India’s four-member Lawn Bowls team came back with a historic gold medal, the country’s first, on Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games 2022. The contingent added four medals to their tally, taking the total to 13 – 5 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze.

Heavyweight lifter Vikas Thakur added yet another Commonwealth Games medal to his kitty, winning a silver in the men’s 96kg here on Tuesday.

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The 28-year-old lifted a total of 346kg (155kg+191kg) to finish second and claim his third CWG medal across three editions.

“I’m very happy to have won my third CWG medal. Today also happens to be my mom’s (Asha Devi Thakur’s) birthday. I want to dedicate this medal to her,” Thakur said after the win.

The Lawn Bowls quartet –  Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia – defeated South Africa (17-10) in the final. This is India’s fourth gold and first outside the weightlifting arena in this edition.

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“We wanted to do something not only just for this team but for India. We knew that without medal doors will remain shut. Now doors have opened. I thank media, our federation, IOA, our manager Anju madam for support,” Lovely said.

Indian men’s table tennis team defeated Singapore to win its second straight gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. World no. 121 Harmeet outsmarted 133rd-ranked Zhe Yu Clarence Chew 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 in the third singles. 

The mixed badminton team, led by Tokyo Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu, lost to Malaysia 3-1 in the final and settled for a silver. 

Long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya confirmed their berth in the final. Manpreet Kaur will participate in the women’s shot put final. 

Saurav Ghosal will battle for the bronze after his defeat in the men’s singles semi-final in squash.

However, top Indian sprinter Dutee Chand crashed out of the CWG after finishing 27th overall in the preliminary heat races. The national record holder (11.17s) clocked a disappointing 11.55 seconds to finish fourth in heat number 5.