Glasgow: Weightlifter Vikas Thakur showed tremendous grit as he fought back pain to clinch a silver, while three boxers inched closer to a medal by advancing to the quarter-finals of the 20th Commonwealth Games here on Monday.
Writhing in pain, Thakur produced the lift of his life to clinch the silver in men’s 85kg weightlifting, as Indian lifters continued their spectacular show.
Thakur lifted 333kg (150+183) to bag the silver, while Richard Patterson of New Zealand won the gold with a total lift of 335kg (151+184). Canada’s Pascal Plamondon was third with 333kg (151+182), but Thakur bagged the silver on lesser body weight.
In the ring, Vijender Singh (75kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg) and L. Devendro Singh (49kg) entered the quarter-finals.
Vijender, a former Olympic and World Championships bronze-medallist, outpunched Namibia’s Mujandjae Kasuto 3-0 in a lopsided contest to make the last-eight stage.
Mandeep, on the other hand, was equally dominant in his 3-0 triumph over Jamaica’s Kestna Davis in a late-night contest.
Asian Championships silver-medallist Devendro made the last eight after notching a tough 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka’s Madushan Gamage.
