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Sports Commonwealth Games 2022
INDIA
SHINES
FROM TOKYO TO
BIRMINGHAM
Gold
Gold Silver Bronze
Bronze
Silver
22 16 23
22 16 23
Records made in squash, long jump,
walking and men's steeplechase.
61 medals won, including 22 gold
"You are the expert on how to without shooting and archery.
play. I'll just say this: play fully, 215-member strong Indian contingent participated in
play hard, play with full force, and 19 commonwealth sports, which in this edition did not
play without tension. You should Afeature shooting and archery despite which the Indian
only concentrate on your best team won 61 medals including 22 Gold. Gold medals in
performance; the rest will be taken lawn balls, triple jump, and men's doubles Badminton made
care of by the country." Before history. The team also had many firsts to its credit-the first
leaving for Birmingham, these Indian medal in squash singles; the first Indian medal in long
encouraging words from PM Modi jump in 44 years; the first Indian woman to win a medal in
and collaboration with Khelo India in 10,000 metre walk; and to end Kenya's dominance in men's
the Target Olympic Podium Scheme steeplechase and became the first Indian woman to win a
(TOPS) showed the impact in the medal in javelin throwing. Men have won 35 medals, including
Commonwealth Games 2022. About 13 gold; women have won 23 medals, including 8 gold; and
a half-dozen TOPS Core Group mixed teams have won 3 medals, including one gold.
players and both hockey teams won TWO MEDALS IN THE OBSCURE 'LAWN BALLS' GAME
medals and made history... " India's women's team not only surprised everyone by winning
the gold medal and the men's team silver medal in the
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