Indian Woman Table Tennis Team Wins Gold For India at CWG 2018! Their First at Commonwealth Games
The Indian Women Table Tennis contingent, Manika Batra, Madhurika Patkar and Mouma Das scripted history after they defeated Singapore by 3-1 at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
The Indian Women Table Tennis contingent, Manika Batra, Madhurika Patkar and Mouma Das scripted history after they defeated Singapore by 3-1 at the Commonwealth Games 2018. The Indians displayed nerves of steel at the Gold Coast as they fought hard through the match. Manika Batra recorded a victory against world no 4 Singaporean Mengyu Yu. With this India’s medal tally rushes to 12.
She scored 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 victory over World No. 4 Tianwei Feng to hand India 1-0 lead. in the second match, she stunned Yihan Zhou in straight games by scoring 11-7, 11-4,11-7 bagging gold for India. Talking about the doubles pair, Mouma Das and Madhurika Patkar took away the lead once again for India defeating Yihan Zhou and Mengyu Yu 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7.
India so far has had a great day at the Commonwealth Games 2018. A while ago, the Indian Hockey Mens’ Team defeated Wales by 4-3 and even the women’s team stunned Olympic winners England this morning. Shooter Ravi Kumar clinched a bronze medal in Men’s 10m Air Rifle Event with 224.1 points, Punam Yadav bagged a gold medal and lifted combined total of 222kg - 100kg snatch and 122kg clean and jerk. Also, Manu Bhaker added another Gold medal and Heena Sidhu bagged a Silver medal in Women's 10m Air Pistol Event. Manu finished with a score of 240.9, while Heena bagged 234.0 points. With weightlifter Vikas Thakur clinching a bronze medal, India now has 12 medals to its tally (7 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze).
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