With a silver medal on the second day of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, star weightlifter Sanket Sargar (55kg) became the first athlete to unfurl India’s Tricolour at CWG 2022. The victory was later followed by Gururaja Poojary, Mirabai Chanu, and more.
In the ongoing event, women athletes will fight for 136 gold medals, men will compete for 134, and 10 medals will be awarded for the mixed events. The Commonwealth Games started in 1930 as the British Empire Games staged in England for the third time.
As history depicts, Australia has been the most prevailing nation bagging the most medals (2,415) in the event, followed by England (2144), Canada (1555), and New Zealand (657). India ranks fifth on the list with 503 medals. However, India has won more gold medals than New Zealand, which beats them in the all-time medals tally.
Even this time, it’s no different. India continues to bring gold and has won 9 medals until 1st August 2022. To know more about the athletes who brought India’s medal to the country, let’s have a rundown of this piece of news.
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CWG 2022 Medal Tally
Here’s a list of teams that achieved victory in the Commonwealth Games 2022:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Australia | 31 | 20 | 20 | 71 |
| England | 21 | 22 | 11 | 54 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| Canada | 6 | 11 | 16 | 33 |
| South Africa | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| India | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Scotland | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Wales | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| Singapore | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Fiji | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenya | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Guernsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Samoa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Namibia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
How Many Medals India Won in CWG 2022?
India has won 9 medals until now, with 3 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals. Given below are the names of athletes with medals in different categories:
| Name of the Athletes | Sports | Event | Medal |
| Chanu Saikhom Mirabai | Weightlifting | Women’s 49kg | Gold |
| Gururaja Poojary | Weightlifting | Men’s 61kg | Bronze |
| Sanket Sargar | Weightlifting | Men’s 55kg | Silver |
| Jeremy Lalrinnunga | Weightlifting | Men’s 67kg | Gold |
| Bindyarani Devi | Weightlifting | Women’s 55kg | Silver |
| Achinta Sheuli | Weightlifting | Men’s 73kg | Gold |
| Harjinder Kaur | Weightlifting | Women’s 71kg | Bronze |
| Sushila Devi Likmabam | Judo | Women’s 48kg | Silver |
| Vijay Kumar Yadav | Judo | Men’s 60kg | Bronze |
Last Commonwealth Games in India
India hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in Delhi. In CWG 2010, the Indian athletes won 38 gold, 27 silver, and 36 bronze medals.
India has some good players, and we hope many more medals are in the order!
