Commonwealth Games: Jeremy Lalrinnunga smashes CWG record to win India’s second gold-Sports News , Firstpost
Lalrinnunga won India’s fifth medal of the Games so far, all of them coming in weightlifting so far with a total lift of 300kg — a Commonwealth Games record.
Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga in action during the men’s 67kg weightlifting final at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Image credit: Screegrab from SonyLiv
Medals continued to flow for India in the weightlifting event as Jeremy Lalrinnunga winning gold in the men’s 67kg final in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
Lalrinnunga won India’s fifth medal of the Games so far, all of them coming in weightlifting so far with a total lift of 300kg — a Commonwealth Games record.
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold medal of the Games with a total lift of 201kg, shattering the Commonwealth Games record along the way with a lift of 113kg in her final clean and jerk attempt and was miles ahead of her opponents. She successfully defended the gold medal that she won at the Gold Coast CWG four years ago in the process.
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Earlier on the second day of the Games, Sanket Sargar opened India’s account in the medal table by winning silver in the men’s 55kg final with a total lift of 248kg, just a whisker short of Malaysia’s Aniq Kasdan’s score (249kg). Sargar though ended up injuring his right elbow during one of his clean and jerk attempts, and was seen wearing a sling to the podium after the event.
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