Weightlifters bag two golds at 2022 Commonwealth Games
Mohamad Aniq Kasdan has won the first gold medal for Malaysia at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham today.
The 20-year-old weightlifter put on a great performance to win the gold in the men’s 55 kilogramme (kg) event with a combined lift total of 249kg.
Mohamad Aniq Kasdan has won the first gold medal for Malaysia at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham today.
The 20-year-old weightlifter put on a great performance to win the gold in the men’s 55 kilogramme (kg) event with a combined lift total of 249kg.
The Segamat-born athlete lifted 107kg for the snatch and 142kg for the clean and jerk.
The silver medal was won by India’s Sanket Mahadev Sargar with a combined total of 248kg, while Dilanka Isuru Kumara Yodage from Sri Lanka took the bronze with 225kg.
Malaysia’s first gold medal of the Games also ends the country’s two-day medal drought.
Meanwhile, weightlifter Muhamad Aznil Bidin bagged a second gold in the 61kg category.
He made sure the Jalur Gemilang kept flying proudly at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) after lifting a combined total of 285kg in the men’s 61kg category, in turn setting a new games record.
The Kedah-born weightlifter’s snatch lift was 127kg, with a clean & jerk of 158kg.
Muhamad Aznil’s success was proof of his weightlifting prowess as the 28-year-old managed to defend the gold he won in the 2018 edition in the Gold Coast, Australia.
Papua New Guinea’s Morea Baru won the silver with a combined total lift of 273kg, while India’s Gururaja Poojary had to settle for the bronze with a combined total of 269kg.
- Bernama
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