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Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa win Commonwealth squash gold

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Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa win Commonwealth squash gold
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The Chennai pair won the women's doubles at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, India's first Commonwealth medal in squash.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa, both from Chennai, entered the women's doubles as fifth seeds. They defeated England's Laura Massaro and Jenny Duncalf 11-6, 11-8 in the final to win the gold medal. It was India's first ever Commonwealth Games medal in squash.

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