Gold Coast, April 6: Gifting India its fourth medal from Commonwealth Games, Deepak Lather becomes the youngest Indian Weightlifter to seal a bronze in the 21st Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast on Friday.
Lather, two years ago broke the Commonwealth Youth Games record in Samoa, moved into medal contention with lifts of 132kg and 136kg in the snatch event, but slipped to level second after failing to lift 138kg in his third attempt. In the clean & jerk, a section in which there were six lifters with higher weights, the youngster produced a personal best of 159kg, bettering his previous best of 157, but failed to lift 162 in his third attempt.
Praising the young blood for his amazing talent and grabbing bronze for India on the global sports platform, President Kovind tweeted congratulating Deepak Lather.
Along with that, PM Modi also congratulated and lauded the efforts taken by the sportsperson for their immense talent and great wishes for future endeavors.
Earlier in the day, Sanjita Chanu won India's second gold medal in the women's 53kg weightlifting category. On Thursday, Mirabai Chanu and P Gururaja opened the account for Team India by winning gold and silver medals respectively.