Indian weightlifters added three more medals on Day Two of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships on Thursday, taking the host’s total medal count to eight in the senior category.
Shubham Todkar won in the men’s 61kg category with a total lift of 259kg (115kg snatch+144kg clean & jerk) while Popy Hazarika took gold in the women’s 59kg to step up from her silver in the 2021 edition. T. Madhavan took silver in the men’s 67kg with a total of 268kg, 12kg behind Samoa’s Vaipava Nevo Ioane.
Shubham, however, was not the best Indian lifter in action on the day — Sidhanta Gogoi, competing in the juniors in the same weight category, managed 260kg to finish on top, ahead of compatriot Shankar Lapung. The 24-year-old Popy, meanwhile, totalled 189kg (84kg snatch+105kg clean & jerk) to take the top spot.
