20TH COMMONWEALTH GAMES-2014 **************************************************** HOST CITY :- Glasgow, Scotland MOTTO :- People, Place, Passion MASCOT :- Clyde NATIONS PARTICIPATING :- 71 Commonwealth Teams EVENTS :- 261 in 18 sports OFFICIALLY OPENED BY :- Elizabeth II TOP 5 COUNTRIES IN MEDAL TABLES :- RANK COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 England 58 59 57 174 2 Australia 49 42 46 137 3 Canada 32 16 34 82 4 Scotland 19 15 19 53 5 India 15 30 19 64 INTERSTING FACTS:- 1. Vijay Kumar is the flag bearer for Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2. Sanjita Chanu wins India’s first Gold medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games. 3. Vikas Gowda became Indias only second male athlete to win a gold at the Commonwealth Games after the legendary Milkha Singh won the 440 yard gold way back in 1958 at Cardiff. 4. Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian man in 32 years to win badminton gold at the Games. 5. Dipa Karmakar scripts history, wins first gymnastic medal for India at Commonwealth Games. She bagged a bronze in the vault event. 6. Pinki Rani bags first medal in Boxing. She won bronze medal. 7. England finished top of the medal table at Commonwealth Games for the first time in 28 years. 8. The first Commonwealth Games was hosted by Hamilton, Canada, in 1930 and known as the British Empire Games. 9. The 21st Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast in Australia in 2018. 10. Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games on a record four occasions, and will make it five when Gold Coast hosts the event in 2018 INDIA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2014 :- * Competitors :- 215 in 14 sports * Flag bearer (Opening) :- Vijay Kumar * Flag bearer (Closing) :- Seema Punia ** Weightlifters Sukhen, Sanjita won first Gold medal for India in CWG-2014 ** Vikas Gowda won a gold in the Mens Discus throw event, thus winning the first gold medal for India in mens athletics in 56 years. ** Kashyap Parupalli won a gold in Badminton Mens Singles, becoming the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal in the singles event at the Commonwealth Games. GOLD MEDALISTS FOR INDIA :- * Yogeshwar Dutt: Mens wrestling, 65 kg freestyle * Babita Kumari: Womens wrestling, 55 kg freestyle * Vikas Gowda: Mens discus throw * Sushil Kumar: Mens wrestling, 75kg * Amit Kumar: Mens wrestling, 57kg * Vinesh Phogat: Womens wrestling, 48kg * Jitu Rai: Mens shooting, 50 m Pistol. * Satish Sivalingam: Mens weightlifting, 77 kg * Apurvi Chandela: Womens shooting, 10 m Air Rifle * Rahi Sarnobat: Womens shooting, 25 m Pistol. * Abhinav Bindra: Mens 10m Air Rifle * K Sanjita Chanu: Womens weightlifting 48 kg. * Sukhen Dey: Mens weightlifting 56 kg category * Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: Womens squash * Parupalli Kashyap: Mens Badminton INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS Following is the final list of Indian medal winners at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Gold -> 1. Sanjita Khumukchan : womens 48 kg weightlifting 2. Sukhen Dey: mens 56 kg weightlifting 3. Abhinav Bindra: mens 10 metre air rifle shooting 4. Apurvi Chandela: womens 10 metre air rifle shooting 5. Rahi Sarnobat: womens 25 metre pistol shooting 6. Satish Sivalingam: mens 77 kg weightlifting 7. Jitu Rai: mens 50 metre pistol shooting 8. Amit Kumar: mens freestyle 57 kg wrestling 9. Vinesh Phogat: womens freestyle 48 kg wrestling 10. Sushil Kumar: mens freestyle 74 kg wrestling 11. Babita Kumari: womens freestyle 55 kg wrestling 12. Yogeshwar Dutt: mens freestyle 65 kg wrestling 13. Vikas Gowda: mens discus throw athletics 14. Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: womens doubles squash 15. Parupalli Kashyap: mens singles badminton Silver -> 1. Mirabai Chanu Saikhom: womens 48 kg weightlifting 2. Shushila Likmabam: womens 48 kg judo 3. Navjot Chana: mens 60 kg judo 4. Malaika Goel: womens 10 metre air pistol shooting 5. Santoshi Matsa: womens 53 kg weightlifting 6. Prakash Nanjappa: mens 10 metre air pistol shooting 7. Ayonika Paul: womens 10 metre air rifle shooting 8. Anisa Sayyed: womens 25 metre pistol shooting 9. Shreyasi Singh: womens double trap shooting 10. Ravi Katulu: mens 77 kg weightlifting 11. Gurpal Singh: mens 50 metre pistol shooting 12. Gagan Narang: mens 50 metre rifle prone shooting 13. Vikas Thakur: mens 85 kg weightlifting 14. Harpreet Singh: mens 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooting 15. Sanjeev Rajput: mens 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting 16. Rajeev Tomar: mens freestyle 125 kg wrestling 17. Lalita: womens freestyle 53 kg wrestling 18. Bajrang: mens freestyle 61 kg wrestling 19. Sakshi Malik: womens freestyle 58 kg wrestling 20. Satywart Kadian: mens freestyle 97 kg wrestling 21.Geetika Jakhar: womens freestyle 63 kg wrestling 22. Seema Punia: womens discus throw athletics 23 .Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj: mens doubles table tennis 24. L Sarita Devi: womens 57-60 kg boxing 25. L Devendro Singh: mens 49 kg boxing 26. Mandeep Jangra: mens 69 kg boxing 27. Rajinder Rahelu: mens heavyweight powerlifting 28. Vijender Singh: mens 75 kg boxing 29. Mens hockey 30. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa: womens doubles badminton Bronze -> 1. Ganesh Mali: mens 56 kg weightlifting 2. Kalpana Thoudam: womens 52 kg judo 3. Swati Singh: womens 53 kg weightlifting 4. Rajwinder Kaur: womens +78 kg judo 5. Omkar Otari: mens 69 kg weightlifting 6. Mohammed Asab: mens double trap shooting 7. Punam Yadav: womens 63 kg weightlifting 8. Manavjit Sandhu: mens trap shooting 9. Gagan Narang: mens 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting 10. Lajja Gauswami: womens 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting 11. Chandrakant Mali: mens 94 kg weightlifting 12. Navjot Kaur: womens freestyle 69 kg wrestling 13. Dipa Karmakar: womens vault gymnastics artistic 14. Pawan Kumar: mens freestyle 86 kg wrestling 15. Pinki Jangra: womens 48-51 kg boxing 16. Sakina Khatun: womens lightw 17. P.V. Sindhu: womens singles badminton 18. R.M.V. Gurusaidutt: mens singles badminton 19. Arpinder Singh: mens triple jump athletics TOTAL - > 64
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:08:03 +0000
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