At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Tejaswin Shankar won India`s first high jump medal.
Tejaswin Shankar`s bronze in the men`s high jump final gave India its first athletics medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Highlights:
- Tejaswin Shankar won India`s 1st medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games 2022 by clinching a bronze in the men`s high jump final.
- Tejaswin, competing for India for the 1st time in 4 years, landed 2.22m to secure a medal.
- Tejaswin Shankar did not have trouble clearing 2.5m and 2.10m in the opening 2 jumps. Later 2.19m and 2.22m easily on the first try.
- He failed to clear 2.25 but won the bronze medal after being faster to jump 2.22m against the 4th-placed athlete. He tried 2.28m on his last jump but failed.
###India won the silver medal in women`s cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The Indian women`s cricket team won the nation`s first-ever cricket medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
Highlights:
- Indian women`s cricket team secured the country`s 1st-ever medal in cricket in the history of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
- The Women in Blue reached the gold medal match after beating hosts England in a clash at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground.
- At Edgbaston ground, Australia scored 161/8 in the final played.
- The Indian team scored 152 runs in 19.3 overs, and India lost the gold medal match by 9 runs.
###At CWG, PV Sindhu won the women`s singles badminton gold medal.
The Indian shuttler P V Sindhu won the gold medal in the women`s single final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Highlights:
- P V Sindhu, India`s shuttler, won the gold medal in the final of women`s single at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
- The double Olympic medalist beat Michelle Li to win the Gold.
- Sindhu beat Michelle by 21-15, 21-13. This is the 1st-ever Commonwealth Games singles Gold of Sindhu`s career.