More weightlifting medals for India at CWG 2014: Sukhen Dey wins gold, Ganesh Mali bronze

Sukhen Dey

Glasgow, July 25 (IANS): India's Sukhen Dey has won the gold medal in the 56kg category with a splendid lift in the Clean and Jerk. His compatriot Ganesh Mali took the bronze.

Dey comfortably lifted 139 kg in his second attempt even as the other weightlifters made heavy weather of it. He had lifted 109 kg in the Snatch phase.

Dey, who won a silver behind Hamizan Aminul Ibrahim in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games four years ago with a total of 252 kg, ended up here with a total weight of 248 kg, leaving Malaysia's ZMD Pisol with the silver and temmate Mali with the bronze with a total weight of 244.

Mali was actually leading after the Snatch, having lifted 111 kg at the halfway stage, but he couldn’t keep up with Dey in the Clean and Jerk.

Incidentally, Srinivasa Rao, who won the bronze in Delhi, had lifted 248 kg.