Glasgow: IN 20th Common Wealth Games, Indian weight lifter Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu had won gold each in weightlifting for India. On the opening day, India had won total 7 medals in competitions.
Judokas Navjot Chana and Shushila Likmabam had earned a silver medal each. Another Judoka Kalpana Thoudam had earned bronze for country.
In weightlifting, there was a silver medal for S Mirabai Chanu, while Ganaesh Mali had been stopped at a bronze.
The paddlers, shuttlers and squash players had easy outings on the first day, with both badminton and table teams posting convincing wins.
In women’s 48kg weightlifting, Sanjita won with a total lift of 173kg (77+96), while Mirabai grabbed the silver with a cumulative effort of 170 (75+95) in the absence of other strong competitors.
Lifter Sanjita’s total of 173kg missed the Games record, held in the name of 2010 CWG gold winner Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo (175kg effort), by two kilograms. Sanjita’s 77kg effort in snatch, however, equalled Nwaokolo’s CWG record.
The contest was all but over at the halfway snatch stage with 20-year-old Sanjita and 19-year-old Mirabai lifting 77kg and 75kg.
It seems a great start of India in 20th Common Wealth Games as Indian representatives had won total 7 medal on the opening day.
Bureau Report
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