Gold Coast: Indian weightlifters continued their rich form at the 2018 Commonwealth Games with Pardeep Singh winning silver in the men’s 105 kg division on Monday. Pardeep’s silver was bitter sweet as he came agonisingly close to a gold but eventually settled for second spot after a close contest with Samoa’s Sanele Mao.
Pardeep, the Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist, lifted 352 kg (152 kg snatch + 200 kg clean and jerk) to claim the second spot after an exciting showdown with Mao.
The 23-year-old went for a 211 kg lift, which would have been a new Commonwealth and CWG record in clean and jerk, but could not pull it off .
