Commonwealth Games 2022 Live Day 3: India’s Jeremy makes CWG record with 140kg snatch attempt; leads in Men’s 67kg event

Jeremy falls down rather painfully in his third and final attempt and falls on the stage immediately after lifting the weight. He finishes at 300kg

He has lifted 300kg in the event which is now a CWG record.

Jeremy fights immense pain to make a successful second lift of 160kg! Top contender for gold medal now

Srihari Nataraj is through to the semi-finals in men’s 50m backstroke! He has finished second in Heat 6 with a time of 25.52s. That puts him eighth in the overall positions out of 45 swimmers.

Jeremy makes a successful first attempt at 154kg in Clean and Jerk; however, he falls in pain straightaway and has to be helped out of the hall by the support staff. Ominous sign, this

Four weightlifters done with their attempts – Sri Lanka’s Chathuranga Jayasooriya (259kg), Nauru’s Ditto Ika (258kg), Marc Jonathan Coret (241kg), and Singapore’s Kester Yi Liang Loy (237kg).

India’s Yogeshwar Singh has completed his Horizontal Bars round with 12.700 points – 4.500 for difficulty and 8.200 for execution. His total moves to 50.300 points but he finishes at the bottom.

Sajan Prakash finishes 4th in Heats of men’s 200m butterfly. Timing is 1:58.99. However, he misses final by two position, ending at 10th spot in the overall list.

Both Shergill and Nauru’s Ditto Titus Ika have lifted 140kg in Clean and Jerk so far, which is the highest among the first five weightlifters who have made attempts

India’s Ronaldo Laitonjam has qualified for Men’s Sprint 1/8 Finals after finishing 13th (10:012), and will face Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer at 3:30 PM IST.

Singapore’s Kester Yi Liang Loy begins with a successful attempt of 128kg.

Update: Failed second attempt of 134kg. 

In the Parallel Bars round, India’s Yogeshwar Singh has been awarded 12.050 points – 4.700 for difficulty and 7.350 for execution. He has got a total of 37.600 points now.

The toss is delayed due to rain in Birmingham.

The Indian weightlifter, with the highest attempt of 140kg, is leading by 10kg after the end of all snatch attempts in the Men’s 67kg final. Clean and Jerk to come 

Jeremy Lalrinnunga has made a new CWG record with his first attempt (136kg)

Jeremy Lalrinnunga extends his lead! A successful lift of 140kg in his second attempt. Too easy for the 19-year-old

Jeremy Lalrinnunga successfuly lifts 136kg in his first attempt! He is in lead straightaway!

A Commonwealth Championships champion, Youth Olympics champion, and now, Jeremy Lalrinnunga will eye a CWG gold medal. First attempt coming up for Indian weightlifter

A sigh of relief for Nigerian weightlifter as he successfully lifts 130kg in his final attempt!

Edidiong Joseph Umoafia fails in his first and second attempt (130kg). A do-or-die third attempt for him before Jeremy Lalrinnunga arrives.

India’s Jeremy Lalrinnunga has increased his first attempt weight from 130kg to 136kg! 

After three successive defeats, Taniya finally registers a first win, beating Shauna O’Neill 21-12.

Ioane lifts 124kg in his first snatch attempt (5kg more than Sri Lanka’s Jayasooriya), and will make a 127kg second attempt.

Update: Successful attempt! Ioane extends his lead with a successful lift of 127kg w

Sri Lanka’s Chathuranga Jayasooriya, a member of the Sri Lankan army, has successfully finished with 119kg in snatch and is now in the lead. 

A reminder that India’s Jeremy Lalrinnunga has registered his first attempt at 130kg

Shergill did fumble a little after lifting the weight, as he was forced to take a few steps ahead. However, he eventually regained composure to successfully make the lift.

Kiribati’s Katoatau, meanwhile, finished with 114kg in his third attempt with relative ease. Walks off with a huge smile on his face and rightly so 

England’s Jaswant Singh Shergill (1st attempt) and Kiribati’s Ruben Katoatau (2nd attempt) have successfully lifted 110kg so far.

Yogeshwar Singh has climbed one place to 11th after the end of second rotation. His current score is 25.550. England’s James Hall is at the top with the score of 27.700

Mauritius’ Marc Jonathan Coret lifts 105kg, Singapore’s Kwster Yu Liang Loy lifts 106kg, Ditto Titus Ika of Nauru lifts 105kg, while Kiribati’s Ruben Katoatau has lifted 106kg so far.

Mauritius’ Marc Jonathan Coret successfully lifts 100kg in his first snatch attempt.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga will have his first snatch attempt at 130kg in the Men’s 67kg event, which is the highest in the list

There was a bit of stutter during Yogeshwar Singh’s landing. With a double twist, the Indian finishes the vault routine with 13.200 (Difficulty 4.800, Execution 8.400). Total score – 25.550 after two rotations

The weightlifting men’s 67kg event is set to begin. Jeremy Lalrinnunga will present the Indian challenge

After the first rotation, India’s Yogeshwar Singh is in the 12th position. He started with a score of 12.350 in the rings routine, with a difficulty of 4.200.

Tania Choudhury has extended her lead by 12-7 against Northern Ireland’s Shauna O’Neill. Indian inching closer to her first win

Yogeshwar Singh secures a score of 12.350 (Difficulty 4.200, Execution 8.150) after his first routine on the Rings. He is 8th as of now.

Yogeshwar’s rotation order is Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse.

Tania Choudhury is leading 7-10 against Shauna O’Neill of Northern Ireland

Jeremy Lalrinnunga will be in action soon in the 67kg men’s event

Men’s All-Around Final is about to begin. India’s Yogeshwar Singh will be in action. Rotation 1 includes Pommel Horse and Yogeshwar will begin with Rings

New Zealand and Pakisan are taking on each other in the first match of the Men’s Hockey event on Day 3. They are placed in Group A; India are in Group B alongside hosts England, Wales, Canada and Ghana

Australia are currently at the top of the medal tally with 13 golds, while New Zealand, England, Canada and Scotland follow at 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th position respectively.

India are 8th with a gold, 2 silver and a bronze

Tania Choudhury is yet to win a match in the Lawn Bowls singles event and is on the verge of elimination

Tania Choudhury trails 1-2 in the Women’s Singles Round 5 event against Shauna O’Neill

Yogeshwar Singh will participate in the Artistic Gymnastics medal event in Men’s All-Around category. He will start with Rings at 1:30 PM IST

Tania Choudhury takes part in the Women’s Singles Sectional Play, Round 5 match against Northern Ireland’s Shauna O’Neill

The Indian team narrowly missed out on a medal in the Commonwealth Games 2018, when it finished fourth after losing the Bronze medal match to England. India begin their campaign against Ghana later tonight, and will hope to go all the way after a sensational outing in Tokyo Olympics last year (bronze)

Jeremy Lalrinnunga, who is competing in the Men’s 67kg Weightlifting event, will begin his event at 2 PM. The 19-year-old will be eyeing India’s fifth medal in Weightlifting at CWG 2022

Tania Choudhury had faced another defeat against Welsh Laura Daniels, suffering a 10-21 loss in her Round 3 game in Women’s Singles Sectional Play. Today, she faces Shauna O’Neill at 1 PM IST

Nikhat Zareen begins her campaign in the Women’s Over 48-50kg event against Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique. Shiva Thapa, meanwhile, will look to continue on the momentum after the first round victory as he faces Scotland’s Reese Lynch.

Matches played: 11

India won: 9

Pakistan won: 2

In their past five meetings, India have won four.

It looked like India had the match in the bag after they left Australia struggling at 49/5 in the 155-run chase. However, Ashleigh Gardner (52*), Grace Harris (37*) and Alana King (18*) steered a remarkable fightback for the world champions, as they eventually secured a three-wicket win. India would be eyeing a strong comeback when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan, who also faced a defeat to Barbados in their opening game.

Jeremy had been away from action since the Commonwealth Championships in Tashkent last year in December, where he won a gold medal. However, he remains upbeat about the CWG. “I have no injuries and I am 100 percent fit. Training here helped me achieve what I was looking for. My body weight was between 65kg and 66kg in India, but here it stays around 68kg-69kg. This has positively impacted my performance,” Lalrinnunga had said earlier in an interview with Sportstar.

A 19-year-old weightlifter from Mizoram, Jeremy made headlinse after becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in weightlifting in the Youth Olympic Games. At age 16, he represented India in the Men’s 67kg category in the World Weightlifting C’ships, finsihing 21st

The Manpreet Singh-led Indian team will begin its Commonwealth Games 2022 campaign later tonight when it takes on the lower-ranked Ghana in Pool B match. 

The Indian women’s cricket team will return to action on Day 3 as it looks to move past the disappointment against Australia. It will meet arch-rivals Pakistan at 3:30 PM IST.

In other events. Jeremy Lalrinnunga presents India’s challenge in the 67kg Weightlifting event (2 PM IST), while Nikhat Zareen and Shiva Thapa will also be in action in the men’s and women’s boxing events

Late on Saturday night, Bindyarani Devi, nicknamed ‘Mirabai 2.0’, won India’s fourth weightlifting medal of the day after successfully lifting 86kg in the third attempt at the snatch round and a 116kg lift in the final attempt at the clean and jerk round to lift a total of 202kg in the women’s 55kg category

Gururaja Poojary won a bronze medal in the Men’s 61kg category at the CWG, adding a third medal on Day 2. He had clinched a silver medal in the previous edition as well, and in the yesterday’s event, Gururaja lifted a total of 269kg (118kg+151kg) to finish in the third place.

Youngster Sanket Sargar won the first medal of the Commonwealth Games for India on Saturday afternoon (IST), when he lifted 248kg (113+135kg) in the men’s 55kg category. He fell only 1kg short of the Malaysian Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq, who also made a CWG record with the 249kg lift.

Mirabai Chanu did justice to the expectations on her once again, as she cruised to a gold medal in the Women’s 49kg event in Weightlifting on Saturday. Chanu lifted a total of 201kg (88+113kg) to clinch a gold medal. The next best, Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosda of Mauritius, lifted 172kg.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Day 3 of Commonwealth Games from Birmingham! It had been a good day for India on the second day of the Games with the country winning four medals – all in weightlifting. Mirabai Chanu won the first gold medal for India in the women’s 49kg category, while Sanket Sargar won the first medal overall in the men’s 55kg event.