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#CWG2022 : India Bags Second Medal In Weightlifting ; Gururaja Poojary Bags Bronze In 61 Kg Category
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India added second medal to it’s tally at Birmingham as weightlifter Gururaja Poojary clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 61kg category at the Commonwealth Games.
After his win Guraraja was quoted by ANI as saying , Dedicating this medal to my wife, want to thank all supporters, says Gururaja after clinching bronze in weightlifting
Earlier, India opened it’s medal hunt with weightlifter Sanket Sagar bagging Silver in the men’s 55kg category.
Gururaja, a sliver medallist at the 2018 CWG at Gold Coast, lifted a total of 269kg (118kg+151kg) to finish in the third place.
Malaysia’s Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad grabbed the gold medal with a Games record lift of 285kg (127+158). Morea Baru of Papua New Guinea bagged the silver with a total lift of 273kg (121+152).
