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Apurvi Chandela, Sathish Sivalingam– Meet the 6 ‘first time’ medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games
Have a look at the 6 first time medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games.
India, currently the 7th ranked team in the medal tally would be entering the sixth day of competition with all eyes on its shooters, wrestlers and boxers. The country would be hoping for some gold medals today to improve its ranking and regain the top 5 position.
Numbers can be misleading at times and this is what India’s ranking currently indicates. The country has not done as badly as it might seem. Barring for few odd let downs in badminton, table tennis and squash, the performance by Indian athletes has been good under the circumstance that they have been ‘robbed off’ of many pet events in which they have won medals in the past.Some of the notable contributions in India’s success came from the first time medal winners.The performance of these athletes is appreciable, applaud-able and deserves mention!
Let’s now have a look at the 6 first time medal winners for India in Commonwealth games –
1. Apurvi Chandela– The youngshooting sensation did the country proud by winning a gold medal in women’s shooting in 10m air rifle event in Glasgow. Aged 21, Apurvi was competing in her first CWG and her performance at the highest level has left many speechless. She created a new games record by scoring 206.7 points in final.
2. Sathish Sivalingam– This young Indian wrestler from Vellore, Tamil Nadu brought laurels for the country by winning wrestling gold medal in 77 kg category. Competing in his first Commonwealth games, this 22 year old set the game record by lifting 149 kg in snatch.
3. Jitu Rai – Jitu’s gold medal in men’s shooting 50m pistol event was no surprise for anyone who follows the sport of shooting. Though this was his first CWG, he had already set the foundation for his gold medal in Glasgow by winning a silver medal in 10m air pistol event in 2014 ISSF World Cup held in Munich.Following this he again won silver in men’s 50m pistol and a gold medal in 10m air pistol event in another ISSF World Cup in Maribor. In the process, he won three medals in just 9 days and became first Indian to have won two medals at a single world cup competition.
4. Mirabai Chanu Saikhom – Aged 19, this young girl from Imphal, Manipur showed no signs of nervousness as she won the silver medal in women’s weightlifting in 48 kg category. The gold in this category was also won by India.
5. ShushilaLikmabam – This young talent from Assam won the silver medal in women’s Judo in 48 kg category.
6. Sanjita Khumukchan – The 20 year old opened India’s medal account in 2014 CWG. Sanjita, who took to sports in the year 2006 won a gold medal in 48 kg women’s weightlifting event. She idolizes Kunjarani Devi.
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