sharif Tahir in the final of men's freestyle 74kg category.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Naveen Victorious in Final, Wins Gold
Naveen has won India's sixth gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
He defeated Pakistan's Muhammad Sharif Tahir 9-0 in the final of men's freestyle 74kg category to secure a victory by points.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Naveen beats Pakistan's Tahir Muhammad Sharif to win the gold medal in the men's 74kg wrestling category.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Naveen secured a 9-0 victory.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: India Lead 2-0 in Men's Hockey Semi-finals
Meanwhile, the Indian men's hockey team seems to be on their way to the gold medal fight as they lead 2-0 against South Africa in their ongoing semi-final contest.
The Proteas’ defence looked strong in the initial stages until it was eventually breached by Abhishek in the 20th minute. India then doubled their lead in the 28th minute when Mandeep Singh got his name on the scoresheet.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Triple Triumph in Badminton
Badminton action is also underway currently, and like the wrestlers and the hockey stars, India's ace shuttlers are doing a sublime job.
Lakshya Sen defeated Mauritius’ Julien Georges Paul 21-12, 21-11 to qualify for the men’s singles semi-final, while Kidambi Srikanth also did the same by beating England’s Toby Penty 21-19, 21-17.
Besides that, the women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand confirmed their place in the semi-finals by beating Jamaica’s Tahlia Richardson and Katherine Wynter 21-8, 21-6 in their quarter-final contest.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Pooja Sihag Wins Bronze Medal
Pooja Sihag makes it five out of five - all five Indian wrestlers who have featured in their medal bouts have emerged victorious.
She defeated Australia's Naomi de Bruine 11-0 in the bronze medal contest of women's freestyle 76kg category. Pooja becomes India's 35th medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022, and 12th bronze medallist.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Sihag wins the bronze medal in the women's 76kg wrestling category.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Pooja Sihag defeated Naomi de Bruine 11-0.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Defeat in Semi-finals, Hussamuddin Wins Bronze
Mohammed Hussamuddin becomes the second Indian boxer to confirm the colour of his medal after Jaismine Lamboria.
The 28-year-old suffered a 4-1 defeat against Ghana's Joseph Commey men's featherweight category semi-final bout. He becomes India's 13 bronze medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Boxer Mohammed Hussamuddin loses semi-final of 57kg category to Ghana's Joseph Commey, wins bronze medal.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Mohammed Hussamuddin lost 4-1 against Joseph Commey.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Deepak Bags Bronze
It is six out of six for Indian wrestlers on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Deepak Nehra defeated Pakistan's Tayab Raza 10-2 to secure a victory by points in the bronze medal contest in men's freestyle 97kg category.
Deepak's achievement means all of the twelve Indian wrestlers who took part in this competition will return with a medal from Birmingham. He also becomes India's 37th medallist, and 14th bronze medallist.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Deepak Nehra defeated Pakistan's Tayab Raza in the 97kg bronze medal match.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Deepak Nehra won 10-2 against Pakistan's Tayab Raza.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: India Through to Men's Hockey Final
With all the wrestling events done and dusted, we turn our attention back to men's hockey, where India have qualified for the final by beating South Africa 3-2 in their semi-final match.
Abhishek scored the first goal for India in the 20th minute, before Mandeep Singh doubled the advantage for Graham Reid’s team only eight minutes later.
South Africa, however, were not passengers, as they retaliated in the 33rd minute when Ryan Julius got his name on the scoresheet. India managed to restore their two-goal cushion through Jugraj Singh’s strike in the 58th minute, and through Mustapha Cassiem reduced the Proteas’ deficit a couple of minutes later, his goal was nothing more than a consolation.
In the final, which will be played on August 8 at 5pm IST, India will be up against the winner of the match between Australia and England.
Commonwealth Games 2022: India defeated South Africa 4-0 in the men's hockey semi-finals.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Satwik-Chirag Qualify for Semi-finals
The badminton pair of Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has qualified for the final of men’s doubles, beating Australia’s Jacob Schueler and Nathan Tang 21-9, 21-11.
In the semi-final, the celebrated duo will take on the winner of the match between Sri Lanka’s Sachin Dias-Buwaneka Goonethilleka pair and Malaysia’s Peng Soon Chan-Kian Meng Tan pair.
Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Sonalben Wins TT Bronze
Sonalben Manubhai Patel claimed a bronze medal in women's singles classes 3-5 to secure India's second table tennis medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
The 34-year-old paddler defeated England's Sue Bailey 11-5 11-2 11-3 in the bronze medal play-off.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Paddler Sonalben Manubhai Patel claimed a bronze medal in women's singles classes 3-5.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Rohit Wins Bronze After Semi-final Defeat
Pugilist Rohit Tokas has won the bronze medal after losing out in the semi-final bout of men's welterweight category.
The 29-year-old was involved in a thrilling clash against Zambia's Stephen Zimba and both boxers had their moments in the bout, but ultimately, it was the latter who came up trumps to secure a 3-2 win on points.
Rohit becomes India's third boxer to confirm the colour of the medal, after Jaismine Lamboria and Mohammed Hussamuddin won bronze medals earlier today. He also is India's 40th medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Boxer Rohit Tokas won bronze medal in men's welterweight category.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Rohit Tokas lost 3-2 against Stephen Zimba.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Bhavina Wins Gold in TT
It is raining medals at the moment for the Indian contingent.
After Sonalben Patel's bronze triumph, paddler Bhavina Patel has won the gold medal in women's singles classes 3-5 category, beating Nigeria's Ifechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi 12-10, 11-2, 11-9.
She becomes India's 40th medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2022, and 13th gold medallist.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Paddler Bhavina Patel won the gold medal in women's singles classes 3-5 category.
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Commonwealth Games Day 9 Live: Boxer Sagar Wins Semi-final Bout
After the defeats of three Indian pugilists in semi-final bouts, Sagar Ahlawat has finally managed to break the streak as he emerged victoriously from his men's super-heavyweight match.
The 23-year-old always looked in control against Nigeria's Ifeanyi Onyekwere and was able to hand his opposition a comprehensive 5-0 defeat.
In the final bout, which will be played on August 8 at 1:15am IST, Sagar will be up against the winner of the clash between New Zealand's Leuila Mau'u and England's Delicious Orie.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Sagar Ahlawat qualified for the final of men's super-heavyweight boxing.
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