Mirabai Chanu who was a former world champion led the Indian medal rush by\nnotching up a gold on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting\nChampionship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Indian contingent won 13 medals that included eight gold, three silver\nand two bronze medals in senior, junior and youth categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mirabai lifted a total of 191kg (84kg + 107 kg) in the senior women’s 49 kg\nevent to win the gold medal in the Olympic qualifying event, the points from\nwhich will come in handy for the final rankings of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mirabai last took part at the Asian Championship in Ningbo, China in April\nwhere she lifted 199kg (86kg+113kg) to miss out on a medal by a whisker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The qualification process for the 2020 Olympics is based on the performances\nof the weightlifters in six events over a period of 18 months out of which the\nfour best results logged by a lifter will be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jhilli Dalabehra also clinched the first place on the podium with a lift of\n154kg (70kg+94kg) in the senior women’s 45 kg event which is not an Olympic\nweight category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the senior women’s 55kg, Soroikhaibam Bindyarani Devi and Matsa Santoshi\nwon the gold and silver medals respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bindyarani lifted 78 kg in snatch to bag the silver medal. Her effort of 105\nkg fetched her a gold medal in clean and jerk as well as the overall gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Santoshi stood first in snatch with a lift of 80kg but could only manage\n102kg in clean and jerk taking her total to 182kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the senior men’s 55kg category, Rishikanta Singh grabbed the gold with a total lift of 235kg (105kg+130kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Commonwealth Games are international sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.
The event was first held in 1930.
It place every four years.
The Commonwealth Games are known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950.
The British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966 and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974.
It is the world’s first multi-sport event inducted an equal number of women\u2019s and men\u2019s medal events and implemented recently in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"