Commonwealth Games 2022

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In the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, From July 28 to August 8, nearly 200 Indian athletes have been seen competing for medals across 16 different sports.

In the last season at Gold Coast 2018, Indian athletes won a total of 66 medals, 26 gold, 20 silver, and 20 bronze to finish third overall, behind hosts Australia and England.

However, with shooting, which contributed 16 of the 66 medals at Gold Coast 2018, cut from the Commonwealth Games program for Birmingham 2022, India could struggle to match their tally from Gold Coast 2018.

In fact, 135 of India’s total tally of 503 medals at the Commonwealth Games heading into CWG 2022 have come in shooting – more than any other sport. This includes the 30 medals Indian shooters won during the 2010 New Delhi CWG – where India enjoyed their most successful Commonwealth Games in history, winning a total of 101 medals.

Tokyo Olympics javelin champion and world championships silver medallist Neeraj Chopra’s late withdrawal from CWG 2022 due to injury has certainly left India one medal short already.

In shooting and Neeraj Chopra’s absence, the onus will be on the Indian wrestling contingent, featuring Olympic medallists Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Bajarang Punia, and Sakshi Malik, and a strong badminton team, spearheaded by two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and world championships medallist Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, to drive India up the medals table at Birmingham.

So far, Indian athletes have won 26 medals, nine golds, eight silvers, and nine bronze, at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Sanket Sagar was the first Indian to win a medal in Birmingham, bagging a silver in the men’s 55kg weightlifting event. Mirabai Chanu was the first Indian to win gold at CWG 2022 while Jeremy Lalrinnunga was the first Indian man to clinch the top podium at Birmingham.

Sudhir won the first medal for India, a gold, in para-sports at the CWG. He became the champion in the para powerlifting men’s heavyweight category.

Indian medal winners at Commonwealth Games 2022

No	Athlete/Team	Medal	Event	Sport
1	Sanket Sargar	Silver	Men’s 55kg	Weightlifting
2	Gururaja Poojary	Bronze	Men’s 61kg	Weightlifting
3	Mirabai Chanbu	Gold	Women’s 49kg	Weightlifting
4	Bindyarani Devi	Silver	Women’s 55kg	Weightlifting
5	Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Gold	Men’s 67kg	Weightlifting
6	Achinta Sheuli	Gold	Men’s 73kg	Weightlifting
7	Sushila Devi Likmabam	Silver	Women’s 48kg	Judo
8	Vijay Kumar Yadav	Bronze	Men’s 60kg	Judo
9	Harjinder Kaur	Bronze	Women’s 71kg	Weightlifting
10	Indian women’s team	Gold	Women’s fours	Lawn bowls
11	Vikas Thakur	Silver	Men’s 96kg	Weightlifting
12	Indian men’s team	Gold	Men’s team	Table Tennis
13	Indian mixed team	Silver	Mixed team	Badminton
14	Lovepreet Singh	Bronze	Men’s 109kg	Weightlifting
15	Saurav Ghosal	Bronze	Men’s singles	Squash
16	Tulika Maan	Silver	Women’s +78kg	Judo
17	Gurdeep Singh	Bronze	Men’s +109kg	Weightlifting
18	Tejaswin Shankar	Bronze	Men’s high jump	Athletics
19	Murali Sreeshankar	Silver	Men’s long jump	Athletics
20	Sudhir	Gold	Men’s heavyweight	Para Powerlifting
21	Anshu Malik	Silver	Women’s 57kg freestyle	Wrestling
22	Bajrang Punia	Gold	Men’s 65kg freestyle	Wrestling
23	Sakshi Malik	Gold	Women’s 62kg freestyle	Wrestling
24	Deepak Punia	Gold	Men’s 86kg freestyle	Wrestling
25	Divya Kakran	Bronze	Women’s 68kg freestyle	Wrestling
26	Mohit Grewal	Bronze	Men’s 125kg freestyle	Wrestling