Indian athletes clinched podium finishes in all four weightlifting categories competed at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Saturday(30th July 2022) with Bindyarani Devi capping off the successful night with a silver medal in the women’s 55kg category.
The 23-year-old Bindyarani Devi, the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships gold medallist from 2019, lifted a total of 202kg (snatch – 86kg; clean and jerk – 116 kg) to earn her podium finish at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Solihull.
Adijat Olarinoye, the 2021 world championships silver medallist from Nigeria, expectedly won the gold medal with a total lift of 203kg (92kg+111kg), a new Commonwealth Games record. English national champion Fraer Morrow, meanwhile, delighted the home crowd by logging 198kg (89kg+109kg) to claim the bronze.
