After the silver of Saket Sargar in the 55kg weightlifting event, Gururaja Poojary settled for bronze in the 61kg event, at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, on July 30, 2022.
Gururaja Poojary was leading the table after the lift of 148 kg in the second clean and jerk attempt.
In the third attempt, Gururaja Poojary confirmed India a medal. At the end, Gururaja Poojary settled for bronze with a total 269kg. With this India's medal tally went to two (one silver and one bronze).
