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Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 Live Updates: Lifter Sanket Sargar opens India's medal count with a silver
Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham Live Update Day 2: Weightlifter Sanket Sagar opens India's medal count with a silver medal in the 55kg category. Swimmer Srihari Nataraj's 100m backstroke final will close the second day of action for India, but there's plenty more to look forward to before that, including Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu in the weightlifting hall, Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain in the boxing ring, women's hockey, badminton and table tennis.Read Less
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - India's Gururaja Poojary starts his Clean & Jerk attempt with a successful lift of 144kg. Total: 262kg
I am happy but also sad as I could not win the gold medal. For the last 4 years, I prepared for the gold medal but could not win it due to an elbow injury.
Silver medalist Sanket Sargar
PM Modi congratulates weightlifter Sanket Sargar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated weightlifter Sanket Sargar after he won a silver medal in Men's 55 kg category at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday. Sargar opened India's account at the Commonwealth Games by winning a Silver medal with a combined lift of 248 kg in the final.
'Exceptional effort'
Exceptional effort by Sanket Sargar! His bagging the prestigious Silver is a great start for India at the Commonwe… https://t.co/Ds4gGOSQ35
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1659178318000Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - India's Gururaja Poojary will start his Clean & Jerk rounds with a weight of 145kg
Table Tennis: Men's Team Group 3 - India lead Northern Ireland 2-0 after victories in doubles and first singles matches
Squash: Men's Singles Round of 32 - India's Ramit Tandon gives a walkover to Christopher Binnie of Jamaica
Boxing: Men's 57kg Featherweight Round of 32 - India's Hussam Mohammed beats Amzolele Dyeyi of South Africa 5-0 to enter Round of 16
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - India's Gururaja Poojary is 4th after the snatch rounds, with a best effort of 118kg. Clean & Jerk rounds to follow now.
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad of Malaysia fails to lift 130kg in his third attempt. His best snatch is 127kg
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad of Malaysia sets a new CWG record in snatch, lifting 127kg in his second attempt
Boxing: Men's 57kg Featherweight Round of 32 - India's Hussam Mohammed vs Amzolele Dyeyi of South Africa gets underway...
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - India's Gururaja Poojary fails to lift 120kg in his third snatch attempt. So his final weight from Snatch remains 118kg
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - India's Gururaja Poojary successfully lifts 118kg in his second snatch attempt
Weightlifting, Men's 61kg: India's Gururaja Poojary successfully lifts 115kg in his first 'Snatch' attempt
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg
Gururaja Poojary had won a silver medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He claimed the second position in 56kg category.
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg - START LIST
SANKET opens India's medal count
Indian weightlifter Sanket Sargar opened the country's medal count at the Commonwealth Games by claiming a silver in the men's 55kg category. The 21-year-old looked on course to win the gold but two failed clean and jerk attempts came in the way, as he lifted a total of 248kg (113kg+135kg) to finish second.
Weightlifting: Men's 61kg
India's lifter Gururaja Poojary will be in action in men's 61kg event
Anurag Thakur hails Sanket
#SanketSargar opens India’s Medal account with a Silver (248 kg) in Men’s 55 kg weightlifting at #B2022 #CWG2022. M… https://t.co/MidqAzvSPj
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) 1659177444000