Episode 1921
India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Sat, 2022-Aug-06 01:34 UTC
Length - 1:56
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With 527,762 views on Friday, 5 August 2022 our article of the day is India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
India is competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It is India's 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
In July 2022, the Indian team of 106 men and 104 women competing in 16 sports was named. India is not competing in 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, netball and rugby sevens. Indian para-athletes are competing in athletics, para powerlifting, swimming and table tennis.
Hockey player Manpreet Singh and badminton athlete P. V. Sindhu served as the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.
Squash player Anahat Singh became the youngest Indian athlete to compete at the Commonwealth Games at just 14 years of age. 45-year old Lawn Bowls player Sunil Bahadur was the oldest player in the contingent. India's first medal of the Games was won by Sanket Sargar with a silver in weightlifting.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:34 UTC on Saturday, 6 August 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Wikipedia.
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