Vikas Thakur, Venkat Rahul Ragala win gold and bronze, qualify for Commonwealth Games

Indian weightlifters Vikas Thakur and Venkat Rahul Ragala sealed the Commonwealth Games berth on Sunday after successful the gold and bronze medals respectively within the males’s 96kg occasion

Singapore Weightlifting: Vikas Thakur win gold, qualify for Commonwealth Games (Twitter Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSIndian lifters Vikas Thakur and Venkat Rahul Ragala clinched gold and bronze medalsAll Indian lifters competing within the occasion certified for the Commonwealth GamesThe Singapore Weightlifting International is a qualifying occasion for the Commonwealth Games

Indian weightlifters Vikas Thakur and Venkat Rahul Ragala clinched the gold and bronze medals respectively within the males’s 96kg occasion on the Singapore Weightlifting International to seal a Commonwealth Games berth on Sunday. India concluded its marketing campaign on the occasion with a haul of eight medals, together with six golds and a silver and bronze every.

All Indian lifters competing within the occasion certified for the Commonwealth Games, together with Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu in her new 55kg weight division. Competing in a severely depleted three-lifter discipline, Thakur, a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, lifted 339kg (151kg+188kg) to complete on high of the rostrum.

Ragala, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion within the 85kg class, had the very best effort of 328kg (146kg+188kg) to assert the third spot. Australia’s Ridge Barredo clinched the silver medal with a carry of 336kg (149kg+187kg). Both Thakur and Ragal certified for the CWG in Birmingham later this 12 months.

The Singapore Weightlifting International is a qualifying occasion for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The high eight lifters in every weight class within the ongoing event will immediately qualify for the 2022 CWG.