India's Deepak Lather with his bronze medal yesterday. Pic/PTI

Riding on some luck and loads of exuberance, teenager Deepak Lather yesterday became the youngest Indian weightlifter to claim a Commonwealth Games medal, picking up the bronze in the men's 69kg category. Lather, 18, from Haryana lifted a total of 295kg (136kg+159kg) to finish third after his nearest rival, Vaipava Ioane of Samoa, fouled his last two lifts to finish with a total of 292kg (125kg+167kg). "I was just sitting inside and hoping he would fail his attempt.