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Commonwealth Games: Sanjita Chanu clinches India's second gold

Commonwealth Games: Sanjita Chanu clinches India's second gold

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Fellow Manipuri weightlifter Mirabai Chanu had clinched India's first gold on Thursday

Weightlifter SanjitaChanu helpedIndia win another gold medal at the Commonwealth Games(CWG) being held at Gold Coast in Australia.

24-year-old SanjitaChanu lifted 192 kgs to clinch the gold on Friday.

Defending champion Loa Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea finished second with 182kgs while New Zealand's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet took bronze lifting 181 kgs.

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Fellow Manipuri weightlifter Mirabai Chanu had clinched India's first gold on Thursday.

The 23-year-old had smashed the Commonwealth Games record to clinch gold for India in the 48 kg category, the showing helped her to better the silver medal she had won in the 2014 Glasgow CWG.

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