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Commonwealth Games 2022: Weightlifter Sanket Sargar wins India’s First Medal, Gets Silver in 55KG Category

Sanket Sagar

Sanket Sargar successfully lifted the 107kgs in the first attempt and followed it up with another outstanding lift of 111kgs. Kasdan too replicated by registering his second attempt at 111 but failed to lift it.

India won their first medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games  (CWG) in Birmingham with Sanket Sagar winning the Silver Medal on Saturday which was the second day of the tournament. Weightlifter Sargar clinched the silver medal in the Men’s 55 KG category.

Sanket Mahadev Sagar started his challenge in the 55kg weight category on a remarkable note. In the medal match, the Sangli-born weightlifter was listed at 107kgs, equal to his stiff competitor Malaysia’s Anik Kasdan.

Sanket Sargar successfully lifted the 107kgs in the first attempt and followed it up with another outstanding lift of 111kgs. Kasdan too replicated by registering his second attempt at 111 but failed to lift it.

Sagar then increased a couple of kgs in his final attempt and that too was a clean one as he was able to lift the 113kgs. Kasdan faltered again as he finished in second place in the snatch with 107 kgs.

The 21-year-old cemented the medal by a lift of 137KG in his first clean and jerk attempt. His second and third try of 139KG ended in failed attempts. Sanket looked all set to take the yellow metal but Malaysia’s Bin Kasdan’s sensational lift of 142 KG in the last attempt which was a CWG record in the Clean and Jerk earned him the top prize.

Sri Lanka’s Dilanka Yodage with his successful attempt of 105 kgs finished while Uganda’s David Niyoyita, who was listed at 100kgs was disqualified after his all three failed lifts.

Sagar had won a gold in the Commonwealth Championships held in 2021 after lifting 113kgs in the snatch category.

 

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