The biggest stars shine on the grandest stage as Indian athletes were on fire on Day 2 at the Commonwealth Games 2022. India won a total of four medals, all of them coming in weightlifting. The biggest of them all was Mirabai Chanu's sensational gold medal-winning performance. Bindyarani Devi and Sanket Sargar bagged bronze in their respective weightlifting events while Gururaja Poojary won himself a silver. Lovlina Borgohain, who won a bronze at the Olympics last year, advanced to the boxing 70kg quarterfinals. With a total of four medal wins, India now are placed eighth on the updated CWG 2022 Medal Tally.
See Highlights of India's Performance at CWG 2022 on Day 2:
4⃣ Medals won 🥇🥈🥈🥉
2⃣ New #CommonwealthGames records set 🔝
1⃣ Indian Weightlifting contingent 🏋️
Bring on Day 3⃣ of #CWG2022 😎👊#BirminghamMeinJitegaHindustanHamara 🫶#B2022 #SonySportsNetwork pic.twitter.com/KK4EvYmvgu
— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) July 31, 2022
Mirabai Chanu Strikes Gold!
MIRABAI WINS GOLD 🥇@mirabai_chanu wins 1️⃣st Gold & 3️⃣rd Medal for 🇮🇳 at @birminghamcg22 🤩🤩 & her 3rd consecutive medal at CWG: 2 🥇1 🥈
The Confident Mira lifted a total of 201 Kg (GR) in the Women's 49kg Finals🏋♂️ at #B2022
Snatch- 88kg (GR)
Clean & Jerk- 113kg (GR)
1/1 pic.twitter.com/kI56gxxIqg
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Sanket Sargar, India's First Medallist at CWG 2022:
Sanket Sargar's Medal Ceremony 😍
Take a look 👀
Send in your wishes for our Champ with a indomitable spirit 🙂#Cheer4India#India4CWG2022 @PMOIndia @ianuragthakur @NisithPramanik @IndiaSports @SAI_Patiala @SonySportsNetwk @DDNewslive @ddsportschannel @CGI_Bghm pic.twitter.com/bg3QawT36D
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Bronze for Gururaja Poojary:
P. Gururaja's Medal Ceremony at @birminghamcg22 🤩
Gururaja went on to win his 2nd consecutive medal at the CWG 👏👏
A proud moment for India with 2 back to back medals in weightlifting 🙂#Cheer4India#India4CWG2022@PMOIndia @ianuragthakur @NisithPramanik @YASMinistry pic.twitter.com/Y0wrqWGCP7
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Indian Women's Hockey Team Win Again:
An unforgettable night at Birmingham and 3 points in the bag with yet another WIN! 💪
IND 3:1 WAL #IndiaKaGame #HockeyIndia #B2022 #Birmingham2022 @CMO_Odisha @sports_odisha @IndiaSports @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/RP8FvmmWBT
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) July 30, 2022
Shuttler Shine!
🇮🇳 ADVANCES TO QF! 🥳🎉@P9Ashwini/@buss_reddy continues India’s domination to clinch the XD tie against 🇦🇺 and finish the group-stage unbeaten.
Great job, champs! 💪👏@himantabiswa | @sanjay091968 #IndiaPhirKaregaSmash#B2022#IndiaontheRise pic.twitter.com/KXIwc6MQwZ
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) July 30, 2022
Women's TT team lose, Men Advance:
Chin up girls! Our women's team fell short by 1 game in a nail-biting thriller against Malaysia in the Quarterfinals of #CWG2022.
▶️ Our men’s team will play their quarterfinals game tomorrow from 2 PM onwards.#TeamIndia #UltimateTableTennis #LevelAlagHai #Cheer4India #B022 pic.twitter.com/zsJH8QbCgQ
— Ultimate Table Tennis (@UltTableTennis) July 30, 2022
Bindyarani Devi Wins Silver!
SUPER SENSATIONAL SILVER FOR BINDYARANI 🔥🔥
Bindyarani Devi 🏋♀️wins 🥈in the Women's 55kg with a total lift of 202kg, after an amazing come back 💪💪
Snatch - 86 kg (PB & Equalling NR)
Clean & Jerk - 116 kg (GR & NR)
With this 🇮🇳 bags 4️⃣🏅 @birminghamcg22#Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/iFbPHpnBmK
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Lovlina Borgohain Enters Quarterfinals:
#Tokyo2020 Olympics 🥉 medalist @LovlinaBorgohai 🥊starts off her campaign with a win against New Zealand's Ariane by Unanimous Decision in her round of 16 bout! 🔥
All the best girl for rest of the competition! Let’s go for GOLD in @Birmingham22#Cheer4India #IndiaTaiyaarHai pic.twitter.com/XmjY3p2vvI
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Seventh-Place Finish for Srihari Nataraj:
.@srihari3529 finishes 7th in the Men's 100m Backstroke final with a time of 54.31
Our talented Swimmer, who has one of the highest tallies of medals from the #KheloIndia Games over the years, competed in his 1st ever final at the #CommonwealthGames
Way to go!!#India4CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/rKRnm8YzHm
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Md Hussamuddin Advances to Round of 16 in Boxing:
#Boxing Update 🚨
R32: 57kg category 🥊
Md Hussamuddin won by unanimous decision against A Dyeyi(RSA) pic.twitter.com/jqTSbx5kny
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
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