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Lawn Ball Indian men’s team misses out on gold in commonwealth games

Sandeep raiza

India won its second medal in the lawn ball event of the Commonwealth Games, with the men’s four team losing to Ireland in the final to be content with a silver medal. Northern Ireland won the gold medal with a score of 18–5. The Indian team consisted of Sunil Bahadur (Lead), Navneet Singh (Second), Chandan Kumar Singh (Third) and Dinesh Kumar (Skip). Northern Ireland won the last gold medal in lawn balls at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

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Selva P. won silver in triple jump Under-20 World Athletics Championships:

Sandeep raiza

India’s Selva P Thirumaran won a silver medal in the men’s triple jump event at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships. Under-20 World Athletics Championships: With a best effort of 16.15m Selva finished behind Jamaica’s Jaden Hibbert with a best effort of 16.15m, who jumped 17.27m and set a championship record as well as bagging the gold. Of Thiruman’s six attempts, only the first three were declared valid, while the remaining three were declared fouls. The 17-year-old Indian made a medal-winning jump in her second attempt. Earlier, Bhar had won a…

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