: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches Indias first gold medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games #IndiaNEWS #Sports Birmingham, July 30 (IANS) Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won Indias first

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches Indias first gold medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games #IndiaNEWS #Sports
Birmingham, July 30 (IANS) Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won Indias first gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the womens 49 kg weightlifting event, here on Saturday.
Mirabai, who was the outright favourite to win her division, lived up to the billing with a total lift of 201kg (snatch 88kg; clean and jerk 113 kg). With her mark, she shattered the Commonwealth Games record in the category.
The previous Games record, in fact, was held by Chanu herself courtesy a 191kg lift which brought her the 48kg gold medal at Gold Coast 2018. It was Chanus third successive medal at the Commonwealth Games. She finished with silver at Glasgow 2014 and won gold at Gold Coast 2018.
This is Indias third medal in Birmingham after Sanket Sargars silver and Gururaja Poojarys bronze in the mens 55kg and 61kg respectively.
The Manipuri ace began her title CWG defence with a 84kg effort, a new Games record in snatch, and improved it to 88kg with her second try to match her personal best. Her third attempt, a crack at 90kg, though, was unsuccessful. The second-best lifter after Chanu in snatch was Mauritius Roilya Ranaivosoa, who logged a best effort of 76kg.
In the clean and jerk, Mirabai lifted 109kg with her first attempt to shatter both the Games and Commonwealth record and secure the gold. A lift of 113kg in her second attempt saw her extend the winning margin.
Roilya Ranaivosoa won the silver medal with 172kg (76kg + 96kg) while Canadas Hannah Kaminski claimed the bronze with 171kg (74kg+ 97kg).
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