Commonwealth Games 2018 (Highlight)

• India has showcased a tremendous participation in the XXI Commonwealth Games, held in Gold Coast, Queensland.
• The next CWG, “CWG 2022” are to be held in Birmingham, England from 27th July to 7th August.
• India has now an overall of 504 medals in CWG (with 181 Gold).

Key facts about CWG 2018

• Venue = Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Edition = 21st
• Motto = share the dream
• Mascot = Blue koala BOROBI
• Nations participating = 71

List of top 10 countries

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Australia	80	59	59	198
2.	England	45	45	46	136
3.	India	26	20	20	66
4.	Canada	15	40	27	82
5.	New Zealand	15	16	15	46
6.	South Africa	13	11	13	37
7.	Wales	10	12	14	36
8.	Scotland	9	13	22	44
9.	Nigeria	9	9	6	24
10.	Cyprus	8	1	5	14

India’s performance in CWG 2018

• With 26 gold medals, the 2018 Commonwealth Games has become India’s third mostsuccessful of all time.
• India’s best remains 101 in New Delhi (2010), followed by 69 in Manchester (2002).
• With 200 athletics, India performed brilliantly throughout the tournament.
• India finished third on the medal tally with the most number of Gold medals achieved in Shooting.

India performance in different categories-

GAMES	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
Athletics	1	1	1
Badminton	2	3	1
Boxing	3	3	3
Para Powerlifting	–	–	1
Shooting	7	4	5
Squash	–	2	–
Table Tennis	3	2	3
Weightlifting	5	2	2
Wrestling	5	3	4
TOTAL	26	20	20

• The flag bearer for India in the inaugural ceremony was P V Sindhu whereas in the closing ceremony it was M C Mary Kom.
• India won 16 medals in shooting (highest). 
• Males total medals = 35
• Females total medals = 28
• Mixed = 3

Shooting – Gold medal winners

• Manu Bhaker
• Jitu Rai
• Heena Sidhu
• Shreyasi Singh
• Tejaswini Sawant
• Anish Bhanwala
• Sanjeev Rajput

Wrestling – Gold medal winners

• Sushil Kumar
• Rahul Aware
• Bajrang Punia
• Sumit Malik
• Vinesh Phogat

Boxing – Gold medal winners

• MC Mary Kom (1st Indian woman boxer to win CWG medal)
• Gaurav Solanki
• Vikas Krishan Yadav

Weightlifting – Gold medal winners

• Mirabai Chanu
• Sanjjita Chanu
• Sathish Sivalingam
• RV Rahul
• Punam Yadav

Table Tennis – Gold medal winners

• Women’s team – Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahasrabudhe
• Men’s team – Sharath Achanta, Anthony amalraj, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
• Women’s singles – Manika Batra(1st Indian woman to do so)

Badminton – Gold medal winners

• Mixed Team- Pranav Chopra, Prannoy Kumar, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponappa, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Sikki Reddy, Chirag Shetty, G R Shivani, PV Sindhu, K Srikanth
• Women’s singles- Saina Nehwal (defeated PV Sindhu)

Javelin Throw – Gold medal winners

• Neeraj Chopra (1st Indian to do so)