Insight Bureau: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the GOLD in Women’s 49kg category with a total lift of 201 kg. She set a new Commonwealth Games record.

Chanu won the first Gold Medal for India at the Commonwealath Games 2022 in Birmingham.

 She lifted a total of 201 kg (CWG Record) – Snatch- 88kg + Clean & Jerk- 113kg. It was Mirabai Chanu’s 3rd consecutive medal at CWG: Silver (2014) & Gold (2018, 2022).

Earlier, India’s Sanket Mahadev Sargar had won a Silver medal in the 55Kg weight category, while Gururaj Poojary won a Bronze medal in the Men’s 61Kg weight category.