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Updated August 8th, 2022 at 18:51 IST

CWG 2022, Last Day Live updates: Sharath Kamal bags TT gold, Hockey Team takes silver

Welcome to the live blog for the last day of Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. The Indian contingent added 15 medals to their tally on Day 10, after India picked up five gold medals in boxing and table tennis. On Day 11, India will compete in a total of five gold medal matches, alongside one match for the bronze medal. PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen are among the top medal prospects for India.

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6: 34 IST, August 8th 2022

India finished the 2022 Commonwealth Games campaign with a total of 61 medals. India won 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze medals. 

6: 31 IST, August 8th 2022

The Indian team won the silver medal in the Men's Hockey Final after losing 7-0 to Australia. 

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6: 15 IST, August 8th 2022

Australia scored the seventh goal in the fourth quarter to extend the lead over India to 7-0. 

6: 14 IST, August 8th 2022

The Australian team has scored another goal in the third quarter to take 6-0 lead over India in the Men's Hockey final.  

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5: 59 IST, August 8th 2022

Sharath Kamal won his third Commonwealth Games gold medal in the men's singles category after defeating England's Liam Pitchford 4-1.  

5: 53 IST, August 8th 2022

Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the gold medal in the Men's Doubles event. They beat English pair Ben Lane and Sean Bendy 2-0 to win the top honour. 

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5: 49 IST, August 8th 2022

The India team conceived three more goals in the second quarter to give Australia a lead of 5-0 in the Men's Hockey final. 

5: 47 IST, August 8th 2022

Sharath Kamal made an impressive comeback in his gold medal match against Liam Pitchford to take 3-1 lead. 

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5: 33 IST, August 8th 2022

The Australian Hockey Team has extended the lead over India to 2-0. Australia scored two goals in the first quarter of the gold medal match. 

5: 33 IST, August 8th 2022

Sharath Kamal lost the first set against England's Liam Pitchford 11-13. 

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5: 33 IST, August 8th 2022

Sharath Kamal won the second set against Liam Pitchford 11-7 to level the score at 1-1. 

5: 16 IST, August 8th 2022

The Australian Hockey Team has scored the first goal in the first quarter to take a 1-0 lead over the Indian side in their gold medal match.  

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5: 06 IST, August 8th 2022

G Sathiyan won the bronze medal in the men's singles event after beating England's Paul Drinkhall 4-3. 

4: 52 IST, August 8th 2022

G Sathiyan lost the sixth set against Paul Drinkhall to level the score at 3-3. They will now play a deciding seventh game for the bronze medal in the men's singles event. 

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4: 34 IST, August 8th 2022

Lakshya Sen beat Malaysia's Tze Yong Ng 2-1 to win the gold medal in the Men's Singles event. He beat Tze Yong 21-19, 9-21, 16-21 to win the top prize. 

4: 23 IST, August 8th 2022

Lakshya Sen has extended his lead in the third game against Tze Yong Ng. He is looking good to winning the men's singles gold medal. 

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4: 07 IST, August 8th 2022

Lakshya Sen made an incredible comeback to win the second game against Tze Yong Ng to level the score at 1-1. 

4: 01 IST, August 8th 2022

After losing the opening game, Lakshay Sen is currently leading the second game 11-8 at interval

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3: 47 IST, August 8th 2022

Tze Yong NG takes the first game 21 - 19 against India's Lakshya Sen.

3: 41 IST, August 8th 2022

Sen fights back against Ng and has leveled the scored at 18-18

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3: 30 IST, August 8th 2022

 

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PV Sindhu wins the gold medal after winning bronze and silver in the previous two editions of the Commonwealth Games.

 

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3: 15 IST, August 8th 2022

 

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CWG medals tally

 

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2: 57 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu's gold medal makes it 19th gold medal for India in the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games.

2: 52 IST, August 8th 2022
Sindhu stats

 

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2: 46 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu finally won her Commonwealth Games gold beating Canada's Michelle Li 21-15,21-13 

2: 40 IST, August 8th 2022

Michelle Li fights back to reduce the points gap. Sindhu still leads the second game 16-12

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2: 32 IST, August 8th 2022

Sindhu takes 11-6 lead against Michelle Li in the second game at interval

2: 27 IST, August 8th 2022

After pocketing the first game, PV Sindhu races to 9-3 lead in the second game 

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2: 23 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu wins first game 21-15 against Michelle Li

PV Sindhu

 

2: 11 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu takes 11-8 lead against Michelle Li at interval

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2: 11 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu races to 15-8 lead after interval

2: 07 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu has one-point lead but both shuttlers are matching point for point with no room for error. Sindhu has some strapping on her left leg and Li is making her work for every point.

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2: 00 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu races to 4-2 lead against Michelle Li in the opening set

1: 50 IST, August 8th 2022

PV Sindhu had to fight hard before beating Singapore's Yeo Jin Min in her semifinal encounter. The Indian star shuttler won the first game by 21-19 before winning her second game to win it 21-17. Coming into the final Sindhu dropped just one game.

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1: 38 IST, August 8th 2022

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran will play the bronze medal match against Paul Drinkhall of England. The bronze medal match starts at 3:35 pm.

1: 02 IST, August 8th 2022

Achanta Sharath Kamal won the bronze medal at Gold Coast and will be eyeing the gold medal in the men's table tennis singles final.  Sharath Kama defeated England's Paul Drinkhall 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8 to reach his second CWG final. The last time he won gold was in Melbourne back in 2006.

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12: 57 IST, August 8th 2022

 

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The Indian men's hockey team has never won a gold medal during the six editions of the Commonwealth Games. After winning two silver medals in the 2010 and 2014 editions and bronze in the last edition, India will look to change the colour of the medal to gold in Birmingham. Australia on the other hand has won all six golds to date.

 

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12: 45 IST, August 8th 2022

Total matches played- 10

PV Sindhu won- 8

Michelle Li won- 2

Last Encounter- PV Sindhu defeated Michelle Li by 21-17, 21-10 in Group D match of Uber Cup 2022

12: 34 IST, August 8th 2022

The PV Sindhu vs Michelle Li, Women's Singles Final at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham will be the first event for India on Day 11. The match is scheduled to begin at 1:20 PM IST on Monday.

 

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12: 14 IST, August 8th 2022

India currently find themselves 5th in the medal standings with a total of 18 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 22 bronze medals.

 

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12: 14 IST, August 8th 2022

Here’s the list of Gold medal matches for India on the last day of Commonwealth Games 2022-

  • Women’s Singles Badminton Final: PV Sindhu vs Michelle Li - 1:20 PM IST
  • Men’s Singles Badminton Final: Lakshya Sen vs Tze Yong Ng - 2:10 PM IST
  • Men’s Double’s Badminton Final: Chirag Shetty & Sairaj Satwik Rankireddy vs Ben Lane & Sean Vendy - 3:00 PM IST
  • Men’s Singles Table Tennis Final: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Liam Pitchford - 4:25 PM IST
  • Men’s Hockey Final: India vs Australia - 5:00 PM IST
12: 14 IST, August 8th 2022

Here’s Team India’s schedule for the final day of Commonwealth Games 2022 for India-

 

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12: 14 IST, August 8th 2022

After an eventful Day 10 of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham that saw India winning a whopping total of 15 medals across different sports, the Indian contingent is now all set to fight for more medals on the final day of the quadrennial saw piece event. Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghangas, Amit Panghal, Achanta Sharath Kamal, and Sreeja Akula were the gold medal winners for India on Monday.

Published August 8th, 2022 at 12:14 IST