Commonwealth Games 2022: Sindhu wins elusive gold, India finishes fourth

Shuttlers win all three titles on offer on last day of the Commonwealth Games, Sharath Kamal most decorated athlete with 4 medals, hockey team disappoints

India extended its golden run on the final day of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday, grabbing the yellow metal in four of the five events Indian athletes participated in, and ended fourth in the overall tally.

The highlights were ace shuttler P V Sindhu adding an elusive Commonwealth gold to her array of medals, and 40-year-old Achanta Sharath Kamal’s star turn as the most decorated Indian athlete as he bagged four medals — three golds and a silver — at the Games.

Praising the immensely talented Sharath, President Droupadi Murmu tweeted that Indians were delighted that “our tricolour soars at