Commonwealth Day 2 Live: Sanjita Chanu wins gold in 53kg weightlifting

Sanjita lifted a successful 84 kg in her second attempt, breaking her own record

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India's second day at the 21st Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast in Australia started with a gold medal, with Sanjita Chanu sweeping a smashing victory in women's weightlifting in the 53-kg category.

In her first attempt, Chanu successfully lifted 81 kg, while her rival Dika Toua finished lifting 80 kg in her second attempt.

Sanjita lifted a successful 84 kg in her second attempt, breaking her own record. Sanjita won a gold for India by increasing her overall lead by 10 kg after nailing her 108 kg lift.

On Day 1, 23-year-old weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu had clinched for India the first gold at the 21st Commonwealth Games, with her record-smashing performance. In other events as well, Day 1 was a good one for India.

Earlier, P Gururaja opened India's medal tally by snatching silver in the men's 56-kg category.

Breaking her own Games and Commonwealth records, Mirabai Chanu delivered a stellar performance in the women's 48-kg category. She registered 86 kg in the snatch in the clean and in clean and jerk for a total of 196 kg.

"I was not expecting to break records but I certainly wanted to break them when I came here. I can't put in words, how it feels right now," Chanu had told PTI after her glorious performance.

P Gururja had the best attempt of 111 kg in the snatch and 138 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 249 kg.

"After I failed the first two attempts, my coach reminded me how much my life depends on this. I remembered my family and my country," Gururaja said after securing the medal.

Giving India enough reason to cheer, Yogeshwar Singh and Rakesh Patra qualifying for the individual all-around and rings finals respectively.

The stellar performance of two weightlifters took India to the seventh spot in the medal tally.

Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth got off an impressive start on Day 1.

Keeping India's hopes high in squash, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Vikram Malhotra won their opening games.

Now, all eyes are on weightlifter Saraswati Rout in women's 58-kg category.

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