Vikas Thakur won a silver medal in Men’s 96kg category in Weightlifting on Tuesday to take India’s overall count to 12. This is India’s 8th medal in the sport. Thakur completed a total lift of 346 kg (155kg in snatch + 191kg in clean and jerk round).
Vikay followed in the footsteps of the Indian women’s Lawn Bowls team and men’s Table Tennis team to win a medal for the country on Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Earlier, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, and Achinta Sheuli had won gold in weightlifting, Sanket Sargar and Bindyarani Sorokhaibam clinched silver medals, while Gururaja Poojary and Harjinder Kaur added bronze medals to India’s tally.
Vikas became the seventh weightlifter from the Indian contingent to clinch a medal at CWG 2022.
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