CWG 2022: Vikas Thakur wins silver, India's 8th medal in Weightlifting

India's Vikas Thakur won the silver medal in the men's 96kg category Weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Tuesday. Vikas lifted a combined weight of 346kg(155kg in the Snatch and 199kg in the Clean and Jerk) to finish second. This is Vikas Thakur's third Commonwealth Games medal as he won



silver in Glasgow 2014 and bronze in Gold Coast 2018.

The Indian weightlifting contingent have now won eight medals at Birmingham 2022, with Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Achinta Sheuli, Sanket Sargar, Bindyarani Rani, Gururaja Poojary, Harjinder Kaur and Vikas all securing podium finishes.