CWG 2018, Day 9 Live: Bajrang Punia wins India's 17th gold, Men's hockey team loses in semifinals
Here are live updates from Day 9 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Indian athletes continued their impressive run at the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Gold Coast, Australia, on Friday.
Here's a list of India's medal winners from Day 9
Gold
Tejaswini Sawant - Shooting - 50m rifle 3 positions​
Anish Bhanwala - Shooting - 25m rapid fire pistol​
Bajrang Punia - Wrestling - 65 kg freestyle category
Silver
Anjum Moudgil - Shooting - 50m rifle 3 positions​​
Pooja Dhanda - Wrestling - 57 kg freestyle category
Mausam Khatri - Wrestling - 97 kg freestyle category
Manika Batra and Mourna Das- Table Tennis - Women's doubles
Bronze
Naman Tanwar - Wrestling - 91 kg category
Divya Kakran - Wrestling - 68 kg category
Mohammed Hussamuddin - Boxing - 56 kg category
Manoj Kumar- Boxing- 69 kg category
Boxers Amit Panghal and Gaurab Solanki made it to the finals. Kidambi Srikanth, Sainal Nehwal, Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal made it to the semi-finals in badminton and table tennis singles events. Kamal also got together with G Sathiyan to qualify for the men's doubles finals.
Day 9 of the Games didn't start on a bright note for India as two of its athletes were sent home. Rakesh Babu and Irfan Kolothum Thodi were sent home after a needle was found in a cup in their bedroom at the Athletes' Village, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said on Friday.
On Friday, Indian athletes will compete in Hockey, Table Tennis, Badminton, Wrestling, Squash and Athletics.
Here are live updates from Day 9
Latest Updates
Boxing: Satish Kumar into men's +91kg final after Keddy Agnes of Seychelles throws the towel in the second round.
Badminton
H S Prannoy advances to semifinals in men's badminton. He defeated Sri Lanka's Dinuka Karunaratna in straight games.
The Indian mixed doubles team of Ashwini Ponappa and Satwik Ranireddy also advances to the semifinals after beating Malaysia. They won the match 21-19 and 21-19
Indian men's hockey team loses 2-3 against New Zealand in the semifinals.
They will now have to play in the bronze medal playoff.
PV Sindhu wins in straight games to down Canada's Tam Brittney 21-14, 21-17 in 34 minutes. She will face Michelle Li of Canada in the semifinals
Boxing
Vikas Krishan moves to final of men's 75 kg category. Earlier, Mohammed Hussamuddin and Manoj Kumar lost their respective bouts and will have to be content with bronze medals.
India's Manika Batra and Mourna Das win silver in women's doubles Table Tennis.
Table Tennis: Indian's Manika Batra and Mouma Das lose the first two games 5-11, 4-11 in the women's doubles final against their Singaporean opponents. The Indians have a mountain to climb if they are to clinch gold.
MEDAL ALERT!
Boxing: Mohammed Hussamuddin wins bronze in the men's 56 kg category. In his maiden CWG appearance, the young Indian pugilist did tremendously well to reach the quarters.
India score through a penalty stroke, Harmanpreet Singh keeps calm and sends the keeper the wrong way. New Zealand lead 2-1 at the end of Q2.
Hockey: GOAL! India pull one back at the stroke of half-time.
Hockey: India's gold medal hopes seem to be slipping away. Not only do New Zealand have a 2-0 lead at the end of the first half, they are also the ones who're still dominating possession. The Indians will need to reset and pull off something special.
Badminton: PV Sindhu cruises into the women's singles semi-final. The star Indian shuttler defeats Canada's Brittney Tam 21-14, 21-17 to make her way through. She will now face either Michelle Li or Soniia Cheah for a place in the final.
Hockey: New Zealand score another goal! They're up 2-0 inside Q1. Rupinder Pal Singh's injury is holding the Indians further back.
Table Tennis: India's Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Sutirtha Mukherjee down 0-2 in the women's doubles bronze medal match.
Hockey: Not a good start for India in the men's semi-final. They dominate the opening minutes but end up conceding a goal. New Zealand lead after ten minutes.
Badminton: PV Sindhu is in action at the moment. She has taken the first game against her Canadian opponent in the women's singles quarter-final.
Table Tennis: Alas, Indian fans will not get to witness a dream final. Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty lose in the men's doubles semi-final against England's Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall. If Desai and Shetty had won, they would've played their compatriots Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan in the final. The English pair, though, did well to hold on to their nerves and seal the match 7-11, 11-13, 11-13. Desai and Shetty will now contest in the bronze medal playoff.
Squash: Incredible performance from India's Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal! The duo has made it to teh mixed doubles final after winning a nail-biter against New Zealand's Joelle King and Paul Coll.
MEDAL ALERT!
Wrestling: India's Mausam Khatri settles for silver in men's 97 kg freestyle. South African's Martin Erasmus takes gold after a commanding performance in the final.
Wrestling: India's Mausam Khatri is battling in the final of the men's freestyle 97 kg final against South Africa's Martin Erasmu.
Table Tennis: India's Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty are playing the second men's doubles semi-final. If they win, they will play Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan in the final.
Squash: Mixed doubles semi-final featuring Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal is currently underway. The match is tied at one game apiece.
Table Tennis: India's Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan are through to the men's doubles final after a solid 3-1 win over their Singaporean opponents. The duo will now contest for the gold medal!
Kamal and Sathiyan now pulling ahead. Ahead by 2-1 now. 11-1 win in third game.
Table Tennis:
Sathiyan and Kamal now slowly coming into their own. Gets a 7-0 lead in the third game. Class performance
Table Tennis:
Indians draw level. 1-1 now. Kamal and Sathiyan won second game 11-5 after losing first 7-11.
Badminton:
Sikki Reddy and Pranaav Jerry Chopra were outclassed in mixed doubles QF. They l;ost in straight sets 17-21, 12-21 to their Malaysian opponents.
In TT, Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan are playing in the men's double semifinal against Singapore. They have lost the first game. Sathiyan lost in singles quarters earlier today. Can he overcome that disappointment and come back strongly.
Some great rearguard fight by Pooja. She managed to cut down the lead to 5-6, but finally the Nigerian Odunayo Adekuoroye seals the bout 7-5. India made an official protest over a point, but it was turned down. So Pooja had to settle for silver, but she can definitely hold her head up in pride as she lost to an extremely accomplished wrestler, who just won her second CWG gold in a row.
Nice defensive play from the Nigerian wrestler who has a comfortable lead now. It looks increasingly tough for Pooja now.
Pooja Dhanda is up against defending champion from Nigeria in Women's Freestyle 57 kg Gold Medal bout. In the first period, Pooja is trailing 1-6. Can she make a comeback?
Sikki Reddy and Pranav Jerry are in a spot of bother in their mixed doubles quarter-finals. After narrowly loosing the first game, they are trailing 4-10 in the second game.
And all too easy for Bajrang in the 65-kg wrestling. He wins 10-0 and clinches the final by 'technical superiority'. An absolute commanding performance by Bajrang, almost similar to Sushil Kumar's performance yesterday.
So the 17th gold for India comes through Bajrang in wrestling. India is currently in third spot with 17 golds, 8 silver, 11 bronze.
Men's Freestyle 65 kg Gold Medal match is on. Bajrang up against Welsh opponent. Bajrang is silver medallist from 2014 CWG.
And Bajrang has raced to an early 8-0 lead immediately.
Wrestling: 19-year-old Divya Kakran loses 11-1 in the women's freestyle 68 kg semi-final against a much superior Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria.
Wrestling: India's Pooja Dhanda is through to the final in the women's freestyle 57 kg category after a dominating win over Cameroon's Joseph Tiako.
Table Tennis: Major upset for India as second seed G Sathiyan is thumped 4-0 by England's Samuel Walker in the men's singles quarter-finals.
Table Tennis: Men's singles quarter-final time! India's G Sathiyan clashes with England's Samuel Walker. Earlier in the day, Sharath Kamal had made his way to the semis.
Shooting: Shreyasi Singh gets eliminated in the women's trap final after getting off to a bright start. India surely missed out on a medal in this event.
Boxing: India's Naman Talwar loses in the men's 91 kg semi-final. He returns home with a bronze.
Another boxer goes through to the final. Manish Kaushik edges past Northern Island's James McGivern in a split verdict in the 60 kg-semifinal. It has been a clean slate for boxers on Friday.
A great day for India overall so far at Gold Coast 2018
Badminton: Saina Nehwal is through to the women's singles semi-finals after a comfortable 21-8, 21-13 win over Canada's Rachel Honderich.