India now has four medals after Bindyarani Devi’s remarkable victory in the women’s 55 kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2022. When she failed in her second 114-kg clean and jerk attempt, she appeared to be on track for a bronze. She did, however, attempt 116 kg with her final lift and managed to land in second place, finishing with just 1 kg less than Nigeria’s Adijat Olarinoye, who won the gold medal.
Sanket Sargar and Gururaja Poojary had won silver and bronze earlier, while Mirabai Chanu had given India its first gold.