CWG 2022 Day 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli wins third Gold medal for India

WHAT A MOMENT!!!!!!!

As Malaysia Weightlifter fails to lift 176 kg in his last attempt, India's star Achinta Sheuli clinches India's third Gold at Commonwealth Games.

CLEAN AND JERK

Achinta SHEULI fails to lift 170kg in the second attempt. But shows his immense strength and mental composure to lift 170kg in his last attempt. With total weight of 313 kg, he his still in Gold medal contention.

Clean and Jerk

Achinta Sheuli lifts 166kg in his first attempt. He is just raising the bar. It is a Game record.

CLean and Jerk event has started. Achinta Sheuli listed himself to lift 165kg in his first clean and jerk series. He will be in action shortly, stay tuned.

Other lifters with lesser weights are currently in action.

Sumit goes down in QF (75kg) by unanimous decision verdict to Australian pugilist.

Achinta SHEULI lifts 143kg in his third attempt in the snatch series. He has now a five kg lead against his closest opponent.

Saurav Ghosal sails into quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over David Baillargeon.

Saurav will take on WR 34 Greg Lobban in QF on August 1 at 6:45 pm IST.

Achinta SHEULI lifts 140kg in his second attempt in the snatch series.

Achinta SHEULI lifts 137kg in his first attempt in snatch series.

Swimming

Srihari Nataraj storms into Final of Men’s 50m Backstroke event.

He finished 5th in his Heat clocking 25.38 secs; overall finished 8th in Semis.

The top 8 swimmers qualified for the final. 

The Final will take place at 01:07 am on Day 4 of CWG 2022

India storm into Semis of Mixed team event with 3-0 win over South Africa.

Aakarshi wins Match 3, 21-11, 21-16 and books India's place in mixed team semis. 

India will now take on the winner of the Scotland vs Singapore match in Semis at 3:30 PM IST

AchintaSHEULI, one of India's medal hopes today, will begin his campaign shortly. 

For his first snatch lift, he listed himself at 135 kg, the best in the category. He will be in action after weightlifters with lesser registered weights complete their lifts.

Aakarshi KASHYAP wins his first game against Johanita SCHOLTZ 21-11.

Mixed Team Badminton (QF) -- India 2 | 0 South Africa

India go 2-0 up against South Africa in Quarterfinal of Mixed Team event after Lakshya Sen gave a master class in 21-5, 21-6 win over lowly ranked shuttler.

Mixed Team Badminton (QF) -- India 2 | 0 South Africa

Lakshya Sen wins first game 21-5.

India take a 1-0 lead against South Africa in QF of the Mixed Team event thanks to a straight game win by Ashwini Ponnappa & Sumeeth Reddy in the Mixed Doubles match.

Lakshya Sen in action in the second match.

India 1 | 0 South Africa

In the Women's Fours, India are through to the semi after they defeated Norfolk Island 17-9. 

Brilliant performance from Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia and Rupa Rani Tirkey.

They will now face New Zealand in the semifinal at 1 PM IST.

Indian mixed pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Sumeeth is currently leading 11-4 in Match 1. 

India start their CWG campaign with a comprehensive 11-0 win over Ghana.

Hattrick for Harmanpreet Singh as he converts yet another penalty corner.

India take 11-0 lead against Ghana.

Mandeep Singh scores India's first goal in 4th quarter. India takes 10-0 lead against Ghana.

Jugraj Singh scores his second goal of the match, giving India a 9-0 lead. This is India's 4th goal in this quarter. 

This time Varun scores, India 8-0 up against Ghana.

Nilkanta Singh gives India 7-0 lead.

Ghana kept India away from taking a further lead till the first five minutes in the third quarter. However, they can't kept India at bay for much long as Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner to give India 6-0 lead.

India dominate the first half with a five-goal against lowly Ghana.

JugrajSingh gives India 5-0 lead against Ghana

Ghana are no match to India as Akashdeep's Tomahawk gave the Men In Blue 4 goals lead.

India continue their dominant show in the first quarter with Samsheer Singh scoring a field goal at the 13th minute.

India 3 | 0 Ghana

India double their lead in the first quarter itself as Harmanpreet Singh converts India's second penalty corner.

India 2 | 0 Ghana

India make a superb start in their opener as Abhishek scores the first goal.

India 1 | 0 Ghana

Popy Hazarika is out of medal contention.

She ended her campaign with a total weight lift of 183. 

Manpreet Singh's India will begin their Commonwealth Games in 10 minutes. Stay tuned for the latest update

CLEAN AND JERK

Popy Hazarika lifts 102 kg in her second attempt.

SNATCH

After all the lifters are done with their snatch series. Popy Hazarika is placed at sixth place out of 10 lifters.

Joshna Chinappa advances to QF of Women's Singles with 3-1 win over Kaitlyn Watts. She will play against World number 20 Hollie Naughton.

SNATCH

Popy Hazarika fails to lift 86 kg in her third attempt. Her best lift in the Snatch event is only 81 kg.

SNATCH

Popy Hazarika fails to lift 84 kg in her second attempt. She will attempt the same weight in her third one. 

SNATCH

Popy Hazarika lifts 81 kg in her first attempt

After a close game, India upset England 18-15 in Section C to advance to the quarterfinals. India advanced ahead of Malaysia because they had a superior point differential. Tania Choudhury's victory in the women's singles gave India its second victory of the day in lawn bowls.

With Smriti Mandhana's 42-ball 63, the Indian women's cricket team registered their first victory in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. India thrashed Pakistan by 8 wickets in a game reduced to 18 overs due to rain.

Omaima Sohail cleans up Meghana with India only needing 4 runs to win in 42 balls.

Smriti Mandhana blazes towards her fifty with a superb display of power-hitting. India are cruising towards victory as only 12 runs are needed in 54 balls.

INDW 88/1 (9)

After a 61-run opening stand, Shafali Verma goes back to pavilion on 9-ball 16. 

Mandhana is at the crease on a brisk 26-ball 44

India 61-1 after 6 overs

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana give India brisk start. Mandhana is doing the bulk of the scoring. She has smashed four boundaries in 14 deliveries so far.

And Shafali joins Mandhana too and smashes the first ball of 4th over for a SIX. She ends the over with a boundary

India: 41-0 after 4 overs

Defending Champions India storm into the semifinal of Men's Team event with 3-0 win over Bangladesh.

They will take on Nigeria in Semis on August 1 at 2330 hrs IST.

With a comprehensive bowling effort, Indian women's cricket team bundled out Pakistan for just 99 runs. The game is reduced to 18-over a side due to rain delay

Shaifali Verma takes the wicket of Fatima Sana, who goes back to the pavilion on a golden duck. 

PAKW 96/7 (17) CRR: 5.65

Pakistan's Aliya Riaz is back to the pavilion after a direct hit from Meghna Singh. 

Pakistan 96-6 (16.5)

With Scotland boxer Reese LYNCH coming good in the third round, Shiva Thapa loses the pre-quarterfinal bout 4-1 and is knocked out of Birmingham 2022. 

It seems Thapa has a good first round, his opponent fell in the ring at one point of time.

In the second round, Shiva Thapa displaying his defensive technique as Scotland boxer unleashes barrage of punches.

One of India's medal contender, Shiva Thapa is currently in action in Round of 16 match. 

In the first round, he is displaying good combination of defence and attackl.

After the pair of Harmeet DESAI / Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN won the first Match, India are currently leading 1-0 against Bangladesh inthe men's team quarterfinals.

It's a cakewalk for World Champion Nikhat Zareen! She lands a flurry of punches that catch Mozambique's Helena Ismael Moz.

Such was the brutal nature of her attacks that the referee stopped the game well ahead of time in the 3rd round. Easy-peasy for Nikhat! Onto the last eight then.

The boxer from Mozambique isn't challenging Nikhat here! Another round goes to the Indian. A quarter-final berth is within her grasp.

Nikhat Zareen is currently fighting her bout in the women's 50 kg category. She won the first round by a unanimous 5-0 verdict!

India really haven't allowed the Pakistani batters to play with freedom. Deepti Sharma bowls another tight over and the Women in Green are currently scoring at just 5 runs per over.

Muneeba Ali finally gets a move on!

Targets Renuka Thakur in her 3rd over. Sends one over the infield on the off-side before sending the next ball to the fence on the leg-side.

India introduce Deepti Sharma early. 

In the 2nd ball of the over, Muneeba Ali survives a run-out scare. 

Pakistan struggling to get going. Captain Bismah Maroof is currently at the crease and if the Women in Green are to put up a competitive total, she will be key.

The pressure is telling and Pakistan's Iram Javed goes for the cover drive but the prodigious swing from Meghna Singh catches the outside edge on its way to Yastika Bhatia. Great start for India!

The Indian pacer, having taken 4 wickets against Australia, is right on the money again. Pak opener Muneeba Ali couldn't score a run in the over.

India Playing XI: S Mandhana, S Verma, H Kaur (c), Y Bhatia (wk), J Rodrigues, S Meghana, D Sharma, R Yadav, S Rana, M Singh, R Thakur

Pakistan Playing XI: Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali(w), Omaima Sohail, Bismah Maroof(c), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Kainat Imtiaz, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Diana Baig, Anam Amin

It's going to be an 18-overs per side contest

India wins 2nd gold. 

Jeremy Lalrinunnga with a 300kg total wins 5th medal in weightlifting and 2nd gold at Birmingham 2022.

Lalrinunnga makes Games record with a snatch of 140kg and 160kg in clean & jerk. 

Lalrinunnga fails in 3rd attempt of 165kgs. 

He is still in lead with a 300kg total after his 2nd successful attempt!

He has a 7kg lead still. 

Despite cramps, the courageous 19-year-old successfully lifts 160kg in clean & jerk in his 2nd attempt. 

It is a 20kg lead for Lalrinnunga now! 

He has a 300kg total after 2nd successful attempt!

Jeremy Lalrinnunga had registered at 160 kg in clean & jerk, and changed his first attempt to 154kg which he successfully lifted.

Lalrinnunga might have injured himself in his first clean & jerk category.

He is currently leading with 294kg total. The 19-year-old has a 14kg lead.

India's Tania Choudhary finally registers her first win at Birmingham 2022. 

Tania Choudhary thumped Northern Ireland's Shauna O'Neil 21-12 in the Round 5 match.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga had first registered for 130 kg first attempt, but had increased it to 136kgs.

He successfully performed his first attempt and second attempt of 140kgs in the next attempt with ease. 

He fails in his third attempt of 143kgs.

The Mizoram-based lifter has a 10kg lead. 

Jeremy leads with his best attempt of 140kg in 67 kg category in snatch. 

Event begins.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga registers for 130 kg first attempt & 160 kg in clean & jerk first attempt in the 67-kg weightlifting event.

Tania Choudhary dominated Northern Ireland's Shauna O'Neil in the Round 5 match.

The Indian is currently leading the game by 18-8.

Jeremy Lalrinnungu to fight for another medal finish at Commonwealth Games 2022.

His 67-Kg weightlifting event set to start soon.

The 19-year-old who is India’s first-ever gold medallist at Youth Olympics is eyeing India's 5th medal at Birmingham 2022. 

World Champion Nikhat Zareen will be aiming for her maiden Commonwealth Games medal when she enters the ring at Birmingham 2022.

Nikhat, who became India's 5th boxer-ever to win the World Championship, will begin her CWG campaign today in the 50-kg category at the quadrennial events.

Her event starts from 4:45 pm onwards. 

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India's quest in Lawn Bowls on Day 3 begins. 

After facing consecutive disappointments on Day 1 and Day 2 Tania Choudhary is ready for the battle yet again. 

India's Tania is facing Northern Ireland's Shauna O'Neil in the Round 5 match.

Currently, the Indian is leading by 12-7.  

The first to reach 21 points will win the round.

Harmanpreet Kaur-led India is set to meet the Pakistan women's cricket team in their 2nd Group A encounter. The match will begin at 3.30 PM IST. 

Both India & Pakistan lost their opening Group A encounters at the Commonwealth Games. While Pakistan never really got going in their run-chase of 145 against Barbados, it was India’s surrender against the Aussies that baffled the world.

India will clearly be the hot favorites today as the Women-in-blue have defeated Pakistan in the last of their 9 international matches.

But, which team will bounce back today? 

Here's the preview for the blockbuster India vs Pakistan clash

While India will face Pakistan in their 2nd T20 CWG game starting 3.30pm, 3 weightlifters will look to extend India's medal tally. 

While Jeremy Lalrinnunga's will fight for glory starting 2 pm, Popy Hazarika's event will begin at 6.30 pm IST & Achinta Sheuli's would start late at 11 pm IST.

India's ace boxer Nikhat Zareen will also begin her campaign today 4.45 pm onwards. 

Meanwhile, Indian men's hockey, led by Manpreet Singh, will also begin their CWG campaign when they take on lowly Ghana around 8:30 pm IST.

Here's all you need to know about Today's timetable.

4 weightlifters & 4 medals!

India won a gold, 2 silver, and a bronze medal on Day 2 of Birmingham 2022. Here's a look at how the Indian contingent successfully rolled on the 2nd day of the marquee event. 

While Mirabai Chanbu clinched gold in the Women's 49kg category, Bindyarani Devi and Sanket Sargar won a silver each in the Women's 55kg and Men's 55kg respectively. Gururaja Poojary settled for a bronze in the Men's 61kg category.

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