SUSHIL, RAHUL WIN GOLD IN WRESTLING
Gold Coast, April 12: Double-Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar (74kg) and event debutant Rahul Aware (57kg) provided the golden touch as India snared an impressive four medals on the opening day of the 21st Commonwealth Games’ wrestling competition here.
Gold Coast, April 12: Discus throwers Seema Punia and Navjeet Kaur Dhillon opened India’s CWG medal account in athletics on Thursday, clinching a silver and bronze respectively here.
Punia came up with a best effort of 60.41m to win her fourth successive CWG medal while Dhillon clinched her maiden medal with a throw of 57.43m.
The 23-year-old Dhillon was at fourth place after the penultimate round behind Sositina Hakeai of New Zealand but her final round throw gave her a bronze in her maiden CWG appearance. SILVER FOR SAWANT Tejaswini Sawant claimed silver in the women’s 50m rifle prone event, shooting 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7, 104.6 for a cumulative score of 618.9 over six series to claim her sixth CWG medal.
Singapore’s rifle ace Martina Lindsay Veloso won the gold medal with a Games record 621.0, while Seonaid Mcintosh of Scotland bagged bronze with 618.1. SINDHU, SRIKANTH WIN Star shuttlers P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and new world No.1 Srikanth Kidambi cruised into the quarterfinals of their respective singles events.
Sindhu defeated Australia’s Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen 21-15, 21-9. Saina’s opponent Jessica Li of Isle of Man retired hurt while trailing 0-2 in the second game after the Indian had won the first 21-4.
Ruthvika Gadde advanced with a 21-10, 21-23, 21-10 win over Jia Min Yeo of Singapore.
In men’s singles, Srikanth beat Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka 21-10, 21-10. H.S. Prannoy beat Australia’s Anthony Joe 21-18, 21-11.