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THE 2018 COMMONWEATH GAMES, 21 st / XXI Commonwealth Games Venue- Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 2018. Motto: "Share the Dream" Emblem- a silhouette of the skyline and landscape of Coast, the host city of the ames. Mascot : Borobi Borobi is a blue koala, with indienous markins on its body. The term "borobi" means koala in the Yuambeh lanuae, spoken by the indienous Yuambeh people of the Coast and surroundin areas. Borobi Openin ceremony - held at Carrara Stadium in the Coast, Australia, on 4 2018. The Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II, was represented by her son, Charles, Prince of Wales Closin ceremony -held at Carrara Stadium on th. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, declared the Games closed and passed the Commonwealth Games fla to Birminham, Enland which will host the 2022 Games It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multisport event achieved ender equality by havin an equal number of events for males and female athletes. More than 4,400 athletes includin 300 para-athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations took part in the event.
The Gambia which withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth of Nations and Commonwealth Games Federation in 20, was readmitted on 31 March 2018 and participated in the event. Maldives were scheduled to participate, but in October 2016 they withdrew from the Commonwealth. With 275 sets of medals (events ), the ames featured 19 sports, includin beach volleyball, para triathlon and women s ruby sevens. The proram was broadly similar to that of the 20 Commonwealth Games, with the major chanes bein the droppin of judo, the reintroduction of basketball, the debut of women's ruby sevens and beach volleyball. The host nation Australia topped the medal table for the fourth time in the past five Commonwealth Games, winnin the most olds (80) and most medals overall (198). Enland and India finished second and third respectively. Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, British Virin Islands and Dominica each won their first Commonwealth Games medals. MEDAL TALLY Rank Nation GOL D SILVE R BRONZ E Total 1 Australia 80 59 59 198 2 Enland 45 45 46 6 3 India 26 20 20 66 4 Canada 40 27 82 5 New Zealand 16 46 6 South Africa 11 37 7 Wales 10 36 8 Scotland 9 22 44 9 Nieria 9 9 6 24 10 Cyprus 8 1 5 INDIA AT THE 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES : India competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Coast, Australia from 4 to 2018.It was India's 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. Out of total 66 medals India won, 26 was and 20 each of silver and bronze. India finished 3rd for the tournament.it was India's best position since the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Total 216 sports persons participated from India in which 1 were males and 103 were females. World champion weihtlifter Mirabai Chanu (48k) secured India's first old medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. ( she hails from indian state of Manipur and also a recipient of 2018 Padam shree award ) Deepak Lather (from Haryana) became India s younest weihtlifter to win a Commonwealth Games medal after he won the bronze medal in men s 69k weiht cateory at CWG 2018 in Coast. Anish Bhanwala ( years old boy from karnal) created history by becomin the younest ever old medallist at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) for India in the men s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Neeraj chopra BECAME THE FIRST Indian Javelin
thrower to claima old medal at the commonwealth ames. MC Marry Kom won 45-48 k cateory boxin event, claimin her old in her debut (first time ) commonwealth ames. India was the best nation in 5 disciplines, weihtliftin, shootin, wrestlin, badminton and table. India stood second best nation in boxin. Med al Name Sport Event Date Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Weihtliftin Women's 48 k 5 Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu Sathish Shivalinam Raala Venkat Rahul Punam Yadav Weihtliftin Weihtliftin Weihtliftin Weihtliftin Women's 53 k Men's 77 k Men's 85 k Women's 69 k 6 7 7 8 Manu Bhaker Shootin Women's 10 metre air pistol 8 Manika Batra Mouma Das Sutirtha Mukherjee Madhurika Patkar Pooja Sahasrabudhe Women's team 8 Jitu Rai Shootin Men's 10 metre air pistol 9 Sharath Achanta Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Pranav Chopra Prannoy Kumar Saina Nehwal Ashwini Ponnappa Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Sikki Reddy Chira Shetty Gadde Ruthvika Shivani P V Sindhu Kidambi Srikanth Men's team 9 Badminton Mixed team 9 Heena Sidhu Shootin Women's 25 metre pistol Shreyasi Sinh Shootin Women's double trap Rahul Aware Wrestlin Men's freestyle 57 k Sushil Kumar Wrestlin Men's freestyle 74 k Tejaswini Sawant Shootin Women's 50m rifle 3 positions Anish Bhanwala Shootin Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 10 11
Bajran Punia Wrestlin Men's freestyle 65 k Mary Kom Boxin Women's liht flyweiht 48 k Sanjeev Rajput Shootin Men's 50m rifle 3 positions Gaurav Solanki Boxin Men's flyweiht 52 k Neeraj Chopra Athletics Men's javelin throw Sumit Malik Wrestlin Men's freestyle 5 k Vinesh Phoat Wrestlin Women's freestyle 50 k Manika Batra Women's sinles Vikas Krishan Yadav Boxin Men's middleweiht 75 k Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's sinles Gururaja Poojary Weihtliftin Men's 56 k. 5 Heena Sidhu Shootin Women's 10 metre air pistol 8 Pardeep Sinh Weihtliftin Men's 105 k 9 Mehuli Ghosh Shootin Women's 10 metre air rifle 9 Tejaswini Sawant Shootin Women's 50 metre rifle prone Babita Kumari Wrestlin Women's freestyle 53 k Seema Antil Athletics Women's discus throw Anjum Moudil Shootin Women's 50m rifle 3 positions Pooja Dhanda Wrestlin Women's freestyle 57 k Mausam Khatri Wrestlin Men's freestyle 97 k Manika Batra Mouma Das Women's doubles Amit Panhal Boxin Men's liht flyweiht 49 k Manish Kaushik Boxin Men's lihtweiht 60 k Dipika Pallikal Karthik Saurav Ghosal Sharath Achanta Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Squash Satish Kumar Boxin Mixed doubles Men's doubles Men's super heavyweiht (+91 k) P. V. Sindhu Badminton Women's sinles Dipika Pallikal Karthik Joshna Chinappa Squash Women's doubles
Kidambi Srikanth Badminton Men's sinles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chira Shetty Badminton Men's doubles Deepak Lather Weihtliftin Men's 69 k 6 Ravi Kumar Shootin Men's 10 metre air rifle 8 Vikas Thakur Weihtliftin Men's 94 k 8 Om Prakash Mitharwal Shootin Men's 10 metre air pistol 9 Apurvi Chandela Shootin Women's 10 metre air rifle 9 Sachin Chaudhary Powerliftin Men's heavyweiht Om Prakash Mitharwal Shootin Men's 50 metre pistol Ankur Mittal Shootin Men's double trap Kiran Bishnoi Wrestlin Women's freestyle 76 k Navjeet Dhillon Athletics Women's discus throw Naman Tanwar Boxin Men's heavyweiht 91 k Divya Kakran Wrestlin Women's freestyle 68 k Hussamuddin Mohammed Boxin Men's bantamweiht 56 k Manoj Kumar Boxin Men's welterweiht 69 k Sakshi Malik Wrestlin Women's freestyle 62 k Somveer Kadian Wrestlin Men's freestyle 86 k Ashwini Ponnappa Sikki Reddy Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Manika Batra Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sharath Achanta Badminton Women's doubles Men's doubles Mixed doubles Men's sinles 10 11 11 INDIAN MEDAL TALLY, GAME WISE Sport Men Women Total Athletics 26 1 1 1 Badminton 5 5 10 2 3 1 Basketball 24 0 0 0 Boxin 8 4 3 3 3 Cyclin 4 5 9 0 0 0 Gymnastics 3 4 7 0 0 0 Hockey 18 18 36 0 0 0
Lawn bowls 5 5 10 0 0 0 Parasports 3 5 8 0 0 1 Shootin 27 7 4 5 Squash 4 2 6 0 2 0 Swimmin 3 2 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 3 2 3 Weihtliftin 8 8 16 5 2 2 Wrestlin 6 6 5 3 4 Total 1 103 216 26 20 20 Out of 26 old medals india won, 7 are in shootin then weihtliftin and wrestlin have 5 each. OVERALL - India won 16 medal in shootin, then in wrestlin and 9 in weihtliftin. 20 commonwealth ames were held in Glasow, Scotland. 2022 commonwealth ames will held in BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM.