India, Aug. 2 -- Indian boxers capped their Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign in style, winning seven gold and three silver medals on the penultimate day of competition. The gold rush sent India into top-five on the medals table, a no mean feat considering that most of country's stronger sports - wrestling, shooting and badminton - were not in the scaled-down Games. India ended with 39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze).

With seven of the country's 13 gold medals coming from the boxing ring, the magnitude of the haul can't be stated enough. India's gold count surpassed the previous best at CWG and went past England, who won six gold twice (London 1934, Gold Coast 2018), while Canada had matched that tally at Edinburgh 1986.

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