Updated On: 31 July, 2022 06:58 AM IST | Birmingham | V Krishnaswamy
Injured weightlifter Sanket Mahadev Sargar settles for silver after playing safe in bid to open Commonwealth Games medals count; Gururaja Poojary wins bronze in 61kg event

Sanket Mahadev Sargar reacts as he competes in the 55kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. Pics/PTI
Sanket Mahadev Sargar brought in India’s first silver medal of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in a competition, where he should have been the gold medal favourite. Though Sargar seemed to have injured himself during the clean & jerk segment of the contest, it could have been a recurrence of an old problem.
Sargar totalled 248kg with 113kg in snatch and 135kg in clean & jerk, while the gold medal was claimed by Malaysian Mohammed Aniq Bin Kasdan (107 kg plus 142 kg). Sri Lanka’s Dilanka Kumara Yodage with 225 kg (105 kg plus 120kg) won bronze.