PM, Celebs Hail India’s Success At CWG 2018
Apr 15, 2018, 20:04 IST
India finished its Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 campaign on a high today, when Saina Nehwal won Gold medal in badminton, Srikanth Kidambi and PV Sindhu bagging Silvers, and Sharath Achanta settled for Bronze in the men's Singles Table Tennis event on the final day of the multi-sport event. Indian athletes clinched a total of 66 medals, of which there are 26 Golds, 20 Silvers and 20 Bronze medals.
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The exuberance of youth, the endurance of experience and a bit of usual drama that is signature Indian sports -- the country's Commonwealth Games campaign was all this and much more with a medal count that turned out to be the third best ever.
Amongst many noted personalities, PM Narendra Modi congratulated the athletes for putting up the third best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games.
Here are some of the tweets:
Every athlete who represented India at #GC2018 inspires us. Their life stories illustrate the power of dedication and a never-say-die attitude that made them overcome countless hurdles to attain the heights of success they did at the CWG.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 15, 2018
Every athlete who represented India at #GC2018 inspires us. Their life stories illustrate the power of dedication and a never-say-die attitude that made them overcome countless hurdles to attain the heights of success they did at the CWG.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 15, 2018
Magnificent Mary!
Congratulations to @MangteC who is India's 1st woman boxer to clinch a ?in the 45-48 kg #GC2018Boxing in her 1st CWG appearance.
Already a 5 times World Champion and Olympic ?medallist
More power to you @Mangtec you're India's pride ??✌#MaryKom pic.twitter.com/3RJVWsJuc6— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) April 14, 2018
The real find of CWG-2018 is Haryana's 20-year old Neeraj Chopra, winning for India its maiden javelin gold. He may well win our first Olympic gold medal in athletics.
— Ashok Khemka (@AshokKhemka_IAS) April 15, 2018
Congratulations #IndianArmy personnels for winning nine medals (3 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze) for the Nation at CWG 2018 at Australia. Keep the flag flying. The nation is proud of you. @adgpi
— Major Gaurav Arya (@majorgauravarya) April 14, 2018
Srikanth Kidambi bags a?
World No. 1 & India's favourite @SriKidambi smashes his 1st #CWG medal, a ?, against Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in #GC2018Badminton.
I congratulate him and all our badminton players for their great performance in #CWG2018. #IndiaAtCWG pic.twitter.com/CPbaYrr3FF— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) April 15, 2018
Congratulation @NSaina Nehwal for winning Gold for #India at #CWG Also #PVSindhu for winning Silver #SainaVsSindhu Thank you Coach Pullela Gopichand. ,??? #SainaNehwal ? #PVSindhu ? #GC2018 #GC2018Badminton
— Rajat Sharma (@RajatSharmaLive) April 15, 2018
26 Gold
20 Silver
20 Bronze
Total 66 Medals ??
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?2 More Medals Than Last #CWG, Almost Double Gold#GC2018 ?? pic.twitter.com/u4zg2UPhzp— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 15, 2018
छोरी में बहुत दम है ???
Vinesh Phogat wins Gold Medal ? in Women’s 50kg Freestyle wrestling ?♀️ .
This is her second consecutive CWG gold. #GC2018 @Phogat_Vinesh We are Proud of you Vinesh...?Congrats pic.twitter.com/CneObgJLcH— Maj Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) April 14, 2018
Guess it's the best CWG performance away by India?
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) April 14, 2018
What a haul of medals for India at CWG...India end with a total of 66 medals (26 Gold, 20 Silver, 20 Bronze)????
— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) April 15, 2018
Medal Rush continues! ?
Indian women are in unstoppable form at #CWG2018. In her first appearance at the CWG, Divya Kakran wins a ?in the 68kg Freestyle #GC2018Wrestling.
Back home, this young woman has beaten many a tough lads at the Dangals ??
Congrats and well done! pic.twitter.com/jw1cnZSkow— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) April 13, 2018
In 2002 CWG, Out of total 30 Gold Medals that we won; 17 Golds came from just 5 Players at large (Anjali Bhagwat & Jaspal Rana : 4 each followed by Kunjurai Devi, Sanamacha Chanu & Shailaja Pujari with 3 each).
In 2018; there are 23 Players who have won Gold this time.— Yashwant Deshmukh (@YRDeshmukh) April 15, 2018
With 24 gold medals in the bag & Saina-Sindhu battling for badminton gold, India should finish with nearly double its gold haul in 2014 Glasgow CWG ##CWG2018India
— Minhaz Merchant (@MinhazMerchant) April 14, 2018
Still going strong at the 35. Debuting at CWG and winning a Gold Medal is absolutely no joke.
Congratulations, @MangteC on adding another Gold medal to your collection. We all are proud of you. #GC2018 pic.twitter.com/NdjiZriy3Y— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) April 14, 2018
Watch this space for more latest news and exciting stuff on Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018!
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