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Commonwealth Games 2022

August 10 , 2022 837 days 1776 0

It was India's 18^th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
India finished 4^th on the podium at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Its overall medal tally of 61, including 22 Gold, 16 Silver, and 23 Bronze.
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the first gold medal for the country.
India won its first ever medal in Lawn Bowls after Women's Fours team won Gold Medal
Men's fours team also won silver medal in this game.
Sharath Kamal won 3 Gold and 1 Silver medals in Table Tennis.
India Women's cricket team won Silver medal.
In judo also, india performed well with Shushila Devi Likmambam (Silver), Tulika Maan (Silver) and Vijay Kumar Yadav (Bronze).
Saurav Ghosal in Men's singles and Dipika Pallikal/Saurav Ghosal - Mixed Doubles won Bronze in squash.
India’s best-ever showing at the Commonwealth Games came at home in 2010.
In which, the Asian giants won 101 medals, including 38 Gold.
In terms of overall medals won, Birmingham 2022 is 5^th best showing after New Delhi 2010 (101), Manchester 2002 (69), Gold Coast 2018 (66), and Glasgow 2014 (64).