It was ‘Gold Morning’ for Indians on Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games (CWG). India’s Sanjita Chanu won second gold for the country in women’s 53 kg weightlifting event.
Sanjita was expected of a podium coming into the event and she didn’t disappoint. The Manipuri star was by far the most dominant competitor in both snatch and clean jerk.
Sanjita lifted a total of 192 kg which included a CWG record of 84 kg in the snatch and 108 kg in clean and jerk.
Defending champion Loa Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea was a distant second with 182 kg while New Zealand's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet took bronze with 181 kg.
This was India’s second gold at this year’s CWG. Fellow Manipuri weightlifter Mirabai Chanu had won gold with spectacular record breaking attempts in the women's 48 kg on Thursday.
This is Sanjita’s second successive gold at the CWG. Earlier in 2014, she had won gold in the 48 kg category in Glasgow.
As India woke up to this great news, proud Indians took to Twitter to hail Sanjita Chanu’s achievement. Union sports minister also took to Twitter to congratulate Sanjita.
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