Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 6: Follow all the highlights from Birmingham. (AP)
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 6 (August 3) Highlights: Tejaswin Shankar opened the Indian athletics team’s medal account with a bronze in the men’s high jump event in the Commonwealth Games, late on Wednesday. National record holder Shankar cleared 2.22m to finish third in the event. Lovepreet Singh won a bronze in men’s 109 kg to continue India’s medal rush in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. The 24-year-old from Punjab lifted a total of 355 kg, including a new national record of 192 kg in clean and jerk, to finish third on the podium. He lifted 163kg in snatch. Further, breaking a long-standing jinx, Saurav Ghosal claimed India’s first ever singles medal in squash — a bronze.
Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored a brace each as the Indian men’s hockey team produced a completely dominating performance to rout Canada 8-0.
However, there were disappointments in Indian weightlifter Purnima Pandey and boxers Ashish Kumar and Lovlina Borgohain who all crashed out of the games. Follow all CWG 2022 highlights below:
Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 6: Follow all the highlights from Birmingham.
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