NEW DELHI: From stitching and embroidering to augment his family's income to breaking into the CWG-bound weightlifting squad, a young Achinta Sheuli realised a father's last wish and an elder brother's unfulfilled dreams to win India's third gold medal at the Birmingham CWG on Sunday night by lifting a sensational 313kg overall for a Games record in the men's 73kg division at the NEC arena in Solihull.
The 20-year-old from West Bengal's Deulpur village in Howrah district twice bettered the Games record in both the snatch and clean & jerk and then finished with a record total lift of 313kg to make a memorable debut on the CWG stage. Achinta lifted an impressive 10kg more than his nearest rival, Malaysian Erry Hidayat Muhammad, to join his idol Mirabai Chanu (gold, women's 49kg) and his fellow teammate and a close friend, Jeremy Lalrinnunga (gold, men's 67kg), on top of the podium in Birmingham.
