TNPSC Thervupettagam

Commonwealth Medallist - Tamilnadu

May 4 , 2018 2396 days 1613 0
  • The Tamilnadu Government congratulated the sportspersons, who have won medals at the 21st Commonwealth Games being held at Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to 15, and announced high cash incentives of 50 lakhs for each of them.

Tamilnadu Medal Winners

  • Sathiyan won silver and bronze medals in the table tennis mixed doubles event and men's doubles event. With these, he has won three medals in the Commonwealth Games.
  • Sharath Kamal won a silver medal in the table tennis men's doubles and a bronze medal in the table tennis men's singles. This is the third medal he won in the Commonwealth Games.
  • Dipika Karthik won two silver medals in the squash women's doubles event and squash mixed doubles event.
  • Saurav Ghosal won a silver medal in the squash mixed doubles event.
  • Joshna Chinappa won a silver medal in the squash women's doubles event.
  • Amal Raj had won the gold medal in table tennis team
  • Sathish Sivalingam lifted the gold in the men’s 77kg weightlifting class.
  • In this 21st Commonwealth Games, India secured third place in the medal tally by winning 66 medals totally including 26 gold, 20 silvers and 20 bronzes.

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