The Commonwealth Games are a multi sport event for the members of the Commonwealth Nations. The Commonwealth Nations are an association of the former territories of the British Empire. It consists of a total of 56 member states. Queen Elizabeth || is the head of the Commonwealth. There are Commonwealth realms of a total of 15 member states and the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe are former members of the Commonwealth.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games are happening in Birmingham, England. They began on the 28th of July and are scheduled to end on the 8th of August. The are 72 nations that participated.
Nearly 200 athletes have competed for 16 sports in Birmingham. Indian athletes have won 49 medals 17 gold, 13 silver and 19 bronze. India has won gold in weightlifting, wrestling, para powerlifting, para tennis, boxing, athletics, table tennis, and lawn bowls.
Some of the firsts are:
a) Sanket Sargar for 55kg weightlifting
b) Mirabai Chanu for 49kg weightlifting
c) Jeremy Lalrinnunga for 62kg weightlifting
d) Sudhir for para powerlifting
India had a very young athlete, Anahat Singh, at the age of 14 to participate at the games, a squash player. She is a class 9 student from Delhi.
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