With the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) scrapping 67kg from the Paris Games, Jeremy, who won the gold in the category at the CWG, will bulk up to compete in the 73kg weight class.
However, India already has representation in the weight division in Sheuli, who is the national record holder and reigning CWG champion in the 73kg division.
The two will now go head to head in a bid to seal qualification for the 2024 Olympics as only one lifter per country is allowed in a weight class. "I will increase my weight to 73kg," Jeremy, who is in the US for a three-and-half week strength and conditioning training camp in St.
Louis, told PTI. "My natural weight is 65kg. So, going up will be difficult to increase my body weight," he added. This will not be the first time Jeremy will have to bulk up.