Last Updated: August 05, 2022, 03:17 IST
CWG 2022: Sudhir received gold medal in Para Powerlifting (Twitter)
Sudhir received gold in Para Powerlifting Men’s Heavyweight class with a Commonwealth Games file of 134.5 factors
India’s Sudhir claimed the gold medal in males’s heavyweight para powerlifting occasion on the Commonwealth Games right here on Thursday. Sudhir, an Asian Para Games bronze medallist, lifted 208kg in his first try earlier than growing it to 212kg in his second effort to assemble 134.5 factors and break the Games file.
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The 27-year-old Sudhir, who has an impairment because of the results of polio, thus opened India’s para sports activities medal account in the continued CWG. Ikechukwu Christian Obichukwu received the silver with 133.6 factors, whereas Micky Yule bagged the bronze with 130.9 factors.
Sudhir had received a bronze in males’s upto 88kg with a finest raise of 214kg on the World Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championship in South Korea in June. Sudhir, who had began powerlifting in 2013 in Sonipat, has additionally certified for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, which was postponed to subsequent yr.
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