Glasgow: India's Sukhen Dey has won the gold medal with a splendid lift in the clean and jerk. His compatriot Ganesh Mali took the bronze. <img title="Sukhen Dey" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/sep/25Sukhen-Dey-1.jpg" alt="Sukhen Dey" /> Sukhen Dey&nbsp;
Dey comfortably lifted 139 kg in his second attempt even as the other weightlifters made heavy weather of it.
Dey, who won a silver behind Hamizan Aminul Ibrahim in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games four years ago with a total of 252 kg, ended up here with a total weight of 248 kg, leaving Malaysia's ZMD Pisol with the silver and temmate Mali with the bronze with a total weight of 244.
Incidentally, Srinivasa Rao, who won the bronze in Delhi, lifted 248 kg.

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India's Sukhen Dey has won the gold medal in the weighlifting category with a splendid lift in the clean and jerk while his compatriot Ganesh Mali took the bronze

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