India’s Raja Muthupandi won the silver medal in men’s 65kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.
Muthupandi Raja won silver in the men’s 65kg weightlifting event on his Commonwealth Games debut.
He came close to setting a Commonwealth Games clean and jerk record with a 160kg lift before Malaysia’s Aznil Bin Bidin reclaimed the lead with 162kg.
He failed to lift 126kg in his first attempt in the snatch section but completed it in the next to stay in the hunt for a medal. He could not complete the third and final attempt of 129kg but ended in second place behind Malaysia’s Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad, whose best was 133kg.
Raja then failed to lift 158kg in his first attempt in the clean and jerk section but heaved 160kg in his next attempt to maintain his second position. The Malaysian lifter won the gold with a total lift of 299kg (133+166) setting Games record in both sections and also the overall lift.
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