Vikas Thakur claims silver in 96kg occasion, India’s eighth within the self-discipline

Vikas Thakur on Tuesday gained a silver within the males’s 96kg weightlifting on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham. Thakur needed to spend a number of anxious minutes on the finish to substantiate his medal as his closest opponents didn’t register a single raise within the clear and jerk.

Thakur’s 346kg whole (155kg snatch and 191kg c&j) noticed him end second behind Samoa’s Don Opeloge who went previous the sport requirements in each occasions for a whopping whole raise of 381kg (171kg snatch and 210kg c&j). Fiji’s Taniela Tuisuva Rainbogi took dwelling bronze with a complete of 343kg (155kg snatch and 188kg c&j).

The occasion began with gold medal favorite and Tokyo Olympics fourth-place finisher Boady Santavy pulling out with an damage. That left the sector open with England’s Cyrille Tchatchet II, Cyprus’ Antonis Martasidis and Thakur all in competition to take gold.

Nevertheless, it was the Samoan Opeloge who blew the competitors out of the water to take gold. Opeloge had gained silver in Gold Coast 4 years in the past when competing within the 85kg occasion however had been transferring up the load courses ever since and was unfortunate to not participate within the Olympics as a result of COVID-19.

Thakur was third within the occasion after snatching 155kg with Tchatchet II forward of him by three kilos and Martasidis behind by 5 kilos having solely registered one raise.

Nevertheless, Tchatchet II failed in his first two makes an attempt of 185kg in clear and jerk and Thakur elevated the stress by efficiently lifting 187kg together with his first try. The Englishman tried to raise 188kg in a last-ditch try however failed.

Thakur then bettered his mark to 191kg after which noticed Martasidis fail to raise 191kg and 194kg together with his three makes an attempt to additionally bow out of the medal competition. Having assured himself of silver, Thakur tried 198kg together with his third raise however was unsuccessful.

India are first within the weightlifting medal standings with three gold, three silver and two bronze medals.