Gold Coast: Indians continued their good form in the weightlifting arena of the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG 2018) on Saturday, with Sathish Kumar Sivalingam winning gold in the 77kg event in Gold Coast. Sivalingam’s gold is India’s third from the Games so far after Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu’s gold in the opening two days.
Sivalingam lifted 144 kg in his third attempt in snatch and followed it up with a 173 kg in his second attempt in clean and jerk to record a total of 317 kg to claim gold, successfully defending the CWG title he won four years back in Glasgow.