Top Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 Live Updates: Lifter Sanket Sargar opens India's medal count with a silver

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Top Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 2 Live Updates: Lifter Sanket Sargar opens India's medal count with a silver

Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham Live Update Day 2: Weight lifter, Sank Sager, opens India's medal count with a silver medal in the 55 kg. category. Swimmer Shari Natron : 100 m backstroke final will close the second day of action for India, but there's plenty more to look forward to before that, including Olympics silver medalist Mirabeau Chant in the weightlifting hall, Olympics bronze medalist Lovely Berghain in the boxing ring, women's hockey, badminton and table tennis.

Weightlifting: Men's : 61 kg Gururaja Poojare had won a silver medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Game. He claimed the second position in : 56 kg category.

SAN KET opens India's medal count SAN KET opens India's medal count

Indian weightlifter San KET Saga opened the country's medal count at the Commonwealth Games by claiming a silver in the men's : 55 kg category. The 21-year-old looked on course to win the gold : but two failed clean and jerk attempts came in the way, as he lifted a total of : 248 kg (: 113 kg+: 135 kg) to finish second. 16:33 (IST), Jul 30 Weightlifting: Men's : 61 kg India's lifter Gururaja Poojare will be in action in men's : 61 kg event

Well done, San KET: Virender Sh wag.

Well done #SanketSargar for winning India it's first medal at the Commonwealth Games, brilliant effort. Proud of your Silver :.

I dedicate my silver medal to our freedom fighters, who laid their lives for India's independence' - Weightlifter San KET Saga 16:11 (IST), Jul 30 It will shortly be followed by India in men's TT team event (4:30pm IST), taking on Northern Ireland in a Group match.

Staying at the weightlifting hall, it will be Gururaja' in the men's : 61 kg final. 15:50 (IST), Jul 30 Bib ANQ of Malaysia finishes with a Games Record of : 249 kg (: 107 in Snatch and : 142 kg in C&J) to snatch gold from San KET Saga who ended up at : 248 kg (: 113 + : 135), restricted by an injury on his second C&J attempt. Dianna Yoda of Sri Lanka gets bronze (: 225 kg)

The First medal for India at Commonwealth Games2022 is a SILVER, San KET Saga finishes second in men's : 55 kg weight lifting event to open India's medal count in Birmingham: He lifted a combined weight of : 248 kg (: 113 in Snatch and : 135 kg in C&J) and in the process injured himself. In the end, denied gold by the Malaysian by just a kilo. 15:39 (IST), Jul 30 San KET Saga injures himself while attempting : 139 kg on his second C&J attempt, but still in the lead. But goes for his third attempt, fails again.

San KET goes for : 141 kg, gets a good clean, but just drops his chest going into the jerk mode. And hurts his elbow. Hope it's not too bad. Still leads the : Malaysian by a difference of : 3 kg. 15:35 (IST), Jul 30 "Malaysia's"? ANQ challenging India's San KET for gold. The Malaysian lifts : 138 kg for a combined weight of : 245 kg, : 3 kg behind San KET. 15:30 (IST), Jul 30 Men's : 55 kg Weightlifting Final: San KET Saga make a successful first C&J lift to go top of the leaderboard with a combined weight of 248. He lifted : 113 kg in Snatch round. 15:29 (IST), Jul 30 San KET Saga up next, attempting : 135 kg

Men's : 55 kg Weight lifting Final: Brilliant lift from Bangladesh's Ashier on his final attempt, gets : 118 kg to reclaim the lead with a combined weight of : 211 kg. Heckling, now attempting : 119 kg. And he pulls it off. Outstanding lifting! He leads again now with : 212 kg. 15:24 (IST), Jul 30 Men's : 55 kg Weight lifting Final: England's Ben Heckling, ups his score with successful : 116 kg in C&J on his second attempt. He leads now with a total combined weight of : 209 kg. Loud cheer as England's Ben Heckling, lifts : 112 kg to go top with a combined lift of : 205 kg. His best in Snatch was : 93 kg. 15:16 (IST), Jul 30 Men's : 55 kg Weight lifting Final: Bangladesh's Ashier becomes the new leader with a successful first C&J attempt of : 110 kg. His combined lift now reads : 203 kg. India's San KET yet to begin his C&J round. 15:11 (IST), Jul 30 From pool side... India's Kushagra Rabat finishes 8th in his 200 m Freestyle Heat with a timing of 1:54.56

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