Commonwealth games 2026: Mirabai Chanu created history, gave India its first gold medal, Rishikanta won silver.

Commonwealth Games 2026: India’s star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu performed brilliantly in the Commonwealth Games 2026 and won the country its first gold medal. Mirabai, who entered the women’s 48 kg weight category, maintained her dominance from the beginning. He created a new Commonwealth Games record by lifting 85 kg in snatch. After this performance, she was 8 kg ahead of her nearest rival, which strengthened her hopes of winning gold.

After this, Mirabai Chanu made another new Commonwealth Games record by lifting 105 kg in clean and jerk. With this brilliant performance, he achieved the feat of winning the Commonwealth Games gold medal for the third consecutive time. This veteran player from Manipur was considered to be India’s biggest medal hope and she created history by completely living up to all the expectations with her performance.

Rishikanta Singh won silver medal

Earlier in the day, Chanambam Rishikanta Singh won the silver medal for India in the men’s 60 kg weight category. The 28-year-old Indian player created a new Commonwealth Games record by lifting 121 kg in snatch. After this he lifted 143 kg in clean and jerk and ended the competition with a total of 264 kg. However, Malaysia’s Bin Kasdan Mohammad Anik performed better and won the gold medal, while Rishikanta had to be content with the silver medal.

Indian weightlifters increased the pace of medals

Rishikanta Singh’s silver medal was India’s second medal after para powerlifter Jhandu Kumar’s bronze medal. India’s campaign was relatively slow in the first three days, but on Sunday the Indians weightlifterThey gave new momentum to the country’s medal tally with their record-breaking performance. The success of Mirabai Chanu and Rishikanta Singh proved that the Indian weightlifting team is fully prepared to perform brilliantly on the international stage this time too.

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