Vikas Thakur beats personal record to clinch CWG bronze
April 8, 2018 Weight Lifing
Vikas Thakur made a strong start to his challenge in the men’s 94kg weightlifting category and managed to make third place in the end to claim a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. He lifted a total of 351kg (159kg+192kg) on a day when Papua New Guinea’s Steven Kari broke the Commonwealth as well as the Games record in clean and jerk for a total lift of 370kg (154kg+216kg).
He improved his total from the 333kg he had lifted at Glasgow 2014 to claim a silver medal.
