Highlight
- Australia currently tops the leaderboard with 52 medals
- India is now at 6th position with 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal
Birmingham | The Indian contingency has made some slow but real steady growth as far as the medal tally is concerned. They have been performing consistently which is improving their rank in the medal tally. India’s third day at the Commonwealth Games was nothing short of memorable. India won three gold medals with 2 silver and 1 bronze medal. Interestingly, India won all the three gold medals in the weightlifting category. Following the exploits of golden girl Mirabai Chanu, 19-year-old Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the gold medal for India. Late in the day, 20-year-old Achinta Shuli bagged another medal as she lifted a total of 313kg to set a new Commonwealth Games record.
The Indian contingency now has a total of 6 medals which include 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze. Interestingly, all these medals have come from the weightlifting team and other players in the Indian contingent would like to go ahead and give their best so that India can enter the top 3 of the medal tally where Australia, England and New Zealand are comfortably positioned. , Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Shuli won the gold medal for India, while Bindyarani Devi and Sanket Sargar won the silver medal. Gururaj Pujari also won silver medal.
India have now made some significant gains in the medal tally and have moved up to the sixth position in the list. Interestingly, India still has many medal competitions to contend with and it is expected that Indian athletes will make significant gains to propel India to the top spot. Australia currently tops the chart with 22 gold medals, followed by hosts England with 11 gold medals. New Zealand is third with 10 gold medals.
Australia has already broken the 50 medals landmark and has a total of 52 Commonwealth Games medals in its kitty. So far, the Australian team has 22 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 17 bronze medals.