India's decoration count arrived at 26 at the 2022 Comonwealth Games after Bajrang Punia-drove wrestling contingent won six awards on Day 8. Bajrang, Sakhsi Malik and Deepak Punia won gold.
India had their greatest day at this point at the continuous 2022 Commonwealth Games with three gold, one silver and two bronze. It was an ideal six from the six classes that were in plain view on the main day of the wrestling contest at the Coventry Arena in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The gold medallists for India were Bajrang Punia (65kg), Sakshi Malik (62 kg) and Deepak Punia (86 kg), while silver came from Anshu Malik (57 kg). Divya Kakran (68 kg) and Mohit Grewal (125 kg) picked a bronze each. That brought India's awards count to 26 decorations including nine gold, eight silver and nine bronze.
In the field, where the air was electric, it was proper that Bajrang Punia, quite possibly of India's most famous and best-enriched grappler, began the Indian dash for unheard of wealth. Turning in a forceful showcase, which resembled seeing Bajrang of the old before his physical issue in 2018, he outmatched the Canadian Lachlan McNeil on focuses. That set the vibe for the excess Indians.
Toward the beginning of the day, the wrestling scene was hit by a two-hour defer after the initial nine sessions. An establishment in the rooftop, likely a speaker, fell nearby close to the adjudicators and near the Mat. The Organizers not having any desire to take risks halted the meeting, abandoned the Hall, and impacted fixes. They re-began activity following two hours. At first, the onlookers thought it was a security concern, however it was subsequently supposed to be a 'wellbeing and security' concern.
Two Indian grapplers, Bajrang Punia and Deepak Punia, had won their most memorable sessions in the disposal stage before the stoppage.
At night held for decoration battles, Anshu Malik (ladies' 57 kg) was the first of the four Indians in quite a while. She had before beaten Australian Irene Symeonidis and Sri Lankan Nathmi Poruthtotage to get into the last.
Anshu making her CWG debut lost to an exceptionally experienced Nigerian Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye and made due with silver. It was the Nigerian's fourth CWG award and the last three have been gold, all to the detriment of Indian grapplers - Lalita Sehrawat in 2014, Pooja Dhanda in 2018 and presently Anshu.
The Nigerian overwhelmed the battle despite the fact that the Indian attempted a rebound in late stages. A late test likewise didn't help as Adekuoroye won 7-3 for her third consecutive gold decoration and fourth by and large.
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Anshu, silver medallist at the 2021 World Championships silver medallist was. disheartened and said, "Perhaps I might have gone after more in the main round as I did in the subsequent round. As of now, I went for a full scale approach. I had lost to her in Italy also in 2020 however it was a lot nearer this time. I came here for gold, and I gave everything on the mat."
India didn't need to hang tight for long for the main gold as Bajrang arose victor in 65 kg, trailed by Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia.
Bajrang establishes the vibe for the night dash for unheard of wealth
Bajrang, whose decoration assortment would be the jealousy of numerous a gems display area, won his second consecutive gold and a third profession award at the CWG. Bajrang had a silver in the 2014 release in Glasgow and gold in Gold Coast in 2018.
Bajrang, the greatest name in the day's card began the morning with a triumph by fall over Nauru's Lowe Bingham and afterward got a comparative outcome against Jean Bandou of Mauritius. In the semi-finals, England's George Ramm lost 0-10 on specialized predominance as the Indian fans in the crowd were on their feet. In the middle of between Bajrang's initial two sessions, there was a two-hour delay due to somewhere safe worries. Be that as it may, request was reestablished following two hours.
Bajrang's last stop for the gold was the Canadian Lachlan McNeil. Yet, from the time they got to the Mat, there was no question about where the gold was going. Bajrang had the Canadian on the run all along and could well have won by a Fall. McNeil draped in however lost vigorously on focuses at 8-2.
Bajrang, an Olympic medallist in Tokyo, who likewise has one silver and two bronze from World Championships other than a gold and silver from Asian Games, said, "The battle was great as the rival was extreme as well. I had injury (knee) during the Olympics. The arrangement was to returned to my old self slowly. Presently I will sit with my mentors and work on the shortcoming that I have going ahead. The big showdowns is my next target."
On his forceful strategies today, he added, "After injury, I had said you will get to see Bajrang of 2018 and I am dealing with that."
CWG gold finally for Sakshi
A subsequent gold followed as Sakshi Malik, India's most memorable lady to at first win a wrestling decoration at the Olympics, turned her battle around in the wake of following. Following behind the principal period, she tracked down a bonus in the second and won by a Fall against Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez.
#India4CWG2022 3 gold awards by #wrestlers WoW!@SakshiMalik had tears when public song of devotion was played.#sakshimalik #deepakpunia #BajrangPunia pic.twitter.com/vChvZabqop — dinesh akula (@dineshakula) August 5, 2022
Sakshi at last finished a bunch of Commonwealth Games decorations - she currently has one every one of gold (2022), silver (2014) and bronze (2018) to go with her Olympic bronze and a Commonwealth Championships gold.
At one phase Sakshi searched in peril in her 65 kg last as she followed 0-4 in front of the break. And afterward came a fabulous circle back as the 2016 Olympic bronze medallist reversed the situation. She previously evened out 4-4 and proceeded to win by a Fall against Canada's Ana Godinez Gonzalez, who is the 2021 World Under-23 hero.
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