CWG: Lifter Venkat Rahul wins 85kg gold (Lead)
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CWG: Lifter Venkat Rahul wins 85kg gold (Lead)
Gold Coast April 7 (IANS) Venkat Rahul Ragala extended India s medal-hunting run in the weightlifting competitions as he clinched the gold medal in the men s 85kg category at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Venkat Rahul lifted a total of 338 kg -- 151 kg in snatch and 187 in clean and jerk -- to bring maiden gold medal for India in this weight category.
The silver medal went to Samoa s Don Opeloge who lifted 331 kg -- three more than Malaysian bronze medallist Muhamad Fazrul Azrie Mohdad.
Rahul s gold medal was India s fourth in Gold Coast and sixth overall in this edition. All of medals for India here have come from weightlifting category.
--IANS
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