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India’s Achinta Sheuli breaks record to clinch weightlifting gold

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India’s Achinta Sheuli broke the Commonwealth Games record by lifting a total of 313 kg to win the gold medal in the men's 73 kg category making it the third gold for the country so far.</p>
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The 20-year-old Sheuli first broke the Games record twice in the Snatch round, lifting 140 kg and 143 kg. He then lifted 166 kg and 170 kg in the clean and jerk round to set a new Games record for the overall weight.</p>
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Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad won the silver with a best effort of 303 kg while Canada's Shad Darsigny was third with a total lift of 298 kg.</p>
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With the gold from Sheuli, India’s weightlifting contingent has bagged its sixth medal of the Games.</p>
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Earlier, Lalrinnunga did India proud by winning a gold medal in the men's 67 kg weightlifting category making it the second gold in weightlifting for the country after Mirabai Chanu clinched a gold on Saturday.</p>
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Jeremy had also set a new Games record of 300 kg. The 19-year-old, from Aizawl in Mizoram, had won the gold in the 62 kg event at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and also won a gold in the 67 kg category in the Commonwealth Championships last year.</p>
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Lalrinnunga is the son of a national-level boxer Lalneihtluanga.</p>
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India has now won a total of six medals in weightlifting with Sanket Sargar (silver), Bidyarani Devi (silver) and Gururaj Poojary (bronze) being the others with a podium finish on Saturday.</p>

IN Bureau

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