CWG 2022: India's Sudhir clinches first-ever gold medal in Para Powerlifting men's heavyweight event
Commonwealth Games 2022: India’s Sudhir clinched first ever historic gold medal in Para-powerlifting men’s heavyweight final with the best weight of 212kg on Thursday.
Sudhir made an historic move by winning India’s first ever gold in para-powerlifting at Commonwealth Games 2022.
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Meanwhile, he defeated Nigeria's Ikechukwu Obichukwu (133.6 points) by 0.9 points as his final score read a Games record 134.5 points for the gold.
Sudhir started his event with a successful attempt of a 208kg lift without breaking a sweat, scoring 132.0 points. In his second attempt, he improved his last attempt and lifted 212kg successfully, scoring 134.5 points.
Earlier in Commonwealth Games Indian Para-powerlifters failed to win the medal. Though Manpreet Kaur started with a successful lift of 87kg but failed to reach the target. In second attempt she lifted 88 kg but at last failed to reach the goal of 90kg.
Meanwhile, Sakina Khatun successfully lifted 90kg in her second attempt. India's Manpreet Kaur and Sakina Khatun finish 4th and 5th respectively.
In the men's category, Parmjeet Kumar started his event with a failed attempt of a 165kg lift. The Indian lifter was again unsuccessful to lift 165kg. Even in his last attempt, he failed to lift, thus ending the event at the bottom of the table.
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Meanwhile, Anurag Thakur congratulated Sudhir on his success. Anurag Thakur took to his Twitter handle and wrote, "Sudhir opens India's medal tally at #CWG2022. Congratulations on your ? medal at your first CWG. Yet another athlete from Haryana makes a mark on the world stage. With the display of skill and spirit on the mat today you showed the world what champions are made of."
-PTC NewsSudhir opens India's medal tally at #CWG2022. Congratulations on your ? medal at your first CWG. Yet another athlete from Haryana makes a mark on the world stage. With the display of skill and spirit on the mat today you showed the world what champions are made of. pic.twitter.com/5YKjUF6pMF — Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 4, 2022
