Jeremy Lalrinnunga effortlessly lifted 136 kg in his first Snatch attempt to move to the top of the leaderboard. Edidiong Joseph Umoafia was at second with 130 kg and Samoa’s Vaipava Ioane at third with 127 kg at the time of his first attempt.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on Twitter to congratulate teenager Jeremy Lalrinnunga, after the Mizoram weightlifter created a new Commonwealth Games record by picking up a combined weight of 300kg on way to winning India’s second gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. It was a dominating show of strength by the 19-year-old, who picked up 140kg in snatch and 160kg in clean and jerk.
PM Modi said “Our Yuva Shakti is creating history! Congratulations to @raltejeremy, who has won a Gold in his very first CWG and has set a phenomenal CWG record as well. At a young age, he’s brought immense pride and glory. Best wishes to him for his future endeavors.”
Our Yuva Shakti is creating history! Congratulations to @raltejeremy, who has won a Gold in his very first CWG and has set a phenomenal CWG record as well. At a young age he’s brought immense pride and glory. Best wishes to him for his future endeavours. pic.twitter.com/dUGyItRLCJ
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 31, 2022
Jeremy Lalrinnunga effortlessly lifted 136 kg in his first Snatch attempt to move to the top of the leaderboard. Edidiong Joseph Umoafia was at second with 130 kg and Samoa’s Vaipava Ioane at third with 127 kg at the time of his first attempt.
Lalrinnunga set up a new Commonwealth Games record by lifting 140 kg in the second Snatch attempt.
Lalrinnunga attempted to better this record by going for 143 kg in his final attempt but failed to do so. He finished the Snatch category with 140 kg, at the top of the table. Edidiong Joseph Umoafia was at second with 130 kg and Samoa’s Vaipava Ioane at third with 127 kg at the end of the Snatch event.
With the Indian at the lead position, proceedings moved to the Clean and Jerk category.
This is India’s fifth medal in weightlifting at CWG 2022 and the second gold after Mirabai Chanu’s yesterday. Ditto Titus Ika of Nauru gained an initial lead in the Clean and Jerk category and overall competition with a 135 kg C&J lift and combined lift of 240 kg. Ruben Katoatau of Kiribati took the lead further with a combined lift of 250 kg, with 114 kg in Snatch and 136 kg in Clean and Jerk. The lead crossed the 250-plus mark when England’s Jaswant Singh Shergill lifted 140 kg, taking his combined lift to 254 kg.
Nigeria’s Umoafia lifted 150 kg in the first attempt to take his combined lift to 280 kg. Jeremy now had to lift 154 kg in his first attempt to match the Nigerian, which he did successfully. With this, he set a new CWG record and brought himself to the lead in the overall competition with a combined lift of 294 kg.
In his second C&J attempt, Jeremy lifted 160 kg to take the lead with a combined lift of 300 kg. By lifting 300 kg combined, he had set another new CWG record.
In his final C&J attempt, Jeremy decided to lift 165 kg but he failed. Nonetheless, his combined lift stayed at 300 kg and was not matched by any other opponent.
Jeremy ended up adding the fifth medal to India’s tally by capturing the yellow metal. It was India’s second at the 2022 CWG after Mirabai Chanu’s gold in weightlifting women’s 49 kg category.
Vipava Ioane of Samoa managed to get the silver medal with a combined lift of 293 kg, consisting of 127 kg in Snatch and 166 kg in C&J. Bronze medal went to Nigeria’s Edidiong Joseph Umoafia, who had the combined lift of 290 kg. He had lifted 130 in the Snatch category while he attained a best of 160 kg in C&J.
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