Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Wrestlers On A Roll In Birmingham, India Wins Three Gold Medals In Wrestling
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Get all the highlights of the Indian athletes in action on the 8th day of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.
Background
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 LIVE: Hello and welcome to ABP LIVE's coverage of Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 action. India added two more medals to its kitty on Day 7 of CWG 2022 to make the medal tally count 20 so far. India further looks to have a medal haul as the most awaited Indian wrestling contingent starts their campaign in Birmingham Games 2022 today. Seven boxers have assured medals after reaching the semifinals of their respective weight categories but the colour of the medals is to be determined.
On Day 8, Rio Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik will headline the women’s wrestling campaign in the 62 kg category whereas veteran wrestler Bajrang Punia will spearhead the men’s contingent in the 65 kg freestyle event. Anshu Malik (57kg), Divya Kakran (68kg), Deepak Punia (86kg) and Mohit Grewal (125kg) will also be in action today.
Indian women’s hockey team will search for a finals berth as they take on Australia in the semifinal. Having qualified for the semis by clocking 23.42 seconds, Hima Das will also be in action in the Women’s 200m semifinal event today.
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Check India's Day 8 Complete Schedule At CWG 2022
Athletics and Para Athletics
Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1, Heat 2: Jyothi Yarraji - 3:06 PM
Women’s Long Jump qualifying round - Group A: Ancy Edapilly - 4:10 PM
Men’s 4x400m relay round 1, Heat 2: 4:19 PM
Men’s Triple Jump Qualifying A&B: A. Aboobacker, Pravin Chithravel, Eldhose Paul - 11:35 PM
Women’s 200m semi-final 2: Hima Das - 12:53 AM (Saturday)
Badminton (starts at 3:30 PM IST)
Women’s doubles round of 16: Jolly Treesa/Pullela Gayatri Gopichand vs Leung/Ganesha - 4:10 PM
Men’s singles round of 16: K Srikanth vs Dumindu Abeywickrama - 5:30 PM
Women’s singles round of 16: PV Sindhu vs Husina Kobugabe - 6:10 PM
Women’s singles round of 16: Akarshi Kashyap vs Eva Kattirtzi - 11:20 PM
Men’s singles round of 16: Lakshya Sen vs Ying Xiang Lin - 11:20 PM
Men’s doubles round of 16: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty vs Murad Ali/Saeed Bhatti - 12 AM (Saturday)
Para Table Tennis
Women’s Singles, Class 3-5, Semi-final: Bhavina Patel vs Sue Bailey - 2:40 PM
Women’s Singles, Class 3-5, Semi-final: Sonal Patel vs Christina Ikepoye - 2:40 PM
Men’s Singles, Class 3-5, Semi-final: Raj Aravindan vs Naslru Sule - 2:40 PM
Lawn Bowls
Women’s Pair Quarter-finals: India vs England - 1 PM
Men’s Fours Quarter-finals: India vs Canada - 4:30 PM
Women’s Pair Semi-finals* - 4:30 PM
Men’s Fours Semi-finals* - 9 PM
Squash
Women’s Doubles, Quarter-final: Joshna Chinappa/Dipika Pallikal vs Chan/Ainaa Ampandi - 10:30 PM
Men’s doubles round of 16: Velavan Senthilkumar/ Abhay Singh vs Douglas/Alan Clyne - 11:15 PM
Mixed doubles quarterfinal: Dipika Pallikal/Sourav Ghosal vs Grinham Rachael/Alexander Zac (Australia) - 12:45 AM (Saturday)
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Table Tennis
Mixed Doubles round of 16: Sathiyan Gnansekaran/Manika Batra vs Olajlde/Ajoke - 2 PM
Mixed Doubles round of 16: Achantha Sharath Kamal/Akula Sreeja vs Chee Feng/Ying Ho - 2 PM
Women’s singles round of 16: Sreeja Akula vs Charlotte Carey - 3:15 PM
Women’s singles round of 16: Reeth Tennison vs Tianwei Fang - 3:15 PM
Women’s singles round of 16: Manika Batra vs Minhyung Jee - 3:15 PM
Men’s doubles round of 16: Harmeet/Sanil vs Dillon/Xin Yan - 3:55 PM
Men’s doubles round of 16: Sathiyan/Sharath vs Bawm/Mohutasin - 3:55 PM
Women’s doubles round of 32: Manika/Diya vs Chung/Spicer - 4:30 PM
Men’s singles round of 32: Sharath vs Finn Luu - 5:05 PM
Men’s singles round of 32: Sathiyan vs Paul McCreery - 5:45 PM
Men’s singles round of 32: Sanil Shetty vs Derek Abrefa - 5:45 PM
Women’s doubles round of 32: Reeth/Sreeja vs Elliott/Plaistow - 9:30 PM
Hockey
Women’s Semi-final: India versus Australia - 12:45 AM (Saturday)
Wrestling (3 PM onwards)
Men’s Freestyle 125kg, Quarter-final: Mohit Grewal vs Alexios Kaouslidis (Cyprus)
Men’s Freestyle 65kg, 1/8 Final (Pre-quarters): Bajrang Punia vs Lowe Bingham (Nauru)
Men’s Freestyle 86kg, 1/8 Final (Pre-quarters): Deepak Punia vs Matthew Oxenham (New Zealand)
Women’s Freestyle 57kg, Quarter-final: Anshu Malik vs TBD
Women’s Freestyle 62kg, Quarter-final: Sakshi Malik vs Kelsey Barnes (England)
Women’s Freestyle 68kg, Quarter-final: Divya Kakran vs TBD
CWG 2022 Day 8 LIVE - Key Results
Wrestling: Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia win gold, Anshu Malik wins silver and Divya Kakran and Mohit Grewal win bronze.
Para Table Tennis: Bhavina Patel qualifies for Women's singles classes 3-5 final.
Athletics: Indian men’s mixed 4x400m relay team qualifies for final.
Table Tennis: Achanta Sharath Kamal-Sreeja Akula (mixed doubles) qualifies for semi-finals, Manika Batra-G Sathiyan knocked out. Sreeja Akula through to women's singles finals.
Lawn Bowls: India beats England 13-12 in semi-final, assures a medal in men's fours.
CWG 2022 LIVE - Table Tennis
BIG UPSET FOR INDIA! Defending champion Manika Batra knocked out of CWG 2022 in the women's singles category, losing in straight games (0-4) to Singapore's Jian Zeng.
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