Here Are 5 Biggest Medal Hopes That Can Win India Medals at the 2018 CWG at Gold Coast Australia
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, authoritatively known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and generally known as Gold Coast 2018, is a global multi-sports event for representatives from the Commonwealth that will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, in the amid of 4 and 15 April 2018. It will be the fifth time Australia has introduced the Commonwealth Games. India is taking a solid 225 member contingent to the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast and shooting, boxing, badminton are a portion of the disciplines where a rich haul of awards is expected. Here we look at some of the athletes who are among the favorites to bring medals to the country;
1. Sakshi Malik (Wrestling)
25 years old, Sakshi Malik, who in 2016 turned into the principal lady wrestler from India to bag an Olympic medal, enters her second Commonwealth Games as the undisputed pioneer of the ladies' contingent and with trusts high of enhancing her silver from four years back in Glasgow. In 2014, Shakshi won her first international medal.
2. PV Sindhu (Badminton)
The queen of Indian Badminton, Sindhu's growth to overall dignity came in 2016, when she won a point of the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, the greatest prize ever, outperforming Saina Nehwal's bronze in London. PV Sindhu right now positioned third in the BWF (Badminton World Federation) ratings for ladies' singles.
3. Jitu Rai (Shooting)
Jitu Rai, a 2014 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medalist - and two-time ISSF International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup medalist. At the age of 26, in 2014 the Nepal-born Jitu Rai competed in his first CWG (Commonwealth Games) and won gold on debut in the men’s 50m pistol event.
4. Kidambi Srikanth (Badminton)
Kidambi Srikanth that challenged his first Commonwealth Games in 2014 as a 21-year-old, and the person who enters next month’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. Kidambi Srikanth, who verged on winning the medal at the 2016 Rio games is a solid medal confident. A slight change in his wellness level in the coming months would build his chances of guaranteeing a platform complete impressively.
5. Neeraj Chopra (Javelin)
The javelin-thrower Neeraj Chopra has become synonymous with high praise at the age of 20. Previous India competitor and World Championships bronze medalist Anju Bobby George named him the most encouraging youthful Indian competitor today. In 2018 CWG, Chopra is expected to lead the quest for a medal.