CWG 2018 : Highlights of the Event

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The 2018 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018) has been kicked off recently in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games.

The Motto of CWG 2018 is “Share the Dream”.
‘Borobi’ was named as the mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2016. Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body.
Flag Bearers:
1. PV Sindhu was the flag bearer for the inauguration ceremony.
2. MC Mary Kom was the flag bearer for the concluding ceremony.
Australia with 198 medals topped the chart and England with 136 stood second.
India finished third in the medals tally at the Commonwealth Games 2018, courtesy 66 medals including 26 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze medals.

Gold Medals (26)

S. No.	Winners	Sports Category
*Weightlifting*
1.	Chanu Saikhom MIRABAI	Women’s 48kg
2.	Venkat Rahul RAGALA	Men’s 85kg
3.	Sanjita Chanu KHUMUKCHAM	Women’s 53kg
4.	Sathish Kumar SIVALINGAM	Men’s 77kg
5.	Punam YADAV	Women’s 69kg
*Shooting*
6.	Manu BHAKER	Women’s 10m Air Pistol
7.	Jitu RAI	Men’s 10m Air Pistol
8.	Anish BHANWALA	Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
9.	Sanjeev RAJPUT	Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
10.	Heena SIDHU	Women’s 25m Pistol
11.	Tejaswini SAWANT	Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
12.	Shreyasi SINGH	Women’s Double Trap
*Wrestling*
13.	Kumar SUSHIL	Men’s Freestyle 74 kg
14.	SUMIT	Men’s Freestyle 125 kg
15.	Rahul AWARE	Men’s Freestyle 57 kg
16.	BAJRANG	Men’s Freestyle 65 kg
17.	Vinesh PHOGAT	Women’s Freestyle 50 kg
*Boxing*
18.	Gaurav SOLANKI	Men’s 52kg
19.	Vikas KRISHAN	Men’s 75kg
20.	MC Mary KOM	Women’s 45-48kg
*Table-Tennis*
21.	India	Men’s Team
22.	Manika BATRA	Women’s Singles
23.	India	Women’s Team
*Badminton*
24.	Saina NEHWAL	Women’s Singles
25.	India	Mixed Team Event
*Athletics*
26.	Neeraj CHOPRA	Men’s Javelin Throw

Silver Medals (20)

S. No.	Winners	Sports Category
*Weightlifting*
1.	Pardeep SINGH	Men’s 105kg
2.	GURURAJA	Men’s 56kg
*Shooting*
3.	Heena SIDHU	Women’s 10m Air Pistol
4.	Mehuli GHOSH	Women’s 10m Air Rifle
5.	Anjum MOUDGIL	Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
6.	Tejaswini SAWANT	Women’s 50m Rifle Prone
*Wrestling*
7.	Mausam KHATRI	Men’s Freestyle 97 kg
8.	Babita KUMARI	Women’s Freestyle 53 kg
9.	Pooja DHANDA	Women’s Freestyle 57 kg
*Boxing*
10.	Satish KUMAR	Men’s +91kg
11.	AMIT	Men’s 46-49kg
12.	Manish KAUSHIK	Men’s 60kg
*Table-Tennis*
13.	ACHANTA Sharath/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan	Men’s Doubles
14.	BATRA Manika/DAS Mouma	Women’s Doubles
*Badminton*
15.	Satwik RANKIREDDY/Chirag Chandrashekhar SHETTY	Men’s Doubles
16.	Srikanth KIDAMBI	Men’s Singles
17.	PV Sindhu	Women’s Singles
*Athletics*
18.	Seema PUNIA	Women’s Discus Throw
*Squash*
19.	CHINAPPA Joshna/PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika	Women’s Doubles
20.	PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav	Mixed Doubles

Bronze Medals (20)

S. No.	Winners	Sports Category
*Weightlifting*
1.	Deepak LATHER	Men’s 69kg
2.	Vikas THAKUR	Men’s 94kg
*Shooting*
3.	Om MITHARVAL	Men’s 10m Air Pistol
4.	Ravi KUMAR	Men’s 10m Air Rifle
5.	Om MITHARVAL	Men’s 50m Pistol
6.	Ankur MITTAL	Men’s Double Trap
7.	Apurvi CHANDELA	Women’s 10m Air Rifle
*Wrestling*
8.	SOMVEER	Men’s Freestyle 86 kg
9.	Sakshi MALIK	Women’s Freestyle 62 kg
10.	Divya KAKRAN	Women’s Freestyle 68 kg
11.	KIRAN	Women’s Freestyle 76 kg
*Boxing*
12.	Hussamuddin MOHAMMED	Men’s 56kg
13.	Manoj KUMAR	Men’s 69kg
14.	Naman TANWAR	Men’s 91kg
*Table-Tennis*
15.	DESAI Harmeet/SHETTY Sanil Shankar	Men’s Doubles
16.	Sharath ACHANTA	Men’s Singles
17.	GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/BATRA Manika	Mixed Doubles
*Badminton*
18.	REDDY N. Sikki/PONNAPPA Ashwini	Women’s Doubles
*Athletics*
19.	Navjeet DHILLON	Women’s Discus Throw
*Para Powerlifting*
20.	Sachin CHAUDHARY	Men’s Heavyweight