Cwg 2018 om wins shooting bronze; mary kom, solanki assure silver; updates

CWG 2018: Om wins shooting bronze; Mary Kom, Solanki assure silver; updates

Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast: Mitharval wins bronze in 50m pistol, Mary Kom in finals; updates on Business Standard.

In Commonwealth games 2018 Gold Coast, Om Mitharval won bronze medal in 50m pistol finals. Boxer M C Mary Kom qualified for finals. Find Commonwealth games 2018 latest news and medals won by India in CWG 2018.

Latest News India is continuing to shine bright on the seventh day of the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia. Om Mitharval bagged a bronze medal in the 50m pistol finals, and India's veteran boxer M C Mary Kom has qualified for the final round, assuring India of at least a silver in the women's 48kg boxing event, if not gold. In men's 52kg boxing category, India's Gaurav Solanki beat his Papua New Guinea opponent Keama to assure India at least a silver medal in the category.

Meanwhile, ace shooter Heena Sidhu on Tuesday clinched a gold in the women's 25m pistol event, taking India's gold count to 11. Heena maintained her prowess throughout the game while other shooters — Chain Singh and Gagan Narang -disappointed by finishing at fourth and seventh, respectively.

Para-lifter Sachin Chaudhary won a bronze for India in men's heavyweight category. With 21 medals, India finished at the third position in the medal tally.

Indian boxers showed phenomenal performance by assuring five more medals for the country after securing their places in the semi-finals. India qualified for semi-finals in both the men's and women's hockey events.

In badminton mixed doubles, Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal defeated Guyana and Pakistan to advance to the Round of 6.

Day 7 started with a glorious performance by Indian shooters. Jitu Rai and Om Prakash Mitharval entered the final round of men's 50m air pistol event.

However, Jitu Rai was later eliminated from the men's 50m air pistol event. Earlier, Rai had bagged a gold in men's 10m air pistol event, while Om Mitharval had clinched a bronze in the same event.

Here are all the latest updates around India's performance and medals tally at the Commonwealth Games 2018 being held in Gold Coast, Australia.

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