Birmingham, July 30: Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary won the second medal for India at Commonwealth Games 2022 after he bagged a bronze medal in the men’s 61kg event, here on Saturday.
Poojary successfully pulled off a combined lift of 269kg, (118kg in snatch and 151kg in clean and jerk) to claim a podium finish at Birmingham 2022. This was also his second straight CWG medal after he won the men’s 56kg silver medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
#CWG2022: Weightlifter #GururajaPoojary claims bronze, brings second medal for India from #Birmingham2022 #CommonwealthGames pic.twitter.com/cI2541tV2r
— IANS (@ians_india) July 30, 2022
Malaysia’s Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad lifted a combined 285kg in both rounds to win the gold medal and create a new Commonwealth Games record in the category.
Earlier in the day, another weightlifter Sanket Mahadev Sargar opened India’s medal account at the CWG 2022 by clinching a silver.
With IANS Inputs…
