Sports Trending News 02 August 2022

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1. *COMMON WEALTH GAMES 2022* : Shushila Devi Likmabam gets a silver🥈 in women’s judo 48kg final, giving India🇮🇳 its 7th medal of the CWG 2022.

2. Indian judoka Vijay Kumar Yadav bagged a bronze medal in men’s 60-kg category at CWG 2022. With this, he took India’s medal tally at CWG to eight. It is India’s second medal in judo at the ongoing games after Shushila Devi’s silver.

3. Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur bagged bronze medal in the women’s 71-kg category, taking India’s medal tally at CWG 2022 to nine. Harjinder lifted a total of 212 kg, with 93 kg in snatch and 119 kg in clean and jerk. Out of India’s nine medals at CWG 2022 so far, seven have come from weightlifting.

4. Defending champions India have qualified for the badminton mixed team gold medal match at CWG 2022. With this, India are assured of another medal. India defeated Singapore 3-0 in the semi-final of the event. India will face Malaysia in the final on Tuesday. India have so far bagged eight medals at CWG 2022, including three gold medals.

5. India draw 4-4 vs England, concede 3 goals in 4th quarter in CWG men’s hockey.

6. New Zealand cyclist Ellesse Andrews has been stripped of her silver medal that she bagged along with her teammates in the women’s 4,000m team pursuit event.

She won’t get the medal as she did not attend the ceremony. She was also fined CHF 200 (more than ₹16,000). However, she went on to win two gold medals in two other events.