Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter P Gururaja opens India's account, wins silver

Weightlifter P Gururaja claimed the first medal for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games(CWG) winning the silver medal in the 56 kg category.

The 25-year-old Indian Air Force employee finished behind Malaysia's three-time Commonwealth Championships medallist Muhammad Izhar Ahmed who broke the CWG record.

The third position was taken by Sri Lanka's Lakmal Chaturanga.

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Gururaja was third after thesnatch butpulled off his best lifting 111kg after two good lifts before surviving a few nervous moments in the clean and jerk.

The Indian weightlifter failed in his first two attempts before managing a good lift off his last chance to finish second and claim the silver medal.