India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

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India participated in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Notable among the players was the Indian women's hockey team. The team entered the finals after defeating the Australian women's national field hockey team.[1] They went on to receive the Gold after winning the final game against the the British women's hockey team. [2][3][4] This win also marked a comeback for Mir Ranjan Negi who coached the team. Negi's involvement and the Gold inspired the successful 2007 Shahrukh Khan film about women's field hockey, Chak De India. [5][6]

India is also the host nation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Delhi, India's Capital.

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[edit] Gold

Boxing

  • Mohamed Ali Qamar (Light Flyweight 48 kg)

Field Hockey

Shooting

  • Sameer Ambekar & Abhinav Bindra (Air Rifle Pairs)
  • Jaspal Rana (Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Individual)
  • Mahaveer Singh, India (Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Individual)
  • Samaresh Jung & Vivek Singh (Free Pistol Pairs)

Weightlifting

  • Kunjarani Devi Nameirakpam (3 total)
  • Sanamachu Chanu (2 total)
  • Pratima Kumari (2 total)
  • Shailaja Oujari (3 total)

[edit] Silver

Athletics (track and field)

Boxing

  • Som Bahadur Pun (Featherweight 57 kg)

Shooting

  • Samaresh Jung (Air Pistol Individual)
  • Samaresh Jung & Jaspal Rana, India (Air Pistol Team)
  • Abhinav Bindra (Air Rifle, Individual)
  • Samaresh Jung (Free Pistol)

Weightlifting

  • Thandava Muthu (2 total)
  • Vickey Batta

[edit] Bronze

Athletics (track and field)

Badminton

  • Aparna Popat (women's singles)

Boxing

  • Jitender Kumar (Middleweight 75 kg)

Shooting

  • Jaspal Rana (Air Pistol Individual)

Weightlifting

  • Thandava Muthu
  • Vickey Batta

[edit] India's Teams at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

[edit] India women's national field hockey team

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Indian women stun Kiwis. BBC (August 1, 2002). Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  2. ^ India deny England gold. BBC (August 3, 2002). Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  3. ^ Kamesh, Srinivasan (August 5, 2002). Indian girls peak at the right time. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  4. ^ Indian eves win Commonwealth hockey gold. rediff.com (August 3, 2002). Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  5. ^ Zanane, Anant; Das, Suprita (March 13 2008). Women's hockey hopes to deliver. Sports. NDTV.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  6. ^ Bollywood scores with women's hockey. CNN (August 16, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  7. ^ 2002 Commonwealth Games Results: Medals (India), Women's Hockey. thecgf.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  8. ^ 2002 Commonwealth Games player profiles. bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.

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