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CWG 2022: IOA lauds Mirabai Chanu's gold-winning feat, congratulates others

Chanu, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, defended her Commonwealth gold from the 2018 edition with a record-breaking total of 201kg (88kg + 113kg) in the 49kg category of women's weightlifting at the National Exhibition Centre here on Saturday.

CWG 2022: My father said 'gold se kismat badalti hai, par mein khush hoon'; don't want him to run 'paan' shop anymore, says silver medallist Sanket Sargar

'Papa ko gold ka promise kiya tha, silver aaya, par wo khush hain' (I had promised my father a gold medal but he is happy with the silver I won), Indian weightlifter Sanket Sargar told TimesofIndia.com from Birmingham after he opened the country's medal count at the Commonwealth Games by claiming a silver in the men's 55kg category. There was a distinct look of dejection on Sanket's face while attending the medal ceremony with his right elbow in a sling. He was recalling the promise he had made to his father Mahadev Ananda Sargar who runs a 'paan' and tea shop in Sangli, Maharashtra. "I hope this medal will change my family's fortunes. I don't want my father to run a 'paan' shop anymore," Sanket told TimesofIndia.com barely a few hours after clinching the silver medal on Saturday.

CWG 2022: Racing against time, Tejaswin Shankar talks about ‘right timing’

Your correspondent, all of five-feet-11, mask on mouth, documents in hand, was hopping on either foot for the Delhi-Dubai-Birmingham check-in to move even one inch. It was well past midnight, yawns were being stifled, bored looks thrown all around, when suddenly he was dwarfed by a good six foot plus frame who ambled up right behind. In the sudden discomfort of having to raise the head and look up to someone, it was difficult to recognize the face behind the mask.