Jeremy Lalrinnunga, a teenager from India showed his vision into reality by clinching the India's second gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the men's 67kg category.
This is India's second gold medal of the campaign after ace lifter Mirabai Chanu kept her promise and delivered a gold to India.
Jeremy Lalrinnunga created a new Commonwealth Games record in the snatch event, by lifting up 140 kg.
Jeremy made a snatch of 140kg and then a clean and jerk of 160kg to total 300kg, which is a CWG record and brought India its fifth medal of CWG 2022. He finished seven kg clear of his nearest competitor.
Samoa's veteran lifter Vaipava Ioane won the silver with a combined lift of 293kg, while Nigeria's Edidiong Umoafia took the bronze with 290 kg.
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Google Plus
Reddit
Whatsapp
Telegram