In the men’s long jump final on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games, Murali Sreeshankar took home a silver medal, while Sudhir, a para powerlifter, earned gold with a Games-record score of 134.5 points. Amit Panghal, Jaismine Lamboriya, and Sagar Ahlawat, three boxers from India, stole the show as they advanced to the semifinals and guaranteed India a medal. By defeating Wales, the men’s hockey team advanced to the round of four. The women’s 200-meter sprinter Hima Das also advanced to the semifinals. At the current major tournament, shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth also advanced to the pre-quarterfinals.
On Day 8, the contingent would like to see the strong performance continue. A thrilling day is planned with stars like in attendance.
Here is the full Day 8 schedule of the ongoing Commonwealth Games
Lawn Bowls (1 PM) — Women’s Pair Quarter-finals, India vs England
Table Tennis (2 PM) — Mixed Doubles Round of 16 (Sathiyan Gnansekaran/Manika Batra), Mixed Doubles round of 16 (Achantha Sharath Kamal/Akula Sreeja, 2 PM), Women’s singles round of 16 (Sreeja Akula, 3:15 PM), Women’s singles round of 16 (Reeth Tennison, 3:15 PM)
Athletics and Para Athletics (3:06 PM) — Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 2: Jyothi Yarraji, Women’s Long Jump qualifying round – Group A: Ancy Edapilly (4:10 PM), Women’s 200m semi-final 2, Hima Das (12:53 AM), Men’s 4x400m relay round 1, (4:19 PM)
Badminton (3:30 PM) — Women’s doubles round of 16 (Jolly Treesa/Pullela Gayatri Gopichand), Men’s doubles round of 16 (Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty), Women’s singles round of 16 (PV Sindhu), Women’s singles round of 16 (Akarshi Kashyap), Men’s Singles round of 16 (Kidambi Srikanth)
Wrestling (3:30 PM) — men’s freestyle 125 kg (Mohit Grewal), men’s freestyle 65kg (Bajrang Punia), men’s freestyle 86kg (Deepak Punia), women’s freestyle 57kg (Anshu Malik), women’s freestyle 68kg (Divya Kakran), women’s freestyle 62kg (Sakshi Malik)
Squash (5:15 PM) — Men’s doubles round of 16 (Velavan Senthilkumar/ Abhay Singh), Mixed doubles quarterfinal (Dipika Pallikal/Sourav Ghosal, 12 AM)
Hockey (10:30 PM) — Women’s Semifinal, India vs Australia
