CWG 2018 Day 5 medal tally: Australia wins 39 gold, India 10; highlights
Commonwealth Games 2018 Day 5 medal tally: Australia wins 39 gold and India 10; top highlights on Business Standard. India's gold rush at the 21st Commonwealth Games continues. India bagged gold medal in mixed badminton event. Indian shuttlers thrashed three-time defending champions Malaysia. Find CWG 2018 updates.
Latest News India's gold rush at the 21st Commonwealth Games continues. India scripted history by bagging the maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal in mixed badminton event. Indian shuttlers thrashed threetime defending champions Malaysia on Monday. Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated Malaysian Soniia Cheah by 21-11 19-21 21-9, securing the gold for India in the mixed team event. "It is a medal that I will forever cherish, it is very special. Team gold is always way more cherishable," said the London Olympics bronze-medallist. Earlier, India had won the silver and bronze respectively in mixed team badminton event in the 2010 and 2006 editions of the Commonwealth Games. India enters the semifinals in the men's hockey by beating Malaysia in a Pool B match. All eyes are on Indian shooters. Annu Raj Singh and Heena Sindhu reached the final of women’s 25m pistol event. Earlier, India shined in men's table tennis event at the Commonwealth Games as it outclassed Nigeria by 30 to win the historic gold in men's table tennis.
Indian players continued their dominance in the final and thrashed Nigeria in all the first three matches to clinch a gold medal. This the second gold medal for India in table tennis after the women's team claimed gold medal by defeating Singapore on Sunday. Ace shooter Jitu Rai won his second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018 by creating a record of 235 on Day 5.1 in the men's 10m Air Pistol final. Om Mitharwal bagged bronze for India with 214.3 in the final. Indian women shooters made India proud as Mehuli Ghosh and Apurvi Chandela bagged silver and bronze respectively in the women's 10m Air Rifle event.
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