Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 Live Updates: Weightlifter Sanket Sargar leads after Men’s 55kg snatch round

The duo of Satwik and Ashwini winning the first match by 21-14, 21-9 and Lakshya Sen winning the second 21-18, 21-5 means a Aakarshi Kashyap has the opportunity to seal the tie against Sri Lanka in the third match. 

A special visual from our correspondent, Shivani Naik from the venue.

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What happens in the stage preps between Snatch and Clean & Jerk.

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India's Sanket Sargar leads after the Men's 55kg Snatch round with his recent successful attempt of 113Kg! Clean and Jerk to follow. 

Sri Lankan's Yodage was reviewed as a No Lift on 112 kg.

Sanket's personal best was a Snatch + C&J total of 247 at the last nationals, before he did a 252 at the selection trials.

Shivani Naik from Birmingham: 

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In the wings: when Sanket Sargar decided to go for 111 kg, upping from 108 kg.

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Our correspondent Shivani Naik bringing updates from ground zero.

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Lots of raucous support for Bangladesh lifters here at the National Exhibition Centre Arena 5 where weightlifting kicks off.

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Ashwini-Satwik have won the first game by 21-14. Both played really well and dominated the first game.

India will be looking for their first medal as Sanket Mahadev Sargar takes part in the men’s 55kg final. He can be a medal contender if he performs well with the required weights.

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While the Indian contingent, dressed in their elegant formal attires, were taking in the CWG opening ceremony in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, a squad member, sporting a comfortable lungi and stretched on his sofa back home in Delhi, was watching the proceedings on television. (Read More)

The Indian men’s triples team and Taniya Choudhary are in action now.

Mario Nicoliello, a writer from Brescia near Milan, Italy, had never watched a cricket match in his life, prior to Friday. The sports and culture writer for the Avvenire, an Italian daily affiliated with the progressive wing of the Catholic Church, was in Birmingham for three days to take in the spectacle of the Commonwealth Games – an event he was a complete stranger to, until recently. (Read More)

Srihari Nataraj was at the national camp in Bangalore, training in the pool, when he was informed about the passing away of his father last year in January. The swimmer, who lives in Bangalore, drove 23km from the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Excellence to his home in Malleswaram to be with his family. (Read More)

Here are some key Highlights of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - Day 1.

The heaviest weight on Mirabai Chanu’s shoulders on Saturday is going to be the weight of expectations. With a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year – India’s best weightlifting feat at the event – it would not be immodest to say that her Commonwealth Games task is almost a foregone conclusion. With the top lifters from China and Korea missing, Chanu is undoubtedly the favourite to leave Birmingham with the 49kg gold around her neck. Her 203kg combined lift in Tokyo qualified her for the event, and is 35kg better than the next best qualifier – Stella Peter Kingsley of Nigeria – who lifted 168kg at the world championships last year. The other lifters in the fray could be Mauritius’ Roilya Ranaivosoa and Papua New Guinea’s Loa Dika Toua, who lifted 164kg and 167kg at Tokyo respectively to make the cut. Both of them have personal bests of 180kg, but have been nowhere near Chanu’s personal best of 205kg, which she lifted at the Asian Championships in Tashkent last year. Read More

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu is hot favourite to win the gold medal. With the top lifters from China and Korea missing, Chanu is undoubtedly the favourite to leave Birmingham. Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Boroghain will also be in action along with the Indian women's hockey team, who will lock horns with Wales.

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