Mary Kom enters the final round of women's 48kg boxing, assuring India of at least a silver medal, if not gold
India is continuing to shine bright on the seventh day of the 21st Commonwealth Gamesin Gold Coast Australia. Om Mitharval bagged a bronze medal in the 50m pistol finals, and India's veteran boxer M C Mary Kom has qualified for the final round, assuring India of at least a silver in the women's 48kg boxing event, if not gold. In men's 52kg boxing category, India's Gaurav Solanki beat his Papua New Guinea opponent Keama to assure India at least a silver medal in the category.
Meanwhile, ace shooter Heena Sidhu on Tuesday clinched a gold in the women's 25m pistol event, taking India's gold count to 11. Heena maintained her prowess throughout the game while other shooters — Chain Singh and Gagan Narang -- disappointed by finishing at fourth and seventh, respectively.
Para-lifter Sachin Chaudhary won a bronze for India in men's heavyweight category. With 21 medals, India finished at the third position in the medal tally.
Indian boxers showed phenomenal performance by assuring five more medals for the country after securing their places in the semi-finals. India qualified for semi-finals in both the men's and women's hockey events.
In badminton mixed doubles, Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal defeated Guyana and Pakistan to advance to the Round of 6.
Day 7 started with a glorious performance by Indian shooters. Jitu Rai and Om Prakash Mitharval entered the final round of men's 50m air pistol event. However, Jitu Rai was later eliminated from the men's 50m air pistol event. Earlier, Rai had bagged a gold in men's 10m air pistol event, while Om Mitharval had clinched a bronze in the same event.
Here are all the latest updates around India's performance and medals tally at the Commonwealth Games 2018 being held in Gold Coast, Australia.
1. Mary Kom enters final: Indian boxer MC Mary Kom defeated Anusha Dilruksh to enter the final of women's 48 kg at the 21st Commonwealth Games. Her dominance was such, she carved out a unanimous 5:0 verdict against the veteran Sri Lankan fighter.
2. Gaurav Solanki assures silver: India's Gaurav Solanki convincingly beat his Papua New Guinea opponent Keama 5-0 in men's 52kg boxing category to enter the semifinal round. Solanki assured India at least a silver medal in the category -- the seventh assured boxing medal for India.
3. Om Prakash Mitharval bags bronze in 50m pistol event: Indian shooter Om Prakash clinched bronze medal 50m pistol event. This second medal of the Commonwealth Games 2018. However, the gold medallist of 25m air pistol event, Jitu Rai disappointed. Jitu Rai was the first one to be eliminated in 50m pistol men's final.
Om topped the standings at the end of the qualification stage with a score of 549 points. Jitu qualified at the sixth position with 542.
4. Five boxers assure five more medals for India: India at present is at the third position in the medal tally but all thanks to the Indian boxers, India's medal tally is going to increase.
Five Indian boxers reached semi-finals and assured five more medals for India in 21st Commonwealth Games.
Manoj Kumar qualified for the semi-finals in the men's 69kg category, all set to bring his second Commonwealth medals. Amit Panghal, Mohammed Hussamuddin, Naman Tanwar and Satish Kumar joined Manoj Kumar by securing their places in the semi-finals of 49kg, 56kg, 91kg and +91 kg respectively.
"This is definitely going to be the biggest medal of my career so far. There is no doubt about that," said Amit Panghal after defeating Aqeel Ahmed of Scotland in a split 4-1 verdict.
Both Manoj and Hussamuddin will be up against English opponents in their semifinals bouts. While Manoj will face Pat McCormack, Hussamuddin will be up against Peter McGrail.
5. India started with a victory in squash on Day 6: All three pairs won their respective matches on the sixth day of 21st Commonwealth Games. Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal outclassed Guyana's Mary Fung-a-Fat and Jason-Ray Khalil by 2-0 (11-3, 11-3) in just 13 minutes of play. Later, the duo outclassed Pakistan's Madina Zafar and Tayyab Aslam 2-0 (11-2, 11-3).
In the women's doubles event, Dipika and Joshna Chinappa beat Pakistan's Zafar Faiza and Zafar Madina 2-1. They started with a defeat of 10-11 in the opening game by bounced back strongly to thrash Pakistan's Zafar Faiza and Zafar Madina by 11-0, 11-1. In the last event of the day, India's second mixed double pairing of Joshna and Harinder Pal Sandhu defeated Caroline Laing and Jacob Kelly of the Cayman Islands by 2-0.
Dipika and Joshna will take on Wales' Tesni Evans and Deon Saffery whereas Joshna and Harinder will now face Scotland's Lisa Aitken and Kevin Moran on April 11.
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