Young weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga added a second gold medal to India’s tally at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games by shattering two Games records end route to a spectacular victory.
With a total lift of 300 kg (140 kg + 160 kg), the 2018 Youth Olympic champion topped the men’s 67 kg competition. Vaipava Nevo Ioane of Samoa came in second with a total lift of 293 kg (127 kg + 166 kg).
The 19-year-old from Aizwal wrote the Games snatch (140kg) and overall lift (300kg) record in his name.
Here’s India’s complete schedule and results of Day 3 at the CWG 2022:
Lawn Bowls
1 PM: Tania Choudhury vs Shauna O’Neill (NIR) in Women’s Singles – Section B – Round 5 (Tania won 21-12)
Artistic Gymnastics
1:30 PM: Men’s All-Around – Final (Yogeshwar Singh) – Yogeshwar finished 15th
Weightlifting
2 PM: Men’s 67kg – Final (Jeremy Lalrinnunga) – Jeremy (300kg) won gold
Cycling – Track
2:32 PM: Men’s Sprint – Qualifying (Ronaldo Laitonjam qualified for knockouts but lost in pre-quarters. David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Esow Alben finished 18th & 23rd respectively in qualifying)
Swimming
3:07 PM: Men’s 200m Butterfly – Heat 3 (Sajan Prakash) – Sajan finished 4th, clocking 1:58.99
Cricket T20
3:30 PM: India vs Pakistan in Group A (India won by 8 wickets)
Swimming
3:31 PM: Men’s 50m Backstroke – Heat 6 (Srihari Nataraj) – Nataraj finished 2nd, clocking 25.52 to qualify for semis
Lawn Bowls
4 PM: India vs England in Men’s Pairs Section C – Round 5 (India won 18-15 to enter quarters)
Cycling – Track
4:20 PM: Men’s 15km Scratch Race – Qualifying Round (Naman Kapil finished 11th in Heat 1 and failed to qualify for final. Vishavjeet Singh qualified for final after finishing 5th in Heat 2)
Table Tennis
4:30 PM: India vs Bangladesh in Men’s Team Quarterfinals – India won 3-0 to enter semis
Boxing
4:45 PM: Nikhat Zareen – Baga Helena Ismael (Mozambique) in Women’s Over 48kg-50kg (Light Fly) – Round of 16 – Nikhat won to enter quarters
Boxing
5:15 PM: Shiva Thapa vs Reese Lynch (Scotland) in Men’s Over 60kg-63.5kg (Light Welter) – Round of 16 – Shiva lost 1-4
Squash
6 PM: Joshana Chinappa vs Kaitlyn Watts (New Zealand) in Women’s Singles – Round of 16 (Joshana won 3-1)
Weightlifting
6:30 PM: Women’s 59kg – Final (Popy Hazarika finished 7th)
Artistic Gymnastics
7 PM: Women’s All-Around – Final (Ruthuja Nataraj finished 17th)
Triathlon
7:01 PM: Mixed Team Relay – Final (Adarsh Muralidharan Nair Sinimol, Pragnya Mohan, Vishwanath Yadav, Sanjana Sunil Joshi – India finished 10th)
Lawn Bowls
7:30 PM: India vs Norfolk Island in Women’s Fours Quarterfinal (India won 17-9)
Hockey
8:30 PM: India vs Ghana in Men Pool B (India won 11-0)
Cycling – Track
9:02 PM: Women’s 500m Time Trial – Final (Mayuri Lute finished 18th)
Badminton
10 PM: India vs South Africa in Mixed Team Quarterfinals (India won 3-0)
Lawn Bowls
10:30 PM: India vs Northern Ireland in Men’s Pairs – Quarter-Final (India lost 8-26)
Squash
10:30 PM: Saurav Ghosal vs David Baillargeon (Canada) in Men’s Singles – Round of 16 (Saurav won 3-0)
Weightlifting
11 PM: Men’s 73kg – Final (Achinta Sheuli won gold)
Cycling – Track
11:12 PM: Men’s 15km Scratch Race – Finals (Vishavjeet Singh did not finish the race)
Swimming
11:37 PM: Men’s 50m Backstroke – Semi-Final 1 (Srihari Nataraj qualified for final)
Boxing
12:15 AM: Sumit vs Callum Peters (Australia) in Men’s Over 71kg-75kg (Middleweight) – Round of 16 (Sumit lost 0-5)
Boxing
1 AM: Sagar vs Maxime Yegnong Njieyo (Cameroon) in Men’s Over 92kg (Super Heavyweight) – Round of 16 (Sagar won 5-0)
