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Commonwealth Games 2018 News

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As Indian shooters, wrestlers and boxers continued to enthrall the audience with their spectacular performances in the respective categories, India's 'golden' run continued on Saturday - the Day 10 of the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast. Manika Batra created history by clinching a Gold in Women's singles table tennis competition at the Gold Coast Games. Batra defeated Singapore's Mengyu YU 3-0. Boxers Gaurav Solanki and Manish Kaushik, athlete Neeraj Chopra, wrestlers Sumit and Vinesh Phogat, shooters Sanjeev Rajput and Mary Kom were among the prominent medal winners for India on the tenth day of the mega sporting event. Wrestler Sumit won a Gold medal in men's 125kg freestyle after his injured opponent in the final league match Sinivie Boltic of Nigeria withdrew. Neeraj Chopra won a historic Gold medal in men's javelin throw with a distance of 86.47m. Boxer Gaurav Solanki won men's 52kg Gold medal. Boxer Manish Kaushik also claimed a Silver medal in the men's 60kg division after losing to Harry Garside of Australia in the final with a split decision delivered by the judges. Earlier, shooter Sanjeev Rajput won a Gold medal in men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions with a new Games Record of 454.5. As the events began, boxing legend MC Mary Kom bagged her maiden CWG Gold medal. Mary Kom beat Kristina O'Hara of Northern Ireland 5-0 in the women's 45-48kg final, bringing the 18th Gold medal for India. With 25 Gold, 14 Silver and 18 Bronze, India currently ranks third on the medals table (59). The men's doubles table tennis team also won bronze. Now, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan assures India it's 25th gold after winning the final of the 75kg category. India added another two silver in their tally as the men's doubles team lost their Table Tennis final. Satish Kumar too got the silver in the +91 kg category. Here is the current medal count from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.  






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