Commonwealth Games 2022 - India at commonwealth games

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games is one of the most popular international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations .The event was first held in 1930 and hosted every four year exception of 1942 and 1946 due to world war II.







Initially , the event name was not commonwealth games , with the change of time , the name of event also changed . From 1930 to 1950 , the event name was British Empire Games . From 1954 to 1966 the name was British Empire and Commonwealth Games and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974 . Australia hosted the games five times and will host in 2026 . Two cities have hosted Commonwealth Games more than once , i.e. , Auckland (1950 ,1990) and Edinburgh (1970 and 1986) . more on Wikipedia .


Commonwealth Games 2022

  • Host City : Birmingham , England
  • Motto : Games For Everyone
  • Position of India  : 4th (61 Medals)
  • Top Country : Australia (178 Medals)
  • Edition : 22nd
  • Mascot : Perry ,a Bull
  • Opening Ceremony : 28 July , 2022 (Alexander Stadium)
  • Closing Ceremony : 8 August , 2022
  • No. of Participating Nation : 72 Commonwealth Nations

Sports list of Commonwealth Games

1) 3x3 BASKETBALL , 2) 3x3 WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL , 3) AQUATICS-DIVING , 4) AQUATICS-SWIMMING AND PARA SWIMMING , 5) ATHLETICS AND PARA ATHLETICS , 6) BADMINTON , 7) BEACH VOLLEYBALL , 8) BOXING , 9) CRICKET T20 , 10) CYCLING - MOUNTAIN BIKE , 11) CYCLING - ROAD , 12) CYCLING-TRACK AND PARA TRACK , 13) GYMNASTICS-ARTISTIC , 14) GYMNASTICS-RHYTHMIC , 15) HOCKEY , 16) JUDO , 17) LAWN BOWLS AND PARA LAWN BOWLS , 18) NETBALL ,19)PARA POWER LIFTING , 20) RUGBY SEVENS , 21) SQUASH , 22) TABLE TENNIS AND PARA TABLE TENNIS , 23) TRIATHLON AND PARA TRIATHLON , 24) WEIGHTLIFTING , 25)WRESTLING


Medal Standing of Commonwealth Games 2022



India at Commonwealth Games 2022

  • India's Flag Bearer in Opening : PV Sindhu (Badminton) & Manpreet Singh (men's Hockey Captain)
  • India's Flag Bearer in Closing : Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis) & Nikhat Zareen (Boxer)


    India's Gold Medal winner in commonwealth Games 2022 


    Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)-Gold

    Jeremy Lalrinnunga (Weightlifting) -Gold

    Achinta Sheuli (Weightlifting) - Gold

    Women's Four Team (Lawn Bowls)- Gold

    Ravi Kumar Dahiya (Wrestling )- Gold

    Men's Team (Table Tennis)-- Gold

    Sudhir (Power-lifting)-- Gold

    Bajrang Punia (Wrestling)-- Gold

    Sakshi Malik (Wrestling)-Gold

    Deepak Punia (Wrestling)-- Gold

    Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling) -Gold

    Naveen (Wrestling)-- Gold

    Bhavina Patel (Para table tennis) -- Gold

    Nitu Ganghas (Boxing)-- Gold

    Amit Panghal (Boxing) -- Gold

    Nikhat Zareen (Boxing)-- Gold

    Eldhose Paul (Men's Triple Jump) -- Gold

    Sharath Kamal/Sreeja Akula (Table tennis)-- Gold

    PV Sindhu (Badminton) - Gold

    Lakshya Sen (Badminton) -Gold

    Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Badminton) - Gold



    Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comAchanta Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis) -- Gold

    India 's Silver Medal Winner in Commonwealth Games 2022 

    • Sanket Sargar (Weightlifting, Men's 55 kg),
    • Anshu Malik (women's 57kg freestyle)
    • Bindyarani Sorokhaibam (Weightlifting, Women's 55 kg), 
    • Shushila Likmabam (Judo, Women's 48 kg); 
    •  Vikas Thakur (Weightlifting, Men's 96 kg);
    •  Tulika Maan (Judo, Women's +78 kg); 
    •  Murali Sreeshankar (Men's Long Jump),
    •  Priyanka Goswami (Women's 10,000 m Walk)
    •  Avinash Sable (Men's 3000 m Steeplechase); 
    •  Abdulla Aboobacker (Men's Triple Jump), 
    • Sagar Ahlawat (Boxing Men's +92 kg),
    • Srikanth Kidambi, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, B. Sumeeth Reddy, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Gayathri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashwini Ponnappa, PV Sindhu (Badminton, Mixed Team); 
    •  Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (Table Tennis, Men's Doubles),
    •  Sunil Bahadur, Navneet Singh, Chandan Singh, Dinesh Kumar (Lawn Bowls, Men's Fours)
    •  Men's Hockey Team.
    •  Women's Cricket Team
    Commonly Asked Question And Answer 

    1. What was the motto of Commonwealth Games 2022 ?

    Ans :Games for Everyone .


    2. In which year , commonwealth game was held in India ?

    Ans : 2010 , New Delhi .


    3.In which country , commonwealth game will held 2026 ?

    Ans : Australia .

    4. In which year , first commonwealth game was held ?

    Ans : 1930 .

    5. What was the mascot in commonwealth games 2022 ?

    Ans : Perry , a Bull .

    6. Where was the commonwealth games held in 2022 ?

    Ans : Birmingham , England .

    7. Who is the first Indian Female wrestler , who win gold medal in commonwealth games and Asian games ?

    Ans : Vinesh Phogat .

    8. Which sport is include for first time in commonwealth games 2022 ?

    Ans : Women Cricket T20 . 

    9. Who is Vinesh Phogat ?

    Ans :Vinesh Phogat  is an Indian  women  wrestler . She is the first women , who won gold medal both commonwealth game and Asian game. Arjuna Award winner 2016 and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna 2020 .

    10 . In Which year India won the maximum number of gold medal in Commonwealth games ?

    Ans: 2010

    11. Who is the India's first ever Para power lifting champion in commonwealth games 2022?

    Ans : Sudhir (Gold Medal)


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