Indian weightlifters continue impressive show in Commonwealth Championships, add seven gold medals on second day

Apia,Samoa: Rakhi Halder and Davinder Kaur won a gold medal each in the senior women’s section as Indian weightlifters continued their impressive show on the second day of the Commonwealth Championships at Apia on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_1641521” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representative photo. Getty Images[/caption] India also won five other gold medals in the junior and youth sections. The Commonwealth Championships are being held simultaneously together for the youth, junior and senior categories. Kaur lifted a total of 184kg (80+104) to win the women’s 59kg gold while Halder clinched the yellow metal with a combined effort of 214kg (94+120) in the 64kg category. On the first day on Tuesday, India had clinched 8 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Former world champion Mirabai Chanu had clinched the gold in women’s 49kg with a total lift of 191kg.