Commonwealth Games 2022

[bharathh]

3rd medal for the day. Silver in lifting. The Samoan guy who won was way ahead of the competition

[bharathh]

9 minutes ago, bharathh said:

Indian tt team was way better. 

 

Great that Sharath Kamal geta a good send off. Need some fresh blood in the team. He has been a great ambassador for the game

Also in the semifinals he did beat the Nigerian#15 in the world. That was pivotal

[Number]

We won 9 medals including 5 golds in Weightlifting in 2018. Doubt we will be able to match that.

 

[rollingstoned]

Been a pretty good day so far and the mixed team badminton final is left. 

Highlight today was definitely lawn bowls, doubt i have ever spent this much time being intrigued despite not knowing what the hell is happening or what is supposed to happen in this game. But by the end i got some vague idea. it seems to be a cross between golf and bowling, very interesting. I saw how much it meant to the women yday when they beat Nzl. 

Vikas did well but that Samoan was on another level, kinda like Chanu in her weight category. You can't complain when you finish 2nd to something like that. If Punam Yadav had completed a clean and jerk lift which she almost did then i feel she also would have won a medal.

[bharathh]

48 minutes ago, Number said:

We won 9 medals including 5 golds in Weightlifting in 2018. Doubt we will be able to match that.

 

We have already won 8 medals with 4 events to go in lifting. I think the previous record will be equalled if not surpassed

[Number]

21 minutes ago, bharathh said:

We have already won 8 medals with 4 events to go in lifting. I think the previous record will be equalled if not surpassed

 

Ah I miscounted 7.

Hope we get at least 2 more golds.

[nitinbwj]

2 hours ago, bharathh said:

3rd medal for the day. Silver in lifting. The Samoan guy who won was way ahead of the competition

He was literally toying with everyone. Dancing and what not. Lifted 210,215 KG with ease. 

[rollingstoned]

This badminton final has been a very close contest so far. Narrowly lost the 1st game. 

[nitinbwj]

1 hour ago, rollingstoned said:

Been a pretty good day so far and the mixed team badminton final is left. 

Highlight today was definitely lawn bowls, doubt i have ever spent this much time being intrigued despite not knowing what the hell is happening or what is supposed to happen in this game. But by the end i got some vague idea. it seems to be a cross between golf and bowling, very interesting. I saw how much it meant to the women yday when they beat Nzl. 

Vikas did well but that Samoan was on another level, kinda like Chanu in her weight category. You can't complain when you finish 2nd to something like that. If Punam Yadav had completed a clean and jerk lift which she almost did then i feel she also would have won a medal.

I stopped watching when SA took lead 10-8 trailing from 2-8.

Edited August 2, 2022 by nitinbwj

[nickp]

Can’t say I’ve watched much lawn bowls before

[rollingstoned]

5 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

I stopped watching when SA took lead 10-8 trailing from 2-8.

You missed out, one of thse things that takes a long time to complete but is very satisfying to watch.

 

This Malaysian duo seem to have the measure of these 2, will be hard to pull out. 

[bharathh]

6 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

You missed out, one of thse things that takes a long time to complete but is very satisfying to watch.

 

This Malaysian duo seem to have the measure of these 2, will be hard to pull out. 

I think we will prevail in the singles.. will be a shootout with the women's doubles prob going their way. Will be a 3-2 result either way. 

[LordPrabhzy]

Sindhu is making so many errors.. shes making her opponent look much better than she is

[rollingstoned]

That game got a whole lot closer than it looked like it would have. Sindhu somehow won the game but the momentum is with the Malaysian girl. She was finding deep angles as the game went on and went on a 7 pt winning streak. 

[Sandz]

Sindhu struggling to beat the Malaysian girl, pressure getting to her

[bharathh]

Sindhu wins.. She wasn't looking fit. Looks like lack of sleep.. Had dark circles under her eyes. She finished the game like the champ she is. 1-1

[Sandz]

Badminton games are won with blood and sweat! So tough. Now Kidambi fighting it out there.

[LordPrabhzy]

I dont understand the point of the Mixed team badminton event... when you have the normal singes, doubles and mixed doubles anyway- so pointless

[Number]

Technical errors by both the women today in Clean and Jerk rounds leading to no lifts.

Hope coaches look into this.

[Number]

If Srikanth loses this, it is total choke. Losing to a player far inferior to his quality.