Commonwealth Games 2018: India’s medals tally

👉Gold (17)

• M.C. Mary Kom won 45-48 kg category boxing event, claiming gold in her debut Commonwealth Games.

• Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in freestyle 65kg wrestling.

• Tejaswini Sawant won the 50m rifle position event

• 15-year-old Anish Bhanwala bagged gold in men's 25m rapid fire pistol.

• In men's freestyle 74kg wrestling, double Olympic-medallist Sushil Kumar won gold.

• Rahul Aware added another gold medal to India's tally, winning in the Men's Freestyle 57kg wrestling event.

• In the double trap women shooting, India's Shreyasi Singh won gold.

• Shooter Heena Sidhu won gold in 25m pistol event to give India its 11th gold medal in the Games.

• The Indian mixed team badminton claimed gold for the first time in the Games' history.

• In the 10m men's air pistol event, India's Jitu Rai won gold. This is his second Commonwealth gold. 

• In the women's table tennis event, the Indian team won its first ever Commonwealth gold medal. 

• In 10m women's air pistol, Manu Bhaker won gold and added sixth gold for India at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

• Weightlifter Punam Yadav became the third woman to win gold for India, coming out on top in the women's 69 kg category at the CWG 2018.

• Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala became the fourth Indian to claim a gold medal in the men's 85 kg category.

• Weightlifter Satish Kumar Sivalingam won India's third gold in the men’s 77kg category.

• Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu landed India its second gold medal, winning the top spot in the women’s 53kg category.

• Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu was the first gold medal winner for India, on the opening day, in the women's 48 kg category.

• Indian men’s table tennis team wins gold beating Nigeria 3-0.

👉Silver (11)

• Manika Batra and Mouma Das fought hard before going down against defending champions Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu to settle for a silver medal in the women’s doubles, a first ever for India in the Commonwealth Games.

• Anjum Moudgil bagged silver in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions event.

• Wrestler Pooja Dhanda made a late push in the women’s 57kg final bout to win silver.

• Wrestler Mausam Khatri failed to make use of his wealth of experience as he settled for a silver medal in men’s freestyle 97 kg event.

• Seema Punia came up with a best effort of 60.41m in the women's discus throw, which she did in her opening attempt to win her fourth successive CWG medal

• Mehuli Ghosh won silver in the 10m women's air rifle event.

• In the 105 category weightlifting for men, Pradeep Singh won the silver.

• In 10m women's air pistol, Heena Sidhu won the silver and added second silver for India at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

• Weightlifter P. Gururaja opened India’s medal account on the first competition day, claiming a silver in the men’s 56kg category.

• Tejaswini Sawant won a silver medal in 50m prone finals in shooting.

• Wrestler Babita Kumari won silver in 53kg event.

👉Bronze (14)

• Naman Tanwar won bronze in the boxing Men's 91 kg

• Manoj Kumar won bronze in the boxing Men's 69 kg.

• Hussamuddin Mohammed won bronze in the boxing Men's 56 kg.

• Divya Kakran won bronze medal in the women’s freestyle 68 kg by outplaying Bangladesh’s Sherin Sultana 4-0.

• In the women's discus throw, Navjeet Dhillon grabbed the bronze with her final throw of 57.43m

• In women's freestyle 76kg wrestling event, Kiran bagged a bronze medal.

• Delhi-born Ankur Mittal claimed the bronze in men's double trap shooting event.

• Om Mitharval won bronze in the 50m men's pistol event and in the 10m men's air pistol event.

• India's Apurvi Chandela won bronze in the 10m women's air rifle event.

• One more medal for weightlifting, Vikas Thakur added a shade of bronze to Indian weightlifters’ golden run at the Commonwealth Games, claiming the third position in the 94kg category by equalling his personal best.

• Ravi Kumar settles for bronze in men’s 10m air rifle event at 21st Commonwealth Games.

• Teenager Deepak Lather from Haryana became the youngest Indian weightlifter to claim a Commonwealth Games medal, clinching a bronze in the men’s 69kg category.

• Sachin Chaudhary did the country proud by bagging a bronze medal in the men’s heavyweight category in para powerlifting of the XXI Commonwealth Games.

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