CWG 2026: India's Lovepreet Singh wins silver medal in weightlifting
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Indian weightlifter Lovepreet Singh has won the silver medal at 2026 Commonwealth Games (CWG). He finished 2nd in men's +110kg weightlifting event with a total of 388kg. New Zealand's David Liti managed to set a new Games Record in clean and jerk, and won the gold medal. England's Andrew Griffiths finished third and sealed the bronze medal.
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Medal!
Unbelievable effort from Lovepreet Singh to win the Silver Medal in the Men’s 110+ kg Weightlifting event.
— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) July 30, 2026
With a Games Record in Snatch, he fell short only to a monumental lift from his counterpart.
Congratulations to him on a well deserved medal finish 👏#WeAreTeamIndia |… pic.twitter.com/Cel9nPbjSH
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Summary of Lovepreet's performance
Lovepreet led the men's +110kg final after the snatch event. His best lift of 176kg, a Games Record, was 10kg better than second-placed Liti.
Lovepreet started with a successful snatch of 168kg. He followed it up with a lift of 173kg.
He finished with 176kg thereafter.
In clean & jerk, Lovepreet lifted 205kg and 212kg before faltering while lifting 217kg.
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Liti stuns Loverpreet to win gold
As mentioned, Lovepreet tried to lift 217kg in clean & jerk but failed. At that moment, Liti needed to lift 223kg to win the gold. And the New Zealander did so to claim the gold medal in stunning fashion.
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3rd major medal for Lovepreet
Lovepreet won his 2nd CWG medal for India. At the 2022 CWG in Birmingham, he had won a bronze medal in 109kg category. At the 2021 Commonwealth Championships, Lovepreet won the silver in 109kg category.