Commonwealth Games 2018, Day 6 Live Updates: Indian shooter Heena Sidhu wins Gold medal

— By FPJ Web Desk | Apr 10, 2018 06:30 pm

Brisbane: Indian shooter Heena Sidhu poses with her medal during a medal ceremony after winning gold in the Women’s 25m Pistol final event at the Commonwealth Games 2018, in Brisbane, Australia on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist (PTI4_10_2018_000051B)

Commonwealth Games 2018 has now entered its sixth day in Gold Coast and India will look to add more medals to the tally which currently stands at 20 medals. After a golden Monday, there are big chances for India to add gold medals as Indian shooters once again take the range in Gold Coast. On Tuesday, shooters Gagan Narang and Heena Sidhu will be India’s biggest hope for a gold medal. India hockey team is also in action on Tuesday. And in a surprise package, Mohammad Anas will compete in the men’s 400m finals. Four Indian boxers will also be in action for their quarterfinal bouts and win for each of them will guarantee India medals.

Here are the Live updates of Commonwealth Games 2018, Day 6: 

India’s mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwik Rankireddy today claimed a straight-game win over Guernsey’s Stuart Hardy and Chloe Le Tissier to make a resounding start to their campaign in the individual badminton events


Para-powerlifter Sachin Chaudhary won India’s first medal in Para-sports at the Commonwealth Games, claiming a bronze medal in the men’s heavyweight final

Muhammed Anas Yahiya in Men’s 400m Final.

Hima Das qualifies for 400m Finals. With personal best of 51.53 seconds, she is through to the final tomorrow.

In Women’s 400m semifinals, Hima Das posts a personal best of 51.53 seconds. She finishes third in her Heat.

India women’s hockey team, like their male counterparts, are through to the semifinals. They beat South Africa 1-0.

India are assured of at least five medals in boxing now. After Mary Kom, Amit Phangal, Naman Tanwar, Mohammed Hussamuddin and now Manoj Kumar add to India’s tally.

Manoj Kumar’s 69kg boxing bout is underway against Terry Nickolas of Australia.

Women’s Hockey Team are up against South Africa.

In squash mixed doubles, Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal win in straight games to beat Pakistan’s Madina Zafar and Tayyab Aslam

India are assured of yet another medal – once again from the boxing ring. Mohammad Hussamuddin wins his bout in Men’s 56kg boxing.

In Women’s Triple Lawn Bowls action, India go down to Australia 11-20. And in Women’s tt6-10 singles, Maitreyee Sarkar loses in straight games to Australia’s Melissa Tapper

Breaking News: Indian shooter Heena Sidhu opens India’s account on Day 6 by bagging the gold medal in Women’s 25m Pistol event. She also creates a Games record in the process. This is India’s

Indian boxer Naman Tanwar performs quite well in the 91 kg boxing quarterfinal and India are assured of yet another medal.

In Mixed Doubles squash, Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal beat FUNG-A-FAT Mary/KHALIL Jason-Ray of Guyana 11-3, 11-3 in just 13 minutes

In men’s shooting, neither Gagan Narang or Chain Singh finish on the podium in 50m Rifle Prone

In some good news for Indian shooting, four Indian shooters were in competition in two different events and all four have qualified for the finals of their respective events. In the women’s 25M Air Pistol event, Heena Sidhu and Annu Singh have qualified for the final. In the men’s 50m Rifle Prone event, Chain Singh and Gagan Narang have qualified for the final

Indian Men’s Hockey team has beaten Malaysia 2-1 and are now through to the semi-finals. It was a hard-fought match India held their nerve to emerge victorious.