Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi claimed a silver medal in her debut Games at the Commonwealth 2022 at Birmingham on Sunday. The 23-year-old claimed India's fourth medal in the games in the 55kg women's category. Devi also set the Games record in the clean and jerk by lifting 116 kgs. With this, she also matched Mirabai Chanu's national record of 86 kg in snatch. Chanu and Devi both used to train at the same Sports Academy as Mirabai in Manipur. Devi has always looked up to Tokyo Olympic silver medallist.
Congratulations to Bindyarani Devi
Another Medal For India#BindyaraniDevi#CommonwealthGames2022#CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/ugUSJBYoII— Prasanth Sivan (@PrasanthSbjp) July 31, 2022
Bindyarani Devi successfully lifted 81kg in her first snatch attempt in the women's 55kg category. In her second attempt, Bindyarani lifted 84kg without breaking a sweat. In her final snatch category attempt, Bindyarani nailed the 86kg snatch in her third attempt. In the Clean and Jerk lift category, she lifted 110kg in her first attempt. In her second attempt for 114kg, she failed to lift it. In her final attempt of category 116kg, she lifted it with ease to claim the silver medal for India and fourth overall.
The Indian weightlifter set a Commonwealth Games record with her final clean and jerk lift in the women's 55kg category. Nigeria's Adijat Adenike Olarinoye won the gold medal with a combined lift of 203kg, one more than Bindyarani Devi.
______ #B2022 _____ ___ #_________ Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi bags a _at @birminghamcg22
with a career-best performance in the women's 55kg category_ pic.twitter.com/lbn0B8RuzF
— Smit Prajapati (@SmitPra52945476) July 31, 2022
Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam, who competes in the 55 kg weight class, won gold at the 2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships. She also won silver at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships. She also claimed gold in clean and jerk at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships.
Wht a last lift frm Bindyarani Devi!!!
Congrats _ to her for winning silver _medal.
She bettered her PB in clean and jerk n lifted 116kg to win_medal.
Displaying nerve of steel!
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"I am very happy with my performance. I am playing in the first games of my career and I am very happy that I won the silver medal in this," Bindyarani Devi told ANI. Talking about her performance in the event, the silver medallist said, "I'm very happy to get a #silver in the first time of playing #CWG. Today was my life's best performance... gold slipped out of my hand. When I was at the podium, I wasn't at the centre, will do better next time." Describing her future targets Bindyarani said that she will try her best in the 2024 Paris Olympics. "My next targets are national games, World Championship, Asian Games and then the 2024 Paris Olympics. I'll do better in them," said Bindyarani Devi.
