Commonwealth Games 2018: Weightlifting, Women's 90kg, Purnima Pandey fighting for medal, Live Updates

The event is set to get underway in a while.

Updated: 09 April 2018 12:27 IST - Published: 09 April 2018 09:20 IST

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After an impressive show by the other Indian weightlifters, Purnima Pandey & Lalchhanhimi failing to impress and win any accolades.

FINAL RESULTS Women's +90kg category:

Feagaiga (SAM): 253kg (GOLD MEDAL)
Charisma (NRU): 243kg (SILVER MEDAL)
Emily (ENG): 242kg (BRONZE MEDAL)
Deb (AUS): 226kg
Luisa (COK): 225kg
Purnima Pandey (IND): 212kg
Shalinee (MRI): 205kg
Laurel (NZL): DNF

FINAL RESULTS Women's 90kg category:

Eileen (FIJ): 233kg (GOLD MEDAL)
Kaity (AUS): 232kg (SILVER MEDAL)
Clementine (CMR): 226kg (BRONZE MEDAL)
Siti Aisyah (MAS): 214kg
Tracey (NZL): 213kg
Tayla (WAL): 207kg
Lorraine (PNG): 204kg
Lalchhanhimi (IND): 194kg

Feagaiga Stowers had a superb lift of 113kg in Snatch itself and was always the favorite for winning the gold medal

Feagaiga Stowers failing in her final attempt to lift 145kg. Regardless, she is the Gold medal winner by a huge margin of 10kg in the Women's +90kg category

Charisma Amoe-Tarrant of Nauru lifting 142kg in her final attempt to clinch the Silver medal

Feagaiga Stowers of Samoa lifting 140kg successfully in her 2nd attempt.

Emily Campbell of England lifting 139kg in her 3rd and final attempt

India's Lalchhanhimi finishing last in the the Women's 90kg category with a combined score of 194kg

Meanwhile in the Women's 90kg category, India's Lalchhanhimi succesfully lifting 105kg & 109kg in her 1st and 2nd attempts but failing to lift 113kg in her final attempt

In the Women's +90kg category, India's Purnima Pandey successfully lifting 115kg in her 2nd attempt in Clean & Jerk

News has come in that Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand will not be able to finish because of her elbow injury.

In the Women's +90kg category, Deb Lovely-Acason of Australia attempting 118kg and being successful.

Clean and Jerk is underway

Purnima Pandey of India with a lift of 94kg in her 3rd attempt

Laurel is unsuccessful and has also hurt her elbow in the process. It is unclear as of now if she will be able to participate in Clean & Jerk. If such is the case, it makes Feagaiga Stowers of Samoa the favorite for gold.

Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand going for 132kg in her third attempt to break her own record.

Laurel Hubbard has a record of lifting 131kg in snatch.

In the Women's +90kg category, Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand to attempt 120kg in her first attempt and is successful

In the Women's +90kg category, Feagaiga of Samoa successfully lifts 113kg in her 2nd attempt.

Snatch is about to conclude.

In the Women's +90kg category, Luisa Peters of Cook Islands successfully lifting 100kg in her 1st attempt.

In the Women's +90kg category, Emily Campbell of England failing in her 1st attempt to lift 99kg

In the Women's 90kg category, Kaity Fassina of Australia successfully lifting 99kg in her 1st attempt at Snatch.

In the Women's 90kg category, Clementine of Cameroon successfully lifts 98kg in her 2nd attempt

In the Women's +90kg category, Charisma of Nauru attempting 98kg in her first attempt and she lifts it with ease. Charisma is just 18 years of age.

In the Women's +90kg category, Shalinee Valaydon of Mauritius successfully lifts 95kg in her 3rd and final attempt

In the Women's +90kg category, Shalinee Valaydon of Mauritius failing to lift 95kg in her 2nd attempt.

In the Women's +90kg category, local favorite Australia's Deb Lovely walks out and lifts 95kg in her first attempt

In the Women's 90kg category, New Zealand's Tracey lifting 93kg successfully in her 3rd attempt

Meanwhile, in the Women's 90kg category India's Lalchhanhimi failing to lift 89kg in her 2nd and 3rd attempts in Snatch

Shalinee Valaydon of Mauritius lifting 90kg successfully in her first attempt

Purnima Pandey lifting 89kg in Snatch in her 2nd attempt

Meanwhile in the Women's 90kg category India's Lalchhanhimi also lifting 85kg in Snatch

Purnima is successful

Purnima Pandey steps up to the stage in her 1st attempt to lift 85kg in Snatch

The 18-year-old weightlifter Purnima finished 6th in the Commonwealth Championships 2016 in the Women's +75kg category

India is being represented by Purnima Pandey in the Weightlifting Women's +90kg category

The Weightlifting action about to start in a few moments with the lifters warming up

Purnima Pandey is all set to take the Indian weightlifting contingent’s pride one notch higher, as she vies for a medal in the Women’s 90kg category Weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

So far, Weightlifting has been the most successful contingent for the Indians, bringing home six gold medals medals from the Games, with just four days being over.

The likes of Mirabai Chanu, Sanjita Chanu, Sathish Sivalingam, Ragala Vekat Rahul and Seema are the ones who have won gold for their country.

Sunday saw the addition of more spots, as Manu Bhaker, and Heena Sidhu were the two shooters who ended the Indian weightlifters’ dominance, as they won a silver and a gold in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event.

However, the most unexpected medal was won by the Indian women’s Table Tennis team, which earned a shock win over favourites Singapore in the summit clashin Gold Coast, Australia.

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