CWG 2022 DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS: A glorious day for weightlifters; Bindiyarani wins Silver

After 4 medals including a gold victory for Mirabai Chanu, India find themselves in the 8th position on the medal table

Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins the 4th medal for India today. She wins silver in the 55-kg women's category. India have now won a medal in each of the weightlifting events today

WHAT A DAY FOR INDIA!!!!

With 116 kg lift in her third attempt,  Bindiyarani wins the Silver medal in the 55-kg category. 

With a lift of 110 kg in Clean and Jerk category, Bindiyarani confirms Bronze medal in 55-kg category. 

Srihari Nataraj finishes seventh with a timing of 54.31.

Bindyarani Devi lifts 86 kg in the Snatch category.  She is currently in Bronze medal contention

Indian women's team continued their winning run in Commonwealth Games 2022. They defeated Wales 3-1 in Pool A match.  Vandana Katariya scored a brace while Gurjit Kaur found the net once.

India gains a commanding 2-0 lead over Australia after Sindhu defeats Chen 21-10, 21-12.

India take 2 goals lead in the 4th quarter as Vandana Katariya converts the penalty quarter.

14-year-old Anahat Singh crashes out of women's singles in squash. She lost in 4 games to Wales' Emily Whitlock in the Round of 32.

Lovlina Borgohain wins her Round of 16 match against New Zealand's  Ariane NICHOLSON. She wins the match by unanimous decision. She advances to the quarterfinals. 

In Game 5 against Ying,  Reeth Tennison pulls off a stunning comeback, going from 8-5 down to 8-all.

The Malaysian wins the following two points, but Tennison then raises the score to 9-10. But Ying wins the game 11-9 in the end.

Tennison was defeated by Ying, who collapses after helping her nation advance to the women's table tennis semifinals, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, and 9-11.

India's Table tennis women's team fail to defend their title and bow out of CWG 2022 with 2-3 defeat from Malaysia.

In a span of two minutes, India doubled the lead 2-0 against Wales. This time Gurjit Kaur is the goal-scorer.

India take 1-0 lead against Wales in the second quarter. Vandana KATARIYA is the goal-scorer for India. 

The first game is won by Srikanth 21–14, but it wasn't as simple as it seemed. He is having a difficult time with Yin Xiang Lin.

Nothing separates India and Wales in the first quarter. However, India puts quite a few chances in the first quarter but Wales' Goalkeeper has been exceptional and denied India opportunites to take the lead.

Reeth Rishya kept her composure and put up an outstanding performance in the third game to take a 2-1 lead in the match. (12-10 8-11 11-6). India would advance to the semifinals with a victory in either of the remaining two games.

Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu continues her stupendous run in the Commonwealth Games as she wins back-to-back second Gold in the competition.

She lifts 201 kg in total (Snatch+Clean and Jerk).

CLEAN AND JERK

Mirabai Chanu lifts 109 kg and confirms India's first Gold medal at Birmingham 2022.

Indian women shuttlers are getting stiff competition from Malaysian counterparts. After losing the first match, Indian star Manika Batra wins the second match to level the score 1-1.

CLEAN AND JERK EVENT IS UNDERWAY. 

Mirabai Chanu will be the last one in this category given she has listed herself with the most weight in this event.

Mirabai Chanu fails to lift 90 kg in the third attempt. With 88kg of her best lift, she is still in Gold medal contention by far (8kg lead).

Mirabai Chanu lifts her personal best 88 kg in snatch. 

SNATCH EVENT

Mirabai Chanu lifts 84 kg in her first attempt. Currently, in Gold Medal position.

She will lift 88 kg in her second attempt

The Weightlifting 49-kg category competition is currently underway.  Mirabai listed herself for an 80kg lift (maximum) in her first attempt. At the moment, Lifters with lesser kilogram attempts are in action.

Olympic Silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will be in action shortly. She will be eyeing to replicate her performance of 2018 Gold Coast performance today. She won Gold at 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Check Mirabai Chanu's key achievements here

Saurav Ghosal storms into the next round after he defeated Sri Lanka's Shamil Wakeel 11-4, 11-4, 11-6.

Joshana CHINAPPA storms into round of 16 with a 11-8, 11-9, 12-10 win over over Barbados' Meagan Best. 

It was a gem of a clash with a couple of video referrals over fouls. But Indian veteran prevailed at the end.

After a silver and bronze today, India are currently 9th in the medal tally. Australia remain on top with 18 medals till now.

Weightlifters Sanket and Gururaja won medals for India on Day 2.

Sunayna Sara KURUVILLA loses her round of 32 match 7-11, 7-11 and 7-11 to Malaysia's AifaAZMAN.

With a 269kg lift, Gururaja Poojary wins a Bronze at Commonwealth Games 2022. He won Silver in 2018 Gold Coast.

Gururaja Poojary secures India's second medal at Birmingham 2022. 

CLEAN AND JERK!

Gururaj Poojary lifts 151 kg. He is at Bronze medal contention at the moment.