Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Aug 4: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu won her women’s singles Round of 32 match and Hima Das advanced to the women’s 200-meter semifinals on Thursday.
At the current Commonwealth Games, the Indian team has so far taken home 18 medals, including five gold. Stars like Dipika Pallikal (squash) and Amit Panghal (boxing) will compete on the seventh day of the ongoing event. There are three additional boxers competing in the quarterfinals. If they make it to the semifinals, everyone will receive a medal. The men’s hockey team will also play Wales, which will be extremely important for their prospects of moving on to the semi-finals.
Murali Sreeshankar will compete in the men’s long jump finals later on. He qualified for the final with the best leap among all athletes in the qualifying round, making him a strong medal candidate. In other sporting news, Manju Bala and Sarita Singh of India are competing in the hammer throw qualifying.
