NewsPhotos Neeraj Chopra to PV Sindhu: India's gold medal contenders at Commonwealth Games 2022, in pics

Neeraj Chopra to PV Sindhu: India's gold medal contenders at Commonwealth Games 2022, in pics

India will begin their campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham next week. India finished at third place on the medals tally at the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast, Australia with 66 medals including 26 gold. In these collection of pictures, we take a look at some of India's top gold medal contenders from Neeraj Chopra to PV Sindhu to Manika Batra.

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Updated:Jul 21, 2022, 10:27 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra - Javelin

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Following Neeraj Chopra's heroics at Tokyo, the javelin thrower is India’s biggest hope at Birmingham. He would not be satisfied with anything less than a gold. He has already broken the national record this year with a throw of 89.94m at Stockholm Diamond League. (Source: Twitter)

PV Sindhu - Badminton

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After missing out on gold at Tokyo, India’s ace badminton player PV Sindhu with two Olympic medals in her kitty – would gun for gold at Birmingham. Coming off a win in Singapore Open recently, she would be in hot form. (Source: Twitter)

Manika Batra - Table Tennis

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Manika Batra may have missed out at Tokyo, but she would be the defending champion at Birmingham having won gold in the last CWG games. A gold would certainly be on her mind. (Source: Twitter)

Nikhat Zareen - Boxing

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Nikhat Zareen is showing a lot of promise to become the next big boxing superstar from India. The young pugilist is heading to Commonwealth Games to compete in the 50kg category having won the World Championships title in Istanbul in May this year. (Source: Twitter)

Mirabai Chanu - Weightlifting

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Mirabai Chanu missed gold at Tokyo by a whisker. A gold at CWG would certainly curb the pain of the loss at Tokyo. She would be gunning for gold. (Source: Twitter)