Commonwealth Games 2018: 5 sports in which India can win medals in Gold Coast

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India finished 5th in the medals tally at Glasgow

#4 Weight-lifting

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Sathish Sivalingam with his Gold medal which he won four years ago

Weight-lifting isn't the most talked about sport in the country, but it has certainly brought a lot of plaudits when it comes to winning medals at the Commonwealth Games. At the last Commonwealth Games, India won 14 medals in Weight-lifting which also included 3 Gold medals.

This time 8 men and 7 women weightlifter have qualified for the event. Sathish Sivalingam, who won the Gold medal in 77kg category at Glasgow, will represent the country again in the same category. In the Women's category, Mirabai Chanu will look to repeat the splendid performance that won her the Gold medal at Glasgow.

Along with Sathish and Chanu, all eyes will be on Vikas Thakur and Mirabai Chanu Saikhom, both of whom won silver medals in their respective categories at Glasgow.

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