CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Cameron’s Junior Periclex Nyabeyeu won the gold medal after lifting a total of 361 kg (160 snatch and 201 clean and jerk).

Detailed explanation-2: -Commonwealth Games 2022 weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first gold medal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mirabai Chanu lived up to her name and delivered the first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games for India. She lifted a total weight of 201kg in women’s 49kg category. She lifted 88kg in snatch (S) in her second attempt and matched her personal best. In the clean & jerk (C&J), she lifted 113kg.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mirabai Chanu, Olympic silver-medallist and two-time Commonwealth Games champion, has won a gold medal in the women’s 49kg weightlifting competition in the ongoing National Games 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Friday.

Detailed explanation-5: -Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, clinching the top spot in the men’s 440 yard event at Cardiff 1958. India bagged another gold in the same edition when heavyweight wrestler Lila Ram won in the men’s 100kg freestyle category.