Liti's 223kg stunner denies Lovepreet CWG gold by 1kg in weightlifting
Indian weightlifter Lovepreet Singh secured a silver medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after a narrow one-kilogram loss to New Zealand's David Andrew Liti. This marks India's eighth weightlifting medal of the current Games.
Why it matters
The performance highlights India's competitive standing in international weightlifting and the high level of athletic achievement at the Commonwealth Games.
India's weightlifting team ended its Commonwealth Games 2026 campaign with another medal on Thursday after Lovepreet Singh won silver in the men's 110+kg category in Glasgow.It was India's eighth medal in weightlifting at the Games. Earlier, Mirabai Chanu (women's 48kg - gold), Rishikanta Singh (men's 60kg - silver), Muthupandi Raja (men's 65kg - silver), Bindyarani Devi (women's 58kg - bronze), Gyaneshwari Yadav (women's 53kg - silver), Valluri Ajaya Babu (men's 79kg - silver), and Harjinder Kaur (women's 69kg - silver) had also finished on the podium.Weightlifting has two disciplines — the snatch and the clean and jerk. Each lifter gets three attempts in both events. In the snatch, the barbell is lifted from the ground to overhead in one movement with a wide grip.
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