India's Vinesh Phogat won gold in the women's 50 kilogram wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Saturday. So did Sumit Malik and Neeraj Chopra, who won in 125 kilogram freestyle wrestling and men's Javelin throw, respectively at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
With this India is at the third spot behind Australia and England, with a total of 52 medals, in the points table. India has 23 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze in its kitty now.
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Phogat ended at the top of the standings at the end of the Nordic (round robin) format. Malik won all his four bouts in the Nordic (round robin) format to emerge champion.
Chopra registered his season's best performance of 86.47 metres in the final. Hamish Peacock took the silver medal for Australia with 82.59m while Grenada's Anderson Peters hurled the javelin a distance of 82.20m for the bronze.
Vipin Kashana, the other Indian in the fray, took the fifth spot with an attempt of 77.87m.
Chopra started with an opening throw of 85.50m before fouling his second attempt. He had an effort of 84.78m in his third attempt before coming up with the winning mark with his fourth throw. His fifth effort saw the javelin travel a distance of 83.48m. He then ended his CWG campaign with a foul in his sixth and final attempt.
Meanwhile, star paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal will play for bronze in table tennis men's singles competition after losing his semi-final match to Nigerian Quadri Aruna at the Commonwealth Games.
The World No.48 Indian lost 0-4 (10-12, 9-11, 9-11, 7-11) to the World No.26 in a gruelling semi-final at the Oxenford Studios. After losing the close first game, Sharath failed to find the momentum throughout the contest as he went on to lose the other three games with a narrow margin.
Sharath will now face the winner of the second semi-final between Singapore's Ning Gao and England's Samuel Walker, in the bronze medal encounter on Sunday.
(With inputs from agencies)