Gurdeep Singh rounded off India's weightlifting campaign with a bronze medal in the +109kg event at the Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday.
Indian weightlifters continued their sublime performance in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 on Wednesday as Lovepreet Singh won a bronze medal in the men's 109 kg category.
India so far have won nine medals in CWG 2022 - Three Golds, Three Silvers and Three Bronze. They are assured of three Silver Medals as well at least.
As he touched the gold medal he won in the men's 73kg category for the first time, young Indian weightlifter Achinta Sheuli remembered his father and brother, who've made many sacrifices to help him pursue his dream.
Manipur burst into celebrations as Mirabai Chanu clinched the first gold medal for India at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.
Bindyarani Devi won India a fourth medal on a successful day at the Commonwealth Games weightlifting arena in Birmingham, bagging a silver medal in the Women's 55 kg weight class.
The road to success hasn't been easy for Sanket Sagar. His journey began in obscurity on the Ahilyadevi Holkar road in the town of Sangli in South Maharashtra where he runs a pan shop with his father.
The tournament started wonderfully for Sanket Sargar as he lifted 107kg in his first attempt in snatch. After a successful first attempt, the Indian player lifted 111kg in his second attempt.
Mirabai Chanu lifted 87 kg in snatch whereas she went on to lift 115 kg in clean and jerk. Chanu lifted a total of 202 kg and thus bagged the Silver medal.
Weightlifting was once notorious for drug-taking to boost performance.