Lagatar24 Desk
Birmingham, July 31: India now has four medals after Bindyarani Devi’s remarkable victory in the women’s 55 kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
When she failed in her second 114-kg clean and jerk attempt, she appeared to be on track for a bronze. She did, however, attempt 116 kg with her final lift and managed to land in second place, finishing with just 1 kg less than Nigeria’s Adijat Olarinoye, who won the gold medal. The 23-year-old lifted 202 kg in total. She set a Commonwealth Games record lift of 116 kg in the clean and jerk round after lifting 86 kg in the snatch round.
Adijat Adenike Olarinoye of Nigeria won the gold medal by breaking the Games records for the snatch and total effort with an overall weight of 203 kg (92 kg 111 kg).
Fraer Morrow, came in third with a total lift of 198 kg (86kg 109kg).
Sanket Sargar and Gururaja Poojary had won silver and bronze earlier, while Mirabai Chanu had given India its first gold. On Sunday, weightlifter Bindyarani Devi received congratulations from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking home a silver medal from the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister emphasised that this triumph is a demonstration of her tenacity and has brought great joy to all Indians.
