Commonwealth Games 2022: Weightlifter Vikas Thakur won silver in men’s 96kg. Commonwealth Games 2022 News – Times of India

Birmingham: Indian heavyweight lifter Vikas Thakur another pair Commonwealth Games Medal your kitty by winning a silver in the men’s 96kg on Tuesday.
The veteran Thakur lifted a total of 346 kg (155 kg + 191 kg) to finish second and claim his third CWG medal in three editions.
This was Thakur’s second silver, who had also finished second in the 2014 Glasgow edition. In the Gold Coast, he returned with a bronze medal.
of Samoa don opaloge 381kg (171kg + 210kg) bettered her 2018 silver by winning the gold medal with a record breaking performance.

of fiji Taniela Tuisuwa Rainbogic Won bronze medal with a total effort of 343 kg (155 kg + 188 kg).
Thakur, a five-time Commonwealth Championships medalist, lifted 149kg, 153kg and 155kg to finish joint third after the snatch round.
In the clean and jerk category, Thakur started with a lift of 187 kg, which she did well.
His second attempt was 191kg, which took a few tries, but the Punjab lifter was able to pull it off and celebrated it with a ‘thigh-five’ popularized by Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan.
With a silver assured, Thakur took 198kg in his third attempt, a kilogram more than his personal best, but was unsuccessful.
But the event belonged to Opeloge, who broke sports records in snatch, clean and jerk and total lift.
The 23-year-old Samoan finally celebrated her scintillating performance with a scintillating dance.
This house was heartbroken for the favorite Cyril Touchet Joe failed to register a single legal lift in clean and jerk.