Shooters, shuttlers, paddlers add to India's medal tally at Commonwealth Games 2018
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The weightlifters wrapped up their remarkable campaign with a final-day silver medal through Pardeep Singh (105kg), signing off with five gold, two silver and two bronze medals, topping the charts in the sport. (Photo | PTI)The legendary but on the wane Lee Chong Wei was one of the casualties as a rampaging Indian mixed badminton team claimed its maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal, thrashing three-time defending champions Malaysia in the final. IN PIC: Indian teams hold tricolour as they celebrate their mixed-team badminton event final glory at Gold Coast. (Photo | PTI)While the shuttlers thrashed three-time defending champions Malaysia, the paddlers first took down defending champions Singapore in the semifinals before sailing past Nigeria to claim gold medals. IN PIC: Indian paddlers Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai (Photo | PTI)Apart from the medals, there were several other good results worth celebrating, a prominent one being Muhammed Anas Yahiya advancing to the 400m men's final after clocking 45.44sec in the semifinals. (Photo | AP)Also entering the final of a track and field event was high jumper Tejaswin Shankar, who finished a joint fifth in group A and ninth overall. The Indian cleared 2.21m in final analysis after starting out at 2.10m. (Photo | AP)
