Birmingham. In the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK, the process of winning Indian players’ medals continued on Saturday. Especially in wrestling, Indian wrestlers performed brilliantly. Wrestler Naveen Kumar won the gold medal in the freestyle competition of 74 kg category by defeating Pakistani player Mohammad Sharif Tahir 9-0 in a one-sided match. With this, India got 6 gold in wrestling. Along with this, the total number of gold medals has also been increased to 12. Earlier, Ravi Dahiya and Vinesh Phogat also won gold medals in their respective categories on Saturday.
Vinesh Phogat won gold for India by defeating Chamodaya Keshani of Sri Lanka in the 53kg freestyle event. Vinesh won the match 4-0. Prior to this, Phogat had also won gold medals in the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Apart from this, Vinesh also won gold in the Asian Games. She is the first female player from India to achieve this feat. Bhavina Patel also won gold for India in Para Table Tennis. Whereas, Sonalben Manubhai Patel won the bronze medal. Bhavina is a silver medalist of Tokyo Paralympics. This time she defeated Christiana Ikpeoi of Nigeria 12-10, 11-2 and 11.9 in the final. While Sonal defeated Sue Bailey of England 11-5, 11-2 and 11-3 in the playoffs.
Another medal for India has also been confirmed. Indian men’s hockey team defeated South Africa 3-2 in the semi-final match to reach the final. That is, at least a silver medal is sure in this match. At the same time, the Indian women’s team has qualified for the 4×100 meters relay final of athletics. If the women’s team performs at its best, then India can get a medal in this event as well.