India's Sanket Sargar Wins Silver In 55kg Class Weightlifting

India's Sanket Sargar Wins Silver In 55kg Class Weightlifting [ad_1]

Sanket Mahadev Sargar opened India's kitty on the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham by profitable the silver medal within the males's 55kg class weightlifting. It was a complete present by the Indian who led clearly within the snatch occasion with a elevate of 113 kgs. He then produced a fantastic efficiency within the clear and jerk too the place he lifted 135kg in his first try after which failed at each his makes an attempt to elevate 139 kgs. He completed with a complete elevate of 248 kgs. Sargar additionally injured himself throughout one in every of his ultimate makes an attempt.

Malaysia's Mohamad Aniq received the gold medal with a elevate of 142 kg in clear and jerk which pushed the Indian to the second slot.

Malaysia's Mohamad Aniq (249kg) smashed the Video games file in clear and jerk as he lifted 249kg (107kg+142kg) to win the gold, whereas Sri Lanka's Dilanka Isuru Kumara lifted 225kg (105kg+120kg) to take house the bronze.

It is a first massive multi-discipline occasion medal for the 21-year-old from Maharashtra's Sangli.

Sargar cruised previous all his opponents within the snatch part, main by six kilograms to move into clear and jerk.

However the Indian was solely capable of execute one elevate within the clear and jerk part as he seemingly picked up an harm and regarded in agony after he did not elevate 139kg in his second and third makes an attempt.

Sanket Sagar hails from Sangli in Maharashtra. The 22-year-old is the reigning national-level champion in his weight class of 55 kg. Earlier in February this 12 months, he had certified for Commonwealth Video games along with his efficiency on the Singapore Weightlifting Worldwide occasion.

At that occasion, he not solely earned his qualification for the multi-sport occasion, but in addition smashed the Commonwealth Championships and Nationwide Degree file with a mixed elevate of 256 kg, which consists of 113 kg within the Snatch class and 143 within the Clear and Jerk class. This efficiency earned him a gold medal on the occasion.

On the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in December 2021 in Tashkent, he received a gold medal with a elevate of 113 kg, which additionally helped him create a brand new nationwide file within the Snatch class.

Within the final version, Indian lifters introduced house a wealthy haul of 9 medals together with 5 golds. This 12 months too they're anticipated to reign supreme.

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Later within the day, P Gururaja (61kg), Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu (49kg) and S Bindyarani Devi (55kg) will vie for the highest honors of their respective occasions.

(With PTI inputs)

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