The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games or Gold Coast 2018,which is held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games. Officially Opened by Charles,Prince of Wales.There were 71 nations competing at 2018 Commonwealth Games and 275 events were conducted in 19 sports.
The next Commonwealth Games are to be held in Birmingham, England from 27 July to 7 August 2022, This is the third time England has hosted the Games.The Previous Commonwealth Games took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014
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Motto:
The official motto for the 2018 Commonwealth Games was “Share the Dream”. It was chosen to highlight the dreams and experience at the games that were shared by participants of the games, ranging from athletes to volunteers and the host country Australia to the world including the Commonwealth nations.
Emblem:
The emblem of the 2018 Commonwealth Games was a silhouette of the skyline and landscape of Gold Coast, the host city of the games.
Mascot:
Borobi was named as the mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2016. Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body. The term “borobi” means koala in the Yugambeh language, spoken by the indigenous Yugambeh people of the Gold Coast and surrounding areas.
2018 Commonwealth Games Medal Table
About CommonWealth Games:
Formed in 1932.Headquarters of CommonWealth Games is London,England,United Kingdom.There are 71 Commonwealth Games Association members. President of CommonWealth Games is Louise Martin ,Scotland.
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India in CommonWealth Games 2018:
India ended its campaign in Gold Coast with a total of 66 medals (26 Gold, 20 Silver, 20 Bronze). This is India’s third most successful Commonwealth Games. India was the best nation in 5 disciplines, weightlifting, shooting, wrestling, badminton and table tennis, and the second best nation in boxing. PV Sindhu was India’s flag bearer.
India best remains 101 in NewDelhi(2010) followed by 69 in Manchester(2002). 
Highlights:
- India won the most highest number of medals in Shooting.This became possible after the emergence of Young Indian Shooter like Anish Bhanwala Aged 15,who created history by becoming the country’s youngest gold medal winner in Common Wealth Games.He registered a total score of 30,a new Games record.
- In women’s table tennis event,the Indian team won its gold medal which is the first ever gold medal in the commonwealth Games.
- Ace Tennis player Manika Batra Won medal in each event she participated(Women’s team, Women’s singles, Women’s doubles,Mixed doubles).She became the first women Singles gold medal winner in CWG.
- Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu,Won the First Gold Medal in Women’s 48 kg in the CommonWealth Games and broke the records in the ‘Snatch’ section,the ‘Clean & Jerk’ and the overall games record.
- Following her weightlifter Deepak Lather from Haryana became the youngest Weightlifter to claim a commonwealth Games medal,clinching a Bronze in men’s 69kg Category.
- Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala is the first Indian to win Gold medal in the 85kg Category in the Common Wealth Games.
- Neeraj Chopra,aged 20 years who was the former Junior World Champion won Gold medal. Neeraj thus became the first Gold medal winner & the second javelin thrower from India to claim a CWG medal — the first being Kashinath Naik, who fetched a bronze in the 2010 Delhi Games
- Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to win two singles golds at the games after defeating P.V.Sindhu.With this win Saina, ranked 12th in the world.
- The Gold Medal won by India’s Mixed Badminton team is the country’s first Medal in that Category at the Commonwealth Games.
Medals won by India:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Shooting | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Boxing | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Table Tennis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Badminton | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Squash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Para Powerlifting
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Shooting:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Manu Bhaker | Women’s 10 metre air pistol | Gold |
| 2 | Jitu Rai | Men’s 10 metre air pistol | Gold |
| 3 | Heena Sidhu | Women’s 25 metre Pistol | Gold |
| 4 | Shreyasi Singh | Women’s Double Trap | Gold |
| 5 | Tejaswini Sawant | Women’s 50metre rifle 3 Positions | Gold |
| 6 | Anish Bhanwala | Men’s 25 metre rapid fire Pistol | Gold |
| 7 | Sanjeev Rajput | Men’s 50metre rifle 3 Positions | Gold |
| 8 | Heena Sidhu | Women’s 10 metre air pistol | Silver |
| 9 | Mehuli Ghosh | Women’s 10 metre air rifle | Silver |
| 10 | Tejaswini Sawant | Women’s 50metre rifle prone | Silver |
| 11 | Anjum Moudgil | Women’s 50m rifle 3 Positions | Silver |
| 12 | Ravi Kumar | Men’s 10 metre air rifle | Bronze |
| 13 | Om Prakash Mitharwal | Men’s 10 metre air pistol | Bronze |
| 14 | Apurvi Chandela | Women’s 10 metre air rifle | Bronze |
| 15 | Om Prakash Mitharwal | Men’s 50 metre pistol | Bronze |
| 16 | Ankur Mittal | Men’s double trap | Bronze |
Wrestling:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Rahul Aware | Men’s freestyle 57 kg | Gold |
| 2 | Sushil Kumar | Men’s freestyle 74 kg | Gold |
| 3 | Bajrang Punia | Men’s freestyle 65 kg | Gold |
| 4 | Sumit Malik | Men’s freestyle 125 kg | Gold |
| 5 | Vinesh Phogat | Women’s freestyle 50 kg | Gold |
| 6 | Babita Kumari | Women’s freestyle 53 kg | Silver |
| 7 | Pooja Dhanda | Women’s freestyle 57 kg | Silver |
| 8 | Mausam Khatri | Men’s freestyle 97 kg | Silver |
| 9 | Kiran Bishnoi | Women’s freestyle 76 kg | Bronze |
| 10 | Divya Kakran | Women’s freestyle 68 kg | Bronze |
| 11 | Sakshi Malik | Women’s freestyle 62 kg | Bronze |
| 12 | Somveer Kadian | Men’s freestyle 86 kg | Bronze |
Weightlifting:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Women’s 48 kg | Gold |
| 2 | Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu | Women’s 53 kg | Gold |
| 3 | Sathish Sivalingam | Men’s 77 kg | Gold |
| 4 | Ragala Venkat Rahul | Men’s 85 kg | Gold |
| 5 | Punam Yadav | Women’s 69 kg | Gold |
| 6 | Gururaja Poojary | Men’s 56 kg | Silver |
| 7 | Pardeep Singh | Men’s 105 kg | Silver |
| 8 | Deepak Lather | Men’s 69 kg | Bronze |
| 9 | Vikas Thakur | Men’s 94 kg | Bronze |
Boxing:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Mary Kom | Women’s light flyweight 48 kg | Gold |
| 2 | Gaurav Solanki | Men’s flyweight 52 kg | Gold |
| 3 | Vikas Krishan Yadav | Men’s middleweight 75 kg | Gold |
| 4 | Amit Panghal | Men’s light flyweight 49 kg | Silver |
| 5 | Manish Kaushik | Men’s lightweight 60 kg | Silver |
| 6 | Satish Kumar | Men’s super heavyweight (+91 kg) | Silver |
| 7 | Naman Tanwar | Men’s heavyweight 91 kg | Bronze |
| 8 | Hussamuddin Mohammed | Men’s bantamweight 56 kg | Bronze |
| 9 | Manoj Kumar | Men’s welterweight 69 kg | Bronze |
Table Tennis:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Manika Batra Mouma Das Sutirtha Mukherjee Madhurika Patkar Pooja Sahasrabudhe | Women’s team | Gold |
| 2 | Sharath Achanta Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men’s team | Gold |
| 3 | Manika Batra | Women’s singles | Gold |
| 4 | Manika Batra Mouma Das | Women’s doubles | Silver |
| 5 | Sharath Achanta Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Men’s doubles | Silver |
| 6 | Harmeet Desai Sanil Shetty | Men’s doubles | Bronze |
| 7 | Manika Batra Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Mixed doubles | Bronze |
| 8 | Sharath Achanta | Men’s singles | Bronze |
Badminton:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Pranav Chopra Prannoy Kumar Saina Nehwal Ashwini Ponnappa Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Sikki Reddy Chirag Shetty Gadde Ruthvika Shivani P V Sindhu Kidambi Srikanth | Mixed team | Gold |
| 2 | Saina Nehwal | Women’s singles | Gold |
| 3 | P. V. Sindhu | Women’s singles | Silver |
| 4 | Kidambi Srikanth | Men’s singles | Silver |
| 5 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | Men’s doubles | Silver |
| 6 | Ashwini Ponnappa Sikki Reddy | Women’s doubles | Bronze |
Athletics:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Neeraj Chopra | Men’s javelin throw | Gold |
| 2 | Seema Antil | Women’s discus throw | Silver |
| 3 | Navjeet Dhillon | Women’s discus throw | Bronze |
Squash:
The list of Medal Winners are:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Saurav Ghosal | Mixed doubles | Silver |
| 2 | Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Joshna Chinappa | Women’s doubles | Silver |
Para Powerlifting:
| S.No | Name | Event | Medal |
| 1 | Sachin Chaudhary | Men’s heavyweight | Bronze |
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