Amit Panghal won gold

Star boxer Amit Panghal on Sunday won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022.

Amit won the gold medal by defeating Kieran MacDonald of England in the final of men's 52 kg weight category.

Panghal had won a silver medal in the previous edition of the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast.

He defeated European Championships silver medalist Kieran MacDonald 5-0 in flyweight.

This is India's 15th gold medal in CWG 2022. 

????GOLD FOR PANGHAL????

World Class Effort from @Boxerpanghal?????????

as he upgrades from silver in 2018 CWG to GOLD????at #CommonwealthGames2022

Proud of you Champ!!#Cheer4India ????????#India4CWG2022 ????

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— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 7, 2022

With this, the total number of medals for India has gone up to 43, which includes 15 gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze medals.

At present, India (India at CWG 2022) remains in fifth place in the medal tally.

Earlier in the day, female boxer Neetu Ghanghas won the gold medal in 48 kg. 

* CWG 2022: Neetu won gold medal in boxing, India got 14th gold medal 

* CWG 2022: India won the medal by defeating the hosts, this day will be the final for Gold

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