Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam received the silver medal for India within the Ladies’s 55kg weightlifting occasion at 2022 Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham. The Indian weightlifters carried out exceedingly effectively on Day 2 as Bindyarani was the fourth to clinch a medal for India within the sport. The 23-year-old lifted 86kg within the snatch occasion to complete third within the spherical. Whereas she scripted CWG report with a 116kg elevate in clear and jerk spherical. It was additionally her private finest.
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Within the first try, she lifted 81kg within the snatch spherical after which adopted it up with 84kg after which ended up lifting 86kg within the third spherical. Whereas the record-breaking 116kg elevate in clear and jerk on the ultimate try helped her mixture 202kg in complete.
In the meantime, Nigeria’s Adijat Adenike Olarinoye clinched the gold medal as she scripted the CWG report with a snatch of 92kg in her second try. She lifted 111kg in clear and jerk spherical. Her complete mixture was 203kg as she pipped the Indian weightlifter by simply 1kg.
Whereas England’s Fraer Morrow settled for the bronze medal as she lifted 4kg lower than Bindyarani’s complete. The 23-year-old had a powerful run within the snatch spherical the place she lifted 89kg within the second try. Within the clear and jerk spherical she managed to elevate 109kg.
In 2021, Bindyarani received gold in clear and jerk on the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships however the bronze in 2022 CWG goes to make her a family identify within the nation.
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Earlier, within the day, Mirabai Chanu received the gold medal for India within the girls’s 49kg weightlifting occasion. She had a dominating run with an mixture of 201kg which was her private finest and the Commonwealth Video games report on the similar level.
Within the males’s weightlifting, Sanket Sargar clinched silver medal within the 55 kg class by lifting a complete of 248kg (113 snatch, 135 clear & jerk). Whereas Gururaja Poojary settled for bronze medal after lifting 269kg in complete. Gururaja lifted 151 kg in his third clear and jerk try, which helped him obtain glory in Birmingham. Whereas within the snatch spherical he lifted 118kg on his second try.
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