20TH COMMONWEALTH GAME-2014 :- HOST CITY : Glasgow, Scotland MOTTO : People, Place, Passion NATIONS PARTICIPATING : 71 Commonwealth Teams EVENTS : 261 in 18 sports OFFICIALLY OPENED BY : Elizabeth II TOP 5 COUNTRIES IN MEDAL TABLES :- RANK-COUNTRY-GOLD-SILVER-BRONZE 1 - England [ENG] - 58 - 59 - 57 - 174 2 - Australia [AUS] - 49 - 42 - 46 - 137 3 - Canada [CAN] - 32 - 16 - 34 - 82 4 - Scotland [SCO] - 19 - 15 - 19 - 53 5 - India [IND] - 15 - 30 - 19 - 64 INDIA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAME 2014 :- * Competitors : 215 in 14 sports * Flag bearer : Opening: Vijay Kuma * Flag bearer : Closing : Seema Punia ** Weightlifters Sukhen, Sanjita win first Gold medals for India in CWG-2014 ** Vikas Gowda won a gold in the Mens Discus throw event, thus winning the first gold medal for India in mens athletics in 56 years. ** Kashyap Parupalli won a gold in Badminton Mens Singles, becoming the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal in the singles event at the Commonwealth Games. GOLD MEDALISTS :- * Yogeshwar Dutt: Mens wrestling, 65 kg freestyle * Babita Kumari: Womens wrestling, 55 kg freestyle * Vikas Gowda: Mens discus throw * Sushil Kumar: Mens wrestling, 75kg * Amit Kumar: Mens wrestling, 57kg * Vinesh Phogat: Womens wrestling, 48kg * Jitu Rai: Mens shooting, 50 m Pistol. * Satish Sivalingam: Mens weightlifting, 77 kg * Apurvi Chandela: Womens shooting, 10 m Air Rifle * Rahi Sarnobat: Womens shooting, 25 m Pistol. * Abhinav Bindra: Mens 10m Air Rifle * K Sanjita Chanu: Womens weightlifting 48 kg. * Sukhen Dey: Mens weightlifting 56 kg category * Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: Womens squash * Parupalli Kashyap: Mens Badminton NOTE IT DOWN IN UR MIND.....VERY-VERY IMPORTANT FOR UPCOMING EXAMS....... :) HIT LIKE BEFORE BEING A COPY-CAT :p
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:30:03 +0000
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