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Sports News | CWG 2026: Harjinder Kaur Clinches Weightlifting Silver with Career-best Effort in Glasgow
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Glasgow [Scotland], July 29 (ANI): Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur continued the country's impressive run on the platform at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, claiming the silver medal in the women's 69kg category with a career-best total of 227kg on Tuesday night in Glasgow.
Harjinder was one of the standout performers of the competition, rewriting the Commonwealth Games record twice during the snatch competition.
She later completed a 126kg lift to finish with a personal-best total of 227kg, comfortably securing the silver medal.
The silver medal also represented an upgrade from her bronze medal-winning finish at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, making Glasgow her second successive Commonwealth Games podium appearance.
India's medallists are Mirabai Chanu (gold, weightlifting), Sharmila Dhankar (gold, women's shot put F57), Rishikanta Singh (silver, weightlifting), Muthupandi Raja (silver, weightlifting), Gyaneshwari Yadav (silver, weightlifting), Sarvesh Kushare (silver, men's high jump), Harjinder Kaur (silver, weightlifting), Valluri Ajaya Babu (silver, weightlifting), Bindyarani Devi (bronze, weightlifting), Shilpa K. Shyla (bronze, women's shot put F57) and Jhandu Kumar (bronze, para powerlifting).