Indian weight lifter Deepak Lather wins bronze in CWG
Gold Coast (Australia), Apr 6 (IBNS): Indian weight lifters continue shine at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2018 as Deepak Lather now clinched a bronze medal in men's 69kg event at the Carrara Sports Arena 1 in Gold Coast on Friday.
In his way to earn the third position in the event, the Indian athlete lifted 136 in snatch and 159 in clean and jerk for a total of 295kg.
The other two medals when to Wales' Gareth Evans, who won gold and Sri Lanka's Indika C. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage.
He bagged the silver medal.
Lather became the fourth athlete to win a medal in the CWG for India.
So far, India has won two gold, one silver and one bronze in the CWG event.
Image: IOA Team India Twitter page
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