Commonwealth Games 2022: Weightlifter Gururaja wins India’s 2nd medal, baggage bronze in males’s 61kg class

Gururaja Poojary received India’s second medal on the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham by claiming bronze within the males’s 61kg weightlifting with a complete elevate of 269kg (118+151) on Day 2 on the Games on Saturday.

Gururaja was competing with Canada’s Youri Simard. But the Indian weightlifter produced a private better of 151kg in clear and jerk to complete with 269kgs, one kilo greater than Simard to safe India’s 2nd medal on Saturday.

Gururaja, who was India’s first medalist on the Gold Coast Games in 2018, started with an explosive clear elevate of 115kg with none hassle and went to the highest. With Youri Simard of Canada and Morea Baru of PNG catching up, Poojary added 3 extra kgs in his second try, making it a 118kg elevate which he additionally managed with ease. However, in his third snatch try, which was of 120 kgs, Poojary fumbled, and on the finish of the spherical was positioned fourth with Aznil Bidin main, adopted by Morea Baru and Canada’s Youri Simard.

2nd medal for at @birminghamcg22

What a comback by P. Gururaja to bag with a complete elevate of 269 Kg within the Men’s 61kg Finals at #B2022

Snatch- 118kg
Clean & Jerk- 151kg

With this Gururaj wins his 2nd consecutive CWG medal

Congratulations Champ!#Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/UtOJiShUvS

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022

Ahead of the competitors, Gururaja revealed that he left dwelling only one month after the wedding to affix the nationwide camp for Asian and CWG.

“It was a love-cum-arrange marriage. She is from my village and as soon as our households agreed, we bought married in May final yr. I left dwelling subsequent month to organize for nationals. I haven’t met her since then, as after the nationals, I used to be coaching on the nationwide camp for the Asian and Commonwealth Games,” Gururaja told the New Indian Express from Birmingham.

Earlier, Sanket Sargar opened the country’s medal tally at the Commonwealth Games by claiming a silver medal in the men’s 55kg category. Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will also be seen in action on the second day of the Commonwealth Games, as India looks for more success. Chanu, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, will not only look to defend her CWG title but also add a third medal at the Games.

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