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Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter Vikas Thakur claims silver medal in men's 96kg

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Weightlifter Vikas Thakur lifted a total of 346kg for the silver ahead of Fiji’s Taniela Rainibogi, who lifted 343 kg for the bronze

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Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter Vikas Thakur claims silver medal in men's 96kg

Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur claimed a silver medal in the men’s 96kg category at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Tuesday. The 28-year-old weightlifer lifted a total of 346kg for the silver ahead of Fiji’s Taniela Rainibogi, who lifted 343 kg for the bronze. Thakur lifted 155kg in the snatch category and followed it with a 191kg lift in his second attempt of clean and jerk to seal the silver. With the silver, the seasoned Thakur claimed his third CWG medal across three editions. It was Thakur’s second silver, having finished second in the 2014 Glasgow edition as well. In Gold Coast, he had returned with a bronze. Samoa’s Don Opeloge 381kg (171kg+210kg) bettered his 2018 silver by clinching gold with a record breaking performance. Fiji’s Taniela Tuisuva Rainibogi walked away with the bronze with a total effort of 343kg (155kg+188kg). Commonwealth Games:  India schedule ,  Results ,  Medals tally Thakur, a five-time Commonwealth Championships medallist, had three clean lifts of 149kg, 153kg and 155kg to be in joint third-position after the snatch round. In the clean and jerk section, Thakur started off with a 187kg lift, which he executed perfectly. His second attempt was of 191kg , which took some effort but the Punjab lifter was able to pull it off and celebrated it with a ’thigh-five’ made popular by Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan. Click here for our complete coverage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. With a silver assured, Thakur went for 198kg, a kilogram more than his personal best, in his third attempt but was unsuccessful. But the event belonged to Opeloge, who smashed the Games record in snatch, clean and jerk and total lift. The 23-year-old Samoan celebrated his stellar show with a groovy dance at the end. It was heartbreak for home favourite Cyrille Tchatchet who failed to register a single legal lift in clean and jerk. (With inputs from PTI) Read all the Latest News ****, Trending News ****, Cricket News ****, Bollywood News ****, India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook****, Twitter and Instagram****.

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