CWG 2014 Photos: Satish, Ravi star as India gains big at weightlifting

CWG 2014 Photos: Satish, Ravi star as India gains big at weightlifting

FP Staff July 28, 2014, 09:23:39 IST

Satish Sivalingam rewrote the Games Snatch record enroute to his gold medal winning performance while Ravi Katulu finished second in the men’s 77kg weightlifting.

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India’s Gold medalist Sathish Kumar Sivalingam celebrates during the men’s weightlifting 77kg class at the SECC Precinct during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. 22-year-old Satish, the 2013 Commonwealth Championships gold medallist, lifted a total of 328kg (149+179) to pip 2010 CWG gold medallist Ravi who got the silver medal at the games. S Ben Stansall/AFP

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India’s Gold medalist Satish Kumar Sivalingam celebrates following the men’s weightlifting 77kg class at the SECC Precinct during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. atish was the first of the two Indians to come out and he easily lifted 142kg but Ravi Kumar failed to do so at the same weight. Ben Stansall/AFP

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India’s Gold medalist Satish Kumar Sivalingam (C) Silver medalist India’s Ravi Kumar Katulu (L) and Australia’s Bronze Medalist Francois Etoundi pose. Satish Sivalingam also rewrote the Games Snatch record enroute to his gold medal winning performance. Ben Stansall/AFP

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Nigeria’s silver medalist Yinka Ayenuwa (L), Malaysia’s gold medalist Mohd Hafifi Mansor (C) and India’s bronze medalist Omkar Otari (R) celebrate with their medals on the podium at the medal ceremony for in the men’s weightlifting 69kg class. Carl Court/AFP

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India’s Silver medalist Ravi Kumar Katulu celebrates after a lift during the men’s weightlifting 77kg class. India have won nine medals (3-2-4) in weightlifting, one more than the eight (2-2-4) in Delhi games.Ben Stansall/AFP

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India’s Gold medalist Sathish Kumar Sivalingam lifts during the men’s weightlifting 77kg class at the SECC Precinct during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Ben Stansall/AFP

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India’s bronze medalist Omkar Otari competes in the men’s weightlifting 69kg class at the SECC Precinct during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Carl Court/AFP

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India’s Sumit Sangwan, left, celebrates after defeating Tanzania’s Mohamed Hakimu Fumu in the Men’s Light Heavy boxing preliminaries match at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, AP Photo/Peter Morrison.

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India’s Sumit Sangwan, right, lands a right hook on Tanzania’s Mohamed Hakimu Fumu in the Men’s Light heavyweight boxing preliminarie match at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, Scotland, Sunday July 27, 2014. 21-year-old Sangwan was dominant in all three rounds as he all three judges declared him clear winner. He will now fight for a place in the semifinals. AP Photo/Peter Morrison

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