<p class="title">Vikas Thakur added a shade of bronze to the Indian weightlifters' golden run at the Commonwealth Games, claiming the third position in the 94kg category by equalling his personal best here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vikas lifted a total of 351kg (159kg+192kg) on a day when Papua New Guinea's Steven Kari broke the Commonwealth as well as the Games' record in clean and jerk for a total lift of 370kg (154kg+216kg).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vikas faltered in his final two attempts in clean and jerk, aiming for a 200kg lift that would have fetched him a silver. The final attempt was especially messed up as he struggled to keep up with the one-minute he had to complete the lift.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The silver went to Canada's Boady Santavy, who lifted 369kg (168kg+201kg). His snatch effort was a new Games record.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For Vikas, the medal was a climbdown from the 2014 edition where he had claimed a silver with a lift of 333kg, in the 85kg category.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I had made a commitment to everyone that I would change the colour of my medal, I have done that at least," joked the 24-year-old.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was competing after just 10 months of regular training because I had to get my shoulder operated due to an injury," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India have won five weightlifting gold medals so far through Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Sanjita Chanu (53kg), Sathish Sivalingam (77kg), Venkat Rahul Ragala (85kg) and Punam Yadav (69kg).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I hope to improve by at least 10 kilograms in the next months. I am confident of a better medal at the Asian Games," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deepak Lather (69kg) is the other bronze medallist in the side apart from Vikas, while P Gururaja (56kg) has claimed the lone silver so far.</p>
<p class="title">Vikas Thakur added a shade of bronze to the Indian weightlifters' golden run at the Commonwealth Games, claiming the third position in the 94kg category by equalling his personal best here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vikas lifted a total of 351kg (159kg+192kg) on a day when Papua New Guinea's Steven Kari broke the Commonwealth as well as the Games' record in clean and jerk for a total lift of 370kg (154kg+216kg).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vikas faltered in his final two attempts in clean and jerk, aiming for a 200kg lift that would have fetched him a silver. The final attempt was especially messed up as he struggled to keep up with the one-minute he had to complete the lift.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The silver went to Canada's Boady Santavy, who lifted 369kg (168kg+201kg). His snatch effort was a new Games record.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For Vikas, the medal was a climbdown from the 2014 edition where he had claimed a silver with a lift of 333kg, in the 85kg category.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I had made a commitment to everyone that I would change the colour of my medal, I have done that at least," joked the 24-year-old.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was competing after just 10 months of regular training because I had to get my shoulder operated due to an injury," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India have won five weightlifting gold medals so far through Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Sanjita Chanu (53kg), Sathish Sivalingam (77kg), Venkat Rahul Ragala (85kg) and Punam Yadav (69kg).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I hope to improve by at least 10 kilograms in the next months. I am confident of a better medal at the Asian Games," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deepak Lather (69kg) is the other bronze medallist in the side apart from Vikas, while P Gururaja (56kg) has claimed the lone silver so far.</p>