9th August 2022 (8 Topics)
Commonwealth Games 2022
Context
The commonwealth games concluded recently.
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Commonwealth Games: History
- The Commonwealth Games bring nations together in a colourful celebration of sport and human performance. But the Games have evolved dramatically since its beginnings in 1930.
- Held every four years, with a hiatus during World War II, the Games have grown from featuring 11 countries and 400 athletes, to a global spectacle of 4,600 sports men and women from across 72 nations and territories.
- The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games, and for delivering on the vision of the Commonwealth Sports Movement: through sport, we build peaceful, sustainable and prosperous communities across the Commonwealth.
- It has been confirmed that the 2026 Commonwealth Games will be hosted by the State of Victoria in Australia.
2022 Commonwealth Games:
- The Commonwealth Games 2022 were played in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- India won 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze medals to record its fifth-best medal haul in CWG history.
- Commonwealth Games Medal Tally:
Gold medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games 2022
|
Medal |
Player |
Sport |
|
Gold |
PV Sindhu |
Badminton Women’s Singles |
|
Gold |
Lakshya Sen |
Badminton Men’s Singles |
|
Gold |
Nikhat Zareen |
Boxing Women’s Light Flyweight |
|
Gold |
Vinesh Phogat |
Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 53kg |
|
Gold |
Ravi Kumar Dahiya |
Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 57kg |
|
Gold |
Naveen |
Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 74kg |
|
Gold |
Sharath Kamal |
Table Tennis men’s singles |
|
Gold |
Nitu Ghanghas |
Boxing Minimumweight |
|
Gold |
Amit Panghal |
Boxing Flyweight |
|
Gold |
Bajrang Punia |
Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 65kg |
|
Gold |
Sakshi Malik |
Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 62kg |
|
Gold |
Deepak Punia |
Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 86kg |
|
Gold |
Mirabai Chanu |
Weightlifting Women’s 49kg |
|
Gold |
Jeremy Lalrinnunga |
Weightlifting Men’s 67kg |
|
Gold |
Achinta Sheuli |
Weightlifting Men’s 73kg |
|
Gold |
Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia, Rupa Rani Tirkey |
Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours |
|
Gold |
Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty |
Table Tennis Men’s Team |
|
Gold |
Sudhir |
Para Powerlifting Men’s Heavyweight |
|
Gold |
Bhavina Patel |
Table Tennis Women’s Singles Classes 3-5 |
|
Gold |
Eldhose Paul |
Men’s Triple Jump |
|
Gold |
Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula |
Table Tennis Mixed Team |
|
Gold |
Satwik Sairaj Rankireddi and Chirag Shetty |
Badminton men’s doubles |
Silver medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games 2022
|
Medal |
Player |
Sport |
|
Silver |
|
Indian Women’s Cricket Team |
|
Silver |
Anshu Malik |
Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 57kg |
|
Silver |
Murali Sreeshankar |
Men’s Long Jump |
|
Silver |
Kidambi Srikanth, Satwik Sairaj, Sumeeth Reddy, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashwini Ponappa, Gayatri Gopichand, PV Sindhu |
Badminton Mixed Team |
|
Silver |
Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan |
Table Tennis Men’s Doubles |
|
Silver |
Vikas Thakur |
Weightlifting Men’s 96kg |
|
Silver |
Shushila Devi Likmabam |
Judo Women’s 48kg |
|
Silver |
Bindyarani Devi |
Weightlifting Women’s 55kg |
|
Silver |
Tulika Maan |
Judo Women’s +78kg |
|
Silver |
Sanket Sargar |
Weightlifting Men’s 55kg |
|
Silver |
Avinash Sable |
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase |
|
Silver |
Priyanka Goswami |
Women’s 10km Race Walk |
|
Silver |
Dinesh Kumar, Chandan Kumar Singh, Sunil Bahadur, Navaneeth Singh |
Lawn Bowls Men’s Fours |
|
Silver |
Abdullah Aboobacker |
Men’s Triple Jump |
|
Silver |
Sagar Ahlawat |
Boxing Men’s Super-Heavyweight |
|
Silver |
|
Indian men’s hockey team |
Bronze medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games 2022
|
Medal |
Player |
Sport |
|
Bronze |
Gururaja Poojary |
Weightlifting Men’s 61kg’ |
|
Bronze |
Vijay Kumar Yadav |
Judo Men’s 60kg |
|
Bronze |
Harjinder Kaur |
Weightlifting Women’s 71kg |
|
Bronze |
Lovepreet Singh |
Weightlifting Men’s 109kg |
|
Bronze |
Saurav Ghosal |
Squash Men’s Singles |
|
Bronze |
Gurdeep Singh |
Weightlifting Men’s 109kg+ |
|
Bronze |
Tejaswin Shankar |
Men’s High Jump |
|
Bronze |
Divya Kakran |
Wrestling Women’s 68kg |
|
Bronze |
Mohit Grewal |
Wrestling Men’s 125kg |
|
Bronze |
Jaismine |
Boxing Women’s Lightweight 60kg |
|
Bronze |
Pooja Gehlot |
Wrestling Freestyle Women’s 57=0kg |
|
Bronze |
Pooja Sihag |
Wrestling Freestyle Women’s 76kg |
|
Bronze |
Hussamuddin |
Men’s Boxing Featherweight |
|
Bronze |
Deepak Nehra |
Wrestling Freestyle Men’s 97kg |
|
Bronze |
Sonalben Patel |
Para Table Tennis Women’s Singles Classes 3-5 |
|
Bronze |
Rohit Tokas |
Boxing Men’s Welterweight 67kg |
|
Bronze |
|
Indian Women’s Hockey Team |
|
Bronze |
Sandeep Kumar |
Men’s 10,000m Race Walk |
|
Bronze |
Annu Rani |
Women’s Javelin Throw |
|
Bronze |
Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Palikkal |
Squash Mixed Doubles |
|
Bronze |
Kidambi Srikanth |
Badminton Men’s Singles |
|
Bronze |
Gayathri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly |
Badminton Women’s Doubles |
|
Bronze |
G. Sathiyan |
Table Tennis Men’s Singles |
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