Here are live updates from Day 8 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
On the Day 8 of Commonwealth Games 2018 at Gold Coast in Australia, India added silverware to make the total of 31 medals.
Double-Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar (74kg) and event debutant Rahul Aware (57kg) provided the golden touch as India snared an impressive four medals on the opening day of the 21st Commonwealth Games' wrestling competition.
Defending champion Sushil barely spent any time on the mat, his final lasting just a minute and 20 seconds, and claimed easy victories to claim his third successive gold at the Games, a love affair that began in 2010 Delhi edition.
However, another defending champion Babita phogat (53kg) settled for a silver, while debutant Kiran happily flaunted a hard-earned bronze. Kiran defeated Mauritian Katouskia Pariadhaven by fall in the repechage of the 76kg category for her first major medal at the international level.
In the women's discus throw final, veteran Seema Punia and Navjeet Dhillon won silver and bronze respectively.
Shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, Pranaav Chopra and N Sikki Reddy, and Ruthvika Gadde have won their respective matches.
Sutirtha Mukherjee-Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Manika Batra-Mouma Das have won their respective Round of 16 matches in Women's doubles table tennis. Achanta Sharath Kamal-Mouma Das, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran-Manika Batra, and Sanil Shetty-Madhurika Patkar are through to the quarterfinals. Indian contingent is also doing well in singles events.
Dipika Pallikal-Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa-Harinder Pal Singh have won their squash mixed doubles matches. Earlier in the day, Vikram Malhotra-Ramit Tandon continued their winning streak in men's doubles.
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