The Indian senior weightlifting contingent finished their campaign at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023 with a tally of 18 medals on Sunday, according to Olympics.com.
India earned eight gold medals, eight silvers and two bronze at the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida. On the event's final day, Commonwealth Games 2022 bronze medallist Lovepreet Singh (men's 109kg) claimed a silver medal while Purnima Pandey won a bronze medal in the women's 87kg category.
Lovepreet Singh lifted a combined weight of 341kg (154kg snatch 187kg clean and jerk) to finish second in the 109kg senior category.
Fiji's Taniela Rainibogi clinched the gold medal with a total lift of 363kg (163kg snatch 200kg clean and jerk). The bronze medal went to Britain's Andrew Griffiths, who lifted a total weight of 340kg (155kg snatch 185 clean and jerk), as per Olympics.com.