CWG 2022: Sudhir wins Gold in Para Powerlifting with new Commonwealth Games Record

Commonwealth Games: Sudhir gained India its sixth Gold medal in Birmingham because the Para Powerlifter topped the lads’s heavyweight last with a brand new Games report on Thursday.

CWG 22: Sudhir wins Gold in Para Powerlifting with Games report (Screengrab from Twitter)

HIGHLIGHTSSudhir gained the lads’s heavyweight para powerlifting gold medalHe set a brand new Games report with a elevate of 212kg (134.5 factors)Sudhir turned first Indian para-athlete to win a medal at CWG 2022

Parapowerlifter Sudhir on Thursday, August 4 added to India’s gold medal tally on the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham as he gained the lads’s heavyweight occasion with a brand new Games report.

Sudhir. who hails from Sonipat in Haryana, set a brand new Commonwealth Games report together with his second elevate of 212kg for which he gained 134.5 factors which helped him clinch the Gold medal. Sudhir’s physique weight was listed at 87.30kg together with his Rack Height at 14.

Sudhir went for a private finest elevate of 217kg in his third and last try however the spirited powerlifter could not succeed. However, his second try was sufficient for a Gold medal.

Notably, Sudhir additionally turned the primary Indian para-athlete to win a medal on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Nigeria’s Ikechuku Obichukwu gained silver with a finest elevate of 187kg for which he sealed 133.6 factors.

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