'Happy After Winning Gold, Not Satisfied': Lifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga After Winning Gold At CWG 2022

Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins gold at CWG 2022: Jeremy lifted a combined weight of 300kg to set a new Games record. This is India's second gold in weightlifting and overall 5th medal in CWG 2022.

Jeremy said he his happy after winning the gold but not satisfied with his performance as he was expecting to perform better. 

Source : ANI

New Delhi: 19-years-old Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the second gold medal for India in weightlifting by lifting a record weight in the men's 67kg category on the third day of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Jeremy lifted a record-breaking 140kg in the snatch category, while in clean and jerk, he lifted 160kg to lift a combined weight of 300kg to set a new Commonwealth Games record. This is India's second gold in weightlifting and overall 5th medal in CWG 2022. Before Jeremy, Sanket Sargar (Silver), Gururaj Pujari (Bronze), Mirabai Chanu (Gold), and Bindyarani Devi (Silver) have won medals for India.

Meanwhile, Jeremy, reacting to his win at CWG, said he his happy after winning the gold but not satisfied with his performance as he was expecting to perform better. 

Birmingham, UK | I am happy after winning the gold medal but not satisfied with my performance. I was expecting to perform better but winning gold for the country is a proud moment: Jeremy Lalrinnunga after winning gold in Weightlifting at #CommonwealthGames pic.twitter.com/PSApzAVDGG

— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2022

#WATCH | The warm-up was very good but after a point, my front thigh and inner thigh muscles started to cramp, due to which I could not walk for a while and could not cross the 140kg mark during warm-up: Jeremy Lalrinnunga on his injury during the Weightlifting event at CWG pic.twitter.com/Z10HwHUFhT

— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2022

So far in CWG 2022, India has won all its five medals in weightlifting only. Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu and Jeremy Lalrinnunga won gold for India in weightlifting, while lifters Sanket Sargar and Bindiya Rani won silver and Gururaja Pujari won bronze in their respective events. Talking about Jeremy's career, he won the 2018 Youth Olympics in the 62 kg weight category.